Photo: McLaren Automotive McLaren Automotive has announced that a GT3 variant of its 720S road car is set for development during 2018 with the intention that it will be available for customer teams for the 2019 season. The McLaren 720S will join its stablemates, the 650S GT3 and the 570S GT4 in its global motorsports […]
Month: November 2017
Alonso Steals The Show At FIA World Endurance Championship Rookie Test (20.11.17)
Photo: fiawec.com 2005-6 FIA Formula One World Champion Fernando Alsonso took centre stage at the FIA WEC Rookie Test in Bahrain following the season-ending championship round at the International Circuit. McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team driver Alonso put in 113 laps in the race-winning #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050, circulating in 1:43.013 on his fifty-third […]
Toyota Wins In Bahrain. Vaillante Rebellion Secures LMP2 Teams Championship (19.11.17)
Photo: fiawec.com Toyota Gazoo Racing took the final victory of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship after Sébastien Buemi brought the #8 Toyota TS050 he shared with Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima home one lap ahead of the #2 Porsche LMP Team Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley, Bernhard […]
The EGT Friday Sportscar Round-Up (17.11.17)
This weekend sees the final round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance with the 6 Hours of Bahrain. The annual visit to Bahrain will be tinged with sadness as the Championship says farewell to Porsche LMP Team after it announced its departure from the prototype stage at the end of the 2017 season. This will […]
Porsche On Pole For Final Round Of 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship (17.11.17)
Photo: fiawec.com Nick Tandy and Neel Jani put the #1 Porsche LMP Team Porsche 919 Hybrid on pole position for the 6 Hours of Bahrain, the final round of the 2017 FIA Endurance Championship. Tandy lapped the Bahrain International Circuit in 1:39.683 on his fifth lap of six while Jani put in a 1:39.084 on […]
GT Cup Champions TKS Return To Asian Le Mans Series For Fuji (16.11.17)
Photo: asianlemansseries.com Current Asian Le Mans Series GT Cup champions TKS have announced that they will return to the series for Round Two at Fuji International Speedway. For the 2017/18 season, the Japanese team will again be led by Shinyo Sano and will campaign the Ginetta LMP3 in which Sano contested the Asian Le Mans […]