Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management today announces a track reconfiguration programme, scheduled to take place at Yas Marina Circuit over the summer months, which will enhance all motorsport events hosted at the venue for both drivers and spectators alike. For the first time since Yas Marina Circuit opened, in 2009, a major restructuring of the track … Read more
Raffaele Marciello (ITA) and Timur Boguslavskiy (RUS) have secured another podium result for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport in the GT World Challenge Europe during the Sprint Cup event at Zandvoort in the Netherlands. The duo with the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of the Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP finished in second place in the first of the two sprint … Read more
CUPRA, the CUPRA e-Racer and Mikel Azcona have made history at the premiere of the PURE ETCR at the Vallelunga circuit (Italy), where they have claimed the victory in the first event of an all-electric multi-brand touring car championship. Azcona scored the maximum points at stake, making him the first “King of the Weekend” and … Read more
Audi Sport customer racing made a furious start to the new DTM season with the R8 LMS. Kelvin van der Linde won at the opening weekend at Monza ahead of Nico Müller. In the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, Dries Vanthoor/Charles Weerts remain championship leaders while Gregory Guilvert/Fabien Michal extended their lead … Read more
Bentley and Fanatec have co-developed a unique steering wheel that can be used for both real and virtual motor racing. The wheel was designed specifically for the Bentley Continental GT3 Pikes Peak challenge car, carefully crafted from lightweight carbon-fibre and magnesium alloy, and equipped with a host of driving functions. The Bentley GT3 steering wheel … Read more
The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 recorded its maiden victory in the US (12 June), when partner team The Heart of Racing and drivers Ross Gunn (GBR) and Roman de Angelis (CDN) were declared the winners in the latest round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship at the Belle Isle track in Detroit last Saturday. The … Read more
The Manthey customer team has clinched its seventh outright victory at the Nürburgring 24-hour race. At the 49th edition of the endurance classic, works drivers Kévin Estre from France, Michael Christensen from Denmark and the Italian Matteo Cairoli crossed the finish line in first place at the wheel of the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 … Read more
In one of the most turbulent editions of the Nürburgring 24 Hours with more than 14 hours of race interruption in dense fog, Audi Sport customer racing thrilled everyone with a strong recovery. However, there was hardly any reward in the end. From 64th place at the start of the race, Audi Sport Team Land … Read more
Like in the previous year, extreme weather conditions made their mark on the 49th running of the classic endurance race. In the opening stages, heavy downpours considerably mixed up the field of the favourites. From the four Mercedes-AMG GT3s that had started among the first seven, only the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT car managed to maintain … Read more
The FIA Family is saddened to hear of the passing of Mansour Ojjeh, today, June 6, at the age of 68. A major figure in Formula 1 since the late 1970s, Ojjeh was most associated with the McLaren team and played a major role in the development of the race team and the wider companies of … Read more