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RLR MSport has its sights on the LMP3 podium in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) 4 Hours of Le Castellet and the supporting Michelin Le Mans Cup (13-15 April).

Endurance

HYUNDAI N ENTER TWO i30 N TCR FOR NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS

Following a successful outing at the season opening VLN race last month the Hyundai N team will return to the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a pair of i30 N TCR cars for the Nürburgring 24 Hours Qualifying Race (April 14-15) and ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours (May 10-13).

Endurance

CADILLAC RACING TEAMS HEAD WEST TO LONG BEACH

Cadillac V-Performance Racing teams Whelen Engineering Cadillac, Mustang Sampling Cadillac and Konica Minolta Cadillac are headed west to Long Beach, Calif. for round three of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach to run April 13-14.

imsa

CORVETTE RACING LOOKS FOR SEVENTH LONG BEACH SPORTS CAR GRAND PRIX VICTORY DESPITE ‘WILD CARD’ NATURE OF SPRINT RACE

With 106 victories since the program’s inception 20 years ago, there aren’t a lot of races on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule where Corvette Racing hasn’t enjoyed considerable success.

Formula E

PREPARATION OF THE NEW BMW iFE.18 FORMULA E ENTERS THE NEXT PHASE

TechLab for BMW iNEXT”: This tag-line was prominently featured on the new BMW i Motorsport race car for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. This car completed its historic first appearance on the BMW and MINI Driving Academy site in Maisach, near Munich (GER). It was powered by the completely new BMW drivetrain, which was created specifically for the special challenges of motor racing. It was the result of close collaboration between engineers from BMW i production development and from BMW Motorsport. BMW works driver Tom Blomqvist (GBR) was behind the wheel of the first fully-electric racing car in the history of the BMW Group.

TIMO SCHEIDER: “THE ADAC GT MASTERS IS A TERRIFIC CHALLENGE”

Two-time DTM champion Timo Scheider (39, DEU) will be competing in the ADAC GT Masters for the first time this weekend at Oschersleben (13th – 15th April).

TROFEO MOTORSPORT PREPARE FOR THE BEND AUSTRALIAN GT ENDURO DEBUT

Trofeo Motorsport’s Jim Manolios and Dean Canto will look to carry on their solid start to the 2018 season during the debut event of the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship at the new ‘The Bend Motorsport Park’ in South Australia this weekend.

TWO CAR KTM ASSAULT ON THE BEND AND AUSTRALIAN GT

After battling at the front of the GT4 field during the opening round of the Australian GT Championship on the streets of Melbourne as part of the Australian Grand Prix weekend, M-Motorsport returns for the second round of the season with a two-car assault on the opening endurance round with Glen Wood, David Crampton and Trent Harrison returning to the team for AGT’s maiden event at the new ‘The Bend Motorsport Park’ in South Australia.

Prototype

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.

Blancpain sprint

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).

Prototype

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.

Formula E

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.

Formula E

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.

imsa

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.

ACTION AND DRAMA AT BRANDS HATCH SET TONE FOR 2018 CARRERA CUP GB SEASON

April 8, 2018 Charles Côté

Dino Zamparelli (Redline Racing) emerged from an action packed season opening weekend of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, leading the championship standings. Zamparelli earned himself two championship points for pole position which he converted into a dominant race 1 victory.