ANTONIO FELIX DA COSTA: “WITH THE BMW iFE.18 WE’VE CREATED SOMETHING VERY EXCITING”.
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.
BATTLE FOR THE AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP TITLE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE IN SEPANG
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.
2018 Abu Dhabi GP: F1 2018 hotlap with Mads Sørensen
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!
Confirmed: Kubica is back on the F1 grid
Kubica is back on the F1 grid and he will be racing for Williams from 2019.
SIGNIFICANT BLANCPAIN GT SERIES PRESENCE AT BAHRAIN GT FESTIVAL
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.
CATALUNYA, THUXTON AND CROFT HEADLINE FINALISED 2019 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB GB CALENDAR
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 with a special livery for Fernando Alonso
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.
MAGNUS RACING ANNOUNCES IMSA SWITCH TO LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 EVO, ANDY LALLY CONFIRMED FOR 2019
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.
ALEX LYNN – SHANGHAI WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW
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.
THREE QUESTIONS FOR MARO ENGEL
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.
2018 Abu Dhabi GP: Preview
The final race of the season will be under the setting sun in the Gulf.
B-QUIK RACING SET FOR ACTION PACKED SEASON FINALE IN SEPANG
B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) is all set to wrap up the on track season this coming weekend at Sepang Circuit with Henk J. Kiks and Daniel Bilski entering the final round of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup while our Young Driver Programme will take part in the Sepang 1000 Km.
Santino Ferrucci Returns to Coyne for 2019 IndyCar Series Season
The rookie qualified a remarkable IndyCar career best of 13th in Race 2 at Detroit and registered his best result of the season at Sonoma when he moved up nine positions to place 11th in the final round of the season despite having to deal with a throttle to fuel system error right from the start.
DS TECHEETAH ANNOUNCES TATIANA CALDERÓN AS TEST DRIVER FOR THE AD DIRIYAH E-PRIX IN-SEASON TEST
DS TECHEETAH is delighted to announce that Tatiana Calderón will drive the DS E-TENSE FE19 at the in-season test on Sunday 16 December in Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, following the inaugural E-Prix in the Kingdom..
TEAM ASIA NEW ZEALAND JOIN JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY
Jaguar has today announced further details of Team Asia New Zealand, who will compete in the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY, the world’s first international championship for production-based electric cars. Simon Evans, brother of Panasonic Jaguar Racing driver, Mitch Evans, will compete in the championship, which begins on 15 December in Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will be the official support race to ABB FIA Formula E, and will take place on the same city street circuits at 10 rounds of the championship.
TAN WEATHERS THE STORM IN SHANGHAI TO MAINTAIN WEC TITLE CHALLENGE
Weiron Tan and his Jackie Chan DC Racing x JOTA Sport team-mates Jazeman Jaafar and Nabil Jeffri fought through challenging conditions in last weekend’s 6 Hours of Shanghai (16-18 November) to tally a fifth consecutive top four finish that keeps them firmly in title contention in the fiercely-disputed FIA World Endurance Championship.
MORE ACTION FOR NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 IN FIA GT NATIONS CUP
The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 did battle on the streets of Macau last weekend but the season is not over for 2018 with the KCMG team set to contest the FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain.
