WRT Audi secured pole for the opening round of the Blancpain Sprint Series at Zolder. Local racer Dries Vanthoor took pole for race one, while Robin Frijns secured pole for race two. Reigning Blancpain GT Champions the #63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini lines up second for both races.
Juan Pablo Montoya will join the United Autosports team in their assault of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours, as he bids to secure Motorsport’s Triple Crown
Pipo Derani and the #22 ESM Tequila Patron Nissan dominated hours 4-6 of the Sebring 12 Hours as the race reached its half-way point. A rash of caution periods in the fifth hour bunched the field up but Derani was able to build a sizeable lead until a caution at the end of the sixth hour.
Attempto Racing will team up with Audi Customer Racing to enter two Audi R8 LMS in the Pro Category in the Blancpain GT Series.
SRO Motorsports Group, series organisers of the Blancpain GT Endurance Series, has revealed the Pro line-up for the 2018 season, which honours a commitment to cap the amount of the entries at 26 in order to restore the balance of the Pro-Am and Am categories.
Supercars star Chaz Mostert made the most of his Bathurst knowledge to secure pole for the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hours.
Despite easing off during the 23rd Hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona Filipe Albuquerque continued to pilot the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac towards victory and a new race distance record. Action Express Racing Cadillac on course for a 1-2.
The 21st hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona saw little changes in the standings as race leader Joao Barbosa in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac settled into cruise mode and focused on lengthen his stint times.
Mike Conway and the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac’s bid for victory suffered a major setback as they lost three laps fixing an overheating problem in the 19th hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Christian Fittipaldi in the leading #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac now has a three lap lead.
The 17th hour 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona saw dawn break, but little change in proceedings as #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac of Joao Barbosa stretched his lead to 2 laps.
2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona: Hour 15 Update - Albuquerque Regains Lead as Curran Drops Back
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Filipe Albuquerque in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac regained the lead of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona at the end of 15th hour as team-mate and former leader Eric Curran lost the lead due to brake light failure.
Team Penske Acura ended the seventh hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona in first and second places but found themselves was outpaced and outraced by Filipe Albuquerque in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac. Lando Norris briefly lead the race in the #23 United Autosports Ligier.
The #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac of Christian Fittipaldi continued to dominant the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona as the first spots of rain began to fall at the end of the fifth hour. Jordan Taylor suffered a puncture which dropped him off the lead lap.
Joao Barbosa brushed off the challenge of Pipo Derani to lead after the end of the third hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona which also saw the race’s first caution.
Filipe Albuquerque leads the after the first hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona after jumping pole sitter Renger van der Zande during the first pit-stops. In GTLM Ford dominant the first hour.
Despite a troubled debut so far for the new BMW M8 GTE, BMW driver Alexander Sims says he’s “pretty optimistic” about the team’s chances during the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Oliver Jarvis believes that the partnership between Mazda Racing and Joest Racing is too new which limits their chances to compete with the dominant Cadillac teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
