Proven base was extensively optimized… At the Paul Ricard Circuit in France today, Porsche presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car as a technical evolution in a three-colour concept. Porsche also confirmed it will switch to the highest of the four energy categories in the LMP1 class. The performance […]
There is just over a week to go before entries officially close for this year’s Sealine Cross-Country Rally, the third round of the 2015 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and round two of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, which will take place on April 18-24. Officials at the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation […]
Alex Zanardi will take part in a long-distance race for the first time since losing his legs with two outings in the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series. The BMW factory driver, who recovered from the loss of his legs at the Lausitz CART event in 2001 to race again with prosthetic limbs, will drive one […]
Wakefield’s Optimum Motorsport took its second consecutive 24H Series victory of the 2015 race season today, with Ade Barwick (GBR), Bradley Ellis (GBR) and Flick Haigh (GBR) snatching an impressive SP3 class win at the gruelling 12 Hours of Mugello event in Italy. Essentially running trouble-free across both days of the event, Optimum Motorsports’ Ginetta […]
With the entry lists for the 2015 Blancpain GT Series being finalised, it is time to lift the veil on the number of teams and cars that will compete in the world’s most competitive GT Series. The level of this year’s competition could be higher than ever, with exciting newcomers taking on strong stalwarts. The […]
On Friday and Saturday (13 and 14 March), the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello will host the second running of the Hankook 12H ITALY-MUGELLO. With an entry of 73 cars, the grid size for the endurance race in Tuscany has doubled compared to last year’s inaugural edition! “We are delighted with this great interest and we […]
There were no real surprises for this year’s 12 Hours of Sebring, as the entry list was unveiled and a field of 47 cars are entered. There are 14 entries in the Prototype class, seven in the Prototype Challenge class, nine in the GT Le Mans class and 17 entries in GT Daytona. In the […]
NISSAN has won the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, stealing the show thanks to a remarkable finish that saw Japanese driver Katsumasa Chiyo charge from third to first in the last two laps to deliver the brand their first Bathurst win since 1992.The historic victory came in a day that saw a record-breaking 20 safety car […]
By Sam Smith Look at it. It’s ridiculous. The red topsides, the square flanks, the weird bubble canopy. That long fin, which offsets an even longer front. The car is all snout, like the Tim Burton Batmobile. It is all snout and four wheels and that giant tail fin and exhausts blatting up from the middle […]
David Brabham says he is not prepared to just make up the numbers with the sportscar ace setting his sights on a special Bathurst 12 Hour victory back with Bentley.The youngest son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Sir Jack Brabham is not only returning to the 6.2km Mount Panorama circuit but is being reunited […]
Forty-year old Sebastien Loeb placed third in the final WTCC standings in 2014 with two wins and six podiums.. FIA World Touring Car Championship convert Sébastien Loeb says he’s yet to produce his best form since switching codes from rallying to circuit racing – but reckons he knows what he has to do to […]
The meteoric rise of teenage motorsport sensation Kelvin van der Linde continues, with the announcement today (Tuesday, January 27) that he will be an official GT driver for Audi Sport in 2015.The 18-year-old from Dainfern, Johannesburg, will thus defend his 2014 GT Masters crown assured of the best possible support from the manufacturer’s in-house motorsport […]
The 2015 season opens with an endurance classic in the USA for Audi customer racing. Two Audi R8 LMS will start at the 53rd running of the 24 hours of Daytona. Following the first victory for an Audi at Daytona two years ago, and a second place last season, the two customer teams Flying […]
Eddy Merckx ( did it on a bicycle, Jacky Ickx drove fast for F1. Now that both are approaching 70, an exhibition is celebrating their feats as two of history’s speediest Belgians.The stunning accomplishments of the “fast friends” are chronicled in an exhibition that runs until June 21, just after Merckx’s 70th birthday on June […]
Autoweek.com has confirmed what Motorsport.com reported last Tuesday: Ford will build a new sports car that debuts next month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. And Ford and Chip Ganassi’s team will race the car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company’s podium […]
Oliver Jarvis has been promoted to a full-season drive with Audi Sport Team Joest, taking the seat of nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen in next year’s FIA World Endurance Championship. The 30-year-old Englishman will join Lucas Di Grassi and Loic Duval in the second Audi R18 e-tron quattro next year, having moved up from […]
Johannesburg-born teenager finishes second in class in the Gulf 12 Hours South African teenager Liam Venter took a sensational podium finish last weekend on his sportscar debut in the 2014 Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi. Liam had never sampled the Welch Motorsport/STP Racing-run Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car prior to the weekend, nor had […]
The Formula Racing Seat Leon Racer has won the first-ever Maxi Endurance 32 Hours, held at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in the south of Portugal. The finish came at 17:04, marking a historic milestone—the longest fully international endurance race. The winning car was started at 9:04 on Saturday morning by Portuguese star Jose Antonio […]
Mehdi Bennani will drive a Citroen C-Elysee for the incoming Sebastien Loeb Racing team in the 2015 World Touring Car Championship.World Touring Car race winner Mehdi Bennani will drive a Citroen C-Elysee for Sebastien Loeb’s eponymous team in the 2015 World Touring Car Championship, it has been announced. The Moroccan, who became the first African […]
This weekend, MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo will participate in a 12-hour endurance race being held at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi at the wheel of a Ferrari 458 GT3 Challenge Evo. Lorenzo will be part of the Kessel Racing team sponsored by Monster Energy and will have Liam Talbot (Australia), Jacques Duvyers (UK) […]
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill presented by Hawk Performance and sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) was won by the Davidson Racing Norma prototype at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, Calif. The No. 17 Davidson Racing Norma driven by Brian Frisselle, Randy Pobst, Alex Lloyd and Kyle Marcelli took the overall win and class […]
It had been rumoured. Now it’s official. Macau has been dropped from next year’s WTCC race calendar. Eurosport Events confirmed it will race the touring cars nearer to home. The Macau Grand Prix has been dropped by the World Touring Car Championship for next season, Eurosport Events confirmed yesterday. The news has been circulating in […]
Three motorsports organizations have joined forces for a joint venture to create an all-new prototype built around the new-for-2015 LMP3 regulations.Adess AG, Sebastien Loeb Racing and Sora Racing have formed LAS Motorsport, which will launch both a LMP3 car as well as a track day car, largely based around the Le Mans-spec prototype. The […]
After scoring three consecutive victories and pulling out a lead of 40 points in the overall general classification OAK Racing Team Total has nothing left to prove in the Asian Le Mans Series. However, the French squad is all the more determined to rack up another win with its Morgan-Judd LM P2 in the Sepang […]
Alan Webber’s heart was in his mouth as he sat on the edge of his seat waiting for three or four minutes to find out if his son, former formula one driver Mark Webber, was OK.It was only when he saw Webber wave as he was taken away on a stretcher that he realised he was […]
– Seven Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on Bathurst 12 Hour grid – Phoenix Racing with two high-caliber driver teams – Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner back in cockpit For the fifth time, the teams of Audi Sport customer racing will be tackling Australia’s major endurance race. The 12-hour race is held on the roller-coaster track […]
Recovering from his horrific crash at Interlagos – of which he has no memory – Mark Webber finds time to congratulate his Porsche teammate’s on their victory.According to an update on the popular Australian’s website, Webber spent last night in a local hospital in Sao Paulo where he underwent further checks, having sustained bruising and […]
Toyota Racing is the 2014 drivers’ and manufacturers’ World Champion after a successful conclusion to the FIA World Endurance Championship season in the Six Hours of Sao Paulo, at Interlagos.The eighth and final race of the season was a thrilling one, with the #8 TS040 Hybrid of World Champions Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi finishing […]
Mark Webber was injured in a high-speed crash at the Six Hours of Sao Paulo event. He gave a thumbs-up to the crowd as he was taken to the medical centre although there was no immediate word of his condition.Sao Paulo: Veteran Australian motor racing driver Mark Webber was injured in a high-speed crash at […]
This weekend in Brazil the finale of the 2014 FIA WEC season will take place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo. There are four titles still to be decided, including the top prize of the FIA World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship. Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi secured the FIA World Endurance Drivers’ […]
Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi have made no secret of their happiness after winning the FIA World Endurance Championship drivers’ title in Bahrain yesterday.Despite finishing only 10th in the 6 Hours of Bahrain at Sakhir, Davidson and Buemi were both crowned champions after the Audi #2 car of Benoit Treluyer, Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler could only […]
Team extend FIA World Endurance Championship lead with second successive one-two finish in Shanghai Toyota Racing delivered another perfect result in Shanghai on Sunday, with a second successive one-two finish that extends the team’s lead in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi followed up their win in Fuji two weeks […]
Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East”, is all geared up to host this year’s FIA WEC Six Hours of Bahrain on November 14 and 15 in Sakhir.Only two weeks remain until the massive grid of nearly 30 Le Mans Prototypes and GT racers roar around the track for the […]
Extreme Speed Motorsports is en route to Shanghai, China, where it will field two Tequila Patrón-sponsored HPD ARX-03b prototypes in this weekend’s round of the World Endurance Championship.The Florida-based team made its WEC debut last month at Circuit of The Americas and earned a third-place finish. As the TUDOR Championship season drew to a […]
Nicolas Lapierre will be absent from Toyota’s World Endurance Championship squad for the remainder of theseason, the Japanese manufacturer has confirmed.The latest decision follows the Frenchman’s absence from the lineup of the #8 Toyota TS040 HYBRID at this month’s Fuji event by what was described as “mutual agreement. ” His regular teammates Anthony Davidson and […]
The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) is wound up to a high pitch. Within the space of three weeks, sports car fans have been thrilled by the lead in the manufacturers championship changing twice. Following two one-two victories in succession, Audi had taken the top spot in the standings at the season’s midpoint. Although the […]
Following on a promising return to the European Le Mans Series at the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, the Sébastien Loeb Racing now wishes the finale to be an opportunity to confirm the great potential shown in the South of France. With an ORECA 03R still equipped with Michelin tyres, the Alsace-based squad will line […]
OAK Racing Team Total made it three wins in three races in this year’s Asian Le Mans Series, as David Cheng and Ho-Ping Tung drove their #1 Morgan-Judd LMP2 to victory in the 3 Hours of Shanghai after another race-long battle with the Eurasia team. Cheng started aggressively and opened up a big gap over […]
Audi looks at a good interim tally. In the FIA World Endurance Championship that has been held since 2012, the brand has now clinched 13 victories in 20 races. The most recent success at Austin (USA) marked the turnaround in the battle for the title and Audi, for the first time this season, took the […]
Wayne Taylor Racing made America racing history on Saturday at Road Atlanta with the team’s win. Ricky and Jordan Taylor are the first American-born overall winners. Sixteen years after winning the inaugural Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda, Wayne Taylor brought his boys and a long-time friend to victory lane in the 10-hour Tudor United […]