Wakefield-based Optimum Motorsport is to field new drivers in its Audi R8 LMS GT3 for the final two rounds of the 2016 British GT Championship. Currently in ninth place in the GT3 Teams Championship on 27 points after a sixth place finish at Rockingham and a fifth place finish at Silverstone, Team Principal Shaun Goff […]
Abbie Eaton, driver of the #60 Ebor GT Motorsport Maserati GT NC GT4 with driving partner Marcus Hoggarth, has announced that, unless further sponsorship can be found, Round 6 of the 2016 British GT Championship at Spa-Francorchamps may have been her last of the season. The #60 Ebor GT Motorsport Maserati GT MC GT4 lies […]
Sunday July 24 sees the fourth round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship take place at the Nürburgring. After an enthralling first three rounds of the 2016 season, Porsche lead the Manufacturers Championship on 127 points, 32 points ahead of Audi. Toyota, following its heartbreak at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, are third […]
After four hours of enthralling racing, the #46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Nissan-powered ORECA 05, driven by Pierre Thiriet, Mathias Beche and Ryo Hirakawa took its second victory of the 2016 season. It lead the #33 Eurasia Motorsport ORECA 05, with the driver line-up of Pu Junjin, Nico Pieter De Bruijn and Tristan Gommendy, over […]
Aleksey Basov and Victor Shaitar, driving the #72 SMP Racing Ferrari F488, took their second victory of the 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on July 16. Second across the line was the #88 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R with Egido Perfetti and Klaus Bachler driving. Completing […]
Paul-Loup Chatin put the #23 Nissan-powered Panis-Barthez Compétition Ligier JS P2 on pole for the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring, completing a brace of poles for the French team in Austria. Chatin lapped the Red Bull Ring in 1:20.700, .053 quicker than Mathias Beche in the #46 Thiriet By TDS Racing ORECFA 05 and […]
