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ByKOLLES RACING COMPLETES ITS PRE-SEASON TESTING PROGRAM

ByKOLLES Racing has completed its homework with an extensive run in Monza today. The Enso CLM P1/01 has successfully covered full programmed test-mileage in a dry and warm day which saw it being driven by regulars Oliver Webb, Dominik Kraihamer, Tom Dillmann, joined by Rene Binder who just came back in time from his Indycar … Continue reading → ...

Formula E

SUCCESSFUL OUTING FOR THE BMW iFE.18 AT THE FORMULA E TEST AT CALAFAT

April 20, 2018 Charles Côté

BMW Motorsport continued its development of the new BMW iFE.18 with a test at Calafat (ESP) this week. The car is equipped with a drivetrain developed solely by BMW and will compete in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Season 5 when BMW joins the first series for fully-electric racing cars as an official manufacturer.

Formula E

DANIEL ABT’S FIRST STINT IN NEW AUDI E-TRON FE05

April 20, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Premiere for Daniel Abt: Under the Spanish sun, the German Audi driver drove the new Audi e-tron FE05 to be fielded in the next Formula E season for the first time. In the two-day test at Calafat, the engineers again gathered important data for the development of the all-electric race car. Rome, Calafat, Paris – for Daniel … Continue reading → ...

Formula E

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

April 10, 2018 Charles Côté

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.

Endurance

FIORANO DEBUT FOR THE FERRARI 488 GTE 2018

March 30, 2018 Charles Côté

Ferrari 488 GTEs no. 51 and 71 had their shakedown test on the Fiorano track ahead of the start of the 2018-19 Superseason of the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Formula E

SUCCESSFUL DEBUT OF THE NEW AUDI E-TRON FE05

March 29, 2018 Charles Côté

With Lucas di Grassi at the wheel, the Audi e-tron FE05 smoothly reeled off its first kilometers of testing at Monteblanco (Spain). The fully electric race car will be fielded in season five of the series that will start at the beginning of December. Audi, together with other manufacturers, visited the circuit in the south of Spain.

SPORTSCAR

MERCEDES-AMG AHEAD IN ADAC GT MASTERS CURTAIN-RAISER

March 27, 2018 Charles Côté

ADAC GT Masters teams and drivers prepared for the new season with two days of testing in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. The Mercedes-AMG set the best lap times, as three of the Swabian GT3 sports cars took the top three positions overall. The ADAC GT Masters season opener will be held on the weekend of 13th – 15th April in Oschersleben.

Blancpain Endurance

EMIL FREY JAGUAR RACING ENDS WINTER TEST PROGRAM WITH GT3 JAGUAR

March 27, 2018 Charles Côté

Emil Frey Jaguar Racing underwent an intensive test program with the GT3 Jaguar ahead of the fourth season in the Blancpain GT Series, starting in three weeks. The Swiss team concluded two test days each at Monza, Misano and Barcelona in order to be best prepared ahead of the start into the season at Monza (Italy).

SPORTSCAR

PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT GUARANTEED: THE RUN-UP TO SEASON 12 OF THE ADAC GT MASTERS

March 26, 2018 Charles Côté

The 2018 ADAC GT Masters’ field of drivers is absolutely fabulous, featuring world champions, Le Mans winners, an ex-F1 driver, DTM title winners, ALMS title holders and seven former champions. The Super Sports Car League presented this season’s new entrants at the Media Day during official pre-season testing in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. For the first time, there will be eight different makes in the field in 2018 with Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and now Honda. The ADAC GT Masters will stage its opening race of the season on the weekend of 13th – 15th April at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

SPORTSCAR

ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON BEGINS WITH TESTING AT OSCHERSLEBEN

March 21, 2018 Charles Côté

The long wait is coming to an end. Next week (26th – 27th March), the teams and drivers of the ADAC GT Masters will at last be seeing some track action during the official preseason tests at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Around 35 supercars sporting the badges of Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Honda, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche will be taking part in the dress rehearsal for the 2018 season at the circuit near Magdeburg. Fans are welcome to come and watch the two days of testing. Just over two weeks later on the weekend of 13th – 15th April, the ADAC GT Masters will be staging its season opener at the same venue.

Blancpain Endurance

PLEASING START TO PRE-SEASON BLANCPAIN ENDURANCE CUP TEST AT PAUL RICARD FOR AL HARTHY AND OMAN RACING

March 14, 2018 Charles Côté

Blancpain Endurance Cup racer Ahmad Al Harthy made a strong and positive start to the first officially timed test of the 2018 season at Paul Ricard in France on Tuesday, 13th March, during his first appearance of the year with new Oman Racing team-mates Euan McKay and Charlie Eastwood.

Blancpain sprint

GT SPORT TEAM RJN READY FOR PAUL RICARD TEST

March 12, 2018 Charles Côté

A pair of Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 machines will be on track in this year’s Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup starting this week at the pre-season test at Circuit Paul Ricard with GT Sport Motul Team RJN.

SPORTSCAR

HAHN / KHODAIR EXTEND DOMINANT GT OPEN FORM AT PAUL RICARD

March 5, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

The trinomial Drivex Mercedes AMG GT3 and Brazilian drivers Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair are making a strong start to preseason by dominating International GT Open’s Winter Series. The Pro-Am class pairing is also topping timesheets overall and the event at Paul Ricard was not an exception despite an experienced entry. Despite truck arrival was … Continue reading → ...

SPORTSCAR

DRIVEX TO CONTINUE POSITIVE MOMENTUM WITH HAHN / KHODAIR AT PAUL RICARD

March 1, 2018 Charles Côté

Drivex will enter their Mercedes AMG GT3 for the second International GT Open’s Winter Series event at Circuit Paul Ricard on Friday and Saturday. The historic track in southern France will offer another two-day testing for Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair will focus on laying foundation for the season ahead.

SPORTSCAR

BMW M8 GTE COMPLETES ENDURANCE TEST AT PORTIMAO

February 25, 2018 Charles Côté

This week, BMW Motorsport continued preparations for entering the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with an endurance test at Portimão (POR). BMW works drivers Augusto Farfus (BRA), António Félix da Costa (POR), Martin Tomczyk (GER), Nick Catsburg (NED) and Philipp Eng (AUT) all had the chance to take the wheel of the BMW M8 GTE.

Endurance

TEST TIME: 16 PORSCHE RACERS TO GET PRE-SEASON SEBRING TEST THIS WEEK

February 19, 2018 Charles Côté

Sixteen (16) Porsches come to Sebring, Florida for IMSA’s open test at Sebring International Raceway on February 20 – 23. Testing on the bumpy 17-turn track has been ongoing for many teams but this is the first official IMSA-sanctioned test for all these classes in preparation for the March 17 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The Porsche GT Team has entered both factory 911 RSRs in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class for the test.

SPORTSCAR

HAHN AND KHODAIR FASTEST IN GT OPEN’S WINTER TEST IN BARCELONA

February 18, 2018 Charles Côté

Drivex has drawn positive conclusion from International GT Open’s Winter Series at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which hosted two days devoted to testing. Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair managed to outperform rivals with their Drivex-run Mercedes AMG GT3. Their closest rival was more than five tenths of a second behind.

Formula E

PAUL DI RESTA AND PIETRO FITTIPALDI CONTINUE POSITIVE PROGRESS FOR JAGUAR RACING AT MARRAKESH ROOKIE TEST

January 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Today, Panasonic Jaguar Racing were joined by Paul Di Resta and Pietro Fittipaldi in the first official rookie test held in Marrakesh. The rookie test took place following yesterday’s Marrakesh E-Prix where Nelson Piquet Jr finished in fourth place. Both drivers experienced Formula E for the first time and assisted the British team continue to … Continue reading → ...

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 → ...

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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