The first two sessions of Free Practice for the second Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi promise a multi-marque battle to rival the inaugural running of the race when less than 1″ covered the first three cars.[...]
A new racing series in Asia, a new team! Atlantic Racing Team (ATL) will be entering two LMP cars in the new Asian LeMans Series for 2013.[...]
BMW Motorsport will again compete in the American Le Mans Series in 2013. At the end of season party in Maisach the German manufacturer confirmed that the BMW Z4 GTE will replace the BMW M3 GT next season.[...]
The Racer’s Group (TRG) and Aston Martin Racing announced today the formation of a partnership to bring a factory-supported, multi-faceted Aston Martin Racing program to North America starting in 2013. The move encompasses the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón, the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, the Pirelli World Challenge as well as plans to launch a single-make support series featuring Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race cars.[...]
WC Vision is pleased to announce the approval of the Audi R8 LMS, Mercedes SLS, and BMW Z4 for competition in the Pirelli World Challenge GT class for 2013.[...]
Having secured a sure overall win after the first race at the Shanghai International Circuit on Saturday, Pro-Am Team Liu/Rizzo (#37) of China proudly took their title as champions of the 2012 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series with 142 points[...]
JRM invites international race team owners, their engineers and drivers to attend two test days at the Portimão Circuit in Portugal on November 27th and 28th 2012 to try out the new FIA GT3 spec Nissan GT-R. With significant updates for 2013, the car promises already proven levels of quality, affordability, race and championship-winning potential and support from JRM.[...]
The City Challenge is in town! That was the message sent out to the people in Baku today when a spectacular parade of powerful GT3 race cars drove from the temporary street circuit near the seaside all the way up to the Kempinski Hotel Badamdar, the official hospitality partner of the event.[...]
At the 2002 Paris Motor Show, the unveiling of the Continental GT concept took the world by storm and opened an exciting new chapter in Bentley’s history. Now, ten years on, Bentley is repeating the same feat with a Continental-based GT3 race car currently being developed by a dedicated motorsport team at the company’s factory in Crewe.[...]
Dutch ex-Formula 1 driver and Le Mans class winner Jos Verstappen will be competing in the City Challenge GT Race on a street circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5th till 7th. “I was approached by the City Challenge organisation and their plans sound really fascinating,” Verstappen says. “It took me a while to decide, because GT racing is entirely new to me, but I am looking forward to this new challenge!” Verstappen will be racing a Porsche 911 in the Baku event.[...]