The McLaren 650S GT3 has secured its second victory of the Blancpain Endurance Series season at the weekend with victory for McLaren GT customer team Von Ryan Racing. Works drivers Rob Bell, Shane van Gisbergen and Kevin Estre battled through the grid after a challenging qualifying session, but a bold …
Read More »Melbourne secures Australian Formula One Grand Prix until 2023
Melbourne will continue to be the host city for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix until at least 2023 in a new deal finalised last week. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews posted a video on his Facebook page on Saturday, officially announcing that the Grand Prix was to stay in the Victorian capital …
Read More »V8 Supercars to race in Kuala Lumpur from 2016?
After participating in a demonstration event at last weekend’s Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix, V8 Supercars is now looking at including the street circuit as a full championship round from 2016 onwards. The inaugural Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix was held on a tricky street circuit in the Malaysian capital. The …
Read More »Event: 24 Hours of Spa results and photos
In their sixth attempt at the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the Belgian BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS finally took their first win on home soil. The #46 BMW Z4 driven by Nick Catsburg, Markus Palttala and Lucas Luhr completed 536 laps, taking fastest lap for good measure, crossing …
Read More »Lexus RC F GT3 snatches class victory on VLN Series debut
Lexus’ new RC F GT3 racecar underlined its competition credentials on the weekend with class victory on debut in Germany’s VLN endurance series at the legendary Nurburgring circuit. Two RC F GT3s, campaigned by European teams Farnbacher Racing and Emil Frey Racing, finished first and second in the SPX prototype …
Read More »Hyundai maintains podium pace with 4 cars at WRC
Fresh from a double podium result at the last rally in Sardinia, Hyundai Motorsport hopes to continue its podium pace with this weekend’s Rally Poland as it fields four Hyundai i20 WRC cars for the first time. The Alzenau-based squad secured a Polish podium twelve months ago but with all …
Read More »Audi finished 3rd at 24-hour Le Mans
Audi has finished in 3rd place at the 24-hour race at Le Mans, missing its 14th victory it was aiming for in the world’s most famous endurance race. The tally of the brand with the four rings remains impressive. In all 17 Le Mans runs, at least one Audi team has been …
Read More »Ford returns to Le Mans in 2016 with new Ford GT
Ford announced today it is returning to one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world with its new Ford GT race car, based on the all-new ultra-high-performance supercar that goes on sale next year. The Ford GT race car will compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans …
Read More »Aston Martin has qualified on poles at Le Mans
Aston Martin Racing has qualified on pole in both GT classes of the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans with its #99 and #98 V8 Vantage GTEs. It might have been his first time racing at the world-famous Circuit de la Sarthe, but Le Mans ‘rookie’ Richie Stanaway (NZ) was …
Read More »Photos: 24-hour Le Mans qualifiying
The 83th 24-hour Le Mans endurance race is set to take place this weekend in France, with the radical Nissan GT-R LM Nismo making its first racing debut and Audi aiming for another consecutive victory in the world’s toughest endurance race with the R18 e-tron quattro hybrid sports. View a …
Read More »Lexus GS F to make public debut at Goodwood hill climb
The much-anticipated Lexus GS F will make its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK later this month, where it will be driven on the challenging 1.86km hill climb course. Powered by a naturally-aspirated 348kW/527Nm 5.0-litre V8 shared with the Lexus RC F, it will take …
Read More »Super GT and DTM machines to compete in joint races
The machines from the Japanese Super GT and German DTM race series will compete together in joint races starting from 2017. A steering committee meeting between the German and Japanese-based series, as well as the International Motor Sport Association, confirmed last weekend the new specifications, including engine configurations and aerodynamics, which …
Read More »Bentley Continental GT3 finishes in top 10 at Silverstone
Bentley’s return to the home of British motorsport at Silverstone brought a double-top-ten finish despite a challenging race for both cars. While the pace of the Continental GT3 was good enough to try and emulate last year’s victory at the track, circumstances meant that the Bentley Boys had to settle …
Read More »2015 Nürburgring 24 hour Race Results and Gallery
Audi relegated their strong opponents from BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and Nissan to secure a win at the dramatic Nürburgring 24 hour race in Germany. Christopher Mies, Edward Sandström, Nico Müller and Laurens Vanthoor drove the new-generation Audi R8 LMS to its victory in a grueling 156-lap race at the legendary …
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