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Cementing his position as one of Britain’s up and coming motorsport talents, Hertfordshire’s Callum Ilott has been selected to join the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) SuperStars driver development programme for 2017. The SuperStars programme, now in its tenth year, has been instrumental in supporting over sixty drivers including Renault F1’s Jolyon Palmer, GT star Jonny Adam and British Touring Car champion Andrew Jordan to acquire the multifaceted skills required of toda

The UK and France are the hosting countries for the first two rounds of the 2017 24H TOURING CAR ENDURANCE SERIES (TCE SERIES) powered by Hankook. Like for the inaugural season last year, action starts with the Hankook 24H SILVERSTONE (31 March-2 April), followed by the first running of the Hankook 12H MAGNY-COURS (21-22 April). Participation in the 24H TCE SERIES powered by Hankook is open for SP3-GT4 machinery and touring cars from the TCR, A3, A2, D2, D1 and CUP1 classes.

United Autosports have confirmed their entry into the 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup. The 2016 European Le Mans Series LMP3 Champions will run the Gulf Marine-liveried Ligier JS P3 in the ELMS support series for Shaun Lynn and Richard Meins. The racing duo most recently raced with United Autosports in the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi, scoring a second place finish. Shaun, who is known for his historic racing, also raced the Ligier JS P3 at the inaugural round of the British LMP3

My thoughts on the forecast for the Bathurst 12 Hour this weekend haven't changed much from the last forecast. A low pressure trough will be over New South Wales all weekend, which will keep a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Friday has the lowest chance of seeing a storm at the track as the low pressure trough will be to the north, but it can't be ruled out. I think the chances are low enough to lower the weather impact to No

It wasn’t long after I arrived Thursday to the track, I noticed a crowd….yes, a major crowd on Thursday. From what I noticed, the fan attention was divided into three categories: Cadillac’s, Jeff Gordon, and all other. Weirdly, on Friday which is Continental Tyre Sportscar Challenge (CTSC) race day, the crowd was gone again but only to return Saturday. I do not know the official attendance for Saturday or for the full event, but it was the largest crowd I have ever seen i

The Rolex Dayton 24 hour race can be summed up in one word: DRAMA! While technically the race is 24 hours long, this event never disappoints to provide excitement right down to the checkered flag. During the race, I am glad I wasn’t part of a “PC just spun out” drinking game. I realize the PC class is in the last year of running, and I am proud of say I am a PC fan. I was sad to see no more DPs and I will miss the PC’s too. The two Starworks entries retired from the rac

The No. 96 Katerra BMW M6 GT3 of Turner Motorsport battled the record setting 27-car GTD field for an impressive eighth place finish in the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Sunday to kick off the 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship. The driver lineup of Justin Marks, Jens Klingmann, Jesse Krohn and Maxime Martin completed 628 laps to cross the line amongst the top-ten of GTD after what was a grueling 24 hour endurance test on the 3.56 mile 12-turn Daytona Inte

In a month of announcements we have 1 more for you!! We are excited to announce that we have teamed up with Racecast Weather to bring you specific forecasts for the FIA World Endurance Championship rounds we are covering in 2017, along with the IMSA series in the US. Some of you may know Racecast from the recent Daytona 24 race and they are well know for providing forecasts for the US series. Now in 2017 they are to provide us with coverage for the FIA WEC series, we are t

After a spectacular Rolex 24, sports car fans don't have to wait long for the next major race on the calendar, the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the beautiful Mount Panorama Circuit this weekend. The weather pattern across southeast Australia will feature high pressure off the coast, and low pressure over central Australia, with a trough of low pressure extending into New South Wales. The position of this trough will be the main factor in the chance of showers and thunders

Yearone, the custom flip flop company have partnered with Prescott Motorsport to support Joe Byrne Racing in 2017. In 2017 we are working with Yearone to support Joe Byrne racing, Joe Byrne is a former soldier in the British Army who served 7 years in the Royal Engineers, Joe's unit was 9 Parachute Squadron the Airborne Engineers. Joe was injured on exercise in 2014 resulting in severe damage to his nerves, this in turn lead to Joe being medically discharged from the Army

With just a fews days to go to the announcement of the complete list of teams selected for the 85th Le Mans 24 Hours on 17-18 June, 14 teams have already won an invitation to participate in qualifying for the 2017 Sarthe Classic. These have been awarded taking into account the results of the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours, European Le Mans Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Asian Le Mans Series, the last round of which took place this Sunday, and the Michelin GT3 Le Mans

ByKOLLES Racing is looking forward to the cooperation with a new engine supplier for the 2017 FIA-world Endurance Championship (WEC) season. The private LMP1-Team based in Greding, Germany, will cooperate with Nismo as engine supplier with immediate effect. The integration of the V6-Turbo Engine, as well as many other improvements to the chassis, bodywork and mechanical parts of the CLM P1/01 are all progressing according to plan. "Engine supply from Nismo is of great signi

Aston Martin Racing is set to kick off the 2017 racing season early, with the marque set to contest the Rolex 24 at Daytona this weekend with its V12 Vantage GT3. The IQ Option liveried V12 Vantage GT3 will take on the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship’s opening round with four of the team’s regular FIA World Endurance Championship drivers at the wheel. Aston Martin Racing’s regular trio of Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda will be joined by 2016 FIA WEC

So Charlie what are your plans for 2017? "That's easy, my sole focus and the only plan I'm thinking of is how to win back the MINI CHALLENGE JCW Class Championship.... Last year was such a crazy season with my big accident and then the crazy final 2 races at Snetterton, one of which had to be shortened and the other cancelled completely due to fog. I really do believe I would of clinched the title again last year (Charlie was crowned 2015 Champion) if it hadn't been for th

With one BMW M6 GT3 and four of the best BMW drivers from around the world, Turner Motorsport is geared up for the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona to kick off the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in just over one week. The 2017 Rolex 24 of Daytona will mark the team’s 354th professional race with BMW. Image by James Stricklin Less than two weeks ago, the team tested their BMW M6 GT3 at the Roar Before the 24 on the 3.56 mile, 12-turn Daytona International Sp

The Racers Group is hard at work making final preparations to their entries for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona and the BMW Endurance Challenge races at the end of the month. Dual tests of teamwork, engineering, and driver grit take place at the palatial Daytona International Speedway, January 26-29. TRG’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entry is the No. 991 TRG LaSalle Solutions/Cavall 7/Adobe Road Wines Porsche 911 GT3 R in the GTD class, paired with the Continental T

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With its Porsche 991 GT3 R, German team Herberth Motorsport has won the Hankook 24H DUBAI. In the twelfth running of the event, drivers Daniel Allemann, Ralf Bohn, Robert Renauer, Alfred Renauer and Brendon Hartley racked up a total of 578 laps of the 5.399 kilometres long Dubai Autodrome. “It was an awesome experience! My first race with a GT car, my first race in a 911, and my first victory in a 24-hour race. A great car, great team-mates and a great performance,” Hartley c

Today at the opening day of the Autosport International Show 2017, Zak Brown and Richard Dean of United Autosports spoke to Toby Moody on the main stage about the launch of their LMP2 car for the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans, the Ligier JS P217. In 2009, with no sponsorship, Zak Brown started United Autosports with his Le Mans winning friend Richard Dean. They have competed in the BTCC, British GT and Rolex Daytona 24 amongst other series. In their debut season i

DUBAI (10 January, 2017) – Race week action started early for this year’s Hankook 24H DUBAI, with prototype machinery out on track at Dubai Autodrome on Tuesday already for the inaugural Hankook 3x3H DUBAI. A total of 17 prototypes from the G57, CN and P34 classes weres in action in two free practice sessions, one qualifying and the first encounter of this week’s triple-header of three-hour races. Victory in the first-ever prototype race organised by Dutch agency CREVENTIC in