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24 HOURS OF DAYTONA: STRONG PORSCHE CONTINGENT AT ANNIVERSARY RACE IN FLORIDA

Porsche celebrates a very special anniversary at the 24-hour race at the Daytona International Speedway: It is 50 years since Vic Elford, Jochen Neerpasch, Rolf Stommelen, Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann, at the wheel of the 907LH (Longtail), claimed the first of 22 overall victories for Porsche at the world-famous endurance race in Florida.

SPORTSCAR

‘BUMBLEBEE’ CHALLENGER TA2 REFLECTS SUPPORT SERVICES B-QUIK RACING WILL PROVIDE FOR TA2 THAILAND

January 18, 2018 Charles Côté

B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. (“B-Quik Racing”) is pleased to further announce that alongside the Chevrolet Camaro TA2 it recently confirmed that it will run in the inaugural season of TA2 Thailand this year, a second TA2 machine will also be seen in the exciting new ‘one make’ championship in the familiar black and yellow colours.

Endurance

PAUL MILLER RACING SIGNS COREY LEWIS FOR TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

January 16, 2018 Charles Côté

As Paul Miller Racing prepares its effort for the season opener next week at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the team has announced Lamborghini Squadra Corse driver Corey Lewis will join full time drivers Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow in the No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 for the 66th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

imsa

TEAM TGM ANNOUNCES 2018 DRIVER PAIRINGS

January 15, 2018 Charles Côté

After a productive Roar Before the 24 weekend of testing its new Mercedes-AMG GT4, TeamTGM has announced its driver pairings for the 2018 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar championship season.

Formula E

ANTONIO GIOVINAZZI AND JOEL ERIKSSON COMPLETE FORMULA E ROOKIE TEST FOR DS VIRGIN RACING

January 15, 2018 Charles Côté

Antonio Giovinazzi and Joel Eriksson completed a successful first test of the all-electric DS Virgin Racing Formula E car on Sunday during the inaugural Formula E rookie test in Marrakesh.

Endurance

ISAAC TUTUMLU DELIVERS STRONG PERFORMANCE AT 24H DUBAI

January 14, 2018 Charles Côté

Despite it wasn’t a brilliant result at the end, a ninth place in A6-Am class as a result of several punctures and a collision at night when one his teammates crashed into a backmarker, Tutumlu put in brilliant stints fighting with GT3 factory drivers. Isaac Tutumlu couldn’t step onto the podium at the 24H of Dubai.

Formula E

TOUGH DAY FOR AUDI IN MARRAKESH

January 13, 2018 Charles Côté

In round three of the Formula E electric racing series in Marrakesh (Morocco), following a strong beginning, Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler only went home with a single point.

Endurance

ISAAC TUTUMLU GETS LAST-MINUTE CALL-UP FOR 24H DUBAI

January 11, 2018 Charles Côté

The Spaniard will drive a Car Collection Motorsport-entered Audi R8 LMS at the Dubai 24 hours event to start tomorrow. Tutumlu clocked the second fastest lap time during night practice and will join Çapan, Stippler, Parhofer and Terrail for the mammoth 24-hour race.

Endurance

MIRKO BORTOLOTTI PUTS GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM LAMBORGHINI ON POLE FOR 24H DUBAI

January 11, 2018 Charles Côté

The GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (#964, Ineichen/Ineichen/Engelhart/Bortolotti) will be starting from pole position for the 13th running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI. Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti set a new qualifying record lap time of 1m56.716s around the 5.390 kilometres long Dubai Autodrome. In the 24H TCE SERIES, the Century Motorsports Ginetta

Endurance

CALADO AND PIER GUIDI: “WE AIM TO RETAIN THE TITLE IN THE FIA WEC SUPER SEASON”

January 11, 2018 Charles Côté

FIA World Endurance Championship champions, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, appeared on stage at the Birmingham International where they reviewed their extraordinary 2017 and talked about their expectations for a 2018 season that is shaping up to be intense and special and will see the two together again on the 51 Ferrari 488GTE.

SPORTSCAR

B-QUIK RACING TO RUN CAMARO IN TA2 THAILAND

January 9, 2018 Charles Côté

B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. (“B-Quik Racing”) is pleased to announce that it will enter the inaugural season of TA2 Thailand, in 2018, leveraging this exciting new ‘one make’ series as the ideal platform to fit into a vacant space in its driver and technician development programme.

Formula E

NEXT STOP AFRICA: MS&AD ANDRETTI FORMULA E IN ACTION IN MARRAKESH

January 9, 2018 Charles Côté

Season 4 of the FIA Formula E Championship continues this weekend as the series takes to the streets of Marrakesh (MAR). Formula E made its African debut at the “Circuit Automobile International Moulay El Hassan” last season, and the series now returns for its second appearance there .

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STRONG START TO 2018 IMSA CAMPAIGN FOR SPIRIT OF DAYTONA RACING

January 8, 2018 Charles Côté

Only days after shaking down their new Cadillac DPi-V.R Prototype for the first time, the driving trio of Tristan Vautier, Matt McMurry and Eddie Cheever lll combined for a productive weekend of running for Spirit of Daytona Racing at Daytona International Speedway this weekend to kick off the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Formula E

AUDI AND FORMULA E: CHASINGS SECONDS IN THE SIMULATOR

January 3, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

The two Audi drivers, Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi, will start round 3 of the season in Marrakesh (Morocco) on January 13. Before each race of the electric series in which Audi is involved with a factory commitment for the first time in 2017/2018, the race drivers and engineers go through the entire process … Continue reading → ...

Formula E

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR AUDI IN FORMULA E OPENER

December 3, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The turbulent Formula E season opener in Hong Kong ended in disappointment for Audi. On Sunday night, Daniel Abt was stripped of the victory he had deservedly clinched on track in the worldwide electric racing series due to an alleged administrative mistake. Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler has notified its intent to appeal against the penalty.

Le Mans

ByKOLLES RACING COMPLETES ARAGON TEST

November 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

ByKOLLES Racing has completed an intensive three-days testing program at Motorland in Aragon. The action on the Spanish circuit was finalised to test new development parts on the Enso CLM P1/01 in preparation of the 2018/19 WEC super season and the Le Mans 24hours race. The drivers selected for this test are regular ByKolles driver … Continue reading → ...

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IT’S SPA TIME AS 24H PROTO SERIES AND 24H TCE SERIES HEAD TO BELGIUM

October 3, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The word ‘iconic’ is used much too often these days, but for the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, it is certainly appropriate. Therefore, Dutch agency CREVENTIC is really proud to have added the circuit in the Belgian Ardennes to the calendar as the venue for the Hankook 12H SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, the season finale of its 24H TOURING CAR

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FERRARI: UNDER THE SKIN

September 27, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The Design Museum in London announces Ferrari: Under the Skin, a major exhibition exploring the history and design of Ferrari. The show celebrates 70 years of creative development since the launch of the first car in 1947.

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DI AMATO, FROGGATT AND HASSID WIN FERRARI CHALLENGE EUROPE RACE-1 AT SILVERSTONE

September 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Daniele Di Amato, Chris Froggatt and Henry Hassid won the first races of the fifth round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe at Silverstone. The races took place during the Ferrari Racing Days, the main event of the European Corse Clienti season featuring appearances from the cars of F1 Clienti and the XX Programmes alongside ...