IN PROFILE: ALEX FONTANA, BUILDING A FUTURE IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES
The announcement that Emil Frey Jaguar Racing will compete at the 70th edition Total 24 Hours of Spa brought the number of brands contesting the Belgian endurance classic to 13.
R-MOTORSPORT BACK AT THE BATHURST 12 HOURS
Today R-Motorsport announced its entry of two Aston Martin Vantage GT3s. The Swiss team also plans to debut the brand new Aston Martin V8 GT3, a derivative of this year’s GTE which is currently being run in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
PHOENIX RACING ASIA JOINS BENTLEY MOTORSPORT FAMILY
Bentley Motorsport has signed one of Asia’s leading racing outfits, Phoenix Racing Asia, as its latest partner team to campaign the new Continental GT3. Together, Bentley Motorsport and Phoenix Racing Team Asia will contest the Blancpain GT Asia Series starting with the Shanghai round later this year.
FIVE MANUFACTURES CHASING INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE POINTS IN LONGEST RACE OF THE YEAR
The Total 24 Hours of Spa is the second round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The Belgian endurance classic will have 68 cars at the start, representing 13 manufacturers. Of those, the five manufacturers entered for the full four-round Challenge have announced their nominated cars, which will be eligible to score points in the Belgian endurance classic.
TIMO SCHEIDER: “I’LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO WIN THE ADAC GT MASTERS”
In an interview, ex-DTM star Timo Scheider (39, GER, BMW Team Schnitzer) delivers an interim summary of his debut ADAC GT Masters season. He tells us about his role as mentor to the BMW Juniors and outlines his objectives for the remaining races of the 2018 Super Sports Car League.
AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS TAKES 9TH PLACE IN CANADA
What looked to be a very promising weekend for AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports turned to be riddled with obstacles at the seventh round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship resulting in a 9th place finish.
PAUL MILLER RACING EXTENDS IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN CANADA
Paul Miller Racing produced another outstanding race performance this weekend at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, extending the championship points lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class. The No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 finished in fourth place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, awarding drivers Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow their sixth consecutive top-five finish of the 2018 season.
SAM BIRD & DS VIRGIN RACING “READY FOR CHALLENGE” OF FORMULA E TITLE-DECIDER
British racing driver Sam Bird and his DS Virgin Racing team say they are ‘ready for the challenge’ as they head to New York City this weekend, fighting for both the teams’ and the drivers’ championship in Formula E’s seaso
JAGUAR RACING RETURN TO NEW YORK FOR ELECTRIC FINALE
Panasonic Jaguar Racing are set to make history for the team in New York as they hope to finish their second season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship within the top five team standings.
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING TAKES THIRD AT CTMP
Felipe Nasr and Eric Curran extended the run of strong performances for Whelen Engineering at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) after taking third place in the CTMP SportsCar Grand Prix on Sunday.
PERFECTLY-TIMED PIT STOP SENDS No. 67 FORD GT OF BRISCOE, WESTBROOK TO VICTORY AT CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK
Some IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races are won on the track and some are won in the pits.
TEAM PENSKE IMSA CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK RACE REPORT
No. 6 Acura ARX-05 DPi – Dane Cameron/Juan Pablo Montoya
BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AT CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK
BMW Team RLL finished the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, in the seventh and eighth positions in the GTLM class, the result belying a race that saw both BMW M8 GTE machines lead some portion of the contest.
STRONG PERFORMANCE OF THE PORSCHE 911 RSR IN CANADA GOES UNREWARDED
Porsche concluded round six of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Bowmanville/Canada on positions four and six after a long time in the lead. With the #911 Porsche 911 RSR, the duo Patrick Pilet from France and Britain’s Nick Tandy narrowly missed out on a podium finish in fourth place. During Saturday’s qualifying, Tandy set a new lap record for GTLM vehicles in the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and posted pole position. Sharing driving duties in the sister car was the current winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium, and New Zealander Earl Bamber. Both Porsche 911 RSR racers were at times looking good for a one-two finish, but were thwarted by many safety car phases and bad luck with the strategy. After round six of the season, Porsche ranks third in the manufacturers’ classification of the GTLM class.
CORVETTE RACING IN CANADA: DOUBLE PODIUM FINISH IN GTLM FOR CORVETTE C7.RS
Corvette Racing’s pair of Chevrolet Corvettes both finished on the class podium Sunday at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It marked the team’s first double podium of the season and allowed both Corvette C7.Rs to gain positions in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) points standings of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
MEYER SHANK RACING FIGHTS TO FINISH TOUGH RACE IN CANADA
After 107 laps of flat-out, door-to-door racing, the Meyer Shank Racing squad fought to a fifth and sixth place result, keeping the team in the championship hunt.
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES EIGHTH IN CANADA
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) finished eighth in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP).
SCUDERIA PRAHA IS A REPEAT WINNER AT THE 24H PORTIMAO
The Bohemia Energy racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Jiří Písařík / Josef Kral / Matteo Malucelli) has taken victory at the Hankook 24H PORTIMAO for the second year in succession. Jiří Písařík drove the Ferrari across the line to complete 586 laps of the 4.648 km Autódromo Internacional do Algarve and take its second victory of the 2018 24H SERIES powered by Hankook season.
WILKINSON & ELLIS BATTLE THROUGH BRUISING HUNGARIAN WEEKEND
Rising British sportscar star Ollie Wilkinson is hoping that Lady Luck returns to back his International GT Open bid after he and team-mate Bradley Ellis were forced to battle against the odds in two tough races at the Hungaroring.
FOUR WINS FROM FOUR FOR AUDI CUSTOMER TEAMS IN CHINA
Audi customer teams made it a clean sweep of victories in China this weekend, with four overall wins from four races across GT Masters Asia in Ningbo and the China GT Championship in Beijing. There were wins for Audi customers in all classes entered across the two series, with 14 squads in total bearing the four rings.
