[ad_1] Jenson Button says his “love for motor racing is back” after spending a year away from Formula 1, ahead of his return to full-time competition in Super GT in 2018. The 2009 F1 world champion announced at the weekend that he will contest the full Super GT season in Japan next year with Honda,

[ad_1] Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button has signed a deal to drive for Honda in the Japanese Super GT series in 2018. Button had made it clear he would “definitely” be making a full-time return to motorsport next year and was particularly keen on racing in Japan or America. The 2009 F1 champion took

[ad_1] The British Arden squad is joining forces with a Swiss entrant to mount Aston Martin’s first pro class assault on the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in seven years. The stalwart single-seater squad will field a pair of Aston Martin Vantage V12s in the five BGTS enduros under the banner of R-Motorsport, which has

[ad_1] A plan for a GT3 Cup of Nations at Sochi in 2018 has been announced by the architect of the category, Stephane Ratel. The SRO Motorsports Group chief has revealed that he has made a bid to organise the separate pro-am version of the FIA GT World Cup held in Macau that was proposed

[ad_1] McLaren is developing a new GT3 racer based on its latest 720S sportscar in-house for 2019. The 720S GT3 built by McLaren Motorsport will replace the 650S developed by the CRS organisation that traded under the McLaren GT name. McLaren Automotive boss Mike Flewitt said: “It was vital we remained in GT3 – motorsport

[ad_1] The Garage 59 McLaren factory squad that won the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2016 will return to the championship next year. Garage 59, which is run by the independent McLaren GT operation that has developed the British marque’s GT3 machinery since 2011, will field multiple entries in both the Endurance and Sprint

[ad_1] FIA GT World Cup winner Edoardo Mortara says his Macau race start strategy was “pretty stupid” after running into a barrier while trying to sprint away from Augusto Farfus. The Mercedes driver started Sunday’s race from pole having won the qualifying race – which was suspended after a pile-up on the opening lap –

[ad_1] Edoardo Mortara claimed his fourth GT victory in Macau in a fascinating FIA GT World Cup race. The Mercedes driver started on pole after winning the qualifying race on Saturday and was never headed as he beat the charging pair of Robin Frijns and Maro Engel to victory. Mortara hit the wall exiting the

[ad_1] Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi said he cannot recall a crazier crash than the one that wiped out half the field in the FIA GT World Cup race in Macau. The Brazilian was caught right in the middle of the 12-car opening lap pile-up, which was triggered when Daniel Juncadella ran into the

[ad_1] Mercedes driver Edoardo Mortara won a bizarre FIA GT World Cup qualifying race in Macau in which just eight cars finished. The race was suspended for more than half an hour after a huge pileup at Police Bend accounted for 12 of the runners from the 20-car field. Officials issued a restart time of

[ad_1] The FIA GT World Cup qualifying race at Macau was suspended after a huge pile-up on the opening lap of the race. In total, 16 cars were caught up in the collision at Police bend – one of the tightest parts of the 3.8-mile circuit – after fourth-place runner Daniel Juncadella hit the wall

[ad_1] Edoardo Mortara claimed pole position for the FIA GT World Cup qualification race in Macau as Mercedes locked out the top four positions in a flat-out session. Mortara, a winner of five races in Macau previously, led for much of qualifying and lowered his benchmark time in the closing minutes to clinch a second

[ad_1] Nick Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa clinched the 2017 Super GT championship after finishing second in the final round of the season at Motegi. The #37 TOM’S Lexus duo needed to finish in the top-two to claim the title, irrespective of how their rivals performed. They qualified third and dispatched the sister #6 Lexus of

[ad_1] Bentley has unveiled a new Continental GT3 that will begin racing next season. The car has been developed by M-Sport, which was responsible for the original Continental GT3 first raced at the end of 2013, in conjunction with Bentley Motorsport at company headquarters in Crewe. It is based on the all-new Continental road car,

[ad_1] The Strakka Racing GT squad will switch from McLaren to Mercedes machinery for the 2018 season, and will contest the Intercontinental GT Challenge for the first time. After quitting the LMP2 division of the World Endurance Championship at the end of 2016, Strakka turned its focus towards the Blancpain Endurance and Sprint categories, contesting

[ad_1] Formula 1 design legend Gordon Murray could return to motorsport with a new sportscar. The multiple title-winning ex-Brabham and McLaren designer revealed plans for the car at an exhibition at Dunsfold Park marking his 50 years of vehicle design. The as-yet unnamed project will be the first produced by Gordon Murray Automotive under the

[ad_1] The final round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge at Sepang next month has been cancelled. The Sepang 12 Hours, the fourth event on the IGTC schedule set for December 10 at the outgoing home of the Malaysian Grand Prix, has been axed after organiser the Stephane Ratel Organisation failed to achieve its 20-car entry

[ad_1] Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg will take a behind-the-scenes advisory role in the expansion of his father Keke’s Team Rosberg outfit into GT racing next year. Team Rosberg won the DTM this year with series rookie Rene Rast and has purchased a pair of Lamborghini Huracan GT3s to enter in the German ADAC

[ad_1] A total of eight winners of keynote races at Macau are on the entry for next month’s FIA GT World Cup on the Chinese street circuit. Past winners of the World Cup (formerly the Macau GT Cup), the Formula 3 Grand Prix and the Guia touring car race are all represented on a 20-car

[ad_1] Schnitzer will return to Macau for next month’s FIA GT World Cup eight years after its record 13th victory in the Guia touring car race on the Chinese street track. The German team will field a solo factory BMW M6 GT3 in the World Cup on November 18-19 for DTM driver Augusto Farfus, who

[ad_1] Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi will race an Audi GT3 car for the first time as part of the German manufacturer’s factory assault on the FIA GT World Cup in Macau next month. The Brazilian, who beat Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica to win the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix in 2005 (pictured

[ad_1] One of the architects of Ford’s revived GT programme will leave his role in charge of the American manufacturer’s Performance division at the end of this year. Ford Performance director Dave Pericak will vacate his position from December 1, after a stint at Ford Performance that included the integration of Ford’s Racing, Team RS

[ad_1] Formula E frontrunner Felix Rosenqvist’s return to Macau to compete in the FIA GT World Cup for the first time has been confirmed by the Scuderia Corsa Ferrari team. The US team, winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours GTE Am class in 2016, will field a Ferrari 488 GT3 in the event on

[ad_1] Sportscar stalwart Renger van der Zande will race the factory-entered Honda NSX in next month’s FIA GT World Cup in Macau. The Dutch driver has been chosen to drive the JAS-run car on November 18/19 for his Macau experience: he has finished in the top six of the Chinese street venue’s end-of-season GT3 blue

[ad_1] Honda will enter a factory NSX in the FIA GT World Cup in Macau next month. The Japanese manufacturer has decided to take part in the blue-riband GT3 race on November 18-19 after launching customer sales of the NSX racer in July. It will be the first race for the twin-turbo V6-powered GT3 contender

[ad_1] Two-time Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix winner Felix Rosenqvist is set to return to the Chinese venue next month in an attempt to win the FIA GT World Cup. The Formula E and Japanese Super Formula frontrunner, who took back-to-back F3 wins at Macau in 2014 and ’15, is understood to be on a

[ad_1] The entry for the inaugural Laguna Seca Intercontinental GT Challenge fixture later this month will easily break the organiser’s 20-car target. The California 8 Hours on October 15, which joins the Bathurst, Spa and Sepang GT3 enduros on the IGTC schedule this year, is on course to surpass the objective by some margin. Pirelli

[ad_1] The number of pro class cars in the Endurance Cup segment of the Blancpain GT Series will be capped in 2018, in an attempt to reinforce the amateur classes. Series organiser Stephane Ratel has decided to restrict the number of pro entries in the championship to 26 to cut back professional driver entry dominance.

[ad_1] Lamborghini factory drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli and Christian Engelhart claimed the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup title at the Barcelona finale. A distant third position aboard their Grasser Lamborghini Huracan GT3 gave them the crown after the retirement of the championship-leading M-Sport Bentley shared by Vincent Abril, Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet shortly

[ad_1] Robin Frijns takes pole as the championship-leading Bentley could only qualify 28th for the final Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series in Barcelona. Andy Soucek failed to get a clear lap in the final 15-minute qualifying session and ended 1.8 seconds off the pace in the #8 Bentley Continental GT3 he shares