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Kristofferson hadn’t put a step wrong all weekend and delivered a stellar semi-final performance despite chaos unfolding behind him to claim pole position as we went into this afternoon’s all-Scandinavian final. The seven-time World Champion led from start to finish, expertly navigating the Nyirád Racing Circuit which has seen some epic and unforgettable wheel to […]

The 23-year-old Swede, making a one-off appearance in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 instead of piloting his regular GR Yaris Rally2 in FIA WRC, will carry a 21-second lead into Sunday’s three-stage finale. Victory would result in him joining an exclusive group of drivers to win on their debut with a new team at rallying’s […]

Driving a GR Yaris Rally1 on what is currently a one-off outing for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Swedish youngster Solberg stunned the field by romping to three fastest times on lightning-fast gravel roads in southern Estonia and led for the first full day’s entirety. The 23-year-old, who is co-driven by Britain’s Elliott Edmondson, collected his […]

·         Episode one of the new “Road to 2026” technical content series explores the journey of the team’s partnership with PETRONAS, and looks ahead to the future Innovation has long been a closely guarded aspect of F1. A new four-part series, launched today, gives fans an insight into how one of the sport’s most successful […]

First day of running complete at Silverstone    The team got the British Grand Prix weekend underway at Silverstone, with team members from our nearby factories at Brackley and Brixworth in attendance trackside. Both drivers opted to run the same tyre strategy across the day, taking one set of the Medium and the Soft compounds […]

Tight Qualifying session at Silverstone nets second row start    George Russell qualified P4 with Kimi Antonelli P7 in Saturday’s Qualifying session for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix. After a challenging Friday, the team made several overnight changes as cooler conditions greeted the team for the weekend at Silverstone. An unrepresentative FP3, which saw two red […]

Tough Sunday at Silverstone   George Russell finished P10 whilst Kimi Antonelli retired in Sunday’s British Grand Prix. In changeable conditions, there were several key decision points for the team to make which would dictate the outcome of the race. The first came early on as the track dried following pre-race rain. Both George and […]

·         2024 Sustainability Report highlights Race Team Control emissions down by 35% Sustainable Aviation Fuel reduces aviation emissions associated with travel and freight by 68% Race and marketing trucks ran on HVO100 biofuel during 2024 European season achieving 98% coverage and replacing 170,000 litres of diesel Female representation across the team up to 18.1% with […]

The #12 Cadillac V-Series.R, driven by Alex Lynn, Norman Nato and Will Stevens, came out on top after six hours of racing, overcoming a tyre-pressure infringement penalty early in the race to secure Cadillac’s first-ever overall WEC win. Despite the setback, Lynn and co. stormed back into contention, pulling clear after a brief early challenge […]

Fresh from a standout fifth-place finish at Rally Italia Sardegna and another solid showing at the Ardeca Ypres Rally, FIA Rally Star Romet Jürgenson and co-driver Siim Oja are ready to chase another big result, this time on home soil, at Rally Estonia, round eight of the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship. Jürgenson has enjoyed […]

Gabriele Minì came out on top of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s Rookie Test in Berlin yesterday (14 May), outpacing his rivals in both sessions as 22 drivers collectively notched up more than 2,100 laps around the historic Tempelhof Airport circuit. The test offered up to six hours of track time behind the […]

The 93-car entry includes 24 entered in the Ultimate category, a staggering 39 running in the Challenger section for lightweight prototype cross-country machines, 28 entered in the SSV section and two in the Stock class for series-production cross-country vehicles. Of those, 11 are competing for points in the FIA World Baja Cup and 10 are […]

Held on the Saturday of the 6 Hours of São Paulo race weekend, the event brought together leading voices from the endurance racing ecosystem, with the panel of speakers including Pierre Fillon (ACO President), Kazuki Nakajima (Vice-President of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe), Bruno Famin (Alpine Vice-President of Motorsport), and Philippe Tramond (Michelin Motorsport Technical Director). […]

Nissan Formula E Driver Oliver Rowland achieved a life-long dream of lifting a FIA single-seater title this weekend (13 July), by carving his way through the field, masterminding his strategy and getting his elbows out when needed to secure the Season 11 title at the end of Round 14 of the 2024/25 series. After a […]

After ten plus years of doing Sportscar Racing News it’s time to move on and do other things. It would be impossible for me to calculate how many hours I’ve put into doing this site plus the expense too. I’ve had some help along the way, so I’ll say thank you to my daughter for the help right at the beginning and the media applications she’s done for me. John for the countless number of photographs he’s taken. Of course thank you to all of you who have been reading Sportscar Racing News.

Grasser Racing’s performance at the DTM in Oschersleben this weekend made for a great start to the season. From 26th to 28th May, around 35,000 spectators enjoyed best summer weather in the Magdeburger Börde region to see the first round of the iconic championship live. The fans of the Austrian Lamborghini Team were not disappointed. Clemens Schmid impressed in every way on the DTM premiere of the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 with fifth place on Sunday. With this result, the Austrian was the best-placed of the five Lamborghini drivers in the field of 27 GT3 cars. Team-mate Mick Wishofer had a strong showing on his DTM debut with fourth place in Qualifying on Saturday. In the races though he was out of luck.

A great performance and a perfect strategy – in Oschersleben, Christian Engelhart was rewarded for a faultless performance in the Porsche 911 GT3 R from Toksport WRT with his maiden DTM win. On Sunday, the experienced 36-year-old driver had started the second race of the season from seventh on the grid and moved up to second place after a perfectly timed pit stop. His brand team-mate Thomas Preining (A) from Manthey EMA had been leading up that point, but a penalty for him saw Engelhart take the lead and he crossed the finishing line in first place after 41 laps. “That victory was clearly due to the whole team. The pit stop was sensational and I had great pace before and after it. This is a fantastic win,” said the jubilant Porsche driver, who topped the rostrum for the first time in what was just his fourth DTM race. His team-mate Tim Heinemann from Fichtenberg also had reason to celebrate. As he had on Saturday, the newcomer secured second place and moved into the lead in the overall standings. Preining completed the three-way Porsche podium. Around 35,000 spectators enjoyed a top-quality DTM opener in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, with thrilling qualifying sessions and two new winners.

Fanatec GT2 European Series history was made in the second round of the series in the sun at the Red Bull Ring this weekend, with the newest world-class brand to join the grid – the Mercedes-AMG GT2 – claiming outright victory on its first outing with the Akkodis ASP Team. 

That was a show of strength. Franck Perera (F) from the SSR Performance team produced a nerveless performance to claim a dominant start-finish victory in the first DTM race of the season. The former Formula 1 test driver thereby secured the first win in the series for Lamborghini at the opening race of the 37th DTM season. On Saturday, Perera started the race at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in first place in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2, controlling the field in a commanding fashion before and after the mandatory pit stop. “This win really means a lot to me. I have had some ups and downs in my career, but I knew that I still had plenty in the tank. The season still has a long way to go but I will enjoy this success and have a beer tonight,” explained the Lamborghini works driver, who is now a permanent driver in the popular race series for the first time after making a guest appearance last year. A “real” newcomer produced a sensational result, as Tim Heinemann from Fichtenberg secured second place in the Porsche 911 GT3 R for Toksport WRT. British driver Jack Aitken claimed the third spot on the podium for himself and his Emil Frey Racing team to mark his DTM debut in the Ferrari 296 GT3.

Sheldon van der Linde made an impressive start to the DTM season in Oschersleben: the defending champion from the Schubert Motorsport team was the top driver after the two free practice sessions on Friday. The South African set the fastest lap time of 1:21.960 minutes in his BMW M4 GT3 and was the only driver to dip under 1:22.000 minutes. “The track was faster in the second free practice than in FP1. The car was also better, which gives us confidence going into Saturday’s qualifying,” said the BMW driver. Mirko Bortolotti (I) from SS Performance set the fastest lap time (1:22.376 minutes) in the opening session.