Tristan Vautier set the quickest time for the #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Cadillac team in Thursday’s Rolex 24 at Daytona night-time practice session.
Renger van der Zande secured pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the Wayne Taylor Racing team with a last minute lap which knocked Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves off the top spot.
The new Acura Team Penske and Mazda Team Joest teams gave their new cars the perfect debut as they shared the honours in the first two practice sessions of the Rolex 24 at Daytona
Nasser Al-Attiyah won the penultimate stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally which saw Stephane Peterhansel drop back to fourth and Federico Villagra retire from second place in the Trucks category.
Nasser Al-Attiyah took his third stage win of the 2018 Rally Dakar with victory on stage 12 to cement his third place. In the Trucks Eduard Nikolaev retakes the lead from Federico Villagra, but only by one second with two days left to run.
Toyota’s Bernhard Ten Brinke won stage 11 of the 2018 Dakar as Carlos Sainz increased his lead when the controversial 10 minute penalty was rescinded. In Bikes Barrera pulls out due to injury and Nikolaev loses his Trucks lead.
Carlos Sainz Sr.’s controversial 10 minute penalty for contact with a quad bike rider was overturned after Peugeot provided telemetry detailing that contact had not been made.
Ex Tottenham and Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas first attempt at the Dakar Rally ended by a serious crash on stage four which required a trip to hospital.
Peugeot Sebastien Loeb took his first stage win of this year event which moves him up to second place in the standings behind Stephane Peterhansel. Team-mate and former leader Cyril Despres retired with suspension damage. Sam Sunderland’s bid to retain last year’s bike crown ended after he was airlifted to hospital with a back injury.
Fernando Alonso admitted that the United Autosports Ligier he will drive in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, needs more pace in order to be competitive in the race.
Felipe Nasr set fastest time in the Roar Before the 24 qualifying session as Cadillac continued their domination of the test by locking out the top four places in the final session.
Action Express Racing ended day two of the Roar Before the 24 with the quickest time, as the four Cadillac teams took the top four fastest times. Fernando Alonso experienced his first ever racing laps at night as he continues to settle into Sports Car Racing.
The popular Semi-works Ferrari outfit will not contest the entire 2018 IMSA WhetherTech SportsCar Championship. The team will take part in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and may potentially enter all rounds of the North American Endurance Cup.
M-Sport Team Principle Malcolm Wilson has revealed that the team will receive support from Ford Performance as a result of retaining Sebastien Ogier the team’s WRC title defence in 2018.
Jackie Chan DC Racing by Jota took victories in both LMP2 and LMP3, as the #8 ORECA took its second consecutive Asian Le Mans Series victory after a tight battle with the #37 BBT Ligier at the 4 Hours of Fuji.
Pipo Derani secured BBT’s first ever pole position in the LMP2 category by taking the top spot for in the second Asian Le Mans Series Round, the 4 Hours of Fuji.
BMW Team RLL has completed its first US test of the brand new BMW M8 GTE at Homestead-Miami Speedway in preparation for the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
