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ONE11 COMPETITION LAUNCHES FERRARI GT3 PROGRAM IN BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA

One11 (“one-eleven”) Competition will stage a two-car campaign with a pair of Ferrari 488 GT3 entries in the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America.

ByKOLLES ANNOUNCES GIBSON TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP

ByKOLLES, leading WEC LMP1 team which uniquely designs and builds its own chassis, is pleased to announce it has signed an engine supply agreement with Gibson Technology.

LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO MIDDLE EAST VICTORY FOR BOGUSLAVSKIY AND SCHANDORFF IN DUBAI

The Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East event was inaugurated in Dubai by a brilliant victory on the parts of Timur Boguslavskiy and Frederik Schandorff at the wheel of the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo no. 9 of the Target Racing team.

HUBAUTO CORSA CONFIRM BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ENTRY WITH FERRARI

HubAuto Corsa has unveiled a new-look driver line-up for this year’s Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia campaign after confirming at least one of its Ferrari 488 GT3s will return to the championship.

THE NEW ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 TO RACE IN JAPANESE SUPER GT

Aston Martin has agreed an important new long-term partnership with the D’station Racing AMR team, signalling a high-profile return to the Japanese Super GT Championship for the British luxury sportscar manufacturer in 2019.

MONTAPLAST BY LAND-MOTORSPORT WILL FIGHT FOR THE ADAC GT MASTERS TITLE WITH A NEW SQUAD OF DRIVERS

Montaplast by Land-Motorsport have big ambitions for the start of their fourth season in the ADAC GT Masters and hope to again play an important role in the title fight with their newly formed squad of drivers – 2016 champion Christopher Mies (29, DEU) will line up for the first time with Max Hofer (19, A) while Ricardo Feller (18, CH) and Dries Vanthoor (20, B) will drive the team’s second Audi R8 LMS. The Super Sports Car League season will get underway in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, 26th – 28th April.

#WelcomeW10: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s tenth modern-day F1 car hits the track in Silverstone

Excited for the challenge of the upcoming 2019 Formula One season, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport ran its all-new F1 car for the first time today

THE 2019 LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO OPENS WITH AN ALL-NEW MIDDLE EAST SECTION

New format and record attendance for the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East, which for the third year provides the season-opener for the Sant’Agata Bolognese constructor’s one-make championship, now reaching its eleventh edition. Two rounds, with race weekends organised around three races each, with 20 Huracán Super Trofeo Evo cars lining up on the starting grid. What’s more, for the first time the winners of each class will automatically progress to the World Final, to be held on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain on 26 and 27 October.

TEAM NOVADRIVER CONFIRMS AN AUDI R8 FOR THE GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES

The GT4 South European Series is generating great interest amongst teams and drivers, as Team Novadriver confirms the intention to to take part in the Race Ready organized series.

13 DRIVERS REPRESENT AUDI SPORT WORLDWIDE

Audi Sport customer racing relies on a versatile driver lineup in 2019. Twelve male drivers and one fast lady will represent Audi Sport this season at strategic events of its own and in support of customers worldwide.

GOODWOOD: FESTIVAL OF THE FUTURE

The Festival of Speed is evolving into even more of a motoring mecca in 2019. Changes to the physical layout, with the relocation of the road car paddocks, will make way for an all-new live action arena guaranteed to thrill spectators. The four-day Festival, this year taking place on 4-7 July, is always looking to the future in making sure the newest and most exciting cars, bikes and technologies are very much part of the mix.

SUPPORT RACE AT SILVERSTONE SET TO HEADLINE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB REVISED 2019 CALENDAR

For 2019, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB blue-riband event will now be held in support the World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Silverstone on 30 August and 1 September.

ALEX BRUNDLE AND RYAN CULLEN TO RACE FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS IN 2019 SEASON IN LIGIER JS P217

United Autosports can confirm that Alex Brundle and Ryan Cullen will join their LMP2 team for the 2019 European Le Mans Series and pending entry confirmation, the Le Mans 24 Hours.

CHINESE CELEBRITY DRIVER LIU ZEXUAN JOINS THE 2019 AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP

Chinese internet sensation Liu Zexuan has joined the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup’s eighth season to compete in the GT4 Cup. The 30 year-old driver will be aiming to build on his impressive Cup debut in 2018 with Absolute Racing, when he secured back-to-back wins in Shanghai. Liu has become an online celebrity in China, appearing in a number of popular online reality shows, winning himself a legion of fans and followers.

B-QUIK JUNIORS SET TO DOUBLE UP IN TA2 THAILAND

B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) is pleased to announce the drivers and racing programme for “Tier 2” of the “B-Quik Junior Programme” this season after just kicking off the year with a productive test session at Bira Circuit, which also saw an evolved technical support package being phased in.

NICOLAI ELGHANAYAN ANNOUNCES 2019 GT4 AMERICA SEASON WITH MARCOPOLO MOTORSPORTS

As sports car racing begins to kick off the 2019 race season across North America, Nicolai Elghanayan has announced his return to the SRO Motorsports GT4 America series, formally the Pirelli World Challenge GTS class. Racing the No. 71 KTM X-Bow with MarcoPolo Motorsports, Elghanayan will run the full sprint season, consisting of eight double header race weekends.

SALVADOR DURAN JOINS JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY AS MEXICO CITY VIP DRIVER

Former Formula E driver Salvador Durán will return to his home track this weekend as the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY VIP driver.  The Mexican, who raced in season one and two of the electric street racing series, completes the twelve car grid for the second round of the ten race series.

NISSAN E.DAMS BRINGS ITS FORMULA E PACE TO MEXICO

Nissan e.dams is taking its Formula E challenge to new heights – literally – after an impressive round in Chile, where the team started on pole and led two-thirds of the race.

DS TECHEETAH HEADS TO MEXICO WITH POINTS IN SIGHT

DS TECHEETAH heads to Mexico City with hopes to score more valuable points at the fourth round of the 2018/2019 ABB FIA Formula E championship that is taking place on 16 February 2019.

BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT LOOKING TO BACK UP STRONG PERFORMANCES IN MEXICO

Having started the season with three impressive displays, the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team now travels to the Mexico City E-Prix, with its sights set on challenging for top results with both BMW iFE.18s in round four of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E Championship. The BMW i8 Coupe Safety Car is also set to attract its fair share of attention, as it sports its new design for the first time at the race weekend in Mexico.

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