Woods, McAlister Take Overall Victories in the Pirelli Trophy West USA Race Two
TruSpeed Autosports’ Kevin Woods and Competition Motorsports’ Sean McAlister each took overall victories from pole in the split group Race Two of the Pirelli Trophy West USA series on the road course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday as the series launched the 12th season of competition for the growing championship.
Under the skin: new Citroën C3 R5
Citroën’s new C3 R5 car will make its WRC 2 debut at next week’s Corsica linea – Tour de Corse (5–8 April), so we’ve taken a look under the skin of the car to discover what’s new and what it means.
MERCEDES-AMG AHEAD IN ADAC GT MASTERS CURTAIN-RAISER
ADAC GT Masters teams and drivers prepared for the new season with two days of testing in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. The Mercedes-AMG set the best lap times, as three of the Swabian GT3 sports cars took the top three positions overall. The ADAC GT Masters season opener will be held on the weekend of 13th – 15th April in Oschersleben.
EMIL FREY JAGUAR RACING ENDS WINTER TEST PROGRAM WITH GT3 JAGUAR
Emil Frey Jaguar Racing underwent an intensive test program with the GT3 Jaguar ahead of the fourth season in the Blancpain GT Series, starting in three weeks. The Swiss team concluded two test days each at Monza, Misano and Barcelona in order to be best prepared ahead of the start into the season at Monza (Italy).
NISSAN READY FOR SUPER GT SEASON AFTER FINAL TEST AT FUJI SPEEDWAY
Nissan has its sights set on a strong Super GT season ahead after completing testing in preparation for the opening round of the championship in two week’s time.
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS PRODUCES MONUMENTAL EFFORT AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
Rounds one and two of the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Championship dealt Flying Lizard Motorsports a challenging hand, but the Audi R8 LMS GT4 team persisted to close out the weekend with two strong finishes at Circuit of the Americas.
PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT GUARANTEED: THE RUN-UP TO SEASON 12 OF THE ADAC GT MASTERS
The 2018 ADAC GT Masters’ field of drivers is absolutely fabulous, featuring world champions, Le Mans winners, an ex-F1 driver, DTM title winners, ALMS title holders and seven former champions. The Super Sports Car League presented this season’s new entrants at the Media Day during official pre-season testing in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. For the first time, there will be eight different makes in the field in 2018 with Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and now Honda. The ADAC GT Masters will stage its opening race of the season on the weekend of 13th – 15th April at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.
In Testing: Loeb’s Corsica return
Sébastien Loeb has been back on the French island of Corsica, home of the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse [5 - 8 April], testing for a round of the WRC he has won on his last four attempts.
FIRST VICTORY FOR THE AUDI R8 LMS GT4 IN THE UNITED STATES
GMG Racing celebrates first American success for Audi R8 LMS GT4: James Sofronas and Alex Welch stood on the top step of the podium in the SprintX season opener of the Pirelli World Challenge. The two Americans from Team GMG Racing won the second single race of the opening event on the circuit of Austin, Texas, achieving the first victory for the new customer sport race car in North America. After the one-hour race, the advantage of their Audi R8 LMS GT4 was 3.3 seconds. With 37 entrants the GT4 category in the Pirelli World Challenge is one of the best-filled GT4 classes worldwide. Sofronas, who is both the team’s owner and a driver, is ranked in third place of the standings after two of a total of eight individual races in the GTS class of the SprintX classification.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Link Up with Thomas Cook Sport
Mercedes-AMG Petronas is pleased to announce a new agreement with Thomas Cook Sport, the UK’s leading sports travel operator, which will offer Formula One fans around the world the chance to experience a unique concept at four Grands Prix this season.
COMPETITIVE START TO AUSTRALIAN GT SEASON FOR TROFEO MOTORSPORT
Despite changeable weather at the Australian Grand Prix which had a big affect on the outright results for Trofeo Motorsport during the opening four races of the CAMS Australian GT season, Jim Manolios and Dean Canto showed impressive pace across the event, finishing all four races with the immaculate #29 Huracan right in the thick of the action.
MIXED START TO THE AUSTRALIAN GT SEASON FOR M-MOTORSPORT
An off-season change from the mighty Reiter Engineering built Gallardo R-EX GT3 to the giant-killing KTM X-Bow GT4 saw Interlloy M-Motorsport team leader Justin McMillan line up for the opening round of the 2018 Australian GT Championship in Melbourne ready to battle against a string of new GT4 machines across four races at the Australian Grand Prix.
DOUBLE PWC PODIUM FOR THE BMW M4 GT4 IN AUSTIN
The second race weekend in the Pirelli World Challenge brought two podium finishes for the BMW M4 GT4 at the “Circuit of The Americas” (USA).
Australian Grand Prix – Kimi comments about the race
A win with two cars on the podium is a very good start of the season for the team. Maybe I have been a bit unlucky today, but at least the luck came to our team. Third place it’s not exactly the result we wanted, but it’s only the first race and the big picture is not too bad. So I happily take the third place. Overall I was pretty happy with my car today, the speed was there all day. It’s nice to have a good feeling. For sure there are things to improve, but if the feeling stays like this we’ll have all the tools to fight. And this is the most important thing. This is a quite special track in many ways, so let’s see what happens in the next race. Bahrain it’s not very straightforward either; from year to year we have seen that the hot conditions don’t give a 100 percent true picture. We need to be patient and do our best wherever we go.
BMW TEAMS GET UNDERWAY IN THE NORDSCHLEIFE SEASON
The test and set-up sessions fell victim to the weather conditions, but the 64th ADAC Westfalenfahrt on Saturday marked the official start of the 2018 VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring. The best-placed BMW drivers were Nick Catsburg (NED), John Edwards (USA) and Richard Westbrook (GBR) in the ROWE Racing number 98 BMW M6 GT3.
Williams F1 Australian Grand Prix review
We were in the wrong mode on the first lap and that is the reason Ocon got me.
FERRARI CHALLENGE EUROPE: NIELSEN AND PRINOTH WIN AGAIN AT MUGELLO. JOY FOR DANIS AND CUHADAROGLU
Nicklas Nielsen, Jan Danis, Erich Prinoth and Murat Cuhadaroglu, all driving the 488 Challenge, won on the second day of the first round of Ferrari Challenge Europe at Mugello in front of a crowd of almost 10.000 people. Before the race, drivers, engineers and mechanics were invited to watch the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, … Continue reading → ...
FERRARI CHALLENGE APAC: DANINDRO DOUBLES AT MELBOURNE, ZANG AND DICKER CAN CELEBRATE TOO
There was no wet drama at today’s Race-2 of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Asia Pacific Series first round at Melbourne. In stark contrast to Saturday’s heavy downpour, it was clear blue skies this morning where Danindro led from start to finish. It was a fierce battle the moment the lights turned green. Speed of the approaches … Continue reading → ...
RNW interview’s Stefan Rzadzinski
Racing News Worldwide sits down with Stefan Rzadzinski
