RNW Staff

The race debut of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team is getting nearer by the day. Last week, the team passed yet another marker on the way to its first race in season six of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. At Varano in Italy, Stoffel Vandoorne and Venturi driver Edoardo Mortara took the new Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 out for its first sequence of runs last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

After a successful pre-season test, Craft-Bamboo Racing are looking to begin the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia season at the Sepang International Circuit with a strong result in the team’s biggest ever line-up. Craft-Bamboo Racing, an Official Performance Team of Mercedes-AMG, will be fielding a trio of Mercedes-AMG GT3’s and a single GT4 entry in a bid for success in both classes.

United Autosports will begin their historic racing season this month as they make their way to Barcelona for the Peter Auto Espiritu de Montjuic event later this week before heading directly to America for the Historic IMSA GTO Challenge event at Long Beach.

After a debut season outstanding for the victory they scored at the Nürburgring, Team ISR go into the 2019 ADAC GT Masters with renewed determination. The driver line-up is the same as before: last year’s duo of Filip Salaquarda (35, CZ) and Frank Stippler (43, GER) will be driving an upgraded Audi R8 LMS. The season opener of the Super Sports Car League will take place on the weekend of 26th – 28th April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

The thrill and excitement that surrounds the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championships returns as the 2019 season starts at Barber Motorsports Park on April 6-7 in the hills of Alabama.

Mick Schumacher wastes little time settling into life at Ferrari, impressing in his first Formula 1 test outing with the Scuderia in Bahrain. “The emotions I can tell you were really nice. It was feeling like home already,” Schumacher said. “It was beautiful to make those first laps and to see all those guys working […]

Michael Schumacher’s son Mick followed in his father’s footsteps today as the 20-year-old impressed on his first Formula 1 test drive for Ferrari. More than 12 years after F1 legend Schumacher senior drove his last race for Ferrari, his son showed he might be ready to carry on the family legacy. Almost 15 years to […]

The two-time F1 world champion was quick to praise the 2019 McLaren, saying he felt it was a step in the right direction after a difficult period for the team that saw Alonso finish no higher than fifth in four seasons. “It’s a step forward in every aspect of the car. I think the car […]

Zak Brown, McLaren’s CEO, has commented on the incident which cost Carlos Sainz from having a decent race in Bahrain. “Based on the onboard images, I would say that the turn was Carlos,” he told Motorsport-total.com. “It was a racing incident, but Carlos was driving far enough for him so that the turn was his, […]

Lando Norris believes a resurgent McLaren are finally “on the way up” in Formula 1 again after an impressive Bahrain GP. “It’s definitely on the way up,” Norris, 19, told Sky F1. “The steps we’ve taken from last year, to be two out of two times in Q3, to have opportunities to get into the […]

Carlos Sainz says his clash with Max Verstappen saved him from a “more dramatic” day in the Bahrain Grand Prix, as he believes a gearbox problem would have cost him a points finish anyway. “I’m trying to look at the positives,” said Sainz. “A good start, a good first lap, the cars in front weren’t […]

A seething Sebastian Vettel bemoaned his race performance at the Bahrain Grand Prix, after his spin following a battle with Lewis Hamilton cost him seven places and he would ultimately finish in fifth, three places down from his starting position on the grid. “[It was] Difficult. I think we all struggled at various points. I […]

Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc was hit with engine trouble in the last handful of laps. The Monegasque driver held the lead for most of the race, despite being pipped off the line by teammate Sebastian Vettel. He then fell behind Valtteri Bottas but soon regrouped and overtook Bottas, […]