Photo: wrightmotorsports.com Batavia,Ohio-based Wright Motorsports has announced that it will contest the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Wright Motorsports’ GTD-class Porsche 911 GT3 R will be driven current GTD champion Christina Nielsen and long-standing Porsche factory driver Patrick Long. Wright Motorsports Principal John Wright is excited at the prospect of the 2018 season with Nielsen […]
Month: December 2017
“Le Mans – We were very proud to have been there. I hope we can do many more” – TF Sport’s Tom Ferrier Talks With EnduranceandGT.co.uk (12.12.17)
Photo: tfsport.co.uk 2017 was a year of incredible highs and some deep frustrations for Surrey-based TF Sport. The team’s 2016 form in the British GT Championship seemed to elude it on occasions and a one-point lead in the LMGTE class in the European Le Mans Series going into the final round turned into a two-point […]
The EGT Friday Sportscar Round-Up (08.12.17)
As preparations continue across all series for 2018, the Asian Le Mans Series entered its second round for the 4 Hours of Fuji on Sunday December 3. Jackie Chan DC Racing X JOTA dominated the event by taking first and third in the LMP2 class with the #8 Nissan-powered ORECA 05, piloted by Thomas Laurent, […]
FIA WMSC Approves Evolution To World Endurance Championship (07.12.17)
Photo: fiawec.com Ahead of the transitional 2018/18 FIA World Endurance Championship, the FIA World Motor Sport Council has approved changes to the regulations. The primary change is that the LMP1 title will now be awarded to a team and not a manufacturer. This is in response to the launch of the privateer LMP1 class in […]
GT4 Champions HHC Motorsport Announces Two-Car Entry To 2018 British GT (06.12.17)
Photo: britishgt.com GT4 Teams and Drivers champions HHC Motorsport has announced that it will campaign two cars in the GT4 class of the 2018 British GT Championship. Ginetta GT4 Supercup champion Callum Pointer will be joined by Ginetta Junior Rookie of the year, Patrick Matthiesen in a Silver Cup-entered Ginetta G55 GT4. In the sister […]
Prestigious BRDC Awards For British GT Stars Parfitt, Morris, Tregurtha, Middleton and Adam (04.12.17)
The British Racing Drivers Club honoured stars from the British GT grid at its annual awards on December 4. Team Parker Racing duo Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris, 2017 Champions in the Team Parker Racing #31 Bentley Continental GT3, won the John Cobb Memorial Trophy, an award given to drivers racing a British car […]