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Risi Competizione will enter the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season with a two-car team for the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona, January 25-28. 2018 marks the start of the third year of competition for the beautiful Ferrari 488, which made its debut just prior to the 2016 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team finished sixth at Daytona and closed the season with a victory at Petit Le Mans that year. Matt Griffin will be joining the No. 82 Ferrari 488 GT

With announcements coming thick and fast over the last few days, we thought we would share what we know so far with regards teams and drivers. 2017 GT3 Runners-up Barwell Motorsport are expanding their squad of Lamborghini Huracans. They are keeping Jon Minshaw & Phil Keen who are hoping to go one better in 2018. The other cars will be driven by Jonny Cocker & Sam De Haan with Patrick Kujala & Leo Machitski. Optimum Motorsport move back into GT3 from GT4 with 2017 GTE Le Ma

Jaguar is to make its return to the British GT in the hands of a brand new team, Invictus Games Racing. The team have selected a group of wounded, injured and sick veterans from the British Armed Forces to pilot two F-Type SVR GT4’s. Unveiled today at the Autosport Show, this Jaguar GT4 is a joint effort between the Invictus Games Foundation and James Holder (Superdry co-founder) who managed to get the Jaguar’s Special Vehicle Operations on board to build the two F-Type SVR’

At 11am on the first day of the 2018 Autosport Show in the NEC at Birmingham, Ginetta Chairman revealed their G60-LT-P1 LMP1 car to the world for the first time. Resplendent in the new colours of the Manor TRS Team, metallic blue and white the car took centre stage. Lawrence Tomlinson, Chairman of Ginetta, said: “I’m delighted to finally be able to unveil our latest machine to the motorsport industry, and what better time than at the start of our 60th year of manufacturing

Last weekend was the official kick-off of the 2018 International Motor Sports Association season with the event known as “Roar before the 24”. The Daytona International Speedway was busy with three days of cars on the track from WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) with classes P/GTLM/GTD, Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge (CTSC) with classes GS/ST/TCR, and Prototype Challenge with LMP3/PC classes. Image - @GoTeamTGM Over the years, this weekend has grown from two t

Since its inception in 2014, TF Sport has enjoyed phenomenal success in GT Racing with championship honours in the Blancpain Endurance Cup, Michelin Le Mans Cup, British GT as well as wins and a title challenge in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). Now the British-based team, which continues to enjoy factory support from Aston Martin Racing, is delighted to confirm that it will compete in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) ‘super-season’ in the GT-Am category

Our North America correspondent continues her round up from the paddock at Daytona during The Roar Before the 24 by catching up with British GT Driver and the youngest Sunoco Whelen Challenge winner - Stuart Middleton. " Daytona is awesome " starts Middleton! " I've never experienced anything like this before, when you are on the high banking it feels like you are being sucked into the ground " Middleton joins the front-running Action Express Racing squad whose Whelen-spo

Continuing her reports from the Roar before the 24, icky Miller spoke to an ecstatic Guy Cosmo about his new ride for 2018

Our North America correspondant Vickie Miller brought us the lowdown from the Team Penske press conference at the Daytona International Speedway for the Roar before the 24. Starting with the drivers of the number 6 car, Juan Pablo Montoya told reporters that he was very excited to be back at Daytona "everyone is waiting to see what we can do" and " I think the racing will be very exciting ". Dane Cameron: "It's hugely exciting to be involved with Team Penske and driving with

Our reporter, Vickie Miller brought us the latest from the Roar before the 24 today and Alonso revealed he needs a bigger crotch belt...! Earlier today Vickie was at the press conference and found out some interesting issues that Alonso is having with his United Autosports Ligier JS P217, he told the awaiting press that he is having an issue with "the belt between my legs, I need a bigger one" , to much amusement from the press! He continued that it was very special being

MR Racing Japan have today announced their entry to the FIA World Endurance Championship's 'Super Season', competing in the GTE AM class with a 488GTE Ferrari supported by AF Corse. Their drivers will be Motoaki Ishikawa (Japan), Olivier Beretta (Monaco) and Eddie Cheever III (Italy) with engineer Jacopo Fedele. Ishikawa has been competing in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2017 with AF Corse, along with the Campionato Italiano in the GT3 Ferrari 488. Olivier is

Racing Team Nederland has entered the FIA World Endurance Championship, making it the first Dutch team to compete in the world championship for sportscars since its inception in 2012. Racing Team Nederland made its debut in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours and European Le Mans Series, running a Dallara P217 in the LMP2 class. The team has now submitted its entry for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship. The forthcoming world championship has been labelled the Super Se

Europe’s leading short-circuit car constructor and race engineers RCE will field a pair of G40s in the 2018 Ginetta Junior Championship with support from experienced racer Tim Sugden. Sugden, a winner in both BTCC and GTs as well as a manager for drivers including Sam Tordoff and Will Stevens, will bring over 30 years’ of knowledge of the sport to help the team’s young drivers to make the transition from karting or just start circuit racing. “From being a driver himself to n

Christmas has come early for Aston Martin Racing, as the team received a special delivery in the form of Belgian GT and DTM ace, Maxime Martin. The 31-year-old has joined Aston Martin Racing to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’, which starts in Spring 2018. Paul Howarth, Aston Martin Racing Team Principal said: “We’ve had an eye on Maxime for several years now, so we are delighted to welcome him to Aston Martin Racing. He is an exceptionally tale

After ending the 2017 season with the title of LMP2 World Champion, the REBELLION Racing team will return to the top category of the World Endurance Championship next season, just one year after leaving it. As usual, two cars will be lined up by the Swiss team in 2018. At the wheel, Bruno Senna and Mathias Beche will be joined by two current LMP1 drivers Neel Jani and André Lotterer. After driving under the colors of REBELLION the Le Petit Le Mans on October 7th, the American

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Porsche plans to campaign four factory vehicles at the 86th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The two Porsche GT Teams from the FIA WEC and the IMSA WeatherTech Championship each field two ca. 510 hp GT racers from Weissach. The cockpit of the #91 car is shared by Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Frédéric Makowiecki. The number 92 vehicle is manned by Kévin Estre, Michael Christensen and Laurens Vanthoor. Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber are expected to drive the nu

On the 6th December 2017 the FIA World Motorsport Council announced some changes which will affect the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, Super Season. Whilst most of these changes were already known about, this meeting has set these changes in stone for the upcoming season. Of note, there are several changes around the LMP1 category to take into account the current lack of 'factory teams', most notably the overall World Champion title from now on will be awarded to

An accomplished racing driver, broadcaster and journalist, Rebecca Jackson has impressed in multiple motorsport categories including The Dubai 24 Hour Race, Road to Le Mans and most recently the Mini JCW Challenge. Jackson tested the all-electric Tesla Model S EGT development car this month at Pau E-Circuit during Electric GT’s inaugural Day of Light; a day of celebration of all-electric innovation and showcase of the EGT headquarters, including the new all-electric eKart

The test work is entering a critical phase as the new BMW M8 GTE prepares to make its race debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in January. During the development of the car, which will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC), the engineers have focussed on aerodynamics, among other things. The BMW M8 GTE boasts a host of innovative features which will also be incorporated in the development of future prod