Ferrari will lead the field to the start of the opening round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Monza, while Jaguar, Audi, Lamborghini and Mercedes also have cars inside the top five.
Davide Rigon was quickest for SMP Racing in the Pre-Qualifying session at Monza, while Silver Cup class entrants finished second and third, Barwell Motorsport ahead of Emil Frey Jaguar Racing.
Alessandro Pier Guidi set the best time of the free practice session at Monza for Kessel Racing ahead of Maro Engel’s Team Black Falcon Mercedes.
Matt Bell, Andrew Bentley set to debut the new Ligier JSP4 in the UK-based LMP3 Cup Championship.
Ammermüller does the double as rookies impress in the second race of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland opening race weekend.
Filipe Albuquerque and Joao Barbosa returned to winning ways at Long Beach, with the duo putting their woes from Sebring behind them for their second win of 2018.
Brake problems in qualifying put Team Parker Racing on the back foot in the first two races of the Blancpain Sprint Cup season.
The GT Le Mans battle was as exciting as ever at Long Beach, but honours went the way of Corvette Racing, with Oliver Gavin securing his fiftieth win since joining the outfit back in 2002.
Michael Ammermüller states championship ambitions in opening race of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland series.
A maiden ELMS win for Racing Engineering propelled them to the top of the standings after the opening round from Le Castellet.
German talent pool driver takes command in season opening Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race.
Finishing the test with the fastest lap in both Pro and Am, Porsche are looking competitive ahead of th 2018/19 World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’.
IMSA are considering introducing hybrid technology to their Daytona Prototype International category in the coming years.
2009 Formula 1 world champion and current Honda Super GT driver, Jenson Button, could see his Le Mans debut this year. The Brit is currently in talks with SMP Racing and if the deal falls into place he will pilot their BR1 AER alongside former Indycar driver, Mikhail Aleshin and former Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov.
Ahead of the World Endurance Championship Prologue, Julien Andlauer was announced as the third driver of the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing. He has now been confirmed to be a full season entry, rather than just for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Seb Morris will enter a full season campaign in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2018.
Toyota Gazoo Racing took two cars to the World Endurance Championship Prologue and are optimistic about the season after getting some track time with their fellow LMP1 competitors.
