A suspected electrical issues was behind Paul Di Resta’s early exit from last weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship 4 Hours of Silverstone.
Spa-Francorchamps
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Conor Daly will drive in place of Marcus Ericsson at this weekend’s Grand Prix of Portland after Ericsson was called to Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix by Alfa Romeo.
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Over the past week, three teams have unveiled entries for the annual endurance event.
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The BRDC British F3 Championship has announced their 2019 calendar with two the stand alone Silverstone round moved back to August.
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Santino Ferrucci is set to be signed by Dale Coyne Racing for a full-time IndyCar seat in 2019. According to reports from RACER, Ferrucci will join Sebastien Bourdais for every race next season.
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has confirmed in an interview with Spanish TV that Fernando Alonso will be taking part in an IndyCar test next week with Andretti Autosport; further fuel to the rumours that the Spaniard will race in the championship next year.
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After a high-speed accident at the start of this evening’s IndyCar ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway, series officials have stated that Robert Wickens is “awake and alert” and awaiting further medical treatment at a nearby hospital.
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Ahead of the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, the FIA have announced the 2019/20 World Endurance Championship calendar.
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The British GT organisers, SRO Motorsports, announced the provisional 2019 calendar at a press conference at the Total 24 Hours of Spa. The calendar appears to be mostly the same as this year, but with the inclusion of the new GT2 class.
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Spa-Francorchamps saw a surprise in the VW Racing Cup order, with Ruaridh Clark taking a double victory in Belgium.
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In the Ginetta GT5 Challenge, a win and second place for Shane Stoney saw the Quattro driver further close the gap to Kellett.
McLaren and Fernando Alonso will return for a second shot at the Indianapolis 500 in 2019. The team will return for the first time since 2017 with the aim of earning Alonso the triple crown of motorsports.
Takuma Sato won the 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix of Portland after fending off a late-race challenge from Ryan Hunter-Reay. Championship leader Scott Dixon finished fifth after being caught in a crash on lap one.
Santino Ferrucci will make his return to the Verizon IndyCar Series for the final two races of the season at Portland and Sonoma. Ferrucci, who was awarded a two-race ban and fired from his F2 team last year, will drive for Dale Coyne Racing.
Michelin Le Mans Cup
United Autosports achieve double points finish in Austria
by Nathan Hine
by Nathan Hine
United Autosports have achieved two more top nine finishes in the Michelin Le Mans Cup race at the Red Bull Ring
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Audi Sport Customer Racing Celebrate Tenth Anniversary
Audi Sport customer racing is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Following the introduction of the first generation of the Audi R8 LMS in 2008, the first customers began racing the GT3 sports car the following season and immediately won three driver championship titles.