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The 2022 season was full of twists and turns in which ultimately went the way of RAM Racing's Ian Loggie in GT3. While in GT4 Richard...

For the 2023 season, the BMW M works driver squad will have a well-known 21st member. Beyond the race appearances with BMW M Team WRT that were announced last week, BMW M Motorsport and Valentino Rossi (ITA) have agreed to a works commitment. The nine-time motorcycle world champion, who ended his illustrious two-wheeled career in the fall of 2021, will compete in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and the Bathurst 12 Hour in the BMW M4 GT3 in 2022, as well a

Porsche is ready to take on the 2023 motorsport season with big plans, lots of factory commitments, and some exciting new customer racing opportunities. Porsche Penske Motorsport fields two 963 hybrid prototypes in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in pursuit of overall victories. TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has their sights set on winning the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with their new 99X E

At a press conference held at the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit today, Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, Christelle Morançais, President of the Pays de la Loire region, Dominique Le Mèner, President of Sarthe Council, Stéphane Le Foll, Mayor of Le Mans, and Agathe Cury, head of the local prefect’s cabinet, unveiled the list of festivities planned to celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary. At 4pm on Saturday 10 June next year, the 24 Hours of Le Ma

At the centennial race in 2023, Action Express Racing will compete in their first Le Mans 24 Hours. On a grid of premier prototypes that will number well into double digits, the team's new full-season IMSA Cadillac V-LMDH GTP car will join the full-season grid of FIA WEC hypercars along with any prospective additions from factory teams. Cadillac Racing will only have one full-season FIA WEC car for 2023, but Chip Ganassi Racing is anticipated to ask for a second car as well,

The squad of works drivers at BMW M Motorsport for the 2023 season includes more prominent newcomers. Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts receive works driver contracts and join the BMW M Motorsport family. They will compete with BMW M Team WRT in the coming season, among other outings. The initial race programmes for the BMW M Motorsport teams and works drivers have also been confirmed. The squad of works drivers at BMW M Motorsport for the 2023 season includes more p

Ex-F1 and IndyCar driver to debut at 24 Hours of Daytona 2023 with Huracán GT3 EVO2 before LMDh debut in 2024. Lamborghini Squadra Corse is delighted to announce the arrival of Romain Grosjean as an official Lamborghini Factory Driver from 2023. The experienced former Formula 1 driver will also be a key cog in the development of the Lamborghini LMDh project, which will debut in 2024. The Swiss French driver, who has spent the last two seasons racing in the IndyCar Series, wil

The starting grid for the 2023 Rolex 24 At Daytona will be determined by a traditional qualifying format during the Roar Before the Rolex 24, the Jan. 20-22 test session at Daytona International Speedway. For the past two years, the grid for the iconic IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener at Daytona International Speedway was set by the results of a 100-minute qualifying race that took place a week prior at the Roar Before the Rolex 24. Qualifications for the

During two days of testing, Iron Lynx took its new cars to the Paul-Ricard circuit. Porsche 911 RSRs replaced Ferrari 488 GTEs on track. By switching to Lamborghini in 2024, Iron Lynx had made it hard to continue racing Ferraris in GTE and GT3. The Porsche team will participate in the WEC and ELMS with the assistance of Christian Ried's Proton Racing. For the long distance races in IMSA and the GT World Challenge Europe, Iron Lynx will be powered by Lamborghini. Two Porsche

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) completes its 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship roster with 2022 IMSA LMP3 champion Colin Braun joining Tom Blomqvist for the team’s full-season Acura LMDh program next season. Having closed out the DPi era with a huge win in the 2022 Petit Le Mans to secure the IMSA DPi title, MSR is looking to get a quick start in 2023 as IMSA moves to the next iteration of Prototype competition with the hybrid-powered GTP Class. Braun will make his retur

Max Verstappen crowns his 2022 World Driver Championship with a win in the final race in Abu Dhabi, while Red Bull and Sergio Perez are...

Excitement returns to F1 at the close of the season as George Russell takes his first ever race and sprint wins at Interlagos. All the...

Toyota Gazoo Racing took a 1-2 finish in the BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain with the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi,...

The Porsche GT Team has clinched pole position in the GTE-Pro class at the final round of the season in Bahrain. Works driver Gianmaria...

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Toyota took pole for tomorrow's 8 hours of Bahrain, but the #8 and #7 were split by a Peugeot for the first...

This Saturday in Bahrain, the 2022 FIA WEC campaign will come to an end with the sixth race of the season. After Sebring, Spa, Le Mans,...

The new partnership debuts next season with factory supported GT campaigns in Europe and America. Lamborghini Squadra Corse and Iron Lynx have announced that they will join forces as both entities embark on a dual assault as Lamborghini Iron Lynx in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024. Unveiled during the Lamborghini Finals at Portimão, the partnership will begin from 2023, with Iron Lynx becoming a factory supported team in GT3 compet

In the first of our new features, we join Martin from Buchan Motorsport as he discusses the new Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar. Martin Buchan joined the junior engineer programme of AUDI AG in 2009 and became a professional car mechanic working on customer cars and prototypes. After studying Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering in Ingolstadt and Edinburgh, he worked in AUDI's technical development in aerodynamics and cooling design. After being active in Karting, Formula St

The Cadillac V-LMDh completed a 24-hour continuous test at Sebring International Raceway as it approaches its debut in January. It consisted of a single car with six drivers and the equivalent of two Twelve Hours of Sebring races in Florida. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship next year will each feature a Cadillac V-LMDh. In the same test, Action Express Racing ran a second car in a "prescribed" testing program. Since the first rollou

The two 911 RSR fielded by the Porsche GT Team will bid farewell to the GTE-Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC sporting a very special livery. At the final round of the season in Bahrain, the two nine-elevens will be decked out in striking colours from ten years of competition with the GT racing car – from the classic Porsche Motorsport design through to the beloved “Pink Pig”. The eight-hour race will be contested on the track in Sakhir on 12 November. Set