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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WRT Audi’s Robin Frijns and Stuart Leonard took a surprising Blancpain GT Sprint Cup title after championship favourites Maximilian Buhk/Franck Perera and Dries Vanthoor/Marcel Fassler’s Nurburgring races imploded dramatically. Fellow Audi pair Fassler and Vanthoor looked likely to sneak the title late on, having overcome polesitters and pre-race championship leaders Buhk and Perera in the

Blancpain Sprint Cup leaders Franck Perera and Maximilian Buhk extended their championship lead to seven points with a thrilling qualifying race win at the Nurburgring. The HTP Mercedes duo were not the first to cross the line, failing to overcome a stunning defensive drive from Ezequiel Perez Companc, but a penalty for the Grasser Lamborghini

Dries Vanthoor and Marcel Fassler put themselves into title contention in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup by completing a dominant weekend at the Hungaroring with victory in the feature race. Fastest in every session, the WRT Audi pair had converted pole position to win the qualifying race and continued their good form to beat

Nakajima Honda’s Bertrand Baguette and Kosuke Matsuura won the Suzuka 1000km, while 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button finished 12th after a fraught Super GT debut. Troubles for Button’s #16 Mugen Honda team began when he was released into the path of the #7 BMW as he took the wheel at the first round

Kondo Nissan’s Joao Paulo de Oliveira and Daiki Sasaki claimed a surprise Suzuka 1000km pole, as 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button qualified ninth on his Super GT debut. Oliveira, who was nominated by Kondo Racing to take part in the second leg of qualifying, lapped the Suzuka circuit in 1m47.74s to secure Nissan’s

Nissan, Honda and Toyota have all committed to field factory teams in the inaugural Suzuka 10 Hours round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge next year. The three Japanese car makers made the pledge at the official launch of the race ahead of this weekend’s Suzuka 1000Km round of the Super GT Series, which the 10-hour

Ex-Formula 1 driver Will Stevens will return to the WRT Audi team for the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup round at the Hungaroring later this month. The former Caterham and Manor F1 racer will take up his place in the Belgian team’s Sprint Cup line-up alongside Markus Winkelhock in Hungary on August 27. The 26-year-old

Audi took a fourth victory in the Spa 24 Hours with Sainteloc drivers Markus Winkelhock, Christopher Haase and Jules Gounon. Sainteloc Racing, running as a factory-backed team for the first time, scored an 11-second victory over the M-Sport Bentley of Maxime Soulet, Andy Soucek and Vincent Abril at the end of the double-points Endurance Cup

Mercedes led the Spa 24 Hours at three-quarter distance with the Auto Sport Promotion entry shared by Raffaele Marciello, Edoardo Mortara and Michael Meadows. The Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Marciello at the wheel held an advantage of just under 20 seconds over the chasing WRT Audi R8 LMS of Rene Rast as the blue-riband Endurance Cup

The Ferrari shared by Giancarlo Fisichella, James Calado and Marco Cioci led the Spa 24 Hours at one-quarter distance. The AF Corse-run Kaspersky Ferrari 488 GT3 moved back to the front of the blue-riband Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series as the six-hour mark approached. Cioci held a 10-second advantage over Christian Engelhart

An endurance race planned for New Zealand in 2018 is set to link up with the Bathurst 12 Hour in a new mini-series. The new 12-hour race at Hampton Downs would join the fixtures of the same duration at Bathurst and Sepang in a series for GT3 and GT4 machinery over the European winter of

Ferrari factory driver James Calado secured pole position for the Spa 24 Hours Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series. The Briton jumped to the top spot in the times on his second lap in the ‘superpole’ qualifying session aboard the AF Corse-run Kaspersky Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3. His time of 2m17.390s gave him

The Honda NSX GT3 already racing in North America as an Acura will go on sale to customers ahead of the 2018 season. The Japanese manufacturer reaffirmed its commitment to offer cars for sale on the announcement of its GT3 customer programme at Spa today ahead of this weekend’s blue-riband round of the Blancpain GT

Mercedes has taken the wraps off a new GT4 car that will enter competition in 2018. The Mercedes-AMG GT4 has been unveiled ahead of this weekend’s Spa 24 Hours Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series and will go on sale at a list price of €198,850 (£176,975), excluding taxes. Mercedes has joined a

Porsche LMP1 driver Andre Lotterer will return to the wheel of an Audi in this weekend’s Spa 24 Hours. The 35-year-old, who claimed his three Le Mans 24 Hours victories with Audi, has accepted a last-minute invitation to race for the Belgian WRT squad in the blue-riband Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series.

Dean Stoneman has stepped down from his Blancpain GT Series drive with the Strakka McLaren squad ahead of next weekend’s Spa 24 Hours. The 26-year-old Briton had made the switch to GT racing at the start of this season, having contested GP3, Formula Renault 3.5 and Indy Lights since recovering from testicular cancer. Stoneman raced

More manufacturers than ever are going into this month’s Spa 24 Hours with a chance of victory, according to Blancpain GT Series boss Stephane Ratel. Ratel is predicting an “amazing level of competition” at the double-points Endurance Cup round of the BGTS on July 29/30 in which nine manufacturers are represented with factory-backed cars in

Porsche has committed to the remainder of the Intercontinental GT Challenge series combining the top GT3 enduros around the world. The German manufacturer has revealed that it will provide factory support for teams competing in the new California 8 Hours fixture at Laguna Seca in October and the Sepang 12 Hours in December, the final