RNW Staff

The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season will shift up a gear next weekend when the Sprint Cup campaign launches at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

As the GT4 America championship gets underway for Rounds three and four of the season, sports car racing team Marco Polo Motorsports with crew from Muellerized… has confirmed its full-season entry into the SRO America-sanctioned series. The KTM team kicked off the season last month at Sonoma Raceway, earning a fourth and third place finish in the double-header.

BMW M Motorsport has now taken the next important step in the development of the new BMW M4 GT3. The new flagship in the portfolio of cars from BMW M Motorsport successfully completed a series of test drives on the Nürburgring Nordschleife (GER) on Thursday. The two BMW works drivers Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Jens Klingmann (GER) shared driving duties.

Alessio Rovera is about to make his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship on Ferrari 488 GTE. Born in 1995, the Italian driver from Varese will take part in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday, May 1, after testing at the Belgian track during the two-day Prologue early this week. The Italian GT double champion (2019, 2020) is going to share the #83 AF Corse Ferrari with French driver François Perrodo and Nicklas Nielsen from Denmark in the LMGTE Am class for the whole season. After being second fastest overall at the ELMS official test two weeks ago, Rovera started his FIA WEC campaign setting the second quickest time (2:15.576) on Monday’s afternoon session and being fifth fastest 24 hours later (2:15.454).

Audi will return to Le Mans and to sports prototype racing with an electrified sports car in the 2023 season. The successor to the successful Audi R18 is already taking shape.

Taylor Hagler will be racing back on home soil for Rounds Three and Four of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS at Circuit of the Americas April 30th to May 2nd. Hagler will be joined by teammate Jacob Abel in the No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo. 

The Porsche works team contesting the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) has successfully completed its preparations for the 2021 season. In the official two-day tests on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the two Porsche 911 RSR covered a total distance of 2,977 kilometres. The main focus of the tests was on the setup and tyre use as well as optimising the procedures within the team. In the so-called prologue of the WEC, the two ca. 515 hp factory cars from Weissach impressed with fast and steady lap times. Works driver Kévin Estre from France turned the fastest lap in the GTE-Pro class in 2:12.916 minutes.

Almost two months have passed since SRO America began the 2021 sports car racing season at Sonoma Raceway, and at long last, competition resumes this weekend at Circuit of the Americas. DXDT Racing, armed with a fleet of Mercedes AMG GT3 cars and a Honda Civic Type-R, will contest in six races in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS, GT America Powered by AWS, and TC America powered by Skip Barber Racing School. Circuit of the Americas, the famed Formula 1 circuit in Austin, Texas, will host the three double-headers, serving up an action-packed weekend of diverse sports car racing on its 3.4-mile circuit.

Three Aston Martin Vantage GTEs will compete for FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) GTE AM honours as D’station Racing, NorthWest AMR and TF Sport all vie to give the car its first world title in the class when the 2021 series begins at Spa-Francorchamps, in Belgium, on Saturday.

Cetilar Racing is set to embark on its second full-season programme in the FIA WEC as the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps kicks-off the 2021 campaign this coming weekend, 29th April/1st May.

The Porsche works team sends two 911 RSR to tackle the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC at Spa-Francorchamps on 1 May. The successful team of the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer faces unique conditions in Belgium’s Ardennes region. No other racetrack apart from Le Mans is as long (7.004 kilometres), as undulating (with an elevation change of 100 metres), and as diverse in its challenging mix of high-speed passages and spectacular corners with extreme lateral acceleration.

United Autosports will begin their FIA World Endurance Championship title defence next weekend at Spa Francorchamps, Belgium, as the first round of the new season gets underway.

The BMW Junior Team has kicked off its 2021 season on the Nordschleife when Dan Harper (GBR), Max Hesse (GER) and Neil Verhagen (USA) contested their first race in the BMW M6 GT3 within the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). The highlight of the season is the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (GER) at the start of June, for which the BMW Junior Team is already preparing meticulously. BMW works driver Augusto Farfus (BRA) is supporting the young trio with his wealth of experience. This season, BMW Team RMG is responsible for the team’s outings.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will begin a new era with its GR010 HYBRID Hypercar when the road to the Le Mans 24 Hours opens at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the opening round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on 1 May.

The Porsche works team tackles the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps on 1 May with two 911 RSR. For the six-hour race in the Ardennes region of Belgium, the factory drivers Gianmaria Bruni from Italy and Richard Lietz from Austria share the cockpit of the ca. 515-hp GT racing vehicle with the starting number 91. The crew in the identical No. 92 sister car has changed from previous years: this season, Frenchman Kévin Estre, the 2018/2019 WEC champion, shares the vehicle with Neel Jani. In preparation for his WEC mission with the Porsche 911 RSR, the experienced Swiss racer contested the final round of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Sebring and took part in extensive tests.

Photos by STEFANO CIABATTONI for the Porsche Supercup 2021 test at Monza

B-Quik Absolute Racing announces that Sandy Stuvik and Philip Massoud will pair up to share our No 1 Audi R8 LMS GT3 in Thailand Super Series 2021. We are pleased to have put this strong and well-rounded driver line up together as we seek to defend our titles in Super Car GT3.

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports will begin their European adventure in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, in collaboration with Tech1 Racing. PR1 Motorsports will take part in three events of the WEC Calendar, starting with The Prologue next week, followed by Total 6 Hours of SPA-Francorchamps, and culminating with the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans in August. The lineup for the #24 PR1 Motorsports / Tech1Racing LMP2, is composed of Patrick Kelly, Simon Trummer and Gabriel Aubry. 

The start of this year’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS season has been postponed until the second half of 2021 at the earliest.

Henrique Chaves signed a storming debut in the demanding GT World Challenge Europe, with a third place in the Monza 3 Hours race.