Reigning GT4 champions Century confirm GT3 expansion with Willmott, Mitchell and BMW
Century’s return to the senior ranks will be made alongside a GT4 programme that is again expected to feature two BMW M4 GT4s.
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RICKY COLLARD WILL LINE UP AS NEW DRIVER FOR R-MOTORSPORT IN ABU DHABI
Season finale under the floodlights at the Yas Marina Circuit. R-Motorsport have secured the services of Ricky Collard for their last endurance race of the year, the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi. The 22 year-old British driver will race with the Swiss team for the first time on Yas Island, sharing the cockpit with Jake Dennis and Marvin Kirchhöfer as the team’s new Aston Martin Vantage V8 GT3 makes its debut.
RENE BINDER JOINS FORCES WITH PANIS-BARTHEZ COMPETITION FOR 2019
Following a successful end of season, Panis-Barthez Compétition is now working on its drivers line-up for the next ELMS season while waiting for the invitation for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
TRENT HINDMAN AND MARIO FARNBACHER SET FOR FULL IMSA CAMPAIGN WITH MEYER SHANK RACING
Preparing for its 16th season of IMSA competition, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) will have a two-car campaign in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT-Daytona class with the Acura NSX GT3 Evo.
NISSAN SET TO BEGIN FORMULA E CAMPAIGN AS FIRST JAPANESE MANUFACTURER
The Nissan e.dams team is set to kick off its electric street racing challenge when the ABB FIA Formula E championship begins its fifth season of competition this week.
DS TECHEETAH READY TO HIT THE STREETS WITH THE DS E-TENSE FE19
Season Five of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship is all set to commence this Saturday on 15 December. Fans across the world will see 22 new Gen2 cars, new tracks, new rules and new drivers added to the championship.
END OF YEAR MARKS START OF EXCITING NEW CHAPTER FOR ASTON MARTIN RACER AL HARTHY AT GULF 12 HOURS
Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi hosts the spectacular end-of-year Gulf 12 Hours this coming Saturday, 15th December, where Oman’s premier racing driver Ahmad Al Harthy is aiming to end 2018 on a real high.
DATES FOR 2019 FIA GT WORLD CUP AND FIA GT NATIONS CUP RECEIVE OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
As 2018 draws to a close, SRO Motorsports Group continues to finalise plans for an exciting 2019 racing season that will see events staged on five continents.
ISAAC TUTUMLU TO DRIVE ALL NEW AUDI R8 LMS GT3 IN THE GULF 12 HOURS
Two Spaniard will contest the classic Middle East endurance race, which brings the curtain down on the 2018 season, with a new Car Collection Motorsport-entered Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo. Tutumlu will share the driving duties with Schmidt and Parhoffer, as Çapan will be absent as a result of physical problems.
BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA SHANGHAI SEASON FINALE PUSHED BACK ONE WEEK TO AVOID F1 CLASH
The final rounds of 2019’s Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia and GT4 Asia campaigns at Shanghai have been moved back by one week to September 27/28.
WEATHERTECH RACING TO RUN MacNEIL AND VILANDER IN IMSA WEATHERTECH GTD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2019
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Finland) will partner in the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 for the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
JAGUAR TO MAKE HISTORY WITH ALL-ELECTRIC RACE SERIES
Jaguar will make history this weekend with the debut of the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY, the world’s first international championship for production-based electric cars. It will be the first time women compete against men in a race in Saudi Arabia, and Katherine Legge, Célia Martin and Alice Powell will be amongst the first women to take part in a motor race in the Kingdom.
GREEN LIGHT FOR A NEW CHALLENGE: BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT ENTERS ITS FIRST FORMULA E SEASON
Next Saturday, the Ad Diriyah E-Prix (KSA) kicks off the fifth season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. It also marks the first race appearance for the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team and the BMW iFE.18 race car with its BMW i powertrain. Two BMW works drivers, Alexander Sims (GBR) and António Félix da Costa (POR), will be the drivers. Sims is set to contest his first Formula E season, while Félix da Costa will enter his fifth year in the first race series for fully-electric single-seater cars. Once again in Season 5 BMW i, as “Official Vehicle Partner” of Formula E, will provide the safety car fleet for all races.
RYAN HARDWICK JOINS IMSA CHAMPIONS PAUL MILLER RACING
A new season for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship begins in January and Paul Miller Racing, the reigning GTD class champions, will return to the series in 2019 to defend their title. Champion Bryan Sellers will return for his fourth year with the team, to be joined by 2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North American and World Champion Ryan Hardwick. Corey Lewis, also a 2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North American Champion, will reprise his role at the team as an endurance driver in the Michelin Endurance Cup.
ALL-STAR DRIVER LINE-UP CONFIRMED FOR THE COMPETITIVE DEBUT OF THE McLAREN 720S GT3 IN ABU DHABI
McLaren Automotive has confirmed a stellar driver line-up for the competitive debut of the 720S GT3 in the Gulf 12 Hours at Abu Dhabi on December 13-15. Lining up on the grid will be McLaren Automotive Factory Driver Ben Barnicoat (GB), joined by Alvaro Parente (PT) and Shane van Gisbergen (NZ).
AUDI STARTS TITLE DEFENCE IN FORMULA E
Following a five-month break, Formula E is returning to the race track next Saturday (December 15): In Ad Diriyah, on the outskirts of the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, the fifth season of the fully electric racing series will begin. The Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team with Daniel Abt, Lucas di Grassi and the newly developed Audi e-tron FE05 will be on the grid as the title defenders.
JAGUAR RACING FULLY CHARGED FOR THIRD FORMULA E SEASON
Panasonic Jaguar Racing will return for their third season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship on December 15 at the inaugural Ad Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia.
2018 BEST OF THE REST SILVERSTONE PHOTO-SHOOT
We’ve come to the end of another season of motorsport at Silverstone. As always its been a very good year, and we’ve had the chance to photograph both National and International events. With so many pictures not used in previous photo shoots, I though this would be a good opportunity to do a best of the rest. Even then it wasn’t easy to choose which ones to use. We hope you like the pictures.
PORSCHE TACKLES LE MANS AGAIN WITH FOUR WORKS CARS
Porsche has paid tribute to the worldwide achievements of its teams and drivers over the 2018 season at its Night of Champions motorsport gala in Weissach. On this occasion, the Board announced the intense continuation of its worldwide GT activities as well as a number of innovations.
BMW MOTORSPORTS PRESENTS ITS RACING PROGRAMME FOR 2019
The BMW Motorsport programme for the 2019 season will be even more international than in recent years. As well as the four works involvements in the DTM, FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA Series) and ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the BMW M6 GT3 will also have an extensive race programme. Besides the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (GER) and the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN), the planned starts in the Intercontinental GT Challenge are further international highlights. BMW M Motorsport’s commitment to customer racing and the BMW Motorsport Junior programme will continue.
