Bahrain Raid Xtreme head into their third Dakar Rally on Saturday with a four-car team of sustainably-fuelled Prodrive Hunters tested, developed and ready for the biggest adventure in the world of motorsport. The 45th edition of the rally tackles some of the toughest desert terrain seen in recent years, and after winning two of the … Read more
The pinnacle off-road race kick-starts the new year in Saudi Arabian dunes. The 2023 Dakar Rally heads back to Saudi Arabia for its fourth edition on December 31 with the world’s best off-road racers facing 5,000 racing kilometres spread over 14 timed special stages before the chequered flag finally falls at Dammam on January 15. … Read more
In Bahrain, scene of the final round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, PEUGEOT produced a video featuring Team Peugeot TotalEnergies driver Gustavo Menezes, using a stunt to present its new slogan, ‘Allure Born to Race’. High above Bahrain International Circuit, the American parachuted out of a Bahrain Ministry of Interior Police Aviation helicopter … Read more
Mercedes-AMG continues to expand its Customer Racing programme: in the 2023 season, a GT2 model will complement the fleet of the successful GT3 and GT4 cars from Affalterbach. The new Mercedes-AMG GT2 is the most powerful homologated race car in the meanwhile twelve-year history of the customer sport programme. The GT2 offers the usual extremely … Read more
Hyundai Motorsport customer BRC Racing Team is celebrating its first-ever double title winning campaign in the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup*. Hyundai Elantra N TCR driver Mikel Azcona was crowned the 2022 drivers’ winner, while BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse also clinched its inaugural teams’ crown in the series under the floodlights during … Read more
Friday marks the start of a three-day, 70s-themed, motorsport extravaganza at the Dubai Autodrome, as the Gulf Historic Dubai GP Revival begins. The three-day event will feature a plethora of iconic stars and cars. These include three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and 2012 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Champion, André Lotterer, who will be … Read more
Already at its Dakar debut, the Audi RS Q e-tron set standards in efficiency and competitiveness of e-mobility in motorsport in January 2022. Now the next step follows: The three desert prototypes with electric drive and energy converter will be at the start of the next edition of the Dakar Rally from December 31, 2022 … Read more
The FIA has extended its contract with McLaren Applied for supply of its Standard Electronic Control Unit (SECU) in Formula One until 2030. In a statement on the FIA website, motorsport’s governing body said that McLaren Applied has been ‘selected for the sole supply of the Standard Electronic Control Unit (SECU) in the 2026, 2027, … Read more
Lamborghini Squadra Corse and Iron Lynx have announced that they will join forces as both entities embark on a dual assault as Lamborghini Iron Lynx in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024. Unveiled during the Lamborghini Finals at Portimão, the partnership will begin from 2023, with Iron Lynx becoming a … Read more
The new Ferrari 499P re-establishes its historical connection 50 years after the 312 P made its last appearance in world endurance racing’s premier class A moniker and livery that pay homage to the Ferrari endurance tradition Four-wheel drive, twin-turbocharged V6 engine and an electric power unit delivering 500kW of power to the wheels Elkann: “With … Read more