BMW DTM driver Tom Blomqvist will make his Spa 24 Hours debut later this month with the factory Rowe Racing squad. The 23-year-old Briton will drive the #98 BMW M6 GT3 in the double-points Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series on July 29/30 together with Bruno Spengler and Nicky Catsburg. Blomqvist has been

Le Mans 24 Hours winner Timo Bernhard will enter his factory-supported Porsche outfit Team 75 Motorsport in next month’s Spa 24 Hours. Porsche factory drivers Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Michael Christensen will share a 911 GT3 R in the Belgian endurance classic. The German team, founded by two-time Le Mans winner Bernhard and run

Bentley will field a third factory car in next month’s Spa 24 Hours as it bids for its first victory in the Belgian endurance classic. The British manufacturer has brought in the German Abt team, which led its challenge for Nurburgring 24 Hours honours last month, to run an additional Continental GT3 alongside the two

1 A.Soucek, M.Soulet, V.Abril Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley 6h01m17.768s 2 V.Shaytar, M.Molina, D.Rigon SMP Racing Ferrari 29.272s 3 A.Garcia, N.Muller, R.Rast Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 1m19.230s 4 R.van der Zande, F.Serralles, D.Juncadella Akka ASP Mercedes 1m22.658s 5 L.Ordonez, A.Buncombe, K.Chiyo RJN Motorsport Nissan 1m37.964s 6 S.Leonard, J.Dennis, R.Frijns Team WRT Audi 1m55.276s 7

Mercedes claimed pole position for the Paul Ricard 1000km Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series with a last-gasp lap from Yelmer Buurman. The Black Falcon Mercedes driver posted a 1m56.442s after the chequered flag had fallen at the end of the final 15-minute qualifying session to take the pole. Buurman had been top

The Czech ISR and French Sainteloc teams will join Audi’s roster of factory teams for the first time at the Spa 24 Hours next month. The two newcomers will field factory Audi R8 LMS GT3 cars in the Endurance Cup round of the Blancpain GT Series at Spa on July 29/30 alongside regular works operation

Former Red Bull protege Beitske Visser and Dennis Marschall have been announced as new members of BMW’s junior programme. Visser spent the past three years in Formula Renault/V8 3.5, and is the first female driver invited to the current incarnation of BMW’s young driver scheme. “I am proud to be part of the BMW Motorsport

Porsche is working on putting together a factory-supported entry for the Spa 24 Hours next month. The German manufacturer has revealed that it is busy with a plan to put at least one car with three factory drivers in the Pro class of the blue-riband round of the Blancpain Endurance Series on July 29/30. Frank-Steffen

McLaren is set to terminate its contract with CRS to develop and build its GT3 and GT4 racing machinery. The move has yet to be officially announced, but Autosport has learned that McLaren Automotive began proceedings to bring the relationship with its GT racing partner of the past seven years to an end last month.