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BMW M MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO LE MANS WITH THE HYBRID V8
BMW M Motorsport returns to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA) in 2024. One year after its debut season in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2023, the new BMW M Hybrid V8 will also take on the top-class opposition in the Hypercars category in … Continue reading
K-PAX RACING CURTAILS WATKINS GLEN WOES WITH A PODIUM FINISH
K-PAX Racing has long been the team to beat for many GT3 teams in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS paddock – 11 straight races from the team’s September sweep at Watkins Glen International last season. The win streak put a target on the team, and while it has enjoyed the taste … Continue reading
TRUE RACING KTM DOUBLE UP AT SPA
True Racing by Reiter Engineering sealed a dream weekend in the fourth round of the Fanatec GT2 European Series, with Filip Sladecka and Stefan Rosina doubling up on outright wins at Spa-Francorchamps. The #15 KTM X-BOW duo delivered a stand-out performance all weekend, taking pole-to-flag victory in race one on Sunday morning, then fending off … Continue reading
TRIPLE EIGHT JMR’S IBRAHIM AND FOSTER BATTLE TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA VICTORY AT FUJI
Prince Jefri Ibrahim and Nick Foster consolidated their place at the top of Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS’s overall standings by battling to their second win of the season in Race 2 at Fuji today. Triple Eight JMR’s Mercedes-AMG took advantage of CarGuy Racing’s Success Penalty after Foster fought his way from … Continue reading
CARGUY UNSTOPPABLE AGAIN IN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA WEEKEND OPENER AT FUJI
Takeshi Kimura and Kei Cozzolino came home comfortable winners in the first of this weekend’s two Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS races at Fuji after CarGuy Racing’s Ferrari started on pole, slipped to fourth and worked its way back into contention post pitstops. Cozzolino took the chequered flag 13.5 seconds clear of … Continue reading
FIVE BMW M4 GT3 TO LINE IN THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
For the BMW M Motorsport teams and drivers, the next big highlight of the endurance season is just around the corner: the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) on 30th/31st July. ROWE Racing Team fields two BMW M4 GT3 in the Pro class, and will hope to challenge for the overall victory. The BMW Junior Team … Continue reading
PHIL HANSON TO EMBARK ON FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WEC CAMPAIGN WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS
United Autosports and Phil Hanson will contest the FIA World Endurance Championship together once more in 2023. The 23-year-old Briton has raced with the team since 2018, making his debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, alongside F1 legend Fernando Alonso and a young Lando Norris. In Hanson’s WEC career with United, he has accumulated a number of … Continue reading
THE 24 HOURS OF SPA IN 24 FACTS
1. GPX Martini Racing has the only crew made up entirely of TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa winners. The Porsche squad has reunited the same three drivers that scored its maiden victory at the event in 2019: Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen. 2. Raffaele Marciello conquered Super Pole in 2020 and 2021, while … Continue reading
GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SET FOR RECORD ENTRY AHEAD OF BIGGEST RACES OF THE SEASON AT SPA
The GT4 European Series is gearing up for its biggest race weekend of the season, and in more ways than one, with a record 55-car entry expected for two races running in support of the world’s most prestigious GT3 event. This weekend the GT4 European Series heads to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium for the … Continue reading
LAMBORGHINI ANNOUNCES DRIVERS BORTOLOTTI AND CALDARELLI FOR THE LMDh PROGRAM
Lamborghini Squadra Corse has announced the first two drivers in the line-up for the LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) program, which will debut in 2024 in the FIA World Endurance Championship (Hypercar class) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (GTP class). The Factory Drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti, both currently involved in the most important … Continue reading
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