Ciamin graduates to WRC 2
Nicolas Ciamin will move into the WRC 2 category this season after announcing a five-event programme in a Hyundai i20 R5. His first event will be the Corsica linea – Tour de Corse (5-8 April).
Illness sidelines Ligato
Marcos Ligato has abandoned plans for an emotional farewell to the sport at his home WRC fixture in Argentina next month for health reasons.
DIAMOND STUDDED TRACK PARADE TO MARK 60 YEARS OF THE BTCC
Plans to celebrate 60 years of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (20-22 July) have moved up a gear with confirmation of a special track parade on Tin Top Sunday.
B-QUIK KICKS OFF “DRIVER SELECTION PROGRAMME 2018”
B-Quik Co. Ltd. (“B-Quik”) has just completed the first stage of its ambitious “Driver Selection Programme 2018” which saw 83 employees taking part in an intensive tuition process that, over the duration of three days, was narrowed down to twelve finalists to go forward to a second and final stage that will produce two winners.
BMW TEAM SCHNITZER, TIMO SCHEIDER AND TWO BMW MOTORSPORT JUNIORS IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
BMW Motorsport heads into the coming ADAC GT Masters season with a strong mixture of experience and talented youngsters. BMW Motorsport Juniors Mikkel Jensen (DEN) and Dennis Marschall (GER) are given the opportunity to prove themselves at the wheel of the BMW M6 GT3 in which they will race alongside and learn from a two-time DTM champion.
WAYNE BOYD GRADUATES TO EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES LMP2 WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS
United Autosports have confirmed that Wayne Boyd will join their LMP2 team for the 2018 European Le Mans Series.
JASON BELL PREPARES FOR TEXAS WITH M1 GT RACING
Jason Bell and M1 GT Racing started their 2018 season in the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) program at the Streets of St. Petersburg two weekends ago. Standing on the podium in his first event behind the wheel of the sleek-looking Audi R8 LMS GT4, Bell is determined to improve to the top step of the podium this coming weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
JASON BELL PREPARES FOR TEXAS WITH M1 GT RACING
Jason Bell and M1 GT Racing started their 2018 season in the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) program at the Streets of St. Petersburg two weekends ago. Standing on the podium in his first event behind the wheel of the sleek-looking Audi R8 LMS GT4, Bell is determined to improve to the top step of the podium this coming weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
FLYING LIZARD PREPARES FOR SPRINTX SEASON DEBUT IN RECORD SETTING FIELD
The 2018 Pirelli World Challenge resumes this weekend at Circuit of the Americas with a record setting field of 38 cars in the GTS class. The Grand Prix of Texas stands as the second race weekend of the year, but the first for the SprintX championship: a new championship placed within the existing championship. Located just south of Austin, Texas, the world class facility of Circuit of the Americas will host four days of on track action, and Flying Lizard Motorsports will compete with Audi R8 LMS GT4s, driven by Mike Hedlund, Adam Merzon, and Ryan Eversley.
VERGNE: Punta del Este Debrief
Punta del Este victor Jean-Eric Vergne writes about his triumphant weekend in Uruguay.
F1 2018 – What we know so far
A new Formula One season is just around the corner. With the Australian Grand Prix just a few days away, no one can predict how the 2018 season will turn out. Following all the new car launches and the Barcelona pre-season tests, we have gained insight on how the new season may play out.
Tales from the paddock – Valtteri Bottas
Here we go again! The new Formula 1 season begins in Melbourne next weekend. Valtteri Bottas tells us what he is looking forward to most in 2018.
PARKER CHASE ENTERS HOME EVENT PREPARED TO WIN
After kicking off the 2018 season at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with a podium result including the ‘Hard Charger’ and ‘Start of the Race’ awards, TruSpeed AutoSport driver Parker Chase will look to better those results this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA). With the pristine facility located less than an hour from his home, the 17-year-old will look to build off his first weekend behind the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS GT3 as he returns to the site of a double podium result last season.
BE MOTORSPORT ENTERS LIGIER LMP3 FOR SUPERCAR CHALLENGE
BE Motorsport will contest the 2018 Supercar Challenge as the Dutch series were announced its main program for the upcoming season. BE Motorsport will enter a Ligier-Nissan JSP3 LMP3 for Javier Ibrán and Mathijs Bakker. The Spanish-based team will reach another milestone competing in another top tier European series with the Ligier LMP3, which already achieved great success in championships such as the V de V and the Michelin Le Mans Cup.
BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT WILL RACE FOR AUDI SPORT IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
The Green Hell is calling and BWT Mücke Motorsport intend to go on the offensive! For the first time ever, the well-established Berlin-based team will compete in the 46th edition of the legendary endurance classic ADAC Zurich 24-hour race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife (10th – 13th May 2018). What is totally amazing is that the outfit will contest the race as an Audi Sport customer racing team with the Audi R8 LMS #24 and field their Audi R8 LMS #25 as BWT Mücke Motorsport.
LAMBORGHINI SQUADRA CORSE PRODUCE 300th RACING HURACAN
On March 15, in the Huracán assembly line in Sant’Agata Bolognese, the racing car number 300 was produced. This is the number of Huracán racing cars, divided into Super Trofeos and GT3s, that Lamborghini Squadra Corse has produced from 2015 to date, thus being one of the most prolific Motorsport departments in the world.
Overhaul for Rally Finland route
The organisers of Neste Rally Finland [26 – 29 July] have revealed an almost entirely new route for the 2018 event.
ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON BEGINS WITH TESTING AT OSCHERSLEBEN
The long wait is coming to an end. Next week (26th – 27th March), the teams and drivers of the ADAC GT Masters will at last be seeing some track action during the official preseason tests at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Around 35 supercars sporting the badges of Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Honda, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche will be taking part in the dress rehearsal for the 2018 season at the circuit near Magdeburg. Fans are welcome to come and watch the two days of testing. Just over two weeks later on the weekend of 13th – 15th April, the ADAC GT Masters will be staging its season opener at the same venue.
AUDI AIMS FOR FIFTH VICTORY IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
Audi Sport customer racing is supporting four official teams this year. Audi Sport Team WRT – winners of the 2015 race –, Audi Sport Team Land that was successful last year and the two-time winning squad of Audi Sport Team Phoenix are firmly established in endurance racing. Audi Sport Team BWT completes this circle. In 2018, Peter Mücke’s squad is contesting the event in the Eifel for the first time.
