David Martin-Janiak

Frenchman and European Le Mans Series sports car racing driver Norman Nato has signed with Tequila Patrón ESM to replace Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi at this month’s 21st Motul Petit Le Mans at Road America.

It has been confirmed that United Autosports finished third in the 2018 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Audi Sport customer racing presents its fourth new model in just four years: Following on from the radically new second-generation Audi R8 LMS (2015), the Audi RS 3 LMS TCR touring car (2016) and the Audi R8 LMS GT4 sports car (2017), the evolution of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show on October 2, 2018. Michael-Julius Renz, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH, and Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing, revealed the model with the international exhibition visitors looking on. The new version of the model, successful worldwide in sprint and endurance racing, is tailored closely to the customer requirements regarding technology and operating costs.

New and old faces were behind the wheel of the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 at the final round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for GT Sport Motul Team RJN.

Toni Forné delivered a strong performance at his home round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which played host to the final round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Forné made his comeback to the series sharing the driving duties of the Car Collection Motorsport with Dimitri Parhofer and Frank Stippler.

This year’s championship-winning Pirelli World Challenge GTS drivers and teams are among the GT4 class entries set for the California 8 Hours sports car spectacular, the final event on the Intercontinental GT Challenge, on Oct. 26-28 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

The Lexus RC F GT3 completed its first full season of Blancpain GT racing on Sunday, sealing an excellent third place in the series’ Endurance Cup competition for Emil Frey Lexus Racing.

The curtain came down on a thrilling 2018 Blancpain GT Series this weekend at the famous Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain, giving the GRT Grasser Racing Team a well-deserved 3rd place finish in the championship.

Fifth position in class for Ahmad Al Harthy and the Oman Racing team during the final race of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season at a hot Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday, 30th September, brought the curtain down on a positive first campaign for the squad in the highly competitive ‘Silver Cup’.

Strakka Racing wrapped up its first Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup as a Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing team with Nick Leventis, Lewis Williamson and Chris Buncombe taking overall championship victory in the Pro-Am fight. The final race of the season took place today, the Barcelona 3 Hours, with Strakka fielding its three Mercedes-AMG GT3’s as part […]

The #4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon crew of Maro Engel, Luca Stolz and Yelmer Buurman took a superb victory in the season-closing Blancpain GT Series event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to clinch the Endurance Cup title in style, while Raffaele Marciello wrapped up the overall championship with Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP.

R-Motorsport’s #62 Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3 of Dominik Baumann, Marvin Kirchhöfer and Maxime Martin finished 19th in the Blancpain Endurance Cup season finale at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from 24th on the grid, after late drama cost both the team’s cars strong finishing positions.

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, concluded at Brands Hatch with two gripping races which saw the 2018 championship battle go down to the wire. Former Formula One test driver Tio Ellinas (Slidesports Engineering) was crowned 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion following two podium finishes, and ultimately just two points separated the Cypriot driver from season-long title rival Dino Zamparelli (Redline Racing).

Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 racer Ahmad Al Harthy says he is confident of ending the 2018 Blancpain Endurance Cup with a strong result in today’s fifth and final round of the season at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, after a solid build-up during practice and pre-qualifying. 

SRO Motorsports Group founder and CEO Stephane Ratel has unveiled detailed plans for the future of GT racing during his press conference at the season-closing Blancpain GT Series event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya..

Following a fast and frantic qualifying session at Brands Hatch, 17-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper claimed the final pole position of the 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB season. Harper will start Round Fifteen alongside championship leader Dino Zamparelli (Redline Racing), Lewis Plato (JTR) and title hopeful Tom Wrigley (JTR) will start from the second row of the grid. The third driver with a chance of clinching the Pro category championship tomorrow, Tio Ellinas (Slidesports Engineering), will line-up in P6..

Toni Forné will be present at Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup’s season finale: the 3 hours of Barcelona. Forné will make his comeback to the series with Car Collection Motorsport, with whom Forné has previously achieved success such as the Imola 12 hours.

Toni Forné will be present at Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup’s season finale: the 3 hours of Barcelona. Forné will make his comeback to the series with Car Collection Motorsport, with whom Forné has previously achieved success such as the Imola 12 hours.

The first-ever SRO GT4 Sprint Cup Europe will join the DTM at the Hockenheimring on October 12-14 as the European GT4 season comes to close. After the dramatic GT4 European Series season final at the Nürburgring and the upcoming GT4 Central European Cup and GT4 France finals, the GT4 Sprint Cup Europe gives the teams the ultimate chance to race in Europe. GT4 cars from Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, KTM, Ginetta and Ekris are set to compete in Germany.

With the dust hardly settled after a storming Ningbo debut less than a month ago, the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup thunders back into action next week, this time at the formidable Shanghai International Circuit. Rounds seven and eight of the 10-race 2018 season will be decided on the 5.451km home to the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix on October 5-6.