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Ferrari Academy Driver Callum Ilott joins GP3’s most successful team for 2018 campaign ART Grand Prix has signed British rising star Callum Ilott to drive for the team in the 2018 GP3 championship. The announcement comes just weeks after the 19 year old, who took a dominant win of Macau’s Qualification Race at the FIA F3 World Cup, was confirmed as the first-ever British member of the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA). “Together with the FDA, we made the decision to do GP3 with

Throughout a thrilling evening in the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in the heart of London, R-Motorsport, AF Racing’s motorsport arm, has announced its first participation in the 2018 Blancpain GT Endurance Series and their new driver line-up with young drivers Alex Brundle and Jake Dennis. The R-Motorsport team will partner with established outfit Arden Motorsport. Founded by former British Racing Driver and Team Principal of Red Bull Racing Christian Horner, and his father G

Just before the 6 Hours of Bahrain I started a collaboration with Gobe Filters, and I am very happy to report that I am very happy with the results see from using their filters on my cameras during the race weekend. They offer a range of filter kits and adaptors, ranging from a variable ND filter to star point filters! All the images over the weekend were shot with a UV filter attached, along with the 6 point star filter for the below shot of the 919. Whats more, for ev

ByKOLLES Racing has completed an intensive three-days testing program at Motorland in Aragon. The action on the Spanish circuit was finalised to test new development parts on the Enso CLM P1/01 in preparation of the 2018/19 WEC super season and the Le Mans 24hours race. The drivers selected for this test are regular ByKolles driver Oliver Webb, James Rossiter, French Tom Dillmann (2016 World Series 3.5 V8 champion), Italian Edoardo Liberati (2016 GT Asia champion) and Canad

Not since 1994 have we seen Le Mans and the World Endurance Championships pit stops involve re-fueling and tyre changing being carried out at the same time. This looks set to change in 2018. Plans are being put forward to the Motorsport Council in December to allow a change in the rules meaning that fuel and tyres can be done at the same time. Some in the paddock including Ford believe this will be more dangerous, others are welcoming the change. It is not belived howeve

Aston Martin Racing clinched the GTE Am drivers’ and teams’ titles in the final round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain on Saturday. Capping an astonishing season that included seven pole positions and four victories for the crew of the #98 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, Paul Dalla Lana, Mathias Lauda and Pedro Lamy covered themselves in glory on the series’ final visit to the Bahrain International Circuit. Having started from pole position, the #98 As

Amongst the palm trees and fountains, the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing of Sebastian Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima took the chequered flag in yesterday’s BAPCO 6 Hours of Bahrain and the WEC’s season finale. The #8 won by a clear lap taking the teams fifth win of the year. The sister car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez suffered contact with the #92 Porsche GT which took them out of contention for the victory and they managed a fourth place finis

As the sun set across the Bahrain International Circuit, the last qualifying session of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship took place. In another last, Porsche took the 919 Hybrid’s 20th pole position, in an average time of 1:39.383 set by Neel Jani and Nick Tandy. Toyota’s trio of Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez were knocked off the top spot into second, with the #2 Porsche and #8 Toyota taking 3rd and 4th respectively and completing the LPM1 grid. The #36 Signatech

Matt Griffin is definitely not one to sit about and say ‘Hmmm, what shall I do today?' With 30 races under his belt this season alone, he has covered some 20,000 kms on track, taken over 100 flights and spent almost 300 hours in the air (he has an app to record this!). We caught up with Matt in between sessions whilst in Bahrain where he is competing in the season finale of the World Endurance Championship for Singaporean team Clearwater Racing, where they have the possibi

On announcing their decision to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Super Season for 2018/19, Prescott Motorsport sat down and spoke with Clearwater Racing’s Team Managing Director Arj Pillay Kulasegarm about that decision and the future for the team from Singapore. “I’m very glad that Weng made the decision to continue in the World Endurance Championship. It’s a very logical progression from what we’ve done, but you can’t take away that it’s been a huge decision o

As the 2017 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship draws to a close, Clearwater Racing have announced that they will be applying to the ACO to enter the 2018/19 Super Season of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Arj Pillay Kulasegaram (Team Managing Director) said "[We] are very glad that Weng has made the decision to continue in the World Endurance Championship" and he continued "We want to keep the team the same, this includes the drivers and mechanics, consisten

Unsurprisingly, the forecast for Bahrain later this week has lots of sunshine and warm temperatures - just what you'd expect for an arid desert region. At the surface, high pressure will be centered over the western portion of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, then drift east to the Persian Gulf through Friday and Saturday. In the mid and upper levels, a ridge will be crossing the area. As this ridge moves to the east of Bahrain on Saturday, there may be an increase in high and midle

For the second year running we are producing a wall calendar in aid of The Forces Motorsport Charity, Mission Motorsport. This year images featured are from the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mission Motorsport’s aim: “The Aim of Mission Motorsport is to aid in the recovery and rehabilitation of those affected by military operations, by providing opportunities through Motorsport.” “Through participation in competition, our strong tea

We are pleased to announce that we are now brand ambassadors for the Spine eyewear brand. Spine eyewear has a unique and patented hinge design based on the human spine which allows for a greater degree of movement then traditional hinges, a wider range of fitment and no screws to fall out!! Keep an eye out (no pun intended) for images of the eyewear in action, along with some drivers you might recognise who are getting involved with us and Spine in 2018...

Tom Onslow-Cole will finish his successful 2017 season at Anglesey Circuit in North Wales, where he will compete in the Mission Motorsport Race of Remembrance in one of two Milltek Sport Toyota GT86s. It’s the fourth year of running for the Race of Remembrance, a 12-hour race that brings together ex-servicemen and women to compete for class and/or overall honours, and OC has offered his support in every event. “I’ve seen first-hand how Mission Motorsport has benefitted those

British based racing car manufacturer and championship organiser, Ginetta, is set to launch its LMP1 car at Autosport International in January. A regular to the show, Ginetta announced its entry into the LMP1 marketplace in January 2017, committing to a production run of ten chassis and targeting sales to a trio of two-car teams for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The Leeds-based company has already secured its first orders, announcing Manor and TRS, as well as

Strakka Racing today announced it will expand its GT activities beyond Europe in 2018, forming a new partnership with Mercedes-AMG which will see them carry Performance Team status for the German marque. The Silverstone-based team will run three new Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the Intercontinental GT Challenge alongside Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Strakka will debut with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in February at the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge at Bathurst,

During the Friday of the FIA WEC 6 hours of Shanghai, Clearwater driver Weng Sun Mok told reporters about his thoughts coming into the round as class leaders. “It has been a really unbelievable season so far. In our debut year and we really had no expectations but we started out with the win at Silverstone" Weng told reporters. "We said ‘let’s not get ahead of ourselves' but there is the challenge now. All of a sudden, expectations have risen as we are in the running for

Chinese based motor sports specialists, TRS, and UK based Manor Endurance Racing, are to form a new joint venture business to promote and develop projects designed to raise the profile of international motorsport events in China. As part of the new venture, the team will enter the LMP1 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 2018/19 Super Season, which includes visits to the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race in both 2018 and 2019. The team will embark on th

There has been some positive comments from Toyota Gazoo Racing's boss, Shigeki Tomoyama where he indicated that the brand will continue in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Speaking in the build-up to the Tokyo motor show, Tomoyama suggested that the new regulations being drawn up to reduce costs and encourage closer competition in the WEC's top division were looking increasingly appealing to Toyota. “Once things have calmed down, we will make a decis