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This is the moment BMW Motorsport has been waiting for: after months of intensive development, the new BMW M8 GTE will make its race debut this weekend. The new top model for international GT racing will take to the track at the legendary 24-hour race in Daytona (USA), the opener of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 56th edition of the endurance classic takes place on 27th/28th January.

LIST OF MOTIVATIONS LONG FOR FORD CHIP GANASSI RACING AT ROLEX 24

The No. 66 Ford GT team won the event’s GTLM class title last year and all three drivers – Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Sébastien Bourdais – will be back to defend the win. On the other side of the garage, while the No. 67 Ford GT finished 10th, drivers Richard Westbrook (1:43.385) and Ryan Briscoe (1:43.433) recorded the two quickest lap times of the class in 2017 while sharing the car with endurance addition Scott Dixon.

THE 2018 SEASON OF THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO TO START FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

The racing season of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo will officially start during the first weekend in February. The 2018 season of the famous one-make series for Huracán Super Trofeos will kick off from the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, with the first round of the Middle East series that precedes, by a few months, the start of the three continental series Europe, Asia and North America.

BURGEONING ANGLO-AMERICAN TEAM UNITED AUTOSPORTS SET TO COME OF AGE STATESIDE

United Autosports adds another chapter to its already impressive nine-year racing history when the double European sports-prototype championship winning outfit competes in the Rolex 24 At Daytona as a stand-alone team for the first-time next weekend (27-28 Jan). The Anglo-American outfit enters North America’s premier sportscar race with its two Ligier JS P217 LMP2 sports-prototypes vying for overall honours in the top class and with a seven-driver squad who can boast multiple championship title success globally.

FFF RACING TEAM RETURN TO BLANCPIAIN GT SERIES ASIA WITH TWO LAMBORGHINI HURACANS

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FFF RACING TEAM RETURN TO BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA WITH TWO LAMBORGHINI HURACANS

FFF Racing Team by ACM will continue to run two Lamborghini Huracan GT3s in Blancpain GT Series Asia this season. The Chinese squad’s crew of Aidan Read and Alberto Di Folco scored a best result of second en route to finishing eighth overall and fourth in 2017’s Silver Cup standings, while Lin Yue claimed third.

FIRST JAPANESE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA FULL-SEASON ENTRY: BMW TEAM STUDIE CONFIRM TWO M4 GT4s

January 19, 2018 Charles Côté

BMW Team Studie has become Blancpain GT Series Asia’s first-ever full-season Japanese entry after confirming it will run two of the German manufacturer’s all-new M4 GT4s throughout 2018. The Yokohama-based squad has competed in Super GT’s GT300 class for the past 10 years and gained official backing from BMW Japan in 2014.

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

January 19, 2018 Charles Côté

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

SHOW-STOPPING SPEEDWORKS MAKE WINNING START TO 2018

January 10, 2018 Charles Côté

Speedworks Motorsport has picked up from where it left off at the end of last season in its first sportscar outing of 2018 – with a scene-stealing performance to race to the top step of the rostrum in the 24H Proto Series curtain-raiser in Dubai. With its potent, 420bhp Ligier JS P3 sports prototype.