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Following a report on the 14th of October by Autocar that " Audi is set to withdraw from the World Endurance Championship, ending its long association with the Le Mans 24 hour race by ceasing its LMP1 motorsport operations, according to rumours circulating at its Ingolstadt headquarters in Germany" Prescott Motorsport have received comment from Audi as follows "Every year in autumn, the Board of Management of AUDI AG decides on the motorsport program for the subsequent yea

This weekend we are offering free UK shipping on our fantastic Mission Motorsport calendar - at the checkout just apply the coupon FreeShipFuji, and remember £5.00 from each sale goes directly to Mission Motorsport Here's the direct link to the page - LINK 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 co

Ginetta boss Lawrence Tomlinson took a big step towards the V de V PFV Class title at Magny Cours last weekend (8/9 October 2016) after securing his fourth race win of the season. In the first practice session of the weekend, it was CWS Racing who set the bar with Colin White and Will Burns at the helm. The pair set the fastest time of the session, just ahead of Nova Race’s #75 Ginetta, driven by Varini, Konopka and Calko. Third and fourth respectively were Simpson Motors

Our our recent road trip, we passed through Remis, so took the chance to have a look at the old track, so here are some of our pictures. History of the circuit - taken from good olde wikipedia Motor racing started in 1926 with the second Grand Prix de la Marne, relocating the race from the Circuit de Beine-Nauroy to Reims-Gueux. The original 7.816 km circuit placed the start/finish line on road D27, approximately 1.6 km east of the Gueux village center, where it would remai

As four time winners of the FIA World Endurance Championship Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams (and current leaders of this year’s Championship) Rebellion announce an end to their LMP1 programme with the switch to the new LMP2 spec cars. One team who remain firmly in the LMP1 class is the ByKOLLES team. Rebellion Racing announced earlier today a switch to the LMP2 class from the start of 2017, leaving the only privater team in LMP1 as the ByKOLLES team. Rebellion are no str

Two car entry for tyre manufacturer at VLN race this weekend. The ninth VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft (Endurance Championship) round held at Nürburgring this Saturday, will be the first race where FALKEN Motorsports will enter two GT3 cars. A new BMW M6 GT3 will join the familiar, tried-and-tested Porsche 911 GT3 R from the team’s stable. “For FALKEN, this event will be a test under racetrack conditions,” explains Markus Bögner, managing director, Falken Tyre Europe.“We a

Podium tops tough weekend at Imola Bishop Stortford’s Callum Ilott fought back from a difficult weekend to secure third place in the final race of the FIA Formula 3 Championship at Imola in Italy this weekend. Feeling under the weather from the outset, Ilott was enduring a tough time at the former San Marino Grand Prix venue and with a 15th in Race One and retirement in Race Two, Ilott was in a determined frame of mind to make amends in Sunday afternoon’s encounter. Star

After a good clean start to the 19th running of the Petit Le Mans from Road Atlanta GA the first 30 minutes saw Oliver Pla leading the field from pole in the #60 Michael Shank Racing. Robert Alon led the PC’s in the #52 PR1 racing, with GTLM being led by Richard Westbrook in the #67 Ford GT40 and Jerome Bleekamolen heading up the GTDs in the #33 Viper. The PC #7 Starworks car suffered several off track excursions eventually retired with too much damage to the car to make

An action packed hour and a half of qualifying is over and what can only be described as close in GTLM - but more of that later. Overall pole goes to the #60 Micheal Shank Racing, Honda HDP Ligier with Oliver Pla behind the wheel in a time of 1:13.200 with Tristen Nunez in the #55 Mazda Prototype in 2nd and in 3rd Dane Cameron in the #31 Chevrolet Corvette DP, the top 3 covered by 0.842 of a second. A slight off track excursion for Tom Long in the #70 Mazda saw him into 4t

Following increasing demands from teams and drivers, Dutch agency CREVENTIC, promoter and organiser of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook and the TCE SERIES powered by Hankook, announces a new series for 2017. The 24H PROTO SERIES is open for LMP3 cars, Group CN machinery and special prototypes with a similar performance. A trial event will be held at Dubai Autodrome on January 10-11, 2017: the 3x3H DUBAI, an official support event of the Hankook 24H DUBAI (January 12-14, 2017

With practice 4 at Petit Le Mans out of the way, interest now turns to qualifying later on today at 15:25 ET or 20:25 UK time. Leading in P4 was the Honda HPD of Michael Shank racing with John Pew, Oswaldo Negri Jr. and Olivier Pla, closely followed by the Mazda Prototype of Tristan Nunez,Spencer Pigot and Jonathan Bomarito. In GTLM it was the Ferrari 488 of Scuderia Corse driven by Andrea Bertolini, Daniel Serra and Alessandro Pier Guidi followed by another 488 this time

Somewhat out of the blue Mark Webber is taking a Porsche 919 Hybrid for a short spin in London tomorrow morning. Starting off at 6am from Park Lane and passing by the Ritz and round Piccadilly Circus then heading down towards the Thames for a quick run North Then turning around South and heading towards Parliament Square and finishing off on the East side of Westminster bridge.

We are proud to launch our first calendar featuring our own photographs taken throughout this year from the FIA World Endurance Championships, 24H Series, Porsche GT3 cup and other series. This A3 landscape calendar would look fantastic on the wall of any motorsport enthusiasts home or office. Whats more we will be donating £5.00 from the sale of each calendar to the forces motorsport charity Mission Motorsport. Mission Motorsport is run by veterans, serving officers and m

The 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship calendar, presented today to the FIA Endurance Commission, presided over by Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, and which will be submitted in the coming days to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for validation, once again offers the WEC’s manufacturers, teams and partners the stability, visibility and geographic spread of prestigious worldwide venues that have been a mark of the championship to date. While the nine rounds closely echo the 201

Reigning champions Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley took victory in today’s 6 Hours of COTA, the Lone Star Le Mans event at Austin, Texas. The trio secured a third consecutive WEC win after a gruelling race held in challenging hot conditions. It was an exciting strategic battle between the three of the LMP1 manufacturers – Audi, Porsche and Toyota, and all of them were represented on the podium as the No.8 Audi of Lucas Di Grassi, Oliver Jarvis and Loic Duval c

Electrical issue forces early retirement for Strakka in Austin Despite valiant attempts in searing heat, Strakka Racing saw the opportunity to score significant points fade in the Austin sunshine after a persistent electrical problem led the team to retire. The Silverstone team started the weekend at The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas maintaining the stronger qualifying form that has provided the basis for a stream of fourth place race finishes since Le Mans. In t

After heading all three practice sessions Audi duly claimed the front row for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas, Round 6 of the FIA World Endurance Championship. However the roles were reversed within the team. After the No.8 Audi had headed the time sheets in each of the Free Practice sessions it was the No.7 R18 of Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer who claimed Audi’s third pole position in a row with an average lap of 1m45.842, just 0.141 ahead of their teammates Lo

Endurance racing legend Tom Kristensen will wave the green flag to start the 2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas this Saturday evening. The Danish racing icon has happy memories of the Texan venue having won the race along with Audi teammates Allan McNish and Loic Duval at the inaugural WEC event at COTA in 2013. Kristensen, the most successful ever driver to race at Le Mans with nine victories from 1997-2013, will give the order for the traditional formation of the g

Fourth, fifth and seventh aid Ilott’s push for third in the overall standings of the FIA European F3 Championship Three points finishes helped Bishop Stortford’s Callum Ilott to close the gap to his nearest rivals in the FIA European F3 championship in Germany, supporting his aim of a top three finish in just his second season of car racing. On a weekend when the whole VAR Motorsport team struggled with qualifying pace, Ilott was the quickest of the four-strong squad in ea

When you think of Mexico things like tequila, sombreros’ and scorching sun spring to mind. Whilst there was plenty of the first two, the sun was nowhere to be seen as the dark grey clouds filled the skies above the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the inaugural round of the FIA WEC 6hrs of Mexico. With light sprinkles of rain, to full on showers, conditions were challenging but the Mexicans love their motorsport, and with plenty of locals to cheer on they were in for a trea