Motorsport News

The 424 uses 3 Formula E motors (2 at the rear and 1 at the front) to make it one of the most powerful electric car (750kW). Yet it remains light with a total weight of 1200kg. The battery itself weighs 400kg and is mounted inside the chassis in the middle of the car. We install the battery from underneath and recharge the car between runs. Top speed will be 355 kph and acceleration to 100kph will take 2 seconds. The 424 is more than a racing car. It is a project shared pub

For the first time, the engineering prowess, soul and style of Ducati has been realised in our newly launched performance optical and sunglass collections. Like a Panigale or a Hypermotard, the ranges are a perfect mix of form and function suitable for both Ducati owners and fans. The collection’s brand ambassador is Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso who has created his own sunglass style DA9001, a sleek squared-off model finished in matte black with red internals- the i

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

Liquid Colour Design has revealed the world’s first racing helmets painted with Elite Diamond Concept coating and finished with 24 carat gold leaf. Designed by fellow artist, Brandon Seaber, Liquid Colour Design founder Iain Baldwin applied the luxurious racing helmet finish at his paint shop in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Produced by Elite Diamond Concept, the special coating is combined with diamonds and glass to give an extra tough finish and unique shine. The diamond

Friday 9 February, Banbury : Aston Martin Racing has confirmed it will race two brand new Vantage GTEs in the GTE Pro category of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season. In a revised driver line-up, three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Darren Turner (GB) joins Danish pairing and former GTE Pro champions Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen in #95 ‘Dane Train’ machine, while exciting new Aston Martin Racing signings Maxime Martin (B) and Alex Lynn (GB) will

Ginetta can today (09/02/2018) confirm plans for a two-car entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship, including both the 2018 and 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. The two Ginetta G60-LT-P1 cars will be entered by customer team, CEFC TRSM Racing. 21-year-old Charlie Robertson and 25-year-old Oliver Rowland are the first two drivers confirmed by CEFC TRSM Racing. Ginetta Development Driver Robertson will pilot one car, with single-seater star Rowland behind the wheel of the secon

CEFC TRSM Racing are pleased to announce Oliver Rowland will drive for the team in the 2018/19 super season in the FIA World Endurance Championship. This will mark the teams third season in the FIA WEC but their first in LMP1. Rowland has a wealth of driving experience in various series including most recently Formula 2. This will be his debut year in endurance racing. Further driver announcements and full driver line up will follow in due course. Graeme Lowdon, President

Today is the day when we find out the entries for the upcoming FIA World Endurance Championship and Le Mans. Building on its popular success of previous years the press conference will be streamed worldwide through various media sources. First up is via the FIA WEC Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/fiawec/ For English commentary your best bet is going to be via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTYgPncXzAA And of course you can follow via Twitter @FIAWEC O

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

The chance of showers for today continues in the latest forecast update for the Bathurst 12 Hour. Showers are expected to develop near the Blue Mountains in the late morning hours, then track toward the west through the afternoon. The time period when showers are most likely at Mount Panorama will be between noon and 5 pm. Qualifying for the race is scheduled between 11 am and 12:25 pm, so I think the chances of dry conditions for qualifying are good. The support races - Radi

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

This past weekend was the 56th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) for International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) series race. IMSA series classes include the Prototypes (P), GT Le Mans (GTLM) and GT Daytona (GTD). With Prototype Challenge (PC) starting the 2018 season completing the first race during the “Roar Before the 24” held at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) January 6. After a yellow flag fi

McLaren has confirmed it will allow Fernando Alonso to compete in upcoming rounds of the World Endurance Championship, including this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, after reaching agreement with both Fernando and Toyota Gazoo Racing. McLaren and Fernando are in full agreement that Formula 1 remains their shared top priority. As such, Fernando will compete in every round of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, and will dovetail his sports car commitments around grands prix

United Autosports’ co-owners Zak Brown and Richard Dean have vowed to make a quick return to the Daytona International Speedway after the Anglo-American team made a big impression in the Rolex 24 this weekend (27-28 Jan). The outfit’s brace of Ligier JS P217 LMP2 sports-prototypes both led the race at various times and were inside the top-10 and vying for podiums for the majority of the race. The UK-based team ultimately achieved fourth (#32) overall and 13th (#23) in class o

Daytona. The racing career of the new BMW M8 GTE officially kicked off at the season opener of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Daytona (USA) this weekend. At the Daytona International Speedway, Jesse Krohn (FIN), John Edwards (USA), Nick Catsburg (NED) and Augusto Farfus (BRA) finished seventh in GTLM class after 773 laps, sharing driving duties at the wheel of the number 24 car. Their team-mates, Alexander Sims (GBR), Connor De Phillippi (USA), Bill Auberlen (

Continuing our coverage of the Rolex 24, our North America Correspondent Vickie Miller is back at Daytona for the 24 hour race. She was present for the pole winner press conferences which you can hear HERE Y ou can also download the full results HERE

United Autosports adds another chapter to its already impressive nine-year racing history when the double European sports-prototype championship winning outfit competes in the Rolex 24 At Daytona as a stand-alone team for the first-time next weekend (27-28 Jan). The Anglo-American outfit enters North America’s premier sportscar race with its two Ligier JS P217 LMP2 sports-prototypes vying for overall honours in the top class and with a seven-driver squad who can boast multipl

The new Ginetta G60-LT-P1 had its first roll-out test on Friday (19 January) after being unveiled just over a week earlier, at the Autosport International Show. The LMP1 machine undertook several high speed straight line runs at Leeds East Airport, Church Fenton, North Yorkshire with Ginetta Factory Driver Mike Simpson at the wheel. The closed test saw Ginetta’s design, test and development teams in attendance together with representatives of the first customer team, TRS Man