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2016 CALENDAR
NEW SEASON KICKS OFF FOR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP DEUTSCHLAND
April 15th marks the start of the new season for the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. In the 27th year of Germany’s fastest one-make series, teams and drivers will fight for championship honours. This year’s grid lineup, which includes both Carrera Cup Porsche Juniors, Sven Müller (D/24) and Dennis Olsen (N/19). This year for the first … Continue reading
AUDI MOTORSPORT ROUND-UP
Audi R8 LMS ultra wins at Silverstone An Audi Sport customer racing team won the opening round of the Dunlop Endurance Championship in Great Britain. Tockwith Motorsport took victory with the Audi R8 LMS ultra at Silverstone. After 32 laps, Phil Hanson and Nigel Moore crossed the finish line with a 2 minute 10 second … Continue reading
TS050 HYBRID, NEW CAR, NEW CHALLENGE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing today revealed the all-new TS050 HYBRID, the car which will carry its hopes into a new season of World Endurance Championship (WEC) competition. Following a difficult defence of its World Championship titles in 2015, TOYOTA has set itself tough performance targets in order to compete once again at the front of a … Continue reading
RICHARD LYONS SIGNS FOR A SECOND SEASON WITH CRAFT BAMBOO RACING
Richard Lyons has signed for a second season with Hong Kong based Craft Bamboo Racing for the 2016 GT Asia series. After a tough and hard fought season in 2015 with Craft Bamboo Racing, Lyons and Yu are out for blood this coming season. Craft Bamboo Racing have a change of technical partner for 2016, … Continue reading
TWO INTENSE DAYS OF TESTING KICKS OF EPIC 2016 BLANCPAIN GT SEASON
The past two days have seen Blancpain GT Series teams and drivers making their final preparations for the upcoming season at Circuit Paul Ricard, where more than 50 cars were on track. On Wednesday evening SRO Motorsports Group Founder & CEO, Stephane Ratel, unveiled the entry lists for this season’s opening rounds. It soon became … Continue reading
GT SPORT CONFIRMS 2016 GT OPEN CALENDARS
GT Sport today confirmed the 2016 calendars of its two series, the International GT Open and the Euroformula Open. With respect to the calendars previously announced, there is only one minor change: the Barcelona and Jerez events at the end of the season switch their dates, for operational reasons. The Jerez event (where only the … Continue reading
MAZDA MOTORSPORTS 2016 PWC SEASON PREVIEW
Twenty-four Mazda race cars are ready for the season opening rounds of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, on March 3-5. Independent Mazda racers will be challenging for drivers championships in the Touring Car (TC), Touring Car A (TCA) and Touring Car B (TCB) classes. … Continue reading
KFZTEOLE24 APR MOTORSPORT WITH FRESH LOOK IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
New team name, new racing cars, a new driver and a new team boss, but still sporting their trademark orange colour. kfzteile24 APR Motorsport have introduced numerous changes for the 2016 ADAC GT Masters season. Now in their sixth season in the ADAC GT Masters, the championship-winning team from 2012 will line up with two … Continue reading
MORE INCENTIVE FOR TEAMS IN GT ASIA SERIES IN 2016
Asia’s most successful GT category is about to become a whole lot more attractive to drivers in 2016, with the addition of Amateur, Pro-Am and Pro driver awards to the championship, joining those currently awarded for the outright GT3, GTM and GTC class winners and the teams champions in those classes. A raft of changes … Continue reading
RICHARD LYONS REJOINS AUDI TEAM HITOTSUYAMA FOR 2016 SUPER GT
Richard Lyons will again join forces with Audi Team Hitotsuyama in 2016 in what is sure to be another positive step forward for the famous Japanese racing outfit and the Hillsborough native. There are many reasons for pre-season positivity in 2016 for Lyons and Hitotsuyama, they will be running and competing in the brand new … Continue reading
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