Garforth, Leeds-based Ginetta Cars has launched its new-for-2018 LMP1 car, the G60-LT-P1 in front of a packed crowd at the 2018 Autosport Live at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England. Ginetta Chairman Lawrence Tomlinson was on hand to present the new car, of which the company intends to produce ten chassis. Also present to introduce […]
Photo: astonmartin.com 31 year-old Belgian Maxime Martin is to join Aston Martin Racing for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’. Martin started in GT racing in the Megane Trophy and Clio Cup France in 2008 and has been a BMW factory driver since 2013, finishing eighth in the 2017 DTM Championship with BMW […]
Photo: rebellion-racing.com Swiss-based REBELLION Racing, 2017 European Le Mans Series LMP2 champions, has announced a return to the premier class of world endurance racing with a two-car assault on the 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship. Bruno Senna and Mathias Beche will be joined Neel Jani and André Lotterer. Ex-Porsche LMP1 Team drivers, Jani and Lotterer […]
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 […]
Photo: Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Racing has launched the new Vantage GTE, the successor to the team’s most successful competition car of all-time, the V8 Vantage GTE. The design project was led by Technical Director Dan Sayers, who had led the design and development of the previous V8 Vantage GTE. The new-for-2018 Aston Martin […]
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 […]
