FIA Announces World Motor Sport Council Decisions
FIA World Council Meeting Hosted by FIA President Jean Todt and FIA Deputy President for Sport, Graham Stoker, the World Motor Sport Council gathered today in Paris during the 2019 … Read More
Category: SportsCars
WEC top class to be renamed from LMP1 to ‘Le Mans Hypercar’
LeMans Hypercar rendering Certain additional regulatory and sporting elements for endurance racing’s newest category were yesterday confirmed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council at a meeting held in Paris. … Read More
Peugeot set to partner with Rebellion in 2022
Artist rendering of car Peugeot Sport has announced it will team up with Rebellion Racing upon its return to sportscar racing in 2022 under the FIA World Endurance Racing hypercar … Read More
Braun Joins DragonSpeed for Rolex 24 at Daytona
Colin Braun The third seat in DragonSpeed's 10Star entry at the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona will be filled by American sportscar ace Colin Braun. The 31-year-old Texan native will … Read More
Chip Ganassi Racing to cease sports car racing operations for 2020
Photo by: Wes Duenkel/Ford Chip Ganassi Racing looks set to end a 16-year streak of competing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, with the legendary motorsports operation not returning to … Read More
COTA back on WEC calendar, replacing Interlagos
Porsche at COTA in 2016 The FIA announced today that the local Brazilian promoter for the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo has been unable to meet its contractual obligations and … Read More
Toyotas neutered for Bahrain
#8 Toyota The FIA Endurance Commission has confirmed that the two Toyota will be hit with unequal Success Ballast handicap for the upcoming Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain in December. … Read More
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Takes a Bow in “FORD v FERRARI”
1966 24 Hours of LeMans Anyone who has seen "FORD v FERRARI," the blockbuster 20th Century Fox film depicting Ford Motor Co.'s effort – spearheaded by Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) … Read More
Montoya unlikely to complete ‘triple crown’
Juan Pablo Montoya has no LeMans ride (GMM) Juan Pablo Montoya says he is unlikely to complete motor racing's coveted 'triple crown'. Fernando Alonso left Formula 1 last year, stating … Read More
Karthikeyan wins Sunday’s sensational Dream Race at Fuji
Start of race 2 Narain Karthikeyan (Modulo Epson Honda NSX-GT) won the second Dream Race at Fuji Speedway, leading home the field after a breathlessly exciting, incident-strewn, Safety Car-punctuated finale … Read More
Nick Cassidy wins first-ever SUPER GT x DTM Dream Race
Race 1 start SUPER GT frontrunner Nick Cassidy took a commanding lights-to-flag victory at Fuji Speedway to win the first-ever Dream Race joint-event between the Japanese GT series and DTM … Read More
G-Drive Racing by Algarve Wins Agile Lohas World 4 Hours of Shanghai
Winning #26 G-Drive LMP2 G-Drive Racing by Algarve has won the Agile Lohas World 4 Hours of Shanghai after the Carlin entry were given post-race penalty. The battle for LMP2 … Read More
DragonSpeed Confirms 2020 ELMS Return Alongside IMSA LMP2 Program
Hard on the heels of DragonSpeed's announcement of a full-season program in the LMP2 class of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the team today confirmed its return to the ACO … Read More
Ex-IndyCar driver Bourdais lands full-time ride in IMSA
Bourdais will drive the #5 Mustang Cadillac in IMSA Minnesota based JDC-Miller MotorSports announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Mustang Sampling, LLC to field the No. … Read More
Parker Chase to Run Full IMSA Season for AVS
Parker Chase AIM VASSER SULLIVAN announced today that Parker Chase will join the team for the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship full-season competing in the GTD class. “AIM VASSER SULLIVAN … Read More
Hedman, Hanley Add IMSA to 2020 DragonSpeed LMP2 Effort
Ben Hanley – too slow for IndyCars so he stays in sports cars The DragonSpeed sportscar team has revealed further details of its 2020 racing effort, announcing that the driving … Read More
Showdown at Fuji: The dream becomes a reality
22-car lineup The DTM breaks motorsport boundaries (literally and metaphorically) this weekend by holding its first-ever joint-race with Japan’s SUPER GT championship. Breakthrough DTM and SUPER GT ‘Dream Race’ gets … Read More
Ford vs Ferrari opens at #1 at Box Office
Christian Bale plays Ken Miles "Ford v Ferrari" is number one at this weekend's box office. The racing drama starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon brought in $31 million in … Read More
Mighty 22-car grid prepares for landmark DTM x SUPER GT ‘Dream Race’
One week to go until landmark DTM & SUPER GT ‘Dream Race’ tie-up In less than a week, the action kicks off at Japan’s Fuji Speedway in the landmark ‘SUPER … Read More
2019/2020 Asian Le Mans Series preview
Winners at Buriram New Entries and Returning Champions: Fighting for the outright victory in the LMP2 class will be a two-car effort from long time Asian Le Mans Series team, … Read More
Briscoe Joins van der Zande for Full 2020 Season
Ryan Briscoe and his wife Renger van der Zande returns for his third season as full-time co-driver of the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R and will be joined for … Read More
ELMS revised 2020 schedule
ELMS action The 2020 4 Hours of Portimao will be moved one week forward and be held from the 16th to the 18th of October and not on the 23rd … Read More
Toyota confirms test lineup for Bahrain
Thomas Laurent TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has added Thomas Laurent and Kenta Yamashita to its line-up for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) rookie test on 15 December at Bahrain International … Read More
Corvette Racing Sets New Full-Season Driver Lineup for 2020
Ricky Taylor For the first time in nearly a decade, Corvette Racing will feature a new full-season driver roster for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. As the program prepares for … Read More
Jordan Taylor to replace Magnussen at Corvette, denied by Wayne Taylor (3rd Update)
Jordan Taylor would be following his brother Ricky out of his father's team. Ricky went to Team Penske UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Statement from Wayne Taylor: … Read More