EBM REAFFIRMS GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ENTRIES
EBM (Earl Bamber Motorsport) will make their long awaited Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS debut this season, two years after first announcing the entry.
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PAUL MILLER RACING LOOKING FOR MORE PODIUM SUCCESS AT MID-OHIO
The Paul Miller Racing team is headed to driver Bryan Sellers’ home track of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in search of their fourth consecutive podium finish at the facility.
ERA MOTORSPORT SAILS ON POINTS LEAD INTO MID-OHIO WEEKEND
Era Motorsport has a short drive this weekend from their Indianapolis-based shop to Lexington, Ohio for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. The team is entering the weekend as the LMP2 class points leaders in the driver standings, ready for the variety of weather the mid-west […]
JACK AITKEN AIMING TO BUILD ON ELMS POINTS LEAD IN IMOLA
British-Korean driver Jack Aitken will be targeting back-to-back European Le Mans Series victories this weekend as Imola plays host to the second round of the 2022 season.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS RETURN TO IMOLA AFTER SIX YEARS FOR SECOND ROUND OF ELMS & MLMC
United Autosports return to Imola this week ahead of the second round of the 2022 European Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup.
McLAREN IS BACK IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
McLaren is returning to the ADAC GT Masters after seven years away. JP Motorsport will make a guest appearance with the McLaren 720S GT3 at the Red Bull Ring from 20th to 22nd May. Sharing the driving duties when the iconic car makes its ADAC GT Masters debut will be former Formula 1 driver Christian […]
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC HOPES TO DETHRONE ACURA AT MID-OHIO
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Tristan Nunez (Boynton Beach, Fla.) look to get their first win of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season and, in the process, dethrone Acura as the four-time defending race winner of the Lexus Grand Prix At Mid-Ohio May 13-15. In the past two years, the No. 31 Whelen […]
MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING TO PARTICIPATE IN BATHURST 12 HOUR WITH SIX CARS
For its season opener, the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) is returning to the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst this weekend. The field for the popular Bathurst 12 Hour includes, among others, six Mercedes-AMG customer sport teams, each of them taking on the huge challenges of the traditional circuit in the southeast of Australia with one Mercedes-AMG GT3. Next to Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Racing that will be participating with extended support from Affalterbach, the teams are Nineteen Corporation Pty Ltd, RAM Motorsport, SunEnergy1 Racing, Triple Eight Race Engineering and Valmont Racing. Like in previous years, Mercedes-AMG is again providing the safety car for this legendary race.
MEYER SHANK RACING TAKES SHARE OF IMSA DPi POINTS LEAD TO MID-OHIO
After finishing second on three occasions at its home track, MSR is looking for its first victory at Mid-Ohio, where team co-owner Mike Shank started the team nearly two decades ago.
DANIEL HARPER SCORES FIRST NURBURGRING WIN OF 2022
Daniel Harper produced eye-catching pace and racecraft as he helped guide the BMW Junior Team to a sensational first win of the season in the qualifier races for the ADAC TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
AUDI SPORT ASIA TEAM X WORKS CONFIRMS TWO CAR GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA PROGRAMME
Audi Sport Asia has confirmed that two new X Works-run R8 LMS Evo II GT3s will contest this year’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS campaign, which begins at Sepang on May 20-22.
ALPINE QUARTET LOOKING FORWARD TO ADAC GT MASTERS HOME EVENT AT THE RED BULL RING
They are an integral part of the ADAC GT Masters: The Austrian drivers have so far claimed 20 victories in the German GT Championship. Four drivers will be particularly motivated when they lien up in their home races in Spielberg from 20th to 22nd May.
ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE CLAIMS DOUBLE WEC PODIUM AS NORTHWEST AMR MAINTAINS WEC GTE AM LEAD AT SPA
The Aston Martin Vantage claimed a magnificent FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Am class double-podium finish, as well as another pole position, in one of the most gruelling 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps the series has ever produced, last Saturday. The pole-sitting TF Sport Vantage GTE, driven by Ben Keating (USA), Henrique Chaves (POR) and […]
SATISFACTORY DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE NURBURGRING 24-HOUR RACE FOR PORSCHE
For the Porsche customer teams, the two test races before the 24-hour highlight on the Eifel circuit concluded with acceptable results and important insights. On Saturday, works drivers Julien Andlauer (F), Matt Campbell (AUS) and Matthieu Jaminet (F) finished in the top six for their team Toksport WRT. On Sunday, the KCMG quartet Dennis Olsen (N), Earl Bamber (NZ), Josh Burdon (AUS) and Nick Tandy (GB) improved this result by one position.
MERCEDES-AMG TEAM GETSPEED CHARGES TO VICTORY IN 24H NURBURGRING DRESS REHEARSAL
With two three-hour qualification races, the dress rehearsal for the ADAC TotalEnergies 24h Nürburgring took place this weekend. In the Sunday race, the #3 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed entry with Adam Christodoulou (GBR), Maximilian Götz (GER) and Fabian Schiller (GER) brought home a long-awaited victory following a strong recovery drive. On the previous day, Maro Engel (GER), Jules Gounon (FRA) and Daniel Juncadella (ESP) had already scored a podium result with the #4 sister car. In the upcoming 50th running of the 24-hour race, Mercedes-AMG Teams Bilstein, GetSpeed and Landgraf as well as CP Racing and Schnitzelalm Racing are in the field with a first-class driver line-up and a total of seven Mercedes-AMG GT3s.
Mitchell and Balon take RAC trophy win at the Silverstone 500
Sandy Mitchell and Adam Balon become two time winners of the Silverstone 500
ONE-TWO FOR THE BMW M4 GT3 IN THE DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
The BMW M Motorsport teams used the new format of the Qualifiers for the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER) to put the finishing touches to their preparations for the highlight of the endurance season, which takes place on 28th/29th May. The new BMW M4 GT3 impressed in the two three-hour races, with two pole positions, a lap record, a one-two result and a further podium finish. On Saturday, the BMW Junior Team took victory ahead of the #99 BMW M4 GT3 of ROWE Racing. On Sunday, Dan Harper (GBR), Max Hesse (GER) and Neil Verhagen (USA) finished runner-up, despite a time penalty. BMW M GmbH, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, has announced some spectacular events to feature on the support programme for the 24-hour race; the BMW M Race of Legends with the BMW M2 CS Racing and test drives for media representatives in current BMW M cars.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS HEAD TO LE MANS SECOND IN THE LMP2 FIA WEC TROPHY TEAMS’ STANDINGS AFTER SPA 6 HOURS
2019-2020 LMP2 FIA World Endurance Teams’ Trophy winners United Autosports head to the Le Mans 24 Hours next month with the #23 placed second – #22 sixth – in this year’s standings, aiming to repeat its magnificent triumph in the French “classic” from two years ago.
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING TAKES ITS FIRST WIN OF THE 2022 FIA WEC SEASON AT SPA
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned its first win of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season after a dramatic, weather-affected 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
PORSCHE DEFENDS ITS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AT SPA
The Porsche GT Team has concluded the six-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in second and fifth place with the two 911 RSR. With this result at round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC, the sports car manufacturer defended its lead in the classification – in the manufacturers’ as well as in the drivers’ categories. The Porsche customer team Dempsey-Proton Racing won the GTE-Am class with the No. 77 car. At the end of an eventful race in Belgium, Christian Ried from Germany and his British teammates Sebastian Priaulx and Harry Tincknell crossed the finish line first in the 378 kW (515 PS) 911 from Weissach.
