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Hi folks! Our gallery from the recent Prologue event of the FIA World Endurance Championships is now live on the website HERE If you would like to use any of the images, just drop us a line! We will shortly be announcing the winner of the FIA WEC Spa competition also so keep an eye on Twitter for the result @PrescottMsport

Many manufacturers are starting to embrace electric racing cars, with some even starting one-make racing series in the near future. But what would an Audi all-electric racing car look like? Well thanks to partnership between Audi, Playstation and Gran Turismo, we have created this - the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo. Unlike most Vision GTs that were only ever produced as full-scale models, Audi Sport has actually gone and made the thing as a fully functioning racecar. An

The FIA WEC Super Season is poised to start and REBELLION Racing has announced its partnership with the iconic British sports car manufacturer TVR. In September 2017, the brand – which is well known for its place in the history books of the 24 Hours of Le Mans – revealed its latest "Griffith" model. It is fitting for the brand to partner and work with REBELLION Racing for its return to Le Mans. Following its entry in the LMP1 category, REBELLION Racing chose to reveal the

Following an extremely productive and positive meeting held on March 18 between the FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA and Sebring International Raceway organisations, some key changes have been jointly agreed for the 2019 race weekend. Presented by IMSA and the WEC, the 13-16 March event will feature more racing, more cars and a heightened experience for fans with the WEC’s 6th round of its Super Season now becoming the 1000 Miles of Sebring (or 8 hours, whichever come

No, this is not a late April fool Joke! It is looking increasing like there will be a collaboration between TVR and Rebellion Racing to bring the TVR brand back to the endurance race track, and Le Mans for the FIA WEC Super Season. In this pixelated image which has appeared on TVR's social media feeds this afternoon, with the words "Back to the track after 13 years. To be revealed 05.04 #TVR" It seems that the image is of an LMP1 car, and resembles that image of the Rebell

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

MR Racing to compete in the World Endurance Championship with Ishikawa, Cheever III and Beretta in the #70 Ferrari 488 GTE Competing for the first time in the famed FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), MR Racing is proud to announce its entry with the Ferrari 488 GTE Nr. 70 driven by Motoaki Ishikawa, Eddie Cheever III and works Ferrari driver Olivier Beretta. The brand new team will race in the LMGTE-Am category technically supported by LMGTE-Pro class reigning champion

April 1st 2018 Yokohama, Japan: Nissan to return to LMP1 for the FIA World Endurance Championship for the Super Season. In shock news today, Nissan are to return to the LMP1 field for the upcoming Super Season with a shock announcement made today the 1st April 2018. The sporting director of Nissan commented "we have been working closely with the FIA WEC to ensure our plans were not leaked, but we are now able to announce our return to the LMP1 class" After their unsuccess

A prologue or prolog is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. So our story of the FIA World Endurance Championship, Super Season starts with a Prologue, in the South of France at the Circuit Paul Ricard where the characters of our story will gather together for the first time. © Adrenal Media/FIA WEC Our characters have been working out of s

In the first of our fan competitions for 2018 we are giving away 2 general entry tickets to the 2018 Total 6 Hours of Spa, brought to you by the FIA World Endurance Championship. Since 1966 the greatest endurance machines have competed on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Belgian Ardennes and have always generated exciting and spectacular races. The final event before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it also serves as a rehearsal for the biggest race on the calendar. And you coul

On April 6, Porsche heads into the new season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with the two-day Prologue on the Circuit Paul Ricard. On the racetrack in the south of France, which opened in 1970, the Porsche GT Team will simulate an entire race weekend with the two 911 RSR in order to tackle the 15-month Super Season perfectly prepared. Porsche’s factory driver Gianmaria Bruni celebrates his comeback to the world’s most important race series for sports cars. Th

United Autosports have confirmed that Paul Di Resta will join their Le Mans 24 Hours team in 2018. The former F1 driver and DTM Champion will make his debut in the world famous 24-hour race in the team’s Ligier JS P217 alongside Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque. Paul will race the same car in which he made his sports car debut with United Autosports at Daytona earlier this year, where he finished fourth alongside Will Owen, Hugo de Sadeleer and Bruno Senna. Since then, P

Will Tregurtha and Stuart Middleton, the reigning British GT4 Champions, will open the next chapter in their respective motorsport careers little more than a week from now, over the weekend, 7th/8th April, when the eagerly awaited GT4 European Series gets underway at Zolder in Belgium. Following on from a truly sensational, history-making debut season in endurance racing last year, the HHC Motorsport team-mates are now ready to challenge the best drivers on the continent and

United Autosports have confirmed that Juan Pablo Montoya will join the team for the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours. The former F1 racer will join Will Owen and Hugo de Sadeleer in the #32 Ligier JS P217 for his debut at the most prestigious endurance race in the world. Although Montoya will be making his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he is no stranger to sports car racing, as he currently races in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Team Penske. Along with his Formu

The FIA World Endurance Championship is delighted to announce it will make a welcome return to the spiritual home of Brazilian endurance racing, Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos) in São Paulo, from the 2019-2020 season. Announced today (22 March 2018) at a packed and enthusiastically received press conference in the Brazilian city, the 6-hour race will form part of a calendar which is due to be revealed this summer. A date for the 6 Hours of São Paulo will be communi

Matt Palmer is excited to announce that he will be joining the Assetto Motorsport team for the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in 2018. After winning consecutive titles in the Millers Oils Toyota MR2 Championship Matt made the step up to national racing in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge. Matt has been competing in his Ginetta GT5 as a privateer since 2015 where he finished as the top privateer in his opening season. Matt is planning to compete in the Oulton Park, Silverstone, Spa Franco

“It’s the most elemental, determined race car we have ever built.” When the BMW M8 GTE broke cover last year, it was celebrated for its innovative design that embraced both the motorsport and road car heritage of BMW, while making a clear statement of modernity. Speaking in an interview, Michael Scully, Head of Design BMW Motorsport, and the man behind the aesthetics of the latest Le Mans challenger, explains how the BMW M8 GTE’s looks came to life. Mr. Scully, the BMW M8 G

Following publication of a wholly inaccurate article by Sporstcar365.com in which it was stated the Krohn Racing would “take over” Eurasia Motorsport’s 2018 Le Mans entry in the LMP2 category Eurasia Motorsport wish to make the following statement: Eurasia Motorsport will complete in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018 with a Ligier JSP 217 Gibson fully utilising their entry granted by the ACO for this year’s race, as it did in 2016 and 2017. The team will run the car under

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

Every successful race car needs a powerful and reliable engine to accelerate to top speed. In the case of the new BMW M8 GTE, which will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2018, this is the BMW P63/1. The story of this special powerhouse began back in February 2016. Every successful race car needs a powerful and reliable engine to accelerate to top speed. In the case of the new BMW M8 GTE, which will compet