David Martin-Janiak

The Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama returns for its eighth season of competition in 2018, with its traditional 12-round schedule coinciding with some of the biggest motorsport events in North America.

2016 Burson Rookie of the Year Simon Fallon has looked back fondly on his two seasons in the CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship

The calendar for the fourth season of the ADAC Formula 4 has now been finalised. Seven meetings, featuring 21 races in all, will be staged under the banner of the ADAC GT Masters and the DTM.

Christmas has come early for Aston Martin Racing, as the team received a special delivery in the form of Belgian GT and DTM ace, Maxime Martin. The 31-year-old has joined Aston Martin Racing to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’, which starts in Spring 2018

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will compete in the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season after reaffirming its commitment to the development of hybrid powertrain technology through motorsport. Following the publication of the LMP1 regulations for next season, which Toyota has played an active part in defining, the team can commit to enter its TS050 HYBRID in the championship.

GPUpdate.net continues its team-by-team review with Force India, which finished a remarkable fourth once more, as young gun

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Alessandro Balzan (Italy) took the first laps in the team’s all-new No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 car at the Ferrari test track in Firoano, Italy this past week.

Signing a young up and coming American talent along with one that has already seen success on the international stage, Michael Shank Racing has finalized its driver roster for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener at Daytona. Côme Ledogar will combine with Lawson Aschenbach, Justin Marks and Mario Farnbacher in the No. 93 Acura

On the second night in August, Trenton Moriarity thought he watched his shot at the Speedway Chevrolet Super Late Model track championship at Evergreen Speedway go up in flames.

Carlos Muñoz will return to the Andretti Autosport stable for the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,

At Brands Hatch, south-east of London, DTM already contested eight races from 2006 to 2013 – but in those years, the races were held at the short 1.97-kilometre Indy layout.

Dries Vanthoor and Frédéric Vervisch join driver lineup: In terms of its driver squad, Audi Sport in 2018 will again rely on Rahel Frey (CH), Robin Frijns (NL), Christopher Haase (D), Pierre Kaffer (D), Kelvin van der Linde (ZA), Christopher Mies (D), Frank Stippler (D) and Markus Winkelhock (D).

The CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship will visit New Zealand for the first time in 2018, with seven rounds to be held over a mouth-watering six events.

21-year-old Jack Butel will contest his first endurance event outside of Britain on the 5-7 January 2018. The Jerseyman heads to Dubai with Speedworks Motorsport for nine grueling hours in his LMP3 Ligier sports car in the Middle East.

Williams, which remained in fifth, but with fewer points, courtesy of the un-retired Felipe Massa and rookie Lance Stroll.

United Autosports have scored a triple podium at the Gulf 12 Hours, including a class win for Richard Meins, Shaun Lynn and Jim McGuire in the #23 Ligier JS P3. Johnny Mowlem, Bon Grimes and Tony Wells teamed up in the #22 Red River Sport Ligier JS P3, finishing second in the ProAm class.

Among the impressive statistics for open-wheel powerhouse Carlin, one stands out above the rest: the team’s Indy Lights squad has graduated three drivers into the Verizon IndyCar Series over the past three years.

The Spaniard finished 3rd in GT Pro class during the seventh edition of the Gulf 12 hours at the wheel of the Attempto Racing-entered Lamborghini Huracán GT3 with pairing of Aly Çapan and Clemens Schmid.

Middle Eastern racing driver Ahmad Al Harthy and the Oman Racing team celebrated a fabulous runner-up finish in class during the Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, 16th December, thanks to a superb display in the squad’s Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.

In a 20-event season, there are several unexpected moments, humorous asides, and some sub-plots that simply get forgotten.