. The Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy returns for 2021 as the British luxury sportscar manufacturer renews its search to uncover the next generation of GT endurance superstars. The initiative, designed to fast-track talent within Aston Martin Racing’s thriving customer team network has already uncovered three rising stars in Ross Gunn (GB), Tom Canning (GB) … Read more
BMW M Motorsport has now taken the next important step in the development of the new BMW M4 GT3. The new flagship in the portfolio of cars from BMW M Motorsport successfully completed a series of test drives on the Nürburgring Nordschleife (GER) on Thursday. The two BMW works drivers Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Jens … Read more
The four class winning crews attending the post race press conference at Spa-Francorchamps. SEBASTIEN BUEMI, TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – NO.8 TOYOTA GR010-HYBRID “I had to take it quite easy at the beginning and I was behind Mike (Conway) and we had similar pace. But at our pit stop we basically had an issue with the … Read more
The Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw history made with the first Hypercar victory going to Toyota, with the #8 Toyota driven by Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley taking the chequered flag for Round 1 of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship. There was a race long battle for the Toyota GR010-Hybrid with Alpine … Read more
Preparations by Mercedes-AMG Motorsport for the ADAC Total 24h Race are in full swing. In the final round of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) prior to the season highlight at the Nordschleife, the AMG Customer Racing Teams were able to rack up further valuable test mileage. The best-placed Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the GT3 field, particularly … Read more
After the two 10-minute qualifying sessions the four class pole position holders for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps headed to the press conference room. KAMUI KOBAYASHI, TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – #7 TOYOTA GR010-HYBRID “I think first of all we really tried to do a maximum push from the car with low fuel. We never … Read more
Kamui Kobayashi took pole position for tomorrow’s opening round the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship at the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, while Kevin Estre starred with a brilliant performance in LMGTE Pro. The action-packed qualifying sessions ushers in a new era of endurance racing and sees the first ever pole position for a Hypercar … Read more
FIA Presidential candidate Mohammed ben Sulayem has launched a far-reaching plan to increase diversity and inclusion in motorsport on a global basis. The report is based on research conducted with FIA members in Africa and the Middle East. The Emirati former rally champion is passionate about giving the opportunity to race, and to be involved … Read more
Audi will return to Le Mans and to sports prototype racing with an electrified sports car in the 2023 season. The successor to the successful Audi R18 is already taking shape. “The new LMDh category fits perfectly with our new set-up in motorsport,” says Julius Seebach, Managing Director Audi Sport GmbH and responsible for Motorsport at … Read more
Chris van der Drift won the title in the inaugural TCR New Zealand with the New Zealand customer team Track Tec Racing in the Audi RS 3 LMS. A podium result for the Audi R8 LMS and three further trophies for the Audi RS 3 LMS rounded off Audi Sport customer racing’s international tally … Read more