Continuing our look back at 2017’s record 13 different Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship race winners, we switch focus to winner number seven – Team BMW’s Rob Collard.
The 60th Anniversary Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is almost upon us and testing, which has been in full-swing for some months now throughout busy winter programmes up and down the pit-lane, is now coming to a head with all cars due on track together for the first time at Season Launch, Donington Park on Tuesday 27 March.
Co-driver Dan Barritt is sitting out this week’s two-day test alongside Elfyn Evans as he bids to ensure his fitness for next month’s Corsica linea - Tour de Corse (5 - 8 April).
Affalterbach. Mercedes-AMG will use the most powerful Official FIA F1 Safety Car of all time in the 2018 Formula 1® season: the 430 kW (585 hp) AMG GT R will have its debut as the Official FIA F1 Safety Car of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship at the Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia from 25 to 27 March 2018.
Perfect conditions saw the race run at a frantic pace in the opening stages before being slowed by a series of caution periods in the second half of the event. As darkness fell, the final two hours of the race featured a sprint to the finish with Ferrari once again well figuring in the final results.
AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports finished 11th at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advanced Auto Parts this past weekend. The new team showed promising speed despite multiple trips to the garage during their second race of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.
Solite Indigo Racing will become the first Korean team ever to compete in Blancpain GT Series Asia this season after announcing that Juwon Seo and Roelof Bruins will campaign its brand-new Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Callaway Competition will embark on their defence of the ADAC GT Masters title with a new driver in the line-up. Marvin Kirchhöfer (24, DEU) will share the team’s Corvette C7 GT3-R with Frank Kechele (31, DEU) and with former champion Daniel Keilwitz (28, DEU) this season. The Super Sports Car League will get the season … Continue reading → ...
The 2018 New South Wales SuperSports Series kicked off at Sydney Motorsport Park on March 17 in fine conditions that very quickly became oppressive as a northerly change drove temperatures to 100-degrees on the old scale, adding another element of challenge for the strong field of Radical entries. Ultimately the returning John Beck claimed top … Continue reading → ...
TEMECULA, Cal. – Following a successful debut for the Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida earlier this month, German driver Daniel Keilwitz will be joined by American Eric Curran this week for the Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas for the first race in the 2018 SprintX Championship.
AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports finished 11th at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advanced Auto Parts this past weekend. The new team showed promising speed despite multiple trips to the garage during their second race of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.
Lewis Hamilton, a very well paid 33-year-old driver will start his 2018 season with major sponsors like Mercedes-Benz and Pretonas making up the 3 quarters of his Sponsors payout and smaller sponsors round out the total of his sponsorship for the season.
When the BMW M8 GTE broke cover last year, it was celebrated for its innovative design that embraced both the motorsport and road car heritage of BMW, while making a clear statement of modernity. Speaking in an interview, Michael Scully, Head of Design BMW Motorsport, and the man behind the aesthetics of the latest Le Mans challenger, … Continue reading → ...
M1 GT Racing kicked off the 2018 season in the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) program two weekends ago at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in sunny Florida. Competing in their new Audi R8 LMS GT4, the team managed to secure their first podiums of the year with team driver Jason Bell. Now, with one event weekend under their belt, the Florida based team and driver have their sights set on a race win this coming weekend during rounds three and four at the prestigious Circuit of the Americas.
Following a successful debut for the Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida earlier this month, German driver Daniel Keilwitz will be joined by American Eric Curran this week for the Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas for the first race in the 2018 SprintX Championship.
Warwickshire-based racing driver Alexander Sims finished second in the GTLM class at the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance event on 17 March 2018, clinching the first podium finish for the new BMW M8 GTE race car in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.