The Ferrari Driver Academy is sending a second driver for the 2018 Toyota Racing Series that gets underway in Christchurch on January 12, with Russian-born Robert Schwartzman joining Christchurch's Marcus Armstrong on the grid. ...
After a successful season this year, Team GRT Grasser Racing intend to drive to victory again in the 2018 ADAC GT Masters with their green Lamborghinis. Team Principal Gottfried Grasser is looking forward to going up against some strong competition next season.
BMW works driver Philipp Eng (AUT) joins Joel Eriksson (SWE) as one of two newcomers in BMW’s driver line-up for the 2018 DTM season. In addition to this milestone in his motorsport career, Eng will also race at the wheel of the BMW M8 GTE and the BMW M6 GT3 next year.
Bathurst conqueror and V8 Supercar hero Jim Richards will be the focus on and off the track at the Hampton Downs' annual Festival of Motorsport being held at the North Waikato circuit over the weekend of January 13/14.
Christmas has come early for Aston Martin Racing, as the team received a special delivery in the form of Belgian GT and DTM ace, Maxime Martin. The 31-year-old has joined Aston Martin Racing to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’, which starts in Spring 2018
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will compete in the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season after reaffirming its commitment to the development of hybrid powertrain technology through motorsport. Following the publication of the LMP1 regulations for next season, which Toyota has played an active part in defining, the team can commit to enter its TS050 HYBRID in the championship.
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Alessandro Balzan (Italy) took the first laps in the team’s all-new No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 car at the Ferrari test track in Firoano, Italy this past week.
Signing a young up and coming American talent along with one that has already seen success on the international stage, Michael Shank Racing has finalized its driver roster for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener at Daytona. Côme Ledogar will combine with Lawson Aschenbach, Justin Marks and Mario Farnbacher in the No. 93 Acura
Dries Vanthoor and Frédéric Vervisch join driver lineup: In terms of its driver squad, Audi Sport in 2018 will again rely on Rahel Frey (CH), Robin Frijns (NL), Christopher Haase (D), Pierre Kaffer (D), Kelvin van der Linde (ZA), Christopher Mies (D), Frank Stippler (D) and Markus Winkelhock (D).
21-year-old Jack Butel will contest his first endurance event outside of Britain on the 5-7 January 2018. The Jerseyman heads to Dubai with Speedworks Motorsport for nine grueling hours in his LMP3 Ligier sports car in the Middle East.
United Autosports have scored a triple podium at the Gulf 12 Hours, including a class win for Richard Meins, Shaun Lynn and Jim McGuire in the #23 Ligier JS P3. Johnny Mowlem, Bon Grimes and Tony Wells teamed up in the #22 Red River Sport Ligier JS P3, finishing second in the ProAm class.
The Spaniard finished 3rd in GT Pro class during the seventh edition of the Gulf 12 hours at the wheel of the Attempto Racing-entered Lamborghini Huracán GT3 with pairing of Aly Çapan and Clemens Schmid.
Middle Eastern racing driver Ahmad Al Harthy and the Oman Racing team celebrated a fabulous runner-up finish in class during the Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, 16th December, thanks to a superb display in the squad’s Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.
Oman Racing trio Ahmad Al Harthy, Tom Jackson and Euan McKay will begin today’s Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi from the GT Pro-Am class pole position and fourth on the overall grid, thanks to a terrific team performance in qualifying at Yas Marina Circuit on Friday, 15th December.