British GT will scrap its GT3 Silver class next year, with Silver-graded drivers able to compete only alongside a Bronze-graded amateur in a move designed to keep pro-am pairings competitive. Six cars have been entered in the Silver category this year, comprising over half of the GT3 grid after several withdrawals from prominent pro-am entries

The 2009 champion and 15-times grand prix winner will drive a McLaren 720S GT3 entered by the Jenson Team Rocket RJN outfit he co-owns with RJN boss Bob Neville and lifelong friend Chris Buncombe, who will share the car with GT3 rookie Button. Since concluding his F1 career with McLaren at the 2017 Monaco GP,

One-time Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will make a one-off British GT appearance in the championship’s final round at Silverstone next month. The 2009 champion and 15-times grand prix winner will drive a McLaren 720S GT3 entered by the Jenson Team Rocket RJN outfit he co-owns with RJN boss Bob Neville and lifelong friend

Team WRT Audi’s Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts clinched the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup title in the final round of the season at Barcelona. Vanthoor and Weerts entered the weekend 6.5 points ahead of the Haupt Racing Team Mercedes partnership of Maro Engel and Luca Stolz, with a further 15 crews mathematically in

Vanthoor and Weerts entered the weekend 6.5 points ahead of the Haupt Racing Team Mercedes partnership of Maro Engel and Luca Stolz, with a further 15 crews mathematically in contention for the title. Among them was the Emil Frey Racing pairing of Albert Costa and Giacomo Altoe, who closed to within 3.5 points after winning

Porsche factory drivers Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen and Richard Lietz will defend their Spa 24 Hours crown with the KCMG squad later this month. The trio of World Endurance Championship regulars have moved over to one of the Porsche 911 GT3-Rs fielded by the Hong Kong entrant for the rescheduled centrepiece round of the GT

The trio of World Endurance Championship regulars have moved over to one of the Porsche 911 GT3-Rs fielded by the Hong Kong entrant for the rescheduled centrepiece round of the GT World Challenge on 24-25 October after winning the Belgian event with GPX Racing in 2019. Estre, Christensen and Lietz, who have all won the

Plans for the Spa 24 Hours GT World Challenge Europe blue riband to run to 25 hours have been scrapped, while the event will now be held behind closed doors. It was announced in June that the race would be extended in duration by an hour. Series boss Stephane Ratel said that he wanted to

It was announced in June that the race would be extended in duration by an hour. Series boss Stephane Ratel said that he wanted to the event to be a “race to remember that we talk about in years to come”. The shift to 25 hours reflected the fact that the clocks changed on the

After some stunning recent performances in the GT World Challenge Europe series, we meet Britain’s latest rising star, in association with Sky The name Christopher Froggatt isn’t immediately familiar in the way that his Tempesta Racing team-mate, two-time grand prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella is. But that’s perhaps to be expected given that that the 26-year-old

Edoardo Mortara will return to race an Audi in next month’s Spa 24 Hours, the first time in four years that the former DTM racer will have represented the marque. The Venturi Formula E driver was named in one of four WRT Audi R8 LMS entries for the centrepiece round of the GT World Challenge

The Venturi Formula E driver was named in one of four WRT Audi R8 LMS entries for the centrepiece round of the GT World Challenge Europe season, sharing the #31 machine with Charles Weerts and Frank Stippler. It will mark the 33-year-old’s first outing in an Audi since the 2016 FIA GT World Cup at

The British-based squad, which won the LMP2 division at Le Mans earlier this month, announced last week that it will return to the GT ranks next season with a programme in the GT4 European Series with a pair of McLarens. United’s plan is set to take it into the GT3 ranks the year after. Team

Le Mans 24 Hours class winner United Autosports is targeting an Intercontinental GT Challenge campaign in 2022 as part of its latest expansion. The British-based squad, which won the LMP2 division at Le Mans earlier this month, announced last week that it will return to the GT ranks next season with a programme in the

The BMW factory driver joined ROWE Racing team-mates Alexander Sims and Nicky Catsburg to score BMW’s 20th success in the event, 50 years on from its victory in the maiden 24 Hours in 1970, and its first since 2010 with a GT2-spec M3 E92 after a barren stretch in the current GT3 era. Their #99

Nurburgring 24 Hours winner Nick Yelloly described the inclement weather that caused the race to be red-flagged for nine hours on Saturday evening as “the worst conditions I have experienced”. The BMW factory driver joined ROWE Racing team-mates Alexander Sims and Nicky Catsburg to score BMW’s 20th success in the event, 50 years on from

BMW scored its first victory in the Nurburgring 24 Hours since 2010 as ROWE Racing’s #99 entry driven by Nick Catsburg, Nick Yelloly and Alexander Sims prevailed in wet/dry conditions. The trio’s BMW M6 overcame the #3 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS driven by three-time winner Markus Winkelhock, Mirko Bortolotti and Christopher Haase after

The trio’s BMW M6 overcame the #3 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS driven by three-time winner Markus Winkelhock, Mirko Bortolotti and Christopher Haase after the latter stayed out one lap too long amid rain showers with 90 minutes to go. The ROWE car eventually finished 15s ahead as Sims and Yelloly became only the

After a red flag interruption of nine and a half hours due to rain, the Nurburgring 24 Hours has restarted on Sunday morning. The race was halted shortly after seven hours of running by heavy rainfall, while drama unfolded as the two leading Mercedes-AMG GT3 challengers crashed out while leading. Initially Haupt Racing Team lost

Mercedes-AMG driver Maro Engel took pole position for the Nurburgring 24 Hours in dominant fashion under difficult mixed conditions on Friday evening. The 35-year-old German, who is teamed with Adam Christodoulou, Manuel Metzger and Luca Stolz, first had to qualify for the second session due to the event’s all-new MotoGP-inspired two-part Top Qualifying session. This

Audi driver Robin Frijns has been forced to withdraw from this weekend’s Nurburgring 24 Hours due to what the German manufacturer has called a ‘flu-like infection’. DTM and Formula E regular Frijns was due to contest the German endurance classic for the Car Collection Motorsport team, sharing the #3 Audi R8 LMS with Mirko Bortolotti,

Toyota World Endurance Championship racer Kamui Kobayashi will return to the Spa 24 Hours next month driving a Ferrari 488 GT3 for the HubAuto Corsa team. Kobayashi, who took his third pole in four years at the Le Mans 24 Hours last weekend, will team up with 2018 Spa 24 winner Tom Blomqvist and Marcos

The Bathurst 12 Hour is unlikely to happen as an international GT race next year, according to Supercars boss Sean Seamer. The Supercars-run event has staged the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge in recent years, with teams representing manufacturers participating in the SRO-organised series flocking to Mount Panorama from around the world. This

Porsche has withdrawn the Manthey Racing squad and a number of its works drivers from this weekend’s Nurburgring 24 Hours over COVID-19 fears. The German manufacturer took the decision in the wake of positive COVID tests being returned during routine checks in the wake of last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, where Manthey ran the

Haupt Racing Team’s Maro Engel and Luca Stolz closed on the lead of the GT World Challenge Europe standings with victory and a third in the Sprint Cup at Magny-Cours. The Mercedes pair, who were narrowly beaten to both the overall and sprint titles last season, claimed a routine win in race one, with race

Dinamic Motorport’s Christian Engelhart, Matteo Cairoli and Sven Muller utterly dominated the second GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup round of the season at the Nurburgring for Porsche. The trio started second on the grid following Saturday evening’s qualifying but made the most of a chaotic opening lap in which the polesitting GPX Porsche of

Brands Hatch will return to the GT World Challenge Europe next year as part of calendar largely unchanged from the original 2020 schedule. The British circuit will host a Sprint Cup round of the GTWCE, formerly known as the Blancpain Endurance Series, in the traditional early-May slot it has occupied on the calendar since 2014.

Bentley will defend its Intercontinental GT Challenge points lead over the remainder of the series, despite axing its factory assault with M-Sport back in June. The British manufacturer has announced a new customer programme that will reunite the winning Bentley Team M-Sport crew of Jules Gounon, Maxim Soulet and Jordan Pepper from the Bathurst 12

Porsche works driver Simona de Silvestro will make her debut in the GT World Challenge Endurance Cup in next weekend’s Nurburgring round with the ROWE Racing team. De Silvestro was added to Porsche’s roster of factory drivers late last year when she took up a development role for the Weissach marque’s Formula E team, marking

Four-time British GT champion Jonny Adam will return to the championship in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch, reprising his partnership with Andrew Howard that yielded the 2015 title. Aston Martin factory driver Adam was due to defend the title he won with Graham Davidson last year alongside Ahmad al-Harthy in a TF Sport Aston