Hayden Paddon seventh after opening test
Kiwi Hayden Paddon posted the seventh fastest time in the opening stage of Rally Sweden on Friday morning. The Hyundai factory driver was 2.1s slower than stage winner Ott Tanak's Toyota Yaris over the short, 1.9km city test.
EMIL FREY JAGUAR RACING ANNOUNCES RACE ATTENDANCE FOR 2018
Following a season with many highs and lows, the Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Team had a conciliatory end to the 2017 season, finishing with both cars in the point rankings at the season final at Barcelona. The private race team from Switzerland is planning to participate at selected races of the … Continue reading → ...
Mamola heading to Hall of Fame
American road-racing legend Randy Mamola, the star attraction of the Mike Pero MotoFest at Hampton Downs on March 3-4, will be inducted to the Hall of Fame soon after this New Zealand motorcycling extravaganza. Mamola's name was... ...
EMIL FREY LEXUS RACING ANNOUNCES 2018 RACE PROGRAMME
Following an exciting season and the very successful debut year of the newly-found Emil Frey Lexus Team, the private race team from Switzerland is launching at full speed into the 2018 season. Team Principal Lorenz Frey was joined by numerous invited guests and media representatives at the official opening of the new workshop today at … Continue reading → ...
Registration for IGTC California 8 Hours Now Open
The entries for the Grand Finale of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge, the California 8 Hours, are now open. The longest endurance race on the magnificent Laguna Circuit had its inaugural edition last season and will now be the deciding round for the only global GT3 championship. To facilitate the life of teams wishing to compete in both events, the California 8 Hours will now be organised on a new date, bringing the gap with the Petit Le Mans race to two weeks. The California 8 Hours will now be held from 25th to 28th October 2018.
DORAN MOTORSPORTS GROUP BECOMES THE FIRST OFFICIAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN BASED F4 UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY HONDA TEAM
Veteran karting team owner Francois Doran will be taking his Doran Motorsports Group (DMG) team to the next level for 2018 by stepping into open wheel racing. The 38-year-old Canadian and his newly formed team plan on building the best possible West Coast program targeting the karting audience that look to take the next step in their motorsports career.
LMGTE Pro Focus: BMW strengthens powerful GT World Championship
Boosted by the FIA World Endurance Championship titles for GTE Drivers and Manufacturers, the competition in the LMGTE Pro class will be hotter and tighter than ever with the addition of BMW to the ranks.
CLEARWATER BACK TO BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA WITH McLAREN GT4
Clearwater Racing, Richard Wee and Mok Weng Sun will return to Blancpain GT Series Asia this season with a McLaren 570S GT4.
HAHN / HELLMEISTER SET TO DRIVE THE DRIVEX MERCEDES IN BARCELONA’S WINTER SERIES
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya marks the first official event of preseason testing as Marcelo Hahn is back to the wheel of the Drivex Mercedes AMG GT3.
VILLORBA CORSE ENTER GT4 CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUP WITH TWO MASERATI CARS
SVC The Motorsport Group further expands Villorba Corse sporting programs by entering the brand new GT4 Central European Cup series.
Prologue – where the Super Season really begins! 50 days to go…
The dates of 6/7th April are rapidly approaching - just 50 days away in fact - at which time the green flag will be dropped for the FIA WEC official pre-season test, the Prologue.
Halfords Yuasa Racing signs Dan Cammish
Halfords Yuasa Racing has recruited two-time Porsche Carrera Cup GB Champion Dan Cammish to pilot its second Honda Civic Type R alongside Matt Neal in the 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
Williams Heritage to feature at Thruxton’s 50th Anniversary
The car raced to Monaco Grand Prix glory by Keke Rosberg in the 1983 Formula One World Championship is set to return to the track as part of Thruxton Circuit’s eagerly-anticipated 50th Anniversary Celebration this spring.
Scott McLaughlin moves past Supercars pain, gets engaged in New York
Kiwi driver Scott McLaughlin has put a positive spin on last year's agonising end to the Supercars season after losing the championship in an unbelievable final race.
Supercars investigating warning system to prevent cars being struck
John Martin's Mercedes suffered massive amounts of damage in the sickening crash at Bathurst earlier this month. V8 Supercars could soon be fitted with warning systems to alert drivers of cars stranded on race tracks.
PAUL DI RESTA JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR SEBRING 12 HOURS AND WATKINS GLEN
United Autosports have confirmed that Paul Di Resta will join the team once again for the Sebring 12 Hours and the Six Hours of Watkins Glen. Paul will race alongside Phil Hanson and Bruno Senna in the second and third rounds of the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup, part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar … Continue reading → ...
Supercars championship launched in Sydney
The 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars season launched in Sydney today with the full complement of drivers being paraded in front of a packed media audience. There are six new faces in the roster for this season — Kiwis Richie Stanaway... ...
Full schedule for 2018 Daytona Speedweeks
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will hit Daytona International Speedway in February for the highly anticipated Speedweeks to kick off the 2018 season for all three national series. Check out the tentative full schedule below, subject to change.
2018 team preview: Team Penske
Team Penske is a three-car team this season, although its makeup doesn’t change that much since newcomer Ryan Blaney’s 2017 campaign with Wood Brothers Racing included an alliance with Team Penske. Paul Menard’s presence in the Woods’ No. 21 Ford is the newest thing about the larger group of drivers in 2018, as Menard comes over from Richard Childress Racing.
