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MULTIPLE ENTRIES STRENGTHEN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES GRID AHEAD OF 2018 SEASON

The entry list for the 2018 Blancpain GT Series continues to grow, with a number of new additions to the grid being officially confirmed ahead of the upcoming campaign. Emil Frey Racing will partner with Lexus to contest the full Blancpain GT Series in 2018, embarking on a challenge for top honours in both the … Continue reading → ...

Endurance

ALL FERRARI FRONT ROW IN THE GTD CLASS FOR THE ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 25, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Daniel Serra in the 488 GT3 no. 51 of Spirit Of Race will start from pole position in the GT-Daytona (GTD) class of the 24 Hours of Daytona. Miguel Molina will be in second for Risi Competizione in an all Ferrari front row. In the GT-Le Mans (GTLM) class Tony Vilander qualified the 488 GTE … 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 → ...

Blancpain Endurance

BENTLEY MOTORSPORT ANNOUNCES 2018 LINE-UP

December 15, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The six drivers will contest the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for Bentley’s fifth season with two brand new second generation Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3s, and will also complete the entire Intercontinental GT Challenge for the first time.

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 → ...

Blancpain Endurance

STRAKKA RACING TO BECOME MERCEDES-AMG PERFORMANCE TEAM FOR 2018 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE

November 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Strakka Racing today announced it will expand its GT activities beyond Europe in 2018, forming a new partnership with Mercedes-AMG which will see them carry Performance Team status for the German marque. The Silverstone-based team will run three new Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the Intercontinental GT Challenge alongside Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

News

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 ...

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HAHN / KHODAIR ACHIEVE GT OPEN 5TH PLACE AT SILVERSTONE

September 5, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Drivex had mixed feelings at Silverstone, hosting Round 5 of the International GT Open last weekend. Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair, the latter after being absent due to other racing commitments, paired together in the Drivex Mercedes AMG GT3.

SPORTSCAR

NISSAN AIMING TO FAREWELL THE SUZUKA 1000KM ON A HIGH NOTE

August 22, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

After finishing second in the past two Super GT rounds, Nissan has its sights set on success at this weekend’s Suzuka 1000km – the final time the GT500 machines will be part of the event.

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ACURA TEASES NEW ARX-05 PROTOTYPE RACE CAR AHEAD OF MONTEREY AUTOMOTIVE WEEK

August 8, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Acura teased its newest race car, the Acura ARX-05 prototype, to be fielded by the legendary Team Penske in 2018.

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PORSCHE GT TEAM CONFIDENT FOR ROAD AMERICA AFTER MAIDEN VICTORY

July 31, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

A fortnight after its historic maiden victory at Lime Rock, the new Porsche 911 RSR now heads to its first outing on the legendary Road America racetrack on 6 August. The storied 6.515-kilometre circuit not far from Elkhart Lake in the US state of Wisconsin is regarded as the birthplace of American sports car racing.

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EKRIS MOTORSPORTS WINS GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES NORTHERN CUP RACE 1 IN SLOVAKIA

July 15, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Ekris Motorsport has claimed its third victory of the 2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup at the Slovakia Ring this evening. The #8 Ekris M4 GT4 of Ricardo van der Ende and Max Koebolt dominated the race from start to finish, finishing almost five seconds clear of the second placed car.

SPORTSCAR

B-QUIK ENJOYS PODIUM HAUL IN BANGSAEN

July 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

‘Two Out of Three Ain’t bad’ – that what the famous song lyrics say and they could pretty much sum up our dramatic weekend at the 11th Bangsaen Grand Prix. There were three races on the schedule for Super Car GTM Plus, spread out over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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ANTINUCCI GRABS THIRD CONSECUTIVE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA WIN IN RACE 1 AT WATKINS GLEN

July 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Richard Antinucci continued his winning ways at Watkins Glen International, running a perfect race to take his third-consecutive victory of the season in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series.

Endurance

BAD LUCK FOR GRT GRASSER RACING AT 6 HOURS OF PAUL RICARD

June 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

After recently experiencing an impressive record of continuous successes, the GRT Grasser Racing Team had to put up with a backslash during the weekend of the 6 hours of Paul Ricard, the sixth race of the Blancpain-GT-Series 2017.

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GRENIER AND SPINELLI WIN A HARD-FOUGHT RACE AT PAUL RICARD IN THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE

June 25, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Mikaël Grenier and Loris Spinelli have scored their second success of the season with the team Antonelli Motorsport. Jonathan Cecotto and Vito Postiglione, instead, finished second after taking their third win in a row yesterday and are therefore still leading the PRO standings.

Le Mans

FACTS FROM THE RACE: FROM P56 TO P1, PORSCHE HYBRID WINS AT LE MANS

June 21, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

A comparable effort dates back exactly 40 years ago, when Jacky Ickx (BE), Jürgen Barth (DE) and Hurley Haywood (USA) came back in their Porsche 936 from position 42 to win the race.

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V DE V SPORTS: RIGHT OF REPLY

June 21, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Eric Van de Vyver, director of V de V Sports, has to react to the false statement released today by Creventics, organizer of the 24H Series, who brags about inaugurating a form of competition imagined more than 15 years ago by his team, and gave birth to the V de V Endurance Series.

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