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
Emirati Rashid Al Dhaheri continues the 2021 racing season with another important win on April 25 during the distinguished “WSK Super Master Series”. This victory adds up to his substantial results this season, where Rashid has already achieved 4 (out of 5) victories in World Series Karting competitions and triumphed in 2 (out of 2) … Read more
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that, toward the achievement of a carbon-neutral mobility society, it is developing a hydrogen engine. It has installed the engine on a racing vehicle based on Toyota’s Corolla Sport, which it will enter in competition under the ORC ROOKIE Racing banner starting with the Super Taikyu Series 2021 Powered … Read more
This pioneering concept embodies a unique combination of innovations unseen in motor sport to date and is intended to serve manufacturers as a platform to develop technology relevant to their high-performance road cars. The cars built to this set of technical regulations will compete at full-length permanent circuits and will set new standards for electric … Read more
Formula E has already held races in 17 different countries and a new one will be added this weekend: Spain. On the circuit in Valencia, Lucas di Grassi and René Rast, together with the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team, will be fighting for the first podium finish of the still young world championship season on … Read more
The Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams got the new season of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS off to a successful start. In the opening race at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Raffaele Marciello (ITA), Daniel Juncadella (ESP) and Jules Gounon (FRA) finished second overall with the #88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP entry. … Read more