Paul Foster’s photos of the WEC prologue 2018 are up!
Great photo's from photographer Paul Foster at the Circuit Paul Ricard
AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING ASIA ANNOUNCES 2018 DRIVER POOL
Audi Sport customer racing Asia has confirmed its driver pool for 2018. The five-driver line-up consists of Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup professional mentors Adderly Fong and Cheng Congfu and the region’s most exciting young talent: Estonia’s Martin Rump, Hong Kong’s Shaun Thong and Mitch Gilbert of Malaysia – all race winners with Audi in … Continue reading → ...
GARTH TANDER JOINS AUSTRALIAN GT FIELD
Supercars regular Garth Tander will join 2017 Australian GT Champion at the wheel of the #1 Valvoline Audi R8 LMS at Round 2 of the 2018 CAMS Australian GT Championship at The Bend Motorsport Park this weekend. Marking the opening round of the Shannons Nationals season, The Bend Motorsport Park is set to host its … Continue reading → ...
ENCOURAGING PACE FOR RAZVAN UMBRARESCU IN ZOLDER
The new GT4 European Series season began with the Belgian weekend in Zolder, where Razvan Umbrarescu pursued the development path of the new M4 GT4 together with his team, RN Vision STS. GT4 keeps on growing at an accelerated pace: more than 50% of the crews gathered in the Zolder paddock were in a situation … Continue reading → ...
LONG BEACH PROVIDES RUSH HOUR COMMUTE FOR MAZDA TEAM JOEST
Any team looks forward to competing in their home arena, and for Mazda Team Joest, the Grand Prix of Long Beach is their home arena. The temporary 1.968-mile circuit set in Long Beach’s downtown is a short drive from Mazda North American Operations and Mazda’s Research and Design facility in Irvine. The Mazda RT24-P is … Continue reading → ...
Knockhill 8/4/18 Jim Clark Memorial Meeting
As the track had been resurfaced late last year, new lap records were set in most classes during this meeting.
AUDI E-TRON VISION GRAN TURISMO: FROM THE PLAYSTATION TO THE RACE TRACK
“E-Mobility is rapidly gaining importance,” says Peter Mertens, Member of the Board of Management, Technical Development, AUDI AG. “That is why in 2017 Audi was the first German manufacturer to enter Formula E with a factory-backed commitment.
PROTOTYPE STARS READY FOR BATTLE AT LONG BEACH AND PAUL RICARD
Nissan will power prototypes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean this week at two dramatically different circuits in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup. The Nissan-powered ESM squad will head to Long Beach in the USA to do battle around the concrete-lined California streets … Continue reading → ...
NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT500 SQUADS FIGHT BACK AT OKAYAMA
The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 squads pulled off a great fightback in the opening round of the Super GT Championship after being struck with an early setback at Okayama. At the green flag, both JP de Oliveira and Ronnie Quintarelli took the outside line into turn one and gained several positions off the start. De … Continue reading → ...
2018 Chinese Grand Prix – Preview
Battle resumes this weekend with Round 3 of the 2018 Formula One season at the Shanghai International Circuit.
FIRST TEST FOR THE REBELLION R-13 AT THE FIA WEC PROLOGUE
The first meeting of the Super Season took place on April 6th and 7th at the Paul Ricard circuit for the World Endurance Championship Prologue.
HONDA NSX GT3 SET FOR BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA DEBUT WITH ARROWS RACING
Arrows Racing will give the new JAS Motorsport-built Honda NSX GT3 its Blancpain GT Series Asia debut at the championship’s Sepang season opener this weekend (April 14/15).
FASCINATING FIRSTS AS ADAC GT MASTERS GETS UNDERWAY
WEC world champion and Le Mans winner Timo Bernhard (36, GER), DTM champion Timo Scheider (39, GER) and GT1 world champion Lucas Luhr (38, GER) are just a few of the stars who will be making their ADAC GT Masters debut this weekend (13th – 15th April).
PORSCHE 919 HYBRID EVO TAKES TRACK RECORD AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS
Today, on April 9, an evo version of the Le Mans winning Porsche 919 Hybrid established a new track record at Spa-Francorchamps. Porsche works driver Neel Jani lapped the 7.004 kilometre long Belgian Grand Prix Circuit in the Ardennes mountains in 1:41.770 minutes.
McAlister, Ely Take Overall Pirelli Trophy West USA Victories at Thermal
Thermal, Calif. (8 April 2018) – Sean McAlister and Laura Ely took overall victories in an exciting split-class Race 4 of the 2018 Pirelli Trophy West USA season on the road course at The Thermal Club near Palm Springs.
Wilson: Fiesta can get even better
Malcolm Wilson has warned WRC rivals that his M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Fiesta could get even faster, thanks to a host of new developments that are in the pipeline.
FORMULA E CONTINUING TO CAPTURE A NEW AND YOUNGER AUDIENCE WITH GROWTH ACROSS DIGITAL PLATFORMS
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric single-seater racing series – is continuing to appeal to a new and younger audience, consolidating the number of followers aged 25-34 and also experiencing rapid growth with fans in the 13-24 age bracket.
JAGUAR UNVEIL I-TYPE 3 CONCEPT LIVERY AHEAD OF ROME E-PRIX
Panasonic Jaguar Racing today unveiled the concept livery for the Jaguar I-TYPE 3, their Gen 2 race car for season five of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. As the British team continue their mission ‘Race to Innovate’, this marks another historic moment in Jaguar Land Rover’s electrification strategy.
PORSCHE TARGETS SECOND WIN OF THE IMSA SEASON
Following the season-opening rounds at the long distance classics of Daytona and Sebring in Florida, the IMSA SportsCar Championship now heads to California. Coming up on April 14 is the 100-minute event at Long Beach, the shortest race of the year. On the 3.167-kilometre street circuit, the Porsche GT Team fields two Porsche 911 RSR racers against three other automobile manufacturers in the strongly represented GTLM class.
