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TOM GAMBLE TO COMPETE IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES FOR WRT

McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and current BRDC SuperStar Tom Gamble will compete in the popular Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe with the Audi factory-supported W Racing Team (WRT) for the 2019 season.

FIRST RACE FOR THE VILLORBA CORSE MERCEDES-AMG GT4 AT THE 12H MUGELLO

The race debut of the Scuderia Villorba Corse Mercedes-AMG GT4 will take place at the 12 Hours of Mugello on March 29-30.

SUN, SEA AND A HOME E-PRIX IN SANYA FOR DS TECHEETAH

The ABB FIA Formula E championship returns to mainland China for the first time since Season Two of the all-electric street racing series.

NISSAN E.DAMS BRINGS FORMULA E EXCITEMENT TO CHINA

The power and performance of Nissan Intelligent Mobility technology will be on display in China this week when the ABB FIA Formula E Championship series comes to the southern city of Sanya.

BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT EAGER TO GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS AS FORMULA E RETURNS TO CHINA

Two weeks after the round in the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong (CHN), the ABB FIA Formula E Championship celebrates its return to mainland China with the Sanya E-Prix (CHN). BMW i Andretti Motorsport is eager to return to the strength demonstrated in the opening races of the season at the new Sanya circuit and finish in the points with both BMW iFE.18s.

WILL OWEN FINISHES 10th IN CLASS DESPITE A DIFFICULT 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

Will Owen finished 10th in the DPi class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Juncos Racing in an extremely challenging running of the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Vettel “Not quite sure what the issue was”

Starting Sunday’s grand prix from third on the grid, Vettel had hoped to challenge the Mercedes drivers but it was not to be. Trailing Lewis Hamilton by four seconds, Ferrari pitted the German early allowing him to reduce the gap to Hamilton to two seconds. That, though, was as close as it would get. Vettel […]

AUDI SPORT ABT SCHAEFFLER IN THE THICK OF THE FORMULA E TITLE RACE

Formula E is more thrilling than ever before: With five different winners in the first five races, the top four drivers in the overall classification are separated by just three points, and Lucas di Grassi is right in the middle of the mix in third position. On Saturday, March 23, the series will race for the first time at the Chinese tourist resort Sanya.

301 RACES AND COUNTING FOR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB

In the last race of 2018, Porsche Carrera Cup GB powered into its fourth century of races – 301 to date and counting, as the fastest single marque GT championship in the UK begins its 17th season.

LEXUS RC F GT3 EARNS TOP-10 RESULT AT SEBRING

Lexus and the AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) race team competed in the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday, earning a top-10 result at the 17-turn, 3.74-mile historic Florida road course.

MENEZES’ MARATHON EFFORT GOES UNREWARDED IN THE FLORIDA HEAT

Gustavo Menezes put on a spectacular show for the appreciative home crowd in last weekend’s 1,000 Miles of Sebring – round six of the fiercely-disputed 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) – but mechanical woes ultimately denied the talented young American a popular podium result.

VICTORY FOR LEE AND PICARIELLO AT THE INAUGURAL ASIA GT FESTIVAL

Craft-Bamboo Racing started the first race weekend of 2019 in style, with Alessio Picariello and Jeffrey Lee in the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 victorious on Sunday, while Frank Yu and Malaysian racing star Jazeman Jaafar in the sister #77 car finish 2nd after an enthralling battle which saw Jaafar challenging for the win during the entire second half of the opening race on Saturday, but unable to find a way past.

WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC WINS SEBRING – CADILLAC SWEEP

The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring today. The Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R and Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R completed an all Cadillac sweep of the Sebring podium.

HABUL TAKES SECOND AGP WIN, BUT TWIGG HOLDS AUSTRALIAN GT POINTS LEAD

Reigning Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers’ Champion Kenny Habul continued his winning streak at the Australian Grand Prix after a 20-year hiatus since his first laps of the circuit in an open-wheeler, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver storming from pole position to lead home Scott Taylor Motorsport team-mate Max Twigg and race three winner Peter Hackett to claim a second AMG 1-2-3 for the event.

GRT GRASSER RACING WITH SENSATIONAL WIN IN 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

After their amazing victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona in January, GRT Grasser Racing did it again this weekend. The green-orange Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo fielded by the team from Styria triumphed again in the second race of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship on Sebring’s famous circuit. And once more, it was the well-practised team of GT veterans, Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen and Rik Breukers, who stood on the top step of the podium in the GTD class.

PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS WINS AT THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

Performance Tech Motorsports turned a tight qualifying session into a dominating win in the LMP2 class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship; walking away winners of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

SUPER IN SEBRING: PORSCHE ALSO WINS THE TWELVE-HOUR RACE

Porsche has notched up yet another victory at the “Super Sebring” race weekend. Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and his French teammates Patrick Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki took the flag in first place in the Porsche 911 RSR at the twelve-hour race of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. With this success, the trio in the No. 911 car have not only repeated their win from last year, but also rounded off an extremely successful weekend for Porsche. A day earlier, the ca. 510 hp racing car from Weissach had won both GTE classes at the 1,000-mile race of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC. The No. 912 sister car driven by Earl Bamber (New Zealand), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) finished the thrilling long-distance classic in the USA on fifth place.

MEYER SHANK RACING SCORES SEVENTH AT SEBRING

A powerful run in rapidly changing conditions saw the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo lead 60 laps of the 67th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday in round two of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Despite strong pace and team execution, an unfortunate late race penalty brought the car down the order to finish seventh at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday.

WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD IN GTD CLASS AT SEBRING

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) finished third in the GTD class of 67th IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

PAUL MILLER RACING USE SEBRING FOR VALUABLE TEST MILES

Paul Miller racing used the latter half of today’s 12 Hours of Sebring as a valuable test and development session after encountering clutch issues in the first half of the race.

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