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Victories for ERC Sport and HHC Motorsport in the seasons first two hour endurance race. British GT. Source: Ian Cutting Photography Starting from pole, Jon Minshaw in the Barwell Motorsport lead the way until the first of four safety cars was deployed. Oulton Park winner Optimum's Flick Haigh was chasing Minshaw, but lost out to the sister Barwell Motorsport of Sam De Hann. Shaun Balfe's stricken McLaren at Turn 12 after hitting it was the cause for this safety car. Racing

The season has begun with wins for Optimum Motorsport in GT3 and Track-Club in GT4 for the first race of the season. Indeed history was made as Flick Haigh became the first woman to claim a British GT race victory outright, this is on top of her pole yesterday. Race 2 was abandoned after heavy rain fell just before the start and continued to pour so much that race organiser decided to abandon the meeting on safety grounds. Race 1 start. Source: Ian Cutting Photography A col

A full capacity grid of 36 cars will be in action for this year's British GT Championship. Source: British GT The championship, which is now in its 26th year, launched officialy this year at Donington Park this weeks Media Day. The entry list has had to be capped to 36 cars because of pitlane restrictions at certain circuits. However tracks like Silverstone and the annual trip to Spa-Francorchamps have greater capacity so more cars are likely to join for these events. Withi

New British GT Championship team ERC Sport today confirmed that they will be running a Mercerdes AMG GT3 with Lee Mowle and Dutchman Yelmer Buurman at the helm. Source: British GT The Mercedes and Mowle return (it is the car that Mowle ran last year with AMDTuning.com) but now with ERC Sport who have Keith Cheatham as team manager. Molwe and Cheatham worked together at AMD and Triple Eight. Cheatham has also been involved with Trackspeed. Partnering Molwe is Buurman and he

Today saw the announcement that after a year away from the British GT scene, Beechdean AMR are back to contest the GT3 title. Source: British GT Double GT3 champion (2013 and 2015) team owner Andrew Howard is pairing up with Darren Turner (2017 Le Mans class winner) to drive the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 in its familiar blue and white livery which was last seen in the British GT in 2016. Howard is hoping to be the first driver to win three titles and with the support of

2016 GT4 Teams' champions confirm that it would be running a pair of Ginetta G55's in this years championship. Source: Ian Cutting Photography After winning the Teams' Championship in 2016 in their debut year, 2017 was a frustrating one for the Kent based outfit. Today's news also means that the championship will now have four confirmed Ginettas after HHC Motorsport already announced that they would also be running a pair. News of the driver line up is still to be announce

2017 British GT Champion Rick Parfitt Jnr is hoping to retain title with Team Parker Racing and new team mate Ryan Ratcliffe in the Bentley Continental GT3. Source: Ian Cutting Photography With the news that Seb Morris was leaving the UK scene to race in Europe Parfitt Jnr was looking for new driver to try and help retain the title. Ratcliffe seems like a natural partner as the pair won the GT4 class back in 2013. Team Parker, Bentley and Parfitt Jnr are about to emabrk on

Century Motorsport is switching from Ginettas to the brand new BMW M4 GT4 for 2018. After running Ginettas since 2009, Century Motorsport will now be running a pair of the brand new BMW M4 GT4's with Ben Tuck and Ben Green behind the wheel. The other BMW line up has yet to be announced. Tuck raced the Century Motorsport Ginetta GT3 at the last British GT event at Donington back in September and will now be racing all season for the team. His team mate, Ben Green, raced for

United Autosports has won the European Le Mans Series LMP3 Teams’ title for a second consecutive year – second place in the sixth and final round of the championship in Portugal today (22 Oct) also earning American duo John Falb and Sean Rayhall the Driver’s LMP3 crown as the sister Wayne Boyd/Christian England/Mark Patterson Ligier scored its first LMP3 race win of the season. But it was disappointment for the Anglo-American team in attempting to win LMP2 at its first attemp

The MONLAU COMPETITION SEAT Leon TCR V2 DSG (#107, Jurgen Smet/Jose Manuel Perez Aicart/Alba Cano Ramirez/Alvaro Bajo) took the pole position for the Hankook 24H SILVERSTONE, the opening round of the 2017 24H TOURING CAR ENDURANCE SERIES powered by Hankook. Jose Manuel Perez Aicart lapped the 5.901 kilometre Grand Prix circuit in 2:13.466 minutes. Second quickest after the one hour long session under dry conditions was the Red Camel-Jordans.nl SEAT Leon TCR V3 DSG (#303, Rik

Many touring car teams already having participated in the first two rounds of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook, they can now compete for outright honours for the first time this year as the 24H TOURING CAR ENDURANCE (TCE) SERIES powered by Hankook gets underway with the Hankook 24H SILVERSTONE (31 March-2 April). In total, 34 teams will be on the grid, two thirds of the field are potential contenders for the overall win. That promises some exciting racing at the famous North

The Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Jiri Pisarik/Josef Král/Matteo Malucelli) tops the timing sheets after the first part of the Hankook 12H MUGELLO. When the chequered flag was waved after the first four hours, the Forch Racing powered by Olimp Porsche 991 GT3 R (#29, Robert Lukas/Marcin Jedlinksi/Patrick Eisemann) crossed the line a minute behind the leader ín second place. Time gaps will be closed on tomorrow's grid for the race resumption though. In third place, the

Two months after the season-opener in Dubai, action in the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook continues with the Hankook 12H MUGELLO (17-18 March, 2017). The entry list shows 54 cars with drivers from 21 different countries. Of course, many of the regular entrants will be present, but some teams will also be making their 24H SERIES debut at the beautiful circuit in the rolling hills of Tuscany. Due to noise restrictions, the race at Mugello is again split up into two segments, the

Experienced race team 360 Racing are looking for drivers interested in taking part in the brand new Henderson Insurance LMP3 Cup Championship. The team intend to enter the ACO-backed British series with their Ligier JS P3 sports prototype. 360 Racing have over 10 years experience of successfully running sports cars and have raced in the European Le Mans Series, scoring a podium in 2016 but they are best known for racing Radical sports cars across the UK and Europe. The H

In the new racing season, Falken will line up on the grid with not one, but two racing cars from premium German manufacturers. Last year saw the debut of the Falken Porsche 911 GT3 R (Type 991), which simultaneously scooped the title of fastest Porsche in the 24h-Race on Nürburgring and ended up in ninth place overall. This season it will be joined by team-mate Falken BMW M6 GT3 – the first time the tyre manufacturer has fielded two vehicles in motorsports challenges. Falken

Ginetta is delighted to today (28/02/2017) confirm the appointment of leading engine builder Mecachrome to supply engines for the forthcoming Ginetta LMP1 car. Ewan Baldry, Ginetta Technical Director visited Mechachrome’s head office in Aubigny Sur Nere, France earlier this month was impressed by the facility. Having already undertaken durability testing on the engine at forecasted horsepower levels, it was clear the team have the experience, expertise and production facil

The UK and France are the hosting countries for the first two rounds of the 2017 24H TOURING CAR ENDURANCE SERIES (TCE SERIES) powered by Hankook. Like for the inaugural season last year, action starts with the Hankook 24H SILVERSTONE (31 March-2 April), followed by the first running of the Hankook 12H MAGNY-COURS (21-22 April). Participation in the 24H TCE SERIES powered by Hankook is open for SP3-GT4 machinery and touring cars from the TCR, A3, A2, D2, D1 and CUP1 classes.

United Autosports have confirmed their entry into the 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup. The 2016 European Le Mans Series LMP3 Champions will run the Gulf Marine-liveried Ligier JS P3 in the ELMS support series for Shaun Lynn and Richard Meins. The racing duo most recently raced with United Autosports in the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi, scoring a second place finish. Shaun, who is known for his historic racing, also raced the Ligier JS P3 at the inaugural round of the British LMP3

With its Porsche 991 GT3 R, German team Herberth Motorsport has won the Hankook 24H DUBAI. In the twelfth running of the event, drivers Daniel Allemann, Ralf Bohn, Robert Renauer, Alfred Renauer and Brendon Hartley racked up a total of 578 laps of the 5.399 kilometres long Dubai Autodrome. “It was an awesome experience! My first race with a GT car, my first race in a 911, and my first victory in a 24-hour race. A great car, great team-mates and a great performance,” Hartley c

Today at the opening day of the Autosport International Show 2017, Zak Brown and Richard Dean of United Autosports spoke to Toby Moody on the main stage about the launch of their LMP2 car for the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans, the Ligier JS P217. In 2009, with no sponsorship, Zak Brown started United Autosports with his Le Mans winning friend Richard Dean. They have competed in the BTCC, British GT and Rolex Daytona 24 amongst other series. In their debut season i