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Car is wider, longer and has better downforce for new season

Porsche has unveiled its 2013 911 GT3 R that will be available to customer teams for the 2013 racing season of GT3-class racing. This car is not to be confused with the 911 RSR that will be raced by the Porsche factory in the GTE-class at Le Mans,...

This year will feature V8’s for the last time with turbocharged V6’s coming in for the 2014 season. Which team will manage its development programme for 2014 alongside its 2013 title challenge the best to give its driver a chance of wa...

Ogier's second consecutive WRC win

Volkswagen WRC driver Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia won the Rally Mexico over the weekend by 3:28.9 over Mikko Hirvonen in a Citroen DS3. Thierry Neuville in a Ford Fiesta RS was 54.9 seconds behind Hirvonen to take third place, h...

It will race in the Nürburgring 24 Hours

Aston Martin has partnered with suspension company Bilstein for its car in the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The V12 Vantage GT3 entered in the race will wear a yellow and blue Bilstein livery, and it will work as the team’s technical partner. ...

BMW M3 DTM from 1987 and M1 Procar will give taxi laps

BMW is bringing several classics to the DTM season opener on May 4 and 5 at Hockenheim. BMW Classic is bringing a 1987 M3 DTM and M1 Procar as race taxis for all ten DTM races in 2013 for a few visitors. Eric van de Poele won the 1987 DTM Driv...

Cars will race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and ELMS

Alpine, and its parent Renault, announced today that the Alpine brand will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013. Obviously, there is no time for Alpine to develop its own car in time for the race in June; so the Signatech Team, which had prev...

Slight update over last year's car

DTM switched to a new, shared chassis last year that had all of the teams switch to coupe-based cars. Audi branded its car as the A5 last year, but this year it is switching to RS5 branding in the DTM. The DTM series uses a spec chassis, and t...

Returns to team after racing for them from 2008 to 2011

We finally have a complete driver roster for the 2013 Formula 1 season. Force India has signed Adrian Sutil to drive for the team alongside Paul di Resta.  Sutil raced for Force India from 2008 to 2011. His best year with the team was in ...

Will be the Garage 56 entry

During a presentation last night to open the new Nismo workshop in Yokohama, Japan, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that Nissan has been granted the experimental Garage 56 slot in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Nissan will race an electrified...

Two cars entered in 12 Hours of Sebring

Aston Martin has quite an ambitious racing season planned in the World Endurance Championship. It will enter four cars for the season – two in the GTE-Pro class and two in the GTE-Am class. The team has also been testing the 2013 Vantage GTE...