Total 24 Hours of Spa 2009 - Update 2

In this second update of the Total 24 Hours of Spa 2009 a number of teams and drivers can be confirmed (or linked) to the blue ribbon event of the 2009 FIA GT Championship.[…]

Spa Euro Race - A gallery from the Ardennes

Last weekend the Spa-Francorchamps circuit was full of GT cars again. This time it wasn’t the Le Mans Series or the FIA GT Championship but the cars of the International GT Open, Britcar and Dutch Supercar Challenge that invaded the circuit in the Belgian Ardennes.[…]

Sangari Team Brazil joins FIA GT Championship

Starting at the Total 24 Hours of Spa next month the FIA GT Championship will have another GT1 Corvette C6.R in its races this season. Today it was confirmed that Sangari Team Brazil will join the GT1 class for the remainder of the 2009 championship.[…]

24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 - LMP2 Review

In 2008 the fight was on between Van Merksteijn Motorsport and Team Essex, both racing their Porsche RS Spyders. They had quite a nice fight, something that people hoped to see again in 2009. The two Porsches tried to fight each other this year, but it was soon clear who was the best team out in the LMP2 category. Unfortunately LMP2 had a high attrition rate again in 2009.[…]

Total 24 Hours of Spa 2009 - Update 1

We’re just a month away from the Total 24 Hours of Spa, round four of the 2009 FIA GT Championship and driver line ups and teams are slowly becoming clear.[…]

FIA confirms SRO as 2010 FIA GT promoter (UPDATE)

The World Motor Sport Council of the FIA met in Paris today. Despite all the attention on the Formula 1 problems there were several FIA GT topics on the agenda and at the end of the meeting the WMSC announced what had been decided.[…]

24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 - GT1 Review

After being a highlight in recent years the GT1 class was nothing more than a grid filler this year. The last race under the current GT1 regulations only had four Corvette C6.Rs, 1 Aston Martin DBR9 and a Lamborghini Murcielago in it.[…]

24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 - GT2 Review

One week after the 24 Hours of Le Mans ended it is time for our class analysis of the race. Starting with GT2 we’ll take a look at what went well and what went wrong in each category and per manufacturer.[…]

FIA GT Oschersleben - Qualifying Report

Despite some rain before the qualifying session and clouded skies the GT2 and GT1 teams qualified on a dry track. At the end of the session Vitaphone Racing Team and Trackspeed Racing were on top of the time sheets, taking pole positions for tomorrow’s race.[…]

FIA GT Oschersleben - Free Practice Result

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Less than a week after the 24 Hours of Le Mans the FIA GT Championship is at Oschersleben for the third round of the 2009 championship. On Friday the 24 cars completed the first free practice session of the weekend and it was the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 of Bartels […]