All of the teams and drivers in the FIA GT3 European Championship were looking forward to the final event of the season, at the Dubai Autodrome; a visit to the United Arab Emirates at the beginning of December for some winter sunshine, and the last two races of the 2008 season.[...]
The destinies of the Drivers’ and Teams’ titles of the 2008 FIA GT3 European Championship were always going to be decided at the Dubai Autodrome – what nobody realised was that it would take just one of the two 60-minute races to settle matters.[...]
It seems that it makes no difference whether the FIA GT3 European Championship visits a tight, narrow circuit such as Nogaro, scene of the previous event in the series, or a long, wide, sweeping track like the Dubai Autodrome, which stages the final event of the season this weekend.[...]
Audi concentrates its motorsport programmes for the 2009 season on the new R15 TDI sport prototype for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the re-worked racing touring car A4 DTM and the newly developed R8 LMS for customer use in the GT3 class. Audi will not be represented by its factory team Audi Sport North America in the American Le Mans Series in 2009.[...]
It has been a rather tough week for sports car racing around the world. Exactly one week ago Audi announced its withdrawal from the Le Mans Series, the Le Mans 24 Hours testday was cancelled and today their exit from the American Le Mans Series was confirmed as well.[...]
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest always listens attentively to the manufacturers’ needs, and so in agreement with teams that may be invited to the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Club, remaining faithful to its firmly-held objective to reduce costs, has taken the decision to cancel the test day scheduled for 31st May 2009, and to rethink the format of the Le Mans Series events.[...]
Belgian G&A Racing got the official licence of SRO to build the new BMW E92 V8 Coupé GT4 for the GT4 European Cup. G&A, managed by Guino Kenis, already developed the BMW Z4 Coupé GT4, a car that proved very successful in both the 2007 and 2008 editions of the GT4 European Cup.[...]