RNW Staff

Ocon has lost his Racing Point Force India seat to Lance Stroll as part of the changes triggered by Stroll’s father Lawrence leading the consortium that rescued the team.

On 15th December, the opening race in Ad Diriyah (KSA) sees the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team get its first season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship underway. BMW works driver António Félix da Costa (POR) has known the series from Season 1. Now, together with BMW i Andretti Motorsport, he opens a new chapter. In an interview he talks about the impressive development of Formula E and the new challenges with the BMW iFE.18 in Season 5.

The battle for the 2018 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup GT3 championship title goes down to the wire this weekend with a double-header season finale at Malaysia’s 5.54km Sepang International Circuit. Four drivers remain in contention for the title – points leader Bhurit Bhirombhakdi of Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing, ProMax Team’s Andrew Haryanto, The Bend Motorsport Park’s Yasser Shahin and Sun Jingzu of Absolute Racing, with the winner receiving a one-of-a-kind production Audi R8.

The final race of the season takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Jump in the cockpit with our F1 Esports star Mads Sørensen and experience the thrill of this track!

Kubica is back on the F1 grid and he will be racing for Williams from 2019.

The GT racing season will end in spectacular fashion on 30 November-1 December when the inaugural Bapco Bahrain GT Festival brings the curtain down on a thrilling year of competition.

Celebrating the end of a successful season and looking ahead to 2019 was the theme of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB ‘Night of Motorsport’, held for a second year at the home of a very different type of horsepower, Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire.

McLaren team boss Zak Brown commented: “We’re incredibly pleased and proud to be able to race a special one-off livery for Fernando in Abu Dhabi this weekend.

Heading in to the 10th year of professional competition, Magnus Racing will join forces with Lamborghini Squadra Corse for the upcoming 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Looking to recapture the same fortune that saw the team win multiple endurance championships, as well as victories at the Rolex 24 at Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, the switch to the Italian manufacturer and the new Huracán GT3 EVO present a renewed opportunity for all involved. Additionally, the team is proud to reveal the continuation of full-season drivers John Potter and Andy Lally for the season.

It was great to lead the Shanghai 6 Hours round of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing, and we were really encouraged by our performance over the whole weekend. Unfortunately, Maxime Martin and I were denied a podium for our #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE at the last gasp, but we go into the winter extremely positive about our pace.

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport celebrated a double podium in the FIA GT World Cup which took place within the framework of the Macau Grand Prix weekend. The number 888 Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Maro Engel (GER) finished second ahead of last year’s winner Edoardo Mortara (SUI) in P3 in a hotly contested GT3 race. Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers have now featured on the podium of the prestigious race in Macau for the fifth year in succession.

The final race of the season will be under the setting sun in the Gulf.