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
Sebastien Loeb is ready for another tense battle with Nasser Al Attiyah as he looks to build on his lead in the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) when the Rallye du Maroc gets under way on Saturday. Loeb, driving one of three Prodrive Hunters entered by Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX), holds a slender one-point advantage over … Read more
Lamborghini Squadra Corse has unveiled the first technical specifications of its LMDh project for its upcoming venture into the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In accordance with the LMDh regulations as issued by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), the International Motor … Read more