The new Porsche LMP1 racing car is currently being put through its paces in test drives on international circuits. Following its successful launch in June on the Porsche test track in Weissach, the prototype sports car ...
Actor Wotan Wilke Möhring, Allan McNish and Felix Baumgartner attend DTM opening round at Hockenheim. Rahel Frey celebrates her debut in the Audi R8 LMS Cup in China. Successes for the Audi R8 LMS in Sweden and Brazil....
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The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season could not have started any better for Frenchman Kévin Estre (Attempto Racing): ...
Open to the public this unique event combines the racing atmosphere of the Grand Prix with automotive culture and lifestyle....
Audi expands from China into other Asian markets with the Audi R8 LMS Cup. Following the successful premiere season in China in 2012, Audi’s first one-make race series worldwide will now visit circuits in South Korea, Malaysia and Macau...
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in World Champion’s style. The two Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars dominated the Silverstone 6 Hours and deservingly clinched a one-two victory...
The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo European series got underway in Monza this weekend, with its largest ever grid of 22 cars, new teams and drivers, an all-new Gallardo race car and a fulfilled promise of exciting racing on the legendary Italian circuit....
The stage is set for the start of the DTM season in Hockenheim (DE) on 5th May, which is eagerly awaited by drivers, teams and fans alike...
Aston Martin is ripping up the record books at the 41st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring next month as the famous British sports car brand is to race a pioneering hybrid hydrogen car....
The Audi drivers complete their dress rehearsal for the DTM season opener during a test at the Hockenheimring...
McLaren GT kicked off the 2013 European GT season in style, with French rally-ace Sébastien Loeb claiming victory in the opening round of the FIA GT Series at Nogaro...
Newcomer to Audi Sport customer racing: Team MS RACING is switching to Audi and will be fielding two new R8 LMS ultra cars in the 2013 ADAC GT Masters...
Only five weeks to go before the new DTM season starts at the Hockenheimring. During testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona/Spain, the Audi DTM drivers spooled off over 7,000 kilometers ...
Porsche has developed a new GT race car for the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the Le Mans 24 Hours...
A new and promising opportunity in motorsport opens up for Audi: as announced at a press conference today in New York, the organizers of NASCAR and GRAND-AM plan a US based race series for DTM racecars like the Audi RS 5 DTM...
All eight Audi drivers are traveling to Barcelona (Spain) for the first joint DTM-tests. Ferdinand and Johannes Stuck rely on Audi on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring...
In 2013, Volkswagen engines will once again be in use in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, which gets underway with the opening round of the season in Monza this weekend. ...
European Le Mans Series GTE front runner James Walker is the latest driver to announce his participation in the burgeoning 2013 British GT Championship...
For more than eight hours a top result was in reach for BMW Team RLL at the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season opener at the “Sebring International Raceway” ...
In the brief interview, new signing Jamie Green talks about his initial experiences with Audi, his team and the RS 5 DTM...
16 stage wins and a lead of three and a half minutes: Sébastien Ogier (F), at the wheel of the Volkswagen Polo R WRC, won the third round of the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship ...
Aston Martin has agreed a racing partnership with leading damping and suspension specialist Bilstein, appointing it as primary technical partner for Aston Martin Racing’s competition program at the Nürburgring ...
Tuesday afternoon presented the racecar for the DTM 2013 – the Audi RS 5 DTM. The driver line-up for the new DTM season is also fixed....
McLaren 12C GT3 has been confirmed as eligible for the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC), by the series organizers following a strong competitive debut season in Europe. This announcement means that the British-built racer is now able to compete in North America for the first time...
Audi presents its driver teams for the DTM 2013 at the International Motor Show in Geneva on Tuesday. Timo Scheider confronts extreme challenges away from the race track...
Baas and Taylor continue in no. 171 APR VW Jetta with Chris Lock joining Aleks Altberg in no. 181 APR VW Jetta...
Beta version will launch this weekend as Chris Lock will join CTSCC race-winner Aleks Altberg in no. 181 APR Volkswagen...
The development of the new Porsche 911 RSR based on the current generation 991 model is nearly complete. On the Sebring International Raceway in Florida/USA the GTE race car from Weissach completed another successful test on Thursday. ...
A MINI can do more. It can win the Dakar Rally twice in a row. It can conquer more than 100 markets worldwide. But what about defying the laws of gravity and showing snowboarders how to nail the perfect backflip? ...
Debut for the BMW Z4 GTE and the newly structured BMW Team RLL – Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts on board as Premium Partner again in 2013...
A milestone for Volkswagen in motorsport: Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (F/F) have won the Rally Sweden at the wheel of the Polo R WRC...
Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke will team with AMR newcomer Bruno Senna in a 2013-spec Aston Martin Vantage GTE for the opening round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón....
On August 4, 2013 the DTM will be entering new territory to contest a race in Russia for the first time in its near 30-year history...
Audi has established powerful driver pairings for its commitment in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The respective entries were confirmed today by the Selection Committee of the ACO and the FIA...
Porsche AG fields two new 911 RSR based on the 991 model generation at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours and in the World Endurance Championship...
A high-speed adventure on ice and snow: when Volkswagen Motorsport starts out on the Rally Sweden from 7 to 10 February, it will be taking on its second major challenge in the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship ...
After pounding its flattened Fiat 500 Abarth straight, Rimicci Corse went about selecting a driver to partner Anthony Rimicci in the 2013 Pirelli World Challenge season...
Starting at the back of the field for Friday's BMW Performance 200, the no. 171 and no. 181 APR VW Jetta GLI's were on the move at the start of the two hour and thirty minute Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge....
The latest chapter in the story of McLaren Automotive, the McLaren P1™, made a brief appearance this morning at the McLaren Technology Centre, driven by none other than 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button...
APR Motorsports Team recovers from costly penalty to contend for win in team's second attempt at Rolex 24 at Daytona...
Lamborghini announces commitment to GT3 program with Reiter Engineering, with new GT3 car for 2013 and 2014...
New Aston Martin Racing partner, TRG (The Racers Group) are preparing to make their competitive debut in the first Grand-American Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race of the season at the Daytona International Speedway from today, racing Aston Martin's Vantage GT4 race car....
Ferrari’s adventure in the 51st Daytona 24 Hours ended with one car on the podium and three places in the top ten, at the end of the legendary endurance race held at Florida’s Daytona International Speedway....
The No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates TELMEX/Target BMW Riley ended 24 hours of hard fought sports car racing at the 51st Rolex 24 At Daytona in the same position from which it started: First....
The sprint to the finish of the Daytona 24 hour race turned into a gripping game of fuel poker in the fiercely contested GT class...
At the Daytona 24 Hours, the Audi R8 GRAND-AM has made its best showing to date: Filipe Albuquerque/Oliver Jarvis/Edoardo Mortara/Dion von Moltke won the GT category in a dramatic finale...
Formula Vee celebrated its 50th birthday on track at Daytona today, with a special parade of classic Formula Vee and Formula Super Vee cars prior to the Rolex 24...
Good starting position for Porsche at the Daytona 24 hour race: In qualifying for the sports car classic in Florida, Porsche pilots locked out the first four grid spots in a field of 36 vehicles entered in the GT class...
The best Audi R8 GRAND-AM will be starting into the 24-hour race at Daytona (Florida) from the third row. ...
This weekend sees the 51st edition of the Daytona 24 Hours, which dates back to 1966, although as far back as 1962, it ran as the Daytona Continental, the first three hour endurance race. ...
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW Rileys Qualify 1 - 2....
Names are funny things. Just when you think you get to know someone, they go and change their name. Well they do if they are called Cassius Clay....
Michael Taylor to become youngest-ever driver in CTSCC, while race-winner Aleks Altberg to partner with Diego Duez in second APR Motorsport VW...
Nitto Tire, a leading producer of high performance tires, has announced a new partnership with Formula DRIFT Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. ...
There will be six Aston Martin Vantage GS cars competing in the 2013 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge this year which starts this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway...
Born in the USA: Formula V will celebrate a big birthday at the 24-hour race in Daytona this weekend (24–27 January). ...
Competing with a strong contingent, title defender Porsche tackles the 51st running of the Daytona 24 hour race on 26 January. ...
Toyo Tires racers captured six stage wins and a total of 13 podiums during the running of the 2013 Dakar which completed its final stage this past weekend. ...
March 16, 2013 will mark the end of an era as the world’s highest-caliber sports cars are running at the tradition-steeped Sebring 12 Hours for the last time...
Absolutely “Monte”: Volkswagen showed an impressive debut in the FIA World Rally Championship...
Faulkner, Keating and Stanton in 2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup...
Team adds Canadian David Empringham to no. 51 APR Audi R8...
As was confirmed at the close of last year, McLaren GT will produce further examples of the 12C GT3 available to compete in the 2013 season...
Audi Sport customer racing is promoting the Audi R8 and the U.S. racing version of the fascinating mid-engine sports car ...
Once we raced Daytona’s roval backward. Every now and then, I stumble across a photo taken when Dwight Eisenhower was President, the year Aston Martin won Le Mans and Daytona’s sports cars went ‘round clockwise...
Heavy snow and icy roads: even before the official start, the Rally Monte Carlo is already living up to its legendary reputation ...
Jamie Green, who will be competing for Audi in the DTM in 2013, had his first appointment in Ingolstadt...
Lotus Racing, the motorsport arm of Group Lotus Plc, tips a nod to its enthusiast racing heritage with its plans to unveil two new Exige models...
The annual Sebring Winter Test is scheduled for Feb. 5-8 at Sebring International Raceway...
Toyo Tires equipped vehicles are scoring immediate victories in the world’s toughest endurance race, the 2013 Dakar rally...
Underscoring the cooperative spirit of their merger announced last September, GRAND-AM Road Racing and the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron today unveiled the initial concept ...
Not only is APR Motorsport unveiling a new-look testing livery for this weekend's Roar Before the 24...
Monster Energy X-raid Team enters four upgraded MINI ALL4 Racing cars, based on the MINI Countryman...
Eleven victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours, ten successes at the Sebring 12 Hours, nine titles in the American Le Mans Series ...
19 victories and 19 further podium finishes in competitive debut season...
APR Motorsport, the team that introduced the Audi R8 to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series...
Ryder Cup winner and DTM champion put their skills to the test on unusual territory at over 2,000 meters above sea level...
AF Corse brought its brilliant 2012 season with yet another win in the Gulf 12 Hours...
Toyo Tires and Robby Gordon are teaming up once again to take on the legendary Dakar Rally in January. ...
Audi Sport and its drivers received various awards for a successful 2012 season....
Volkswagen racer António Félix da Costa celebrated a commanding victory at the 59th Macau Grand Prix...
Following the successful premiere of the one-off design study at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance earlier this summer...
Ayrton Senna, David Brabham, Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard or Edoardo Mortara – the winners of the Macau Grand Prix ...
Under the eyes of Olympic fencing gold medalist Britta Heidemann, Marchy Lee became the first title winner of the Audi R8 LMS Cup at Shanghai...
DTM stars in action at the Nürburgring to celebrate “40 Years of BMW M”...
The maiden season of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) concluded with a double podium for the Porsche pilots...
In the Manufacturers World Championship of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Audi had been out of reach by its competitors since August...
BorgWarner EFR Turbochargers Earn Reputation for Performance, Durability and Dependability at IndyCar and Le Mans...
As of 2014, the Japanese Super GT will adopt the Technical Regulations of the DTM. During the DTM finale at Hockenheim...
The rally world was topsy-turvy for a while: Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier had outperformed the entire group of WRC competitors ...
Gary Paffett came second in the DTM grand finale at Hockenheim to finish the 2012 season ...
128,000 spectators in perfect weather witnessed a nail-biting finale of the 2012 DTM season...
A dream come true: A fourth win of the season at the wheel of the BMW Bank M3 DTM in the tenth and final DTM race of the year saw Bruno Spengler ...
BMW Team RLL will contest its fourth Petit Le Mans race this weekend with only one goal – a victory...
Automobili Lamborghini’s President & CEO outlines 2013 plan for a thriving series...
With the Petit Le Mans on the legendary Road Atlanta race track, the American Le Mans season draws to an end on 20 October...
Thrilling championship climax is matched by announcements of exciting developments for 2013...
Two podium places in the Far East: Audi had to settle for positions two and three at the seventh round of the FIA World Championship ...
MINI will terminate its works involvement in the FIA World Rally Championship ...
Championships set to be decided at the Circuito de Navarra this weekend...
In what was a race-free week for them, the Audi factory drivers were in high demand as interview guests, participants and partners ...
On the Fuji International Speedway, the world’s fastest sports cars make a World Endurance Championship debut in Japan on 14 October...
After the fifth victory of the season in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), Audi is traveling to Japan with eager anticipation...
The 13th round of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series at Lime Rock proved successful for the Audi R8 GRAND-AM race car...
The aim has been achieved: In the Spanish DTM round at Valencia, Audi took the lead in the manufacturers’ championship ...
Brazilian debut in Valencia (ES): BMW Team RBM’s Augusto Farfus has won his first DTM race at the “Circuit de la Comunitat...
In Valencia, Jamie Green (Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) finished the ninth race of this DTM season in tenth position. David Coulthard ...
One-two success in the desert of Sakhir: Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ...
At the 2002 Paris Motor Show, the unveiling of the Continental GT concept took the world by storm and opened an exciting new chapter in Bentley’s history...
The multiple Australian touring car Champion Craig Lowndes celebrated a race victory and a further podium finish in an Audi R8 LMS ultra ...
A successful premiere for Porsche on the Virginia International Raceway. At the first American Le Mans Series race ...
Nine rallies, nine class victories: Volkswagen Motorsport has successfully continued its test program for the coming season in the World Rally Championship...
BMW Team RLL finished the inaugural American Le Mans Series race at Virginia International Raceway with the No. 55 M3 GT of Bill Auberlen and Jörg Müller ...
In the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at São Paulo, the Audi R18 had to admit defeat for the first time this season. ...
A day of two-fold celebration for Ola Nilsson: In a heartbeat finale at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben...
Last year’s winner Mattias Ekström will start from position five on the grid into the DTM race at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben near ...
The battle for the title in the DTM remains exciting: Bruno Spengler (CA), at the wheel of his BMW Bank M3 DTM...
In his 90th DTM race, DTM championship leader Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) was placed second in the eighth race of the DTM season at Oschersleben...
World Endurance Championship, round 5 in Sao Paulo/Brazil...
As 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in Monza to claim victory for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, ...
In honor of racing legend Bernd Rosemeyer, Audi Tradition is bringing four Auto Union Silver Arrow cars to the Goodwood Revival ...
Audi and its long-standing Audi factory driver Dindo Capello were awarded a prize in Italy for groundbreaking technology in motorsport...
For the second year, Yokohama Tire Corporation will participate in Sonoma Raceway’s Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit ...
High suspense in the second half of the season: After the early title win* in the manufacturers’ classification of the FIA World Endurance Championship ...
Nicki Thiim from pole position to first Supercup victory...
Andreas Mikkelsen finished 8th on the Barum Czech Rally Zlín in his factory-prepared ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 ...
After victories in the WEC and DTM on the final weekend in August, the Audi drivers were popular ambassadors for their brand at various events in the following week....
The closed street course of Baltimore is good turf for Porsche. At the second meeting of the American Le Mans Series in the Maryland state city of a million people...
BMW Team RLL experienced a disappointing day at the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge after a controversial call by the race steward took the lead of the race away ...
The #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE has finished third in the GTE Pro category in its home FIA World Endurance Championship race...
Time penalties for half of the field – that is an exception in Germany’s fastest one make race series...
Audi with perfect record at half-way stage: In an exciting battle of the concepts the hybrid technology in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ...
At round four of the World Endurance Championship, the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR brought home its third podium placing in the GTE Am class...
Jamie Green (Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) finished the seventh race of the DTM at Zandvoort in fourth place and improved his position in the championship standings ...
Top performance around Trier: At the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, the ninth of 13 WRC rounds, the Volkswagen pilots delivered an outstanding team performance...
Dunlop Motorsport has announced it will develop tires for a revolutionary new car, the GreenGT H2, which holds the potential to reshape the future of motorsport power...
Two Safety Car periods, showers, and a feast of action: a fighting performance from BMW Motorsport in the seventh DTM race of the year ...
Audi is the first manufacturer to have achieved a one-two-three victory in the 2012 DTM...
Audi has signed Lucas di Grassi, a local driver with Formula One experience, for the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on September 15....
Race touring cars from more than 20 years will be on display at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt until October 31 for visitors to marvel at....
Tomczyk also marks 40th BMW M anniversary with a podium....
With a second place at the Nürburgring, Audi started into the second half of the DTM season. At the event, Edoardo Mortara and Mike Rockenfeller ...
After four gripping hours on the challenging Road America race track, only 2.63 seconds separated Porsche factory pilots Joerg Bergmeister ...
For the third time in four seasons of American Le Mans Series competition, BMW Team RLL drove a BMW M3 GT across the Road America ...
On the sixth Sunday of the season at the Nürburgring, Jamie Green (Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) took fourth place. The race was won by Bruno Spengler (BMW)....
Season victory No. 6: Ola Nilsson triumphs at the Nürburgring...
Aston Martin Racing will contest its home round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship next weekend (August 24-26) at the Six Hours of Silverstone with its strongest entry to date....
Anniversary at the Nürburgring. BMW Classic celebrates 40 years of BMW M GmbH at the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix 2012....
Before the six BMW DTM drivers take to the track for their first practice laps of the Nürburgring (DE), they experienced the “Green Hell” and the impressive landscape of the Eifel Mountains ...
McLaren GT, the new race car manufacturing arm of the McLaren Group, is presenting a dramatic track-focused concept at the Pebble Beach Concours...
Craig Stanton To Drive Black Series at Sonoma Raceway...
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BMW Team RLL heads to the August 18th Road America Road Race Showcase for the seventh round the 2012 American Le Mans Series ...
Giorgio Sanna & Davide Stancheris win the GT Cup class of the Italian GT Championship for Lamborghini in Austria...
Summer break in Germany – except at Audi Sport: the squad around Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich is working hard these days...
Cannonballers in an array of prestige cars recently gathered at the James Bond – Bond in Motion exhibition at the Beaulieu Motor Museum ...
Motul, manufacturer of world class lubricants, returns for the 90th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb being held this Sunday, August 12, near Colorado Springs, Colorado...
In its “Good Times” exhibition, the Audi museum mobile shows more than 20 years of DTM history at Audi. Visitors can relive many magical moments in which Audi racing teams ...
Using Esters at the heart of its technology, 300V is recognized worldwide as a leading racing oil product...
The two Audi works drivers Mike Rockenfeller and André Lotterer visited two venues in two cities in which Audi grabbed the headlines with two unusual appearances....
2012 Total 24 Hours of Spa was another challenging test of endurance and reliability for the McLaren GT customer teams competing at the headline event of the Blancpain Endurance ...
Heavy rainfall, 16 safety car periods and many fast laps: the BMW privateer teams and drivers experienced a turbulent 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps ...
For the second consecutive time, the Audi R8 won the most important endurance race for GT3 sports cars - thus writing another chapter of motorsport history....
The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo is at Spa Francorchamps this weekend for rounds seven and eight of the 2012 European series. ...
Hot off the back of unleashing its Evora GTC racer, Lotus Racing engineers have been honing the Evora ...
Lower air intake temperatures provide colder, denser air for more power in BTCC and other race applications...
ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen has recorded the biggest winning margin in the history of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge...
The gruelling 24-hour race is the headline event in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series, and one of the most demanding events on the motorsport calendar...
The Volkswagen factory team is competing with three driver pairings at a WRC round for the first time at ADAC Rallye Deutschland ...
On Saturday, employees of the Technical Development (TE) of AUDI AG and their families gained a fascinating insight into the work of Audi Sport....
Three weeks after the historical triumph in the world’s most prestigious endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
BMW Team RLL fought back from a day of bad luck to finish fifth and sixth in the GT class at the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park...
Joerg Bergmeister crowns 100th race with first win of the season...
For the second consecutive time, the DTM is visiting Munich’s Olympic Stadium – a perfect opportunity for motorsport fans to enjoy a close-up experience of the new Audi A5 DTM ...
Two weeks after the dramatic race at the Norisring (DE) street circuit, things are set to get even tighter for the BMW DTM drivers...
In just a few days – from 6 – 8 July 2012 – the global classic motor sport community will once again descend on Le Mans, France...
A starting accident deprived Audi of the chance for victory in the DTM home round at the Norisring...
Weather adds to the excitement in the fifth round of the DTM...
The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo is at Paul Ricard this weekend for rounds five and six of the 2012 European series...
Spectacular opening for the second half of the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season at the Norisring: Leader of the standings ...
The record breaking Silverstone Classic powered by the AA will make yet more history when THREE legendary Martini Lancia LC2s ...
With seven races of the 13 race 2102 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series complete, BMW Power is back on top of the Daytona Prototype class...
The spectators at the sixth race in this year’s Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season at the historic Norisring in Nuremberg ...
For the fans, the Norisring race is the absolute highlight on the DTM’s race calendar. For Audi, it is a home round...
The 4.048-mile, 14-turn track configuration includes long straights, swooping turns, high braking, and flat out straightaway speed...
Land Rover and Bowler, the UK-based manufacturer of all-terrain performance cars and rally raid vehicles, have agreed to a brand partnership...
Luca Filippi and Brian Lavio passed the checkered flag more than a minute ahead of their closest rival after 10 action-packed laps of the Circuit de la Sarthe...
Aston Martin Racing’s new-for-2012 Vantage GTE has finished on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on its first attempt...
Less than four minutes were missing for Porsche to clinch its 99th class win at the Le Mans 24 Hours. With the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR ...
AUDI AG has achieved another technological milestone in motorsport. On the 80th running of the famous Le Mans 24 Hours, a vehicle with hybrid drive ...
After the first qualifying session for the 80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours a car with hybrid drive is at the front of the field for the first time in the history of the endurance classic...
In the center of the city of Le Mans, Audi completed the scrutineering process for the 24-hour race in the presence of a large crowd...
Continuing its successful return to production-derived GT motorsport Aston Martin Racing will contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans next week ...
At this year's 40th anniversary 24-hour race at the Nurburgring, the winner's podium definitely belonged to BILSTEIN...
Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) has made it four podiums out of four with a third-place finish at Spielberg...
The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo arrived in Silverstone for rounds three and four of the 2012 European series. Wet conditions failed to damp the spirits of the Pro Am...
Thrilling duels, excitement right down to the final lap, and another podium for BMW: the fourth DTM race of the year was a thriller. Martin Tomczyk ...
Huge joy at Audi Sport Team Rosberg: After starting from the pole position, the Italian Edoardo Mortara won the fourth round of the 2012 DTM at the Red Bull Ring in Austria ...
Martin Tomczyk (DE) is the reigning DTM champion, and his form for BMW Team RMG has improved steadily over the course of the 2012 season...
Audi relies on a highly efficient engine concept in the R18. The interaction between the merely 3.7-liter V6 TDI unit with an unusually designed single turbocharger and VTG technology ...
A week before the fourth DTM race at the Red Bull Ring the Audi drivers appeared with DTM in front of an enthusiastic public in Graz, the state capital of Styria....
Italian supercar manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini and title sponsor Blancpain celebrated the debut of the Asia Series ...
McLaren GT customer team Hexis Racing claimed first victories for the MP4-12C GT3 this weekend with back-to-back wins at the Circuito de Navarra in Spain...
Supreme performance in the land of the Gods: Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia ...
When the Audi factory drivers tackle the Le Mans 24 Hours (June 16/17, 2012) a very special technology will enhance their vision...
After five overall victories in six years, the long distance classic in the Eifel did not run smoothly for the Porsche customer teams at the 40th anniversary...
The 40th staging of the 24-hour race gave the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (DE) another opportunity to prove just why it is regarded as the toughest circuit in the world...
The new-for-2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 celebrated its first competitive win this weekend ...
Erratic weather, an extreme pace, tough competition, bitter setbacks and a great triumph: Audi emerged from a genuine emotional roller-coaster ride as victor of the Nürburgring 24 Hours...
Gary Paffett won his home race, the third race of the DTM 2012 season at Brands Hatch...
Formula One technical guru to compete in second round of Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo...
Bruno Spengler of BMW Team Schnitzer claimed another podium finish at Brands Hatch ...
Mike Rockenfeller in the new Audi A5 DTM took third place and thus achieved a podium result for Audi in the DTM race at Brands Hatch ...
Brands Hatch and Ola Nilsson – that’s a good fit. At the third race weekend of the 2012 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup ...
Modern-day Bentley Boys Juha Kankkunen, Guy Smith and Eric van de Poele join Chairman and Chief Executive Wolfgang Dürheimer to ...
The Abu Dhabi-based team is targeting a return to competitive racing at Watkins Glen, June 29 – July 1...
W.O. Bentley’s gift for creating cars that combined the speed of a thoroughbred racing machine with an enviable reputation for strength and comfort...
Five more weeks to go before the most important race of the year comes up on Audi Sport Team Joest’s agenda: the Le Mans 24 Hours on June ...
With rookie Thomas Schöffler pitted against seasoned F1 daredevils...
Having started from pole position, Aston Martin Racing led the fiercely competitive GT category at Laguna Seca...
After a turbulent final phase with spectacular overtaking manoeuvres and several changes in the lead...
Mid-70 degree temperatures made for near-perfect race conditions at New Jersey Motorsports Park...
Team Voodoo Ride/Invoice Prep/Hot Wheels scored another GTS-class podium with a strong second place finish by former Trans-Am champion Jack Baldwin ...
BMW Team RLL finish third and fourth in ALMS GT class, earn third consecutive podium finish...
AIM Autosport FXDD Racing With Ferrari placed first today at New Jersey Motorsports Park securing two victories in a row for the Canadian team...
Flared wheel arches, more rubber, less weight, and new technologies have added extra spice to Lotus’ race winning Evora, the GT4 Enduro...
The Silverstone Grand Prix circuit will once again host the exciting Ferrari Racing Days in September, with a packed schedule of on-track activities ...
For the seventh successive year, Aston Martin will compete in the ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hours (19/20 May) as a total of eight Vantage racers gear up for the endurance epic...
Drivers for both Falken-equipped Porsches confirmed for this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hour Race. ...
Despite sweeping the American Le Mans Series GT class championships in 2011 and the Manufacturer and Team titles in 2010...
Gary Paffett managed to get on the podium again a week after his win in the opening race of the new DTM Era in Hockenheim...
Bruno Spengler (CA) and BMW Team Schnitzer made history with the victory at the Lausitzring (DE), and claimed BMW’s 50th win in the DTM...
With a rally win and a pair of second place finishes this year in his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000, Intercontinental Rally Challenge ...
Having led its class in the early stages of the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Aston Martin Racing was forced to retire its Vantage GTE due to gearbox issues...
A successful dress rehearsal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans: In a nerve-racking cliff-hanger finale, Porsche works drivers ...
A high-caliber field and a spectacular premiere – for the first time in the history of the world’s most eco-friendly one-make cup a Legends entrant – ex DTM star Markus Winkelhock ...
Audi delivered a thrilling premiere of two new vehicle models: Romain Dumas/Loïc Duval/Marc Gené won the Spa 6 Hours...
Formula One’s feeder series stayed out in Bahrain for a second successive weekend, with Lotus GP hoping to repeat their brilliant triple-podium performance. However, a poor qualifying session made Race 1 rather frustrating. Both cars sat out practice in order to save tires, but found...
Continental Tire brought their newest dry compound to Homestead-Miami hoping to get some race laps in while Mother Nature had other ideas...
Two races, two wins: the European customer teams headed into the new International GT Open season with great success...
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season opener at Hockenheim produced the grand spectacle it was expected to be...
In front of an impressive crowd of 142,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) the DTM made a fast and furious start into its new era with a turbulent race at the Hockenheimring...
Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) won the 2012 DTM season opener at Hockenheim from sixth place on the grid with a 4.7- second lead on Jamie Green (Mercedes AMG C-Coupé). ...
The V8-powered Vantage GTE, making its first competitive outing in Europe...
The time has come: The 26th DTM season starts at the Hockenheimring on Sunday. For the new Audi A5 DTM and its competitors, the start can be decisive...
Consistent pace over varying conditions leads successful Porsche race team to change to Falken...
In August 1985, a rumor surfaced in motor magazine Auto-Deutschland which emanated from a new sports car...
Rolling road test already identifies turbo spools up 200rpm quicker when coated with Zircotec’s ThermoHold® material. Drift cars ...
Veteran off-roader takes first on off-the-shelf Geolandar A/T-S+® tires...
The new Maserati Trofeo MC World Series is ready to go. Now in its third year, Maserati's single-make series has made a number of big changes for 2012...
In the Autodromo do Algarve in Portimao/Portugal, Porsche customer teams from five European nations launch into International GT Open season ...
The winter break is finally over. From 27 to 28 April the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup is starting into its third season at Hockenheim. ...
Exactly nine months or 275 days after its roll-out, the event where Audi Sport’s youngest baby will begin to run in earnest is now coming up...
Now in its fourth season, the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo returned to the track for the 2012 season opener at Monza this weekend. With 17 cars eager to do battle in the single ...
Centric Parts CEO Dino Crescentini might not have been able to improve on his seventh place qualifying position, but the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge Long Beach Grand Prix ...
For the second round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS), BMW Team RLL once again used tire strategy to regain its race position, earning a second-place GT class finish ...
At the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by the Falken Tire squad, Porsche works driver Wolf Henzler (Germany) and his teammate Bryan Sellers (USA)...
Audi will be making a grand appearance at the DTM presentation next weekend. All eight Audi drivers, the new Audi A5 DTM, and 13 fascinating production cars will be on show....
The Lotus F1 Team embarked on an aggressive strategy in Shanghai that saw both drivers pit twice. The gamble worked for Romain Grosjean...
The ongoing development of Aston Martin Racing’s new V8-powered Vantage GTE took another significant step forward at Long Beach, California...
With a second place GT class finish by the No. 56 BMW Team RLL M3 GT in today’s American Le Mans Series at Long Beach race...
During the traditional Coupes des Pâques at the Paul Armagnac circuit in Nogaro in the south-west of France, the FIA GT1 World Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship ...
The Hexis Racing team were prepared for a challenging race at Nogaro with the entry of two brand-new cars in the FIA GT1 World Championship...
The new Audi R8 LMS ultra enjoyed an extremely successful Easter weekend by claiming victories in the FIA GT1 World Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship...
Following a four-week intermission after BMW Team RLL’s GT class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring American Le Mans Series curtain-raiser the second act of the team’s ALMS GT class ...
Suspense is building - among the fans and at the team of Audi Sport. In just three weeks from now the 2012 DTM will start at the Hockenheimring, which marks the beginning of a new era for the popular racing series....
Over the course of last weekend, Aston Martin Racing’s partner teams represented the marquee across five separate motor racing series, racking up no fewer than four podium results...
Barber Motorsports Park is notorious for being tough on tires across many series. A combination of the track configuration coupled with the track surface and number of tire sets ...
The new McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is set for its competitive race debut in 2012, following an intensive development program in 2011...
Chuckwalla Valley Raceway hosts first 2012 Lotus Cup USA Series event March 24 - 25...
One of the world’s most famous drivers, known all over the globe for his extreme and spectacular style, a snowy stage in Igora Park...
Five weeks before the eagerly awaited DTM season opener at the Hockenheimring on April 29 Audi is making a colorful visual statement...
2012 season begins on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, during the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race weekend, March 23-25....
Dunlop tires kicked off the 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season with impressive results, taking home victories in all three open-competition classes....
On its debut competitive outing, Aston Martin’s Vantage GTE scored its first class podium in the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the 60th anniversary running of the 12 Hours of Sebring...
ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen has extended his lead in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, after finishing 2nd on the Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés....
At the Sebring 12 hour race, the new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR celebrated a successful race premiere. At the wheel of the 911 fielded by the Felbermayr-Proton team...
On the R18 TDI’s farewell performance Audi managed a brilliant start into the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). With victory by Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish the brand celebrated its tenth overall success in total at the famous Sebring 12 Hours ...
At the 60th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring (US) the no. 56 BMW M3 GT claimed overall victory in the GT class after 307 laps ...
Volkswagen Power as a career booster: When the new Formula 1 season opens in Australia on Sunday the grid will include two up-and-coming young drivers ...
Six weeks before the new DTM season opens at the Hockenheimring on April 29 the decision has been made: Audi will be fielding a total of eight vehicles in the competition with BMW and Mercedes-Benz...
BMW Team RLL launches the defense of its titles in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at the 12 Hours of Sebring (US) this Saturday...
New Sport Maxx Race delivers on over 100 years of road and racing heritage...
One of the most famous long distance races in the world turns 60: The twelve hour classic on the Sebring International Raceway is the oldest and toughest sports car race in the USA...
The 12-hour race at Sebring (U.S. state of Florida) on March 17 is shaped by major developments. For Audi, the new FIA World Endurance Championship ...
ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen believes that a podium finish on the forthcoming Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés ...
Goodyear Dunlop will show the future of tire technologies at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show: including tires becoming more and more intelligent with the use of electronics embedded into the tire...
With the latest Aston Martin Vantage road car set to debut at next week’s Geneva Motor Show, a revised version of its closest circuit-racing sibling made a debut appearance of its own at Silverstone on Friday ...
Tire maker teams up with a new partner in the ALMS GT Class and continues campaigns in ‘green racing’ with orange-oil infused tires in the GTC and GT3 Challenge series, plus off-road racing...
Motor sport is used yet again by AUDI AG to pioneer new technology: the brand with the four ring’s new Le Mans race car is the world’s first LMP1 car to combine a highly-efficient TDI with a hybrid system...
The team will campaign a V8-powered Vantage in the GTE Pro category of the eight round series, which spans three continents. ...
At Audi, the current DTM Champion, the "title defense" project is running at full stretch. A week before the homologation of the new Audi A5 DTM on March 1 ...
Yokohama Tire Corporation is teaming up with Alex Job Racing (AJR) to campaign a Lotus Evora in the American Le Mans Series ...
The Audi R8 LMS will compete at the 12-hour race at Bathurst on February 26 as the title defender. Audi customer sport celebrated a one-two result on the legendary Australian race track at the beginning of the 2011 season...
Porsche customer teams are right on schedule in their preparation for the season-opener of the American Le Mans Series at Sebring ...
MBBS Racing and its affiliate Evosport Engineering today announced that they have named veteran GT driver Craig Stanton as lead driver and team development manager...
Two winning companies join forces to bring top-performing vehicles and tires to fans across the country...
Paul Miller Racing enters ALMS season with new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and Dunlop tires...
The anticipation of the 50th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona was at a fever pitch and Continental Tire was there for all 140 teams through rain tires, slicks and even a triple stint by one DP team...
The two Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS will be two visually striking highlights in the field at the Bathurst 12 hours at the end of February....
Fans can follow Continental Tire for updates, conversation and unique content throughout the upcoming race weekend on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube....
BMW Drivers Ready for 50th Annual Rolex 24 at Daytona Weekend...
Premiere coincides with anniversary: The Audi R8 GRAND-AM will make its debut on the 50th running of the Daytona 24 Hours from January 26 to 29. Teams APR Motorsport and Oryx Racing are each fielding one of the newly developed customer sport race cars in the GT class of the endurance classic....
The new, standardized monocoque for every manufacturer in the DTM has already proven its worth during testing. Homologation of the race car for the DTM season 2012 occurs in a few weeks...
ŠKODA UK Motorsport driver Andreas Mikkelsen’s 2012 rally season has begun in fine style after he scored victory on the opening round of the Norwegian Rally Championship, the snowy Mountain Rally in Norway...
Audi Sport accepted yet another award to start the new year: the innovative V6 TDI power plant from the Le Mans winning Audi R18 TDI was honored by a special interest magazine....
All seats are now taken for BMW’s return to the DTM: Dirk Werner (DE) has been confirmed as the sixth BMW Motorsport driver and will contest the 2012 DTM season at the wheel of a BMW M3 DTM...
The snow-capped mountains of Madonna di Campiglio are more used to hosting alpine skiing champions on their slopes for World Cup downhill races, but today they provided the backdrop to a most unusual parallel slalom race. The two Scuderia Ferrari drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa went head t...
McLaren GT is building on its successful 2011 development program for the new MP4-12C GT3 by adding Britons Rob Bell and Alexander Sims to its driver line-up for 2012...
A further developed version of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid will return to race tracks in 2012. With the rolling race laboratory, Porsche aims to gain extra practical experience under racing conditions and make the hybrid drive even more efficient...
The new Audi R8 LMS ultra will also be competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship next year. Two vehicles of the brand new customer sport race car will be independently fielded by Team WRT in the world’s highest-caliber GT racing series...
Success in Italy with the first IndyCar engine fire-up and Exige R-GT Rally shakedown...
Audi Sport is intensively preparing for the 2012 sports prototype season. A test team has started the next trial phase of the LMP1 sports car for the 2012 season in the United States this week....
Aston Martin Racing GT4 competitors from throughout Europe were honored on Tuesday night (13 December 2011) at the marquee's prestigious Gaydon Head Quarters during an awards ceremony....
The Audi R8 GRAND-AM successfully passed its baptism by fire. The new model was fine-tuned at the Daytona race track (U.S. state of Florida) during its final test on Tuesday and Wednesday....
Volkswagen celebrates with the Champion of Champions: Sébastien Ogier, Volkswagen factory driver since 23 November for the World Rally Championship with the Polo R WRC, ...
The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series has confirmed its format and regulations for the 2012 season, following the earlier announcement that the ‘fastest single make series in the world’ ...
The IRC Awards took place at the stunning Maison des Arts et Métiers, where Andreas and co-driver Ola Fløene were presented with their trophies...
Audi factory driver Tom Kristensen bid farewell for the winter break after two strong showings at the Race of Champions....
Audi will be represented at the 2011 Race of Champions at the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf on December 3 and 4, 2011 with its strongest line-up ever. ...
Quite a week for Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored off-road racer Heidi Steele at the 44th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in Ensenada, Mexico...
Aston Martin Racing began testing its new V12 Vantage GT3 at Brands Hatch in Kent this week, covering almost 1000 kilometers in just two days. ...
The newly-crowned Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers’ champion, Andreas Mikkelsen, will return to defend his title in 2012 in the same factory-prepared ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia ...
Volkswagen Motorsport finished the 58th Macau Grand Prix with two podium positions. Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Marco Wittmann (Markt Erlbach) finished second and third respectively in a race dominated by safety car periods....
MINI USA and MINI of Charleston to build and sell turn-key MINI race cars...
In 2012, the Audi R8 LMS ultra will succeed the successful R8 LMS GT3 sports car with which R8 LMS customers have won 115 races and 12 national and international titles in the space of just three years....
At the end of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) Audi Sport Team Joest achieved another podium result with the Le Mans winning Audi R18 TDI at the season finale in China...
At the Great Britain Rally in Wales the Dutchman Kevin Abbring with co-driver Lara Vanneste impressed as the winner of the S2000 classification, and in twelfth place overall clinched the so far best result for the Volkswagen team...
Andreas Mikkelsen has become the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers’ champion, after winning the title showdown decider, the Cyprus Rally...
The new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is ready to race. The top model of Porsche Motorsport’s customer racing vehicles will head into the 2012 season with extensive modifications. ...
On November 13, at the close of a successful motorsport season, highlighted by the tenth triumph at the Le Mans 24 Hours and the title win in the DTM, Audi is contesting the 6-hour race at Zhuhai...
ŠKODA drivers start this weekend’s Cyprus Rally in the strongest position to add the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Drivers’ title to the Manufacturers’ title already won, when Andreas Mikkelsen ...
The tenth and final round of the gruelling Nürburgring VLN endurance championship - the 36th DMV Münsterlandpokal four hour race - has seen Aston Martin’s Nürburgring Test Centre Team ...
Phoenix Racing notched up another success at the end of the season, following on from its DTM title win: ...
Tom Kristensen opened Audi’s touring car future with the new Audi A5 DTM at the DTM finale. The brand with the four rings skillfully played to the crowd with a number of other activities as well....
Volkswagen continued the preparation for its entry in the World Rally Championship in 2013 with the Polo R WRC: At the Spain Rally, the twelfth and penultimate round of the World Rally Championship ...
It was a perfect 2011 DTM season for Audi: After Martin Tomczyk’s early win of the drivers title, the brand with the four rings at the Hockenheim finale in front of an impressive crowd of 120,000 spectators ...
The term heart stopping finale was never more appropriate than at the tenth and final round of the Scirocco R-Cup 2011: Daniel Lloyd won the most spectacular and exciting race of the season....
The last round of this year’s British GT Championship was a top quality event, with 30 fabulous GT racing cars contesting a two-hour race around the classic sweeps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit...
Volkswagen is continuing to prepare for its entry in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2013 with two young drivers: ...
Audi wins the Italian GT Championship: In the season finale at Monza, Italian driver Marco Bonanomi drove an Audi R8 LMS to victory for the team Audi Sport Italia....
Grand season finale, great names: the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Legends classification fully reflects the character of the best motorsport series at the annual finale at the Hockenheim ring (21/22 October)....
43 pole positions, 31 fastest race laps, 34 victories and five champion’s titles - this is the impressive track record of the Audi A4 DTM since its debut in April 2004 at Hockenheim...
With an official entry into the CIK-FIA World Karting Championship 2012, Group Lotus is determined to discover new talent....
For its fifth event of the 2011 World Rally Championship the MINI WRC Team is heading to home turf for Dani Sordo (ES) and Carlos del Barrio (ES) for the Rally RACC – Rally of Spain. ...
A magnificent performance on the RACMSA Rally of Scotland has given ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 driver Andreas Mikkelsen his maiden victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 07 – 09 October 2011. ...
While the newly crowned DTM Champion Martin Tomczyk hurries from PR appointment to PR appointment, Edoardo Mortara looks forward to his next start in Macau and Darryl O’Young to his at the Nürburgring...
At the final round of the American Le Mans Series, and the penultimate Intercontinental Le Mans Cup round, Aston Martin Racing scored its second consecutive podium as it finished a superb third overall and the best-placed petrol car at Petit Le Mans...
This past weekend’s visit to Road Atlanta (Georgia, USA) for the 2011 Petit Le Mans (Saturday, October 1) proved exceptionally successful for Michelin on a number of counts...
The best young drivers, the most challenging city street circuit, a unique setting and a wealth of history: The Macau Grand Prix is rightfully regarded as the impressive culmination of the Formula 3 season...
A race car sporting the colors of a soccer club: Audi is offering two unusual appearances to soccer and motorsport fans with the "1899 Hoffenheim” Audi R8 LMS in October....
Michelin, the world’s leading tire manufacturer, announced today it will be the first major technical partner to support the radical Project 56 DeltaWing prototype car ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 30 September – 02 October 2011....
Triumph at Valencia: With a 1-2-3-4-5-6 result and an early title win Audi managed to crown its 2011 DTM season. Mattias Ekström celebrated his third victory of the season...
A strong season finale for Porsche in the American Le Mans Series: At the thrilling 1,000 mile Petit Le Mans race in Road Atlanta, Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Patrick Long (USA) and Patrick Pilet (France) ...
With a third place at the penultimate race of the season at Valencia Martin Tomczyk converted his first match ball...
Marco Wittmann (Germany) and Kimiyo Sato (Japan) clinched two podium places for Volkswagen at the eighth race weekend of the Formula 3 Euro Series at Valencia. ...
The 1,000-mile "Petit Le Mans" race at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) was extremely disappointing for Audi. In the battle for the lead Romain Dumas in the Audi R18 TDI #1 on lap 297 ...
With the American Le Mans Series GT Team and Driver championships secured at Laguna Seca on Sept. 17th, BMW Team RLL has three goals set for the 14th annual Petit Le Mans this weekend. ...
A delighted Andreas Mikkelsen said that finishing 2nd on the Sanremo Rally, an event he expected to be his least favorable in this year’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge...
It was a trying weekend for Lotus Renault GP who failed to build on recent points-scoring finishes and, on this occasion, never threatened the top ten...
While Martin Tomczyk visited the Oktoberfest and competed against visitors to the IAA in a driving simulator, Mattias Ekström demonstrated the Audi R8 LMS in his Swedish homeland...
That was close. Just 0.183 seconds separated Porsche’s works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany) and Richard Lietz (Austria) in the 911 GT3 RSR from their first win of the season. At the final round of the Le Mans Series...
Nico Rosberg finished the Singapore Grand Prix in seventh place this evening whilst team-mate Michael Schumacher retired from the race following a collision. ...
Second to last stop of the club sport series will take place at the finals of the ADAC Masters Weekend...
Scheduled for 27 May 2012, Group Lotus brand ambassador Jean Alesi will make his return to competitive racing flying the flag for Group Lotus at the world’s biggest motorsport race – the 96th Indy 500...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 23-25 September 2011. ...
Advantage for Audi in the DTM: Martin Tomczyk is traveling to the penultimate race of the season at Valencia, Spain (Sunday, October 2, starting at 1:45 p.m. - local time - live on "Das Erste”) ...
In June Audi celebrated its tenth victory with the R18 TDI diesel race sports car and ultra-lightweight technology in a dramatic race at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours. Likewise, on October 1st...
ŠKODA UK will supply a fleet of four-wheel drive Yetis, Octavia Scouts and Superbs to transport VIPs and rally officials from stage to stage, while Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will supply vehicles to carry ...
Champions crowned as 2011 GRAND-AM Season closes with exciting finale...
His lightning start was the key to his victory: From second on the grid, Nick Tandy brought home his third win of the season from the eighth and penultimate round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 16-18 September 2011....
The Audi R8 not only caused a sensation at the Sepang (Malaysia) 12 Hours and at national GT3 races last weekend. ...
Dunlop-equipped cars take home driver and team championships in LMP1 and GT classes, with a race to spare...
It beat them all – on the track and at the gas pump. At its first outing on the West Coast of the USA, the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid beat all other GT vehicles in Laguna Seca. ...
Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO AMG Mercedes C-Class) was the best-placed Mercedes-Benz driver on the day, taking fourth position in the eighth race of the season at Oschersleben. ...
Richie Stanaway is the new champion of the German ATS Formula 3 Cup 2011....
Audi, Audi, Audi – only 14 days after the one-two-three triumph in the rain battle at Brands Hatch the brand with the four rings again took the whole podium at a DTM race in similarly difficult conditions...
In extremely tough conditions at the 12-hour Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race at Sepang the Audi R8 LMS proved its endurance racing qualities yet again. Technically, the production-derived customer sport race car ...
A glance in racing speed at the milestones of the unprecedented motorsport career of the BMW 3 Series....
The final round of the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge begins today with APR Motorsport looking to finish the season on a strong note. After a 6-week lapse between New Jersey and Mid-Ohio...
30 years after World Rally Championship victory in the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus it’s time to welcome Lotus back to rally with the brother of the newly launched Exige S – the Exige R-GT...
With seven of nine races totaling more than 26 hours of hard fought competition in this season’s 2011 American Le Mans Series now complete, BMW Team RLL heads to Laguna Seca Raceway ...
First roll-out will be part of Porsche's celebration of a 48-year success story...
Lamborghini and Blancpain have announced that the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, the fastest single make series in the world...
On the eve of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt Audi presented its new DTM vehicle: After the V8 quattro (1990 to 1992) and the A4 (2004 to 2011) ...
Marco Wittmann was the most successful Volkswagen driver at the seventh race weekend of the Formula 3 Euro Series at Silverstone, UK. The German celebrated his fourth victory of the season at the final run. ...
After clinching his second win of the season at the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR on the street course of Baltimore, Wolf Henzler now aims to continue his winning streak on one of America’s most demanding circuits...
The American Le Mans Series reports it reduced its petroleum usage by nearly 50 percent in its most recent race. ...
Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc., a leading developer of performance tires for racing and sponsored driver Matt Powers finished third, driving the Need for Speed Nitto Tire Nissan S14 at FormulaDRIFT Las Vegas...
Dunlop-equipped cars take first, second and third during the American Le Mans Series’ inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 02-04 September 2011. ...
With his third victory of the season Martin Tomczyk recaptured the DTM lead for Audi at Brands Hatch (Great Britain). Mattias Ekström and Edoardo Mortara completed an Audi one-two-three triumph ...
A revival of the Formula 1 legends, numerous prominent spectators and enthusiastic fans – like last year, the Scirocco R-Cup offered top-caliber racing again at Brands Hatch....
The 6-hour race at Silverstone (Great Britain) marks the beginning of the final sprint for Audi in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) - the racing series that will become the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012....
Amongst racing customers all over the world, the Porsche 911 GT3 R is extremely popular for its forgiving handling and basic speed. And it is exactly in this direction that the improvements for the 2012 model year have been targeted...
This Labor Day Weekend, GT class leading BMW Team RLL travels to the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix for the second street race of the 2011 American Le Mans Series season. ...
With less than three weeks to go until the fifth race in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC), Audi gave media representatives the opportunity to experience the excitement of the Silverstone track from the cockpit of a real race car....
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 26-28 August 2011....
No fewer than 14 Fabia S2000s will line up at the start of the Czech Barum Rally Zlin – round seven of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. ŠKODA’s home event is one of the best supported in the championship...
Setting yet another milestone in the year of its 30th Anniversary, GEMBALLA is proud to announce the debut of GEMBALLA racing. The new team will enter two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 cars in the 2012 motorsport season...
Although a third consecutive GT victory at Road America was not to be, BMW Team RLL ended today’s American Le Mans Series Road Race Showcase with a double podium finish....
Successful home round for Volkswagen: The Volkswagen factory team finished the test run at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), by taking two podium places...
Three weeks after winning the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), Audi Sport customer racing has yet another milestone to announce in the company’s young customer racing program...
Continuous testing and development are key ingredients to tiremaker’s ALMS success...
By the late 1950s it was obvious to Porsche that the Type 356, the company’s sole product line since its inception in 1948, needed to be updated, but replacing it, while necessary, was perilous...
Mark Wilkins has scored a Rolex Sports Car Series win and a pole position at Watkins Glen International, both on the ultra-high speed 2.45-mile "short" course that the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series ...
World premiere in Cologne: The Audi R8 LMS racing simulator will be unveiled at the gamescom fair this Wednesday. It is designed to simulate the racetrack experience in simulation games such as Gran Turismo 5 ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 12-14 August 2011. ...
Yokohama Tire Corporation collected two first-place victories in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series (LOORRS) event, August 7 at Glen Helen Raceway near San Bernardino, California. ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 05-07 August 2011. ...
In the duel against Mercedes-Benz Audi has raised the score of victories to 4-2. In front of 86,500 spectators (throughout the weekend) Mattias Ekström in the Audi A4 DTM of Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline ...
Mateusz Lisowski is the winner of the sixth round of the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup at the Nürburgring. ...
It is the most successful race car on earth: The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. With over 2,200 units sold, it is the undisputed number one amongst customer racing teams all over the world...
The development program for the new McLaren MP4-12C GT3 saw McLaren GT enter three cars into the Total 24 Hours of Spa over 30-31 July 2011. ...
The countdown starts – Volkswagen contests the FIA World Rally Championship with the Polo R WRC from 2013. In the Neste Oil Rally Finland, the eighth of 13 World Championship rounds this year...
The Audi R8 LMS won the most important endurance race for GT cars ahead of BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Audi Sport Team WRT overcame the strongest competition during the 63rd running of the 24 hours of Spa ...
McLaren GT returns to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit this weekend for Total 24 Hours of Spa, following a successful race debut there in the British GT Championship early in July. The second race in the MP4-12C GT3’s development program will see ten experienced racing drivers pilot three cars in the ...
Qualifying for the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) provided a foretaste of what the spectators could well expect on Saturday and Sunday: a fascinating exchange of blows between the world’s best GT3 sportscars in which the result is completely unpredictable....
This weekend BMW Team RLL will bring its M3 GT win streak north of the border to the venerable Mosport International Raceway for the Grand Prix of Mosport. The only American Le Mans Series event in Canada...
For the Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV taking place at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway in October, it’s both the men and machines that are expected to draw one of the largest crowds in track history...
Just two weeks after the official roll-out of the new racing car for the 2012 DTM season, BMW presented the BMW M3 DTM Concept Car. Dr. Klaus Draeger, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for development...
Yokohama Tire Corporation has expanded its nationwide grassroots consumer programs in 2011 by participating in 18 car shows and car club events, including the upcoming Z1 Nationals...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 15-17 July 2011. ...
Fireworks for Edoardo Mortara: In front of an outstanding crowd the Italian won the "race of marques” at the DTM debut in Munich’s Olympic Stadium ...
Model change in the DTM: From 2012 on, Audi will bank on the A5 in the most popular international touring car racing series. The coupe, which is internally named "R17," will replace the four-door A4 DTM ...
Two football world champions in a single series: Andreas Brehme, who shot the crucial goal that won the 1990 championship title and striker legend Karl-Heinz ...
Former Rally World Champion Walter Röhrl was distinguished for his life’s work in Munich on Sunday evening. Munich is also the venue for a DTM show event this coming weekend. ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 08-10 July 2011. ...
In the American Le Mans Series, the title defenders clinched their first podium result of the season at their third attempt. With the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by Flying Lizard Motorsports...
Show event instead of summer break. On July 16 and 17 racing fans can experience a highly special spectacle that has never existed like this before: At Munich’s Olympic stadium the DTM stars from Audi will compete against their rivals from Mercedes-Benz ...
Rally Azores (14-16 July) offers a unique challenge to drivers, as the first gravel event in the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) takes place on the volcanic island of São Miguel. It’s the type of long and challenging event that Andreas Mikkelsen enjoys...
Following the annual pause in the American Le Mans Series season for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, BMW Team RLL returns to action at Lime Rock Park on July 9th for the Northeast Grand Prix....
A new approach to side-impact mitigation keeps driver and co-driver safer and gives more space despite move to smaller rally cars...
Just like Pirelli’s home race in Monza, Silverstone is one of the iconic circuits on this year’s grand prix calendar, famed for its long straights and fast corners. This year, the British track has a slightly new look to it...
For the first time in the 89-year history of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb the “Race to the Clouds” course has been completed in under ten minutes. Record breaker Nobuhiro Tajima sped ...
Audi Sport Team Joest finished the round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) at Imola, Italy, in third and fourth place. Only three weeks after Audi’s victory at Le Mans Marcel Fässler and Timo Bernhard took third place in the #1 Audi R18 TDI ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 01-03 July 2011. ...
The dream of achieving victory at its "home round" on the Norisring did not come true for Audi this year either. Still, the squad around Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich had good reasons to be happy with its performance at the fifth ...
Engine sound instead of wedding bells: In the German Monaco at the Norisring 25 drivers delivered a captivating race in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup. Ola Nilsson from Sweden was the first to cross the finish line after 22 laps ...
A good starting base for the Le Mans revenge: Audi is starting into the 6-hour race at Imola, the fourth round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC), from positions two and four. ...
At Audi’s "home round" in the DTM at the Norisring, Mattias Ekström set the quickest qualifying lap (48.058 seconds). Nevertheless, the Swede from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline had to settle for fourth place in the final shoot-out....
Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans...
The countdown is underway – in 2013 Volkswagen will start to contest the FIA World Rally Championship with the Polo R WRC. Until then a rally car with about 300 hp based on the Polo is being developed...
It was one of the most exciting and dramatic 24 hour races at the Nürburgring. And it finished with a triumph for Porsche: In front of 220,000 spectators lining the legendary Nordschleife, Porsche works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Timo Bernhard (Germany), Romain Dumas ...
Aston Martin’s three factory-backed entries in the 39th ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hour race – including two new V12 Zagato concept cars – have overcome a series of challenges to all successfully ...
Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen’s crew experienced an almost equal measure of success and disappointment at the 39th 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring. ...
Audi fans can look forward to a spectacular weekend: while the DTM races at the Norisring, the Le Mans winning Audi R18 TDI will inspire fans at four locations....
Volkswagen has had a successful start in the 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring: in the early stages of the race, the three Golf24 cars gained a number of positions to put them in 16th ...
Born for the "Green Hell" adventure: The MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance. Racing car celebrates world premiere in 24-hour race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife....
The most spectacular Golf for the most extreme race: Volkswagen will contest the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring next weekend (23–26 June) with three 450-hp Golf24 cars....
This week Aston Martin is putting the final touches to its race preparations in readiness for the toughest 24 hour race of them all – the annual ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours on 25 and 26 June where a brace of new Aston Martin V12 Zagatos will compete....
Le Mans winning car to be driven around the Audi plant at Ingolstadt...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 17-19 June 2011. ...
By clinching his second consecutive victory Martin Tomczyk (Audi Sport Team Phoenix) has taken the lead in the overall classification of the DTM and secured the first Audi success at the Lausitzring since 2005...
A strong contingent of Porsche teams takes up the 24 hour race on the Nürburgring. Like last year, Porsche AG as well as various customer teams field 33 vehicles featuring the characteristic six-cylinder boxer engine at the 39th running of the long distance classic ...
Riding on its recent victories at the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 and GTE-Am classes, Motul, manufacturer of world class lubricants, now turns its attention to another historic and celebrated event – the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Daniel Lloyd is the brilliant winner of what has been the most captivating race of the 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season so far. ...
Audi recorded its tenth victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with ultra lightweight technology, an innovative V6 TDI engine and the first ever use of full LED headlights. The most important facts of a memorable race...
Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen (43) will make a comeback in the DTM this coming weekend at the Lausitzring. The Dane replaces third in the standings Mike Rockenfeller (27) at the wheel of the E-POSTBRIEF Audi A4 DTM for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline....
A race yacht instead of a race car: Audi sends its race drivers to a prominent sailing event. Meanwhile, on Sunday, Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich and his team are celebrating a very special victory that represents a brilliant achievement. ...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 10-12 June 2011. ...
Twelve years after the BMW V12 LMR achieved its triumphant overall victory, BMW Motorsport is back on the podium at the Le Mans (FR) 24 Hours: In the hard-fought LM GTE class, Andy Priaulx (GB), Dirk Müller (DE) and Joey Hand (US) finished third in the no. 56 BMW M3 GT...
Last year’s winners narrowly missed out on the podium at the 79th running of the long distance classic. After 24 hours, the Felbermayr-Proton team with Porsche works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany) ...
At one of the most thrilling and dramatic 24-hour races in Le Mans history Audi-ultra-lightweight technology has prevailed. At the fascinating thriller which kept 250,000 spectators at the race track and millions in front of their TV sets ...
At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi demonstrates just how dynamic the future of electric mobility will be. Audi is presenting the Audi e-tron Spyder concept car against the backdrop of Le Mans vers le futur...
BMW Motorsport secured excellent grid positions for the 24-hour race in Le Mans (FR). In the third qualifying session, Augusto Farfus (BR) set the fastest time in the LM GTE class, recording a 3:57.592 minutes lap in the no. 55 BMW M3 GT. ...
The Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup will hold its fourth race of the season at the Lausitzring on 17/18 June. Below you will find information on the Legends entrants from the motorcycle scene, Bradl, Waldmann & company, plus facts, quotes and the schedule for the race weekend to be held on the outskirts o...
It was six years ago that Nicky Grist navigated for Colin McRae in a Skoda Fabia WRC on Wales Rally GB, and for the first time since then, Škoda and Nicky are teaming up again – this time to support the Nicky Grist Quinton Stages on Saturday 9 July...
The front row of the grid at the 79th edition of the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans belongs to Audi. In one of the most thrilling qualifying events in recent years the new Audi R18 TDI ...
Aston Martin’s new V12 Zagato endurance race car concept will return to the Nürburgring this weekend for final preparations ahead of the 24-hour race hosted at the famous German circuit at the end of the month....
Audi offers motorsport fans the opportunity to watch the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend closer than ever before - on various channels on the internet....
Pirelli’s new supersoft tire made a thrilling debut in Monaco and now the same two nominations return for the Canadian Grand Prix: the PZero Red supersoft tire and the harder PZero Yellow tire....
In under a week, the Aston Martin Racing team will be putting the new ground-up developed AMR-One LMP1 prototype race car through its toughest test yet in front of a 250,000 strong crowd at the Le Mans 24 Hours on 11-12 June...
Five teams, eight vehicles, 24 pilots: Porsche customer teams from Europe and the USA are particularly well represented at the 79th running of the long distance classic in Le Mans on 11/12 June. ...
On Friday the FIA announced two new world championship categories of importance to Audi. And in Austria Audi attracted attention through the DTM at the Red Bull Ring, the R8 LMS at the Wörthersee lake...
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 03-05 June 2011. ...
Audi has raised the score in the duel with Mercedes-Benz in the 2011 DTM after clinching victories to 2-1. After Mike Rockenfeller at Zandvoort, Martin Tomczyk prevailed at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg ...
The Pole Mateusz Lisowski is the winner of a turbulent wet race in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup at Spielberg. At the second round of the season Lisowski won the spectacular one-make cup race, which included a safety car period...
Audi is regarded as Austria’s most successful premium brand - and on the DTM’s return to the newly opened Red Bull Ring at Spielberg the front row is firmly in Audi’s hands....
Exactly 183 days after its world debut in Ingolstadt the new Audi R18 TDI is facing a truly serious challenge: When the starting lights at the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours switch to green at 3 p.m. on June 11...
With the further-developed Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, works drivers Marco Holzer, Richard Lietz and Patrick Long clinched the maiden win for a hybrid race car on the Nürburgring ...
First the international qualifying match for the European Football Championship and then the race track – the perennial duel between Germany and Austria will be marked by two highlights this weekend. ...
Tire strategy was at the forefront of the action at the Monaco Grand Prix, with a three-way fight between Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Jenson Button (McLaren), who were separated by less than a second with only 15 laps to go...
Audi advertises explosively for the next DTM race: an unbelievable race track like flair filled the Graz city center on Saturday. The brand hypnotizes its fans at many other circuits and in an ever increasing number of virtual places....
News and information from all over the world, race weekend 27-29 May 2011. ...
The successful one-make cup will be held in the 2011 season – for the first time under the Scirocco R-Cup name....
Pirelli’s new PZero Red supersoft tires made their debut at the Monaco Grand Prix circuit today with two free practice sessions around the tight and twisty confines of the 3.340-kilometre circuit....
the brand with the four rings bundles all applications and developments connecting today’s and future Audi models with the internet, the owner and the infrastructure under the term "Audi connect." Motorsport is also a pioneer in the area of connectivity solutions. ...
They are the craziest days of the year. When the Grand Prix circus descends on Monaco, the Principality on the Cote d’Azur is turned upside down. ...
Pirelli heads immediately from one of the quicker tracks seen on the calendar to the very slowest, but at the same time definitely the most glamorous: Monaco. The tight and twisty confines of the Principality are ideal territory for Pirelli’s PZero Red supersoft tire...
The most popular international touring car series appears in Graz one week before the DTM stages its great Austria comeback at the new Red Bull Ring at Spielberg between 3 and 5 June. Spectators can also see the Audi A4 DTM in action. ...
Volkswagens News and information from all over the world, race weekend 20-22 May 2011...
The 2011 North American Ferrari Challenge Series continues with the second race of its 18th season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the legendary track set against the picturesque backdrop of the Monterey Peninsula, California....
Premiere for Audi Sport: the Audi R18 TDI, with which Audi Sport Team Joest contests the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 11/12, is the first Audi race car to be developed with the aid of the new climatic wind tunnel. ...
The new Caddy Racer has made a strong start to the 2011 Volkswagen Racing Cup with a competitive first outing, coming away with 11th and 14th places in the two races at Snetterton over the weekend, 14-15 May...
Round two of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland in Zandvoort delivered everything that makes racing gripping: a clear winner, non-stop two-way fights – and a spirited charge through the field like no other. Jeroen Bleekemolen ...
BFGoodrich® Tires announced today an official contingency program in the growing National Auto Sport Association (NASA) road racing series, continuing its commitment to improving the motorsports experience. ...
Audi’s customers had plenty of reasons to celebrate this weekend as victories were scored in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Sweden. After just 25 months the "young" GT3 sports car can look back on a set of remarkable interim statistics....
In preparation for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring the spectacular Golf24 successfully passed a second test at a race. At the third round of the Endurance Championship Nürburgring Thomas Mutsch, Fredrik Ekblom and Franck Mailleux at the wheel of the 440-hp four-wheel ...
A great motorsport weekend for Audi: A few hours after a 1-2-3-4 success of the Audi R8 LMS at the ADAC GT Masters at the Sachsenring Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller clinched the first victory ...
Kimiya Sato and Marco Wittmann won rounds eight and nine of the season on the third race weekend of the Formula 3 Euro Series at Zandvoort. For each of the two drivers "powered by Volkswagen” it was the first victory of the year...
By merely 77 thousandths of a second Mike Rockenfeller missed the front row in qualifying for the DTM race at Zandvoort (the Netherlands). The Le Mans winner will start into the race on Sunday ...
RS Academy, one of Europe’s most unique and exclusive track-driving car clubs, has taken delivery of only the second Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 to leave the factory...
Audi contests the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans with a closed car for the first time since 1999. Aerodynamic efficiency was the focus of attentions during development of the new Audi R18 TDI ...
Audi has been a successful participant in customer racing since 2009 with the R8 LMS. quattro GmbH builds the racing models at its motorsports factory in Heilbronn-Biberach. 35 units are currently being raced worldwide by customer and importer teams...
In Mladá Boleslav, six Škoda Fabia Super 2000s in total are going to appear on the start line of the Corsica Rally (12-14 May, 2011), the third event of this year's IRC series. Besides Kopecký (Škoda Motorsport), Loix (Škoda Belgium) and Mikkelsen (Škoda UK) in factory cars...
Great honor for Audi racer Timo Bernhard: The 2010 Le Mans winner was asked to enter his name in the "Golden Book" of the city of Homburg/Saar....
Audi Sport Team Joest experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions on the new Audi R18 TDI’s race debut atSpa-Francorchamps (Belgium): After a perfect qualifying session and a great showing in the early phases of the race the three Audi R18 TDI cars occupied positions three, four and five....
Volkswagen’s entry into the most versatile of the four automobile world championships (World Rally Championship, WRC). In front of 200 journalists he unveiled the concept of the Polo R WRC, the car with which Volkswagen will compete from 2013 onwards, together with Luca de Meo, ...
First race, first pole position: In qualifying for the 1000-kilometer race at Spa the new Audi R18 TDI has confirmed the strong impression it made two weeks ago during the test day at Le Mans. ...
Always be at least one step ahead of the opposition - this is Audi’s motto. This is exactly how the Four Rings brand presented the Audi R18 TDI - the first Le Mans sports car featuring headlights comprising entirely of light emitting diodes. ...
McLaren GT, a new race car manufacturer which brings together the expertise of McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive and CRS Racing, today unveiled its GT3 car and plans for a 2011 development program....
58,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) at the Hockenheimring saw a thrilling DTM season opener and an impressive performance by Audi driver Mattias Ekström. ...
The new C 63 AMG is being used as the Safety Car for the 2011 DTM season. Following the DTM presentation in Wiesbaden on 10 April 2011, the new Safety Car will make its debut on 1 May 2011 at the opening race of the German Touring Car Masters season ...
The new Audi R18 TDI with which Audi targets its tenth victory in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 11/12 is ready today with "tomorrow’s" technology. During development of the new LMP1 sports car ...
The Audi R18 TDI had a successful first public appearance at Le Mans. 24,987 enthusiastic fans witnessed how Audi Sport Team Joest prepared for the 24 Hour race (on June 11/12) on Easter Sunday with all three cars and drivers. ...
"Alles neu macht der Mai" ("May makes all things new"): The poem by Hermann Adam von Kamp that is part of German folklore perfectly fits the DTM season opener at the Hockenheimring on the 1st of May ...
Lightweight design expertise expressed visually: This is the principle under which Audi enters the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. The three Audi R18 TDI cars, which join the grid for the French endurance classic ...
JaguarRSR and their two XKR GT challengers took the green flag to kick off the second race of the 2011 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron season. ...
Joey Hand and Dirk Müller drove BMW Team RLL to the top of the GT class podium for a second consecutive time this season at today’s American Le Mans Series at Long Beach. ...
Close racing, sensational debuts and a host of teams eager to do battle on track after the opening race weekend at Monza on 16-17 April 2011, confirms a highly competitive 2011 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo season....
Good news comes from France for Audi and sportscar fans: The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) and Eurosport announced that the 24 Hours of Le Mans will continue to be broadcast live to 2013 ...
While Audi produced the fifth million A4 several days ago, the new season begins for its victorious brother in racing. At Hockenheim on May 1 the A4 DTM rolls to the grid with proven technology, but with new tires. ...
BMW drivers dominated this past Saturday’s GRAND-AM event at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama, taking three of four class wins in Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge competition....
Audi showcased itself in the glorious sunshine in Wiesbaden at the DTM presentation on Sunday. In addition to the factory’s involvement in the DTM, the Audi privateer teams also made some big announcements...
The modified BMW Z4 GT3 has survived its baptism of fire: the GT customer sports car proved itself in a series of intensive tests in recent weeks. The goal of the latest modifications was primarily to improve aerodynamic efficiency ...
Still another three weeks before the season starts and Europe’s most popular touring car race series introduces itself unusually early in Wiesbaden to the spectators. For the newly formed DTM driver squad it is the first common public appearance. ...
Audi tackles the two 24-hour races at the Nürburgring (June 25/26) and at Spa-Francorchamps (July 30/31) with high-caliber driver teams. DTM stars Mattias Ekström, Mike Rockenfeller and Timo Scheider also join the grid for the two factory supported events with the Audi R8 LMS. ...
Audi revealed its car designs for the 2011 DTM to coincide with the official season presentation this coming Sunday in Wiesbaden. The fans can look forward to a colorful grid since the nine Audi A4 DTM compete in eight different basic colors from white to shining yellow. ...
USC student and Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing reporter Keli Snyder is named Miss Mint 400 for 2011. Snyder will receive $1,500 and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be titled Miss Mint 400. Previous Miss Mint 400 winners include Vanna White and Lynda Carter. ...
BMW Motorsport announced today that Joey Hand will join teammates Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx to drive the No. 56 BMW M3 GT at this year’s 24 Heures du Mans endurance race on June 11-12, round three of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). ...
As part of Skoda Motorsport’s 110th anniversary celebrations in 2011, Skoda UK is proud to announce that it will be an official partner to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 30-3 July) for the first time – and in doing so, have its biggest ever presence at the event....
Pirelli’s first race of its three-year agreement to supply Formula One has provided close competition, two to three pit stops per car, and a total race time that was three minutes quicker than last year underlining the performance of the PZero tires....
Mattias Ekström has some catching up to do physically, just as official dates for the start of the DTM season become the focus of attentions...
With a lap time of 1m23.529s after his debut qualifying session on Pirelli PZero tires, Red Bull’s reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap that has ever been seen in the 15-year history of the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. ...
Audi has put the next stage of its R18 project to the test: The latest version of its new diesel race car, which will appear in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was test-driven for the first time in the USA....
Martin Tomczyk starts the 2011 DTM season in unusual surroundings: He competed for Abt Sportsline for ten years, now he races for Ernst Moser’s Audi Sport Team Phoenix for the first time. His team mate is Rahel Frey who steps up as newcomer into the DTM for the team from the Eifel region...
Italian firm Pirelli, embarking on the first season of a three-year agreement to supply Formula One with tires, has revealed the colors that will be used to distinguish the six different types of tire that will be used throughout the season....
An accolade for Audi Sport: After the V12 TDI engine of the Audi R10 TDI (in 2007), the V10 TDI engine of the Audi R15 TDI has been awarded the title of "Global Motorsport Race Engine of the Year" as well by an expert international panel of judges. ...
30 degrees in the shade and 56 cars on mere six-kilometer long race track - the conditions for the season opener of the Le Mans Intercontinental Cup (ILMC) at Sebring (U.S. state of Florida) could hardly be more difficult. Audi is in a good shape for the classic U.S. endurance race with positions tw...
Rahel Frey realizes a dream: The Swiss was welcomed into the Audi factory team and contests all rounds of the 2011 DTM with Audi Sport Team Phoenix. The 25-year-old racing driver competes in a touring car championship for the first time in her life....
Saturday, March 19th marks the start of the new campaign for BMW Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL). BMW Team RLL will field two newly constructed BMW M3 GT cars in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) this season. ...
Porsche AG will enter the Nürburgring 24 hour race on June 25, 2011, with a more advanced version of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The priority for this latest edition was improvement of efficiency through the targeted optimization of hybrid components, which also resulted in a 20 percent weight red...
Tire maker continues with teams in off-road and ALMS, plus “eco-racing’ in the GT3 Challenge and GTC series...
The first McLaren MP4-12C GT3 to be built by McLaren GT - a new company that brings together the expertise of the McLaren Group and CRS Racing - has successfully undertaken its debut tests at the MIRA proving ground facility and Silverstone Circuit in England. ...
True to the heritage of Toyo Tires®, the company announced today it will support motorsports competitors across the country through contingency programs. Amateur racers in a variety of disciplines such as autocross, Time Attack, road racing and desert off-road racing ...
With the Fabia R2, Skoda is introducing a new rally car in the market, which is to be used in the rally category R2. The car was developed, extensively tested, and prepared to its use in rallies for almost two years...
The 2011 motorsport season starts under new circumstances for Mike Rockenfeller. The 27-year old Audi factory driver moves to Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline and drives the latest evolution of the A4 DTM ("R14 plus") for the first time. ...
World's Largest Gathering of Porsche Race Cars and Drivers Seeks New Frontiers, Makes First Ever West Coast Appearance...
Ryan Ellis came to APR Motorsport this year as a rookie driver in the CTSCC of GRAND-AM Road Racing with the hopes of a solid showing his first year out of the VW TDI Cup ladder series. Little did he realize he would take pole and win his first race, but then also win his second race a few weeks af...
The FALKEN Motorsports Team has confirmed that its 2011 campaign will comprise five racing events at the Nurburgring. Using the firm’s new "company car" – a Porsche 911 GT3 R, the team’s season will kick off at the beginning of April at the first of the VLN long distance races....
One man is particularly happy that the new DTM season starts relatively late: Mattias Ekström (32). The Audi factory driver broke his left wrist in a sport accident in the middle of February. As a result a race against time began for the two-time DTM Champion, since the Swede aims to be sitting at t...
Aston Martin Racing announces today its plans for the new season including the unveiling of a new ground-up developed LMP1 race car, the AMR-One, as well as confirming the driver line-up and planned race program....
Spyker Squadron, the factory racing division of luxury supercar manufacturer, Spyker, will focus its resources this year on the development of a next generation GT race car for 2012....
Randy Pobst, four-time World Challenge GT champion, and new teammate Alex Figge will each drive a K-PAX Volvo S60 in the 2011 World Challenge GT series, but they won't be the only drivers racing Volvos this year....
Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström (32) has broken his left-hand wrist in a sports accident. The Swede must therefore cancel his participation at the beginning of March in the famous "Vasaloppet.” His rehabilitation program should be concluded in time to start the 2011 DTM season on May 1....
Volkswagen has announced that it is to return to the demanding Nürburgring 24-hour race in 2011 with an all-new challenger – the Golf24. Equipped with four-wheel drive and developing 440 PS, the dramatic racing version of Volkswagen’s best-selling model has already undergone initial testing ahead o...
Audi starts on pole position into the 2011 motorsport season: Audi race experience Team Joest qualified its brace of Audi R8 LMS cars on the first row of the grid at the Bathurst 12 Hour race in Australia. The Australian driver trio Warren Luff/Craig Lowndes/Mark Eddy clinched first place ahead of t...
Over the years, the Lotus Cup Race Series has developed into one of the most successful race series brands in the world, often with capacity grids of Elise, Exige, 2-Eleven and Europa race cars racing and jostling for position. ...
Four and a half months before the Le Mans 24 Hours, preparations for the endurance classic are in full swing at Audi. Two new Audi R18 cars and one Audi R15 TDI were used in tests at Sebring (U.S. state of Florida)....
GRAND-AM 24 at Daytona race begins Continental Tire’s expanded commitment to GRAND-AM Road Racing as it becomes the official tire of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. The new official series status complements our previously announced in 2010 title sponsorship of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sp...
Continental, the Official Tire of GRAND-AM Road Racing, will air an exciting new commercial during SPEED’s live coverage of the much anticipated Rolex 24 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 27 through 30. ...
Professional Athlete Shaun White has accomplished much in his storied career in action sports – he’s a two-time Olympic Gold medal winner, the most decorated athlete in Winter X Games history with 15 medals, a four-time medal winner at Summer X Games and a nine-time ESPY award winner. ...
Long time participant in the Nürburgring 24 Hour race, FALKEN Motorsport Team, has signaled its intent for this year’s event (June 25th-26th) with the decision to run a highly competitive GT3 R specification Porsche 911....
Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich has managed to sign all nine drivers who mounted the podium after last year’s historical one-two-three Audi finish in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Le Mans in 2011. The drivers who compete for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) for Audi are also confir...
BFGoodrich® Tires takes the green flag as 2011 begins with a multi-faceted partnership with Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), the premier amateur racing organization in the U.S. With this partnership, BFGoodrich Tires is named the “Official Street Tire” of the SCCA and is presenting the prestigiou...
Only 20 days after its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the new BMW 1 Series M Coupe will appear at the Daytona International Speedway as official pace car alongside the legendary BMW M3 for the 49thRolex 24 at Daytona, January 28th-30th. The 1 Series M Coupe’s a...
Under the careful direction of Team Manager Jan Kalmar, the newly formed Lotus Jetalliance team will field two Lotus Evora GTE cars in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). The two Evora GTE race cars, currently being developed by Lead Designer Nicola Scimeca, will be put through their paces...
It's time for the 2011 Dakar, the craziest, most dangerous off-road rally in the world. And once again, Toyo Tires is covering it all from the cab of an H3...
The new V8 engined racing car takes design inspiration from Aston Martin’s V12 Vantage road car...
Audi aims to continue its string of victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours with a completely new LMP1 sports car development....
Group Lotus plc and Genii Capital are pleased to announce a partnership which will see the Renault F1 Team renamed as ‘Lotus Renault GP’ from the start of the 2011...
Gas-electric hybrid technology. A battle of the B-cars. The ultimate test of engineering. A battle of production-based racing machine...
On the occasion of the DTM race in Shanghai, Audi presented the concept of a GT4 car based on the Audi TT...
Ultimate Driving Machine® continues its role as a successful racing machine, sweeping the GRAND-AM Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Serie...
BFGoodrich Tires’ National Runoffs Champions to earn seats in Wide Open Excursion ‘Baja Challenge’ race car for 43rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000...
The new Lotus Evora Cup/GT4 makes its racing debut this weekend (28th-29th August 2010) in the hands of Lotus rookie driver Ollie Hancock....
Pastrana Ascends 6,288-Foot Peak Driving Subaru Rally Car Besting 100 Years of Previous Attempts...
Lamborghini is gracing one of Europe’s best classic car events – the Bensberg Classics from September 10 to 12 - with an array of stunning super sports car...
In the searing Hungarian heat, Peter Kox and Marc A. Hayek returned to race-winning form at the penultimate 2010 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo ...
The heart pounding, high-flying, side-by-side action known as Rallycross is ready for its inaugural debut this coming weekend and BFGoodrich...
As the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo enters the second half of its season, the on-track battles have become even more intense...
RSR Motorsports Racing Team car No. 198 captured their first series win for both RSR and MINI, earning first place in the Street Tuner...
Porsche Announces 911 GT3 R Hybrid Racecar will run at the American Le Mans Series Finale Petit Le Mans October 2nd at Road Atlanta...
The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team makes its final trip west this season when it travels to Miller Motorsports Park...
For the ninth time Audi has won the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans and thus equalized Ferrari’s position in the roll of honor in the French endurance classic. ...
Nicki Pastorelli won the two races at Zolder, Belgium, during the second round of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC...
Ohio Native Earns First Jetta TDI Cup Victory in His Rookie Season...
Action Underway at Mid-Ohio as Rookie Wyatt Gooden Leads Today's Practice Session...
EV buggy to tackle famous “Race to the Clouds” on ADVAN® ENV-R2™ slicks, the world’s only eco-friendly race tire which cuts petroleum use by 20 percent...
BFGoodrich® Tires today announced the list of 27 charter members inducted into its exclusive TeamBFG program for 2010....
Le Mans. On June 12 at three in the afternoon the legendary the 24 Hours of Le Mans will officially begin. A highlight will surely be the participation of the Jeff Koons...
Audi Sport Team Joest has successfully taken the first formal hurdle at the 78th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours: all three Audi R15 TDI...
The 13.629-kilometer “Circuit des 24 Heures” is considered one of the world’s most fascinating race tracks on which no testing...
Jake Thompson dominated this weekend's Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup event as he led every lap in today's race at Miller Motorsports Par...
Jaguar returns to the starting grid at Le Mans on June 12, as the stunning XKR GT2 sports car lines up alongside the world’s leading endurance racers ...
At the premiere of the 17th BMW Art Car Jeff Koons unveiled and signed his car in front of 300 international VIP guests on June 1...
So what do Takuma Sato, 1 yard of historic bricks still exposed at the start-finish line out of 3.2 million original bricks, and a bottle of milk have in common?...
The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team fought to its third consecutive podium (four total for the season) ...
Aston Martin triumphed over adversity in the closing hours of the 38th ADAC Nürburgring 24-hour race in Germany...
Yesterday after qualifying, Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup pole winner, Juan Pablo Sierra Lendle, said he'd done half the things he wanted to accomplish...
BMW of North America, LLC announced today that it will offer BMW Motorsport parts through four BMW Centers in the United States...
Blancpain Reiter Engineering’s Marc A. Hayek and Peter Kox claimed two victories and a second-place finish at the first round of the 2010 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo ...
The Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid has passed its most unusual task by now with flying colours in preparation for the Nurburgring 24...
In a weekly column Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race ...
Right in time for the start of the new season Audi puts the DTM and all other racing series in which the brand with the four rings is active on the iPhone...
Ferrari named the new Pennzoil Ultra motor oil with Hyper Cleansing Technology as the only motor oil approved and recommended for use in all Ferrari engines in the United States....
The hearts of fans of historic motor sport will beat faster on the first weekend in May. They may have the good fortune to witness the moment ...
In a weekly column Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race...
After three rounds in the 2010 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, Kevin Stadtlander, driver of the APR Motorsport VW DriverGear #181 GTI...
The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team M3 GT Coupes finished 3rd and 5th in Saturday’s American Le Mans at Long Beach event....
Bob Michaelean has raced a little bit of everything in his long career, but his resume was missing something before Saturday -- a win...
Taking on the infamous Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit at race speed with an electrically powered car is an ambitious project...
The Volvo S60 entered in the Belgian Touring Car Series (BTCS) made its race debut this weekend on the Belgian track of Zolder...
Just weeks after the all-new Volvo S60 was introduced to the public, the latest Volvo model is also being unveiled in a racing version....
We're not bold enough to try and rebuild Mount Rushmore, but in the same way that legendary, former US presidents, such as...
In a weekly column Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race and the preparation...
BMW Group Classic is expanding its mission: from the beginning of this year the newly established Motorsport division is offering assistance ...
Aston Martin will return to the starting grid of the legendary Nordschleife circuit for the fifth consecutive year at the 38th ADAC Nürburgring...
GT3 Great Britain: The American-British United Autosports team managed a solid debut with the Audi R8 LMS....
Audi wants to surprise the spectators at this year’s 24-hour race at Le Mans (France) with a progressive design: the Audi Design Team created a fresh outfit ...
In a weekly column Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance...
Get a track perspective view from the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG F1 Safety Car as it rounds the Paul Ricard Circuit at Le Castellet, near Marseille, France...
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has the best possible credentials for this demanding role in the top flight of motor racing: its 6.3-litre V8 engine has a peak output ...
APR Motorsport is proud to announce a marketing partnership with VW Driver Gear for the balance of the 2010 Continental Tire Challenge. ...
This past Sunday, Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup chief driving instructor, Jan Heylen, earned a second-place result in his debut in the Indy Lights Series driving for Team E Racing...
In a weekly column Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race ...
Audi will start into the 2010 DTM season at the Hockenheimring on April 25 with strong new partners. This week, the Audi A4 DTM cars sporting their current colors ...
This Sunday, Volkswagen Jetta TDI® Cup chief driving instructor, Jan Heylen, will be hitting the streets of St. Petersburg in order to compete in the season-opening event ...
Automobile fascination paired with spectacular race car design - that is the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The racing version of the SLS AMG has been conceived as a customer...
The Aston Martin 007 was the fastest petrol car across the line, finishing third overall in the opening round of the American Le Mans Series: the 12 Hours of Sebring. ...
Hankook Tire is once again back in the business of supporting grassroots enthusiasts by rolling out the 2010 Motorsports Contingency Program...
The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team proved JOY IS BMW with a double-podium class finish for the BMW M3 GT Coupes in yesterday’s 58th annual American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring...
In a weekly column Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race and the preparation by Audi Sport Team Joest. ...
Months and months of testing paid off for Yokohama Tire Corporation as its second generation orange oil-infused eco race tires, the ADVAN® ENV-R2 ...
Thanks to a new two-year sponsorship extension between Yokohama and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) that was announced today in Sebring, Florida...
A little more orange oil means a lot less petroleum, according to Yokohama Tire Corporation, which introduced its upgraded environmentally-sensitive ADVAN ® ENV-R2™ racing tire at a press conference today in Sebring, Florida...
Audi will fight for victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 12/13 with an evolution of the R15 TDI diesel race sports car. An extensive testing program with the revised LMP1 vehicle has just begun in the United States...
MINI USA congratulates the RSR Motorsports racing team on their podium finish during the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports car Challenge held at Homestead Miami Speedway ...
The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team takes the green flag for the 2010 season of the American Le Mans Series at the 58th annual 12 Hours of Sebring on March 20th. The team has entered two BMW M3s, each competition-hardened from their inaugural year of racing....
When the new Formula-1 season gets underway in Manama/Bahrain (12-14 March 2010), it will mark the debut of the most spectacular and powerful Official F1™ Safety Car of all time...
In a weekly column Le-Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race and the preparation by Audi Sport Team Joest...
Exactly 183 days will have passed between the 2009 DTM finale and the 2010 season opener at the Hockenheimring (April 24) – this equates to just about half a year...
Lotus and Cosworth have entered into a new technical and commercial partnership with established IndyCar competitors KV Racing Technology to run in the 2010 IndyCar Series....
With the delivery of the first customer cars, Audi AG’S GT3 customer sport program has reached the next phase. By mid-April, 20 Audi R8 LMS vehicles will have been handed over to the teams that are planning to run the GT3...
Mark White of Accumoto joins former teammate Ian Baas to drive APR Motorsport’s Audi S4 at the upcoming Fresh From Florida 200 race in the 2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. During one of the coldest weekends in Daytona history...
Markus Winkelhock and Katherine Legge will be in for some completely new challenges in the 2010 DTM: for the first time, both of them will compete as team colleagues for Audi Sport Team Rosberg...
Nine weeks before the 2010 DTM season starts, Audi’s driver line-up for the most popular international touring car racing series is complete. Since Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen will fully concentrate on sports car racing in the Audi R15 TDI in 2010, the young Spaniard Miguel Molina will join...
The Audi driving experience is expanding its portfolio by offering an opportunity that is unique in the world: effective immediately, Audi customers with sporting ambitions can book exclusive racing commitments with the Audi R8 LMS. Audi is making its Le Mans-winning team available for this purpose....
The Bridgestone brand's extreme high performance tire will take on one of racing's toughest challenges when the Frost Engineering team bolts Potenza RE-11 tires onto its purpose-built #48 BMW GTR for the longest endurance race in the world...
Timmy Megenbier, the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI® Cup Champion, is preparing for the next stage of his motorsports career as he travels to Athletes' Performance in Phoenix, AZ for an intense, weeklong training session. Athletes' Performance – known as one of the top training programs in the world – wi...
Volkswagen Motorsport is proud to announce Arie Ouimet of Plymouth, Massachusetts as their 2010 Karting Qualifier award winner. Ouimet competed against thirty karters for the top prize—a $45,000 scholarship towards the 2010 Jetta TDI Cup season....
Today, the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team began the 2010 American Le Mans season with a new livery on both BMW M3 racing cars, helping to tell BMW’s worldwide Story of Joy. The 2010 BMW M3 GT debuted at the traditional pre-season ALMS...
Stronger, wider, faster – Porsche’s new 911 GT3 Cup car is the latest-edition of the world’s best-selling and most successful production-based race car of more than 1,400 units. It will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show September 17-27, 2009, alongside the previously-announced 2010 911 Turbo...
The year 2010 marks 75 years of the Jaguar name on both road and race cars. As a continuation of this great heritage, Jaguar will return to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car endurance race. With seven wins between 1951 and 1990, Jaguar is the single most successful British make in the French ...
Volkswagen of America, Inc. is proud to announce the names of the 25 drivers who will compete in the 2010 Jetta TDI® Cup. The Volkswagen-operated spec racing series, now entering its third season, will take the green flag on its SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned events beginning April 23 at Virginia Intern...
110 years after Ferdinand Porsche developed the world’s first hybrid, the Lohner-Porsche, Porsche engineers are now expanding this visionary drive concept with a production-based GT race car: Over the past 45 years, Porsche 911 race cars have recorded more than 20,000 victories and on March 4, a Por...
BMW has announced a comprehensive contingency award program with increased awards for competitors racing BMW cars and BMW-powered cars in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. ...
Audi Sport leaves nothing to chance in its endeavor to bring the prestigious Le Mans trophy back to Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. Not only the technology of the Audi R15 TDI is being subjected to further development. The drivers’ line-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans (France) has been extended as well. ...
How do drivers and teams prepare to compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona? A television special highlighting that process and more will be aired leading up to the 48th edition of North America's premier endurance race. GRAND-AM: 24 Hours at Daytona, an hour-long special featuring everything from prepar...
Continental Tire will become the Official Tire of Watkins Glen International Raceway, (WGI). The Watkins Glen sponsorship is the third part of a strategy to aggressively advance Continental Tire within the U.S. market. The addition of this sponsorship also reaffirms the company's commitment to GR...
Continental Tire is proud to announce that it has been selected as the title sponsor and official tire of the GRAND-AM Sports Car Challenge Road Racing series in 2010. The series will be titled the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. The GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge f...
Continental is expanding its commitment to GRAND-AM Road Racing and will become the official tire of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, starting with the 2011 season. The new official series status complements the company’s previously announced title sponsorship of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire ...
Today, the new Silver Arrows Formula One works team MERCEDES GP PETRONAS was presented at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. Nico Rosberg and seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher along with team management Ross Brawn, Nick Fry and Norbert Haug were introduced to guests with a...
With a new year comes new beginnings for the SCCA Pro Racing Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series, which is heading into its third season. Kicking off the year is the primetime premiere of the 2009 season documentary, “Racing Under Green” on Planet Green, January 19 at 9 pm ET. ...
In 2009, Yokohama Tire Corporation had many major motorsports successes, including repeat championships in off-road racing’s SCORE and SNORE series, and a season-long, strong run in ALMS. However, Yokohama’s most newsworthy motorsports accomplishment was to shatter the eco-racing barrier by introduc...
Mark White of Accumoto joins former teammate Ian Baas to drive APR Motorsport’s Audi S4 at the upcoming Fresh From Florida 200 race in the 2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. During one of the coldest weekends in Daytona history, APR Motorsport tested their new GS Class Audi S4 with drivers ...