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Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Four-time IndyCar champion and current FIA World Endurance Championship driver Sebastien Bourdais will compete as a guest driver in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin doubleheader at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Racing with McCumbee McAleer Racing, Bourdais will participate in his home race as part of a fundraiser for the Karts4Kids charity. The St. Pete event weekend on Feb. 27-March 1 will mark the second event of the MX-5 Cup season, which opened last month at Daytona International Speedway with a record-setting field. In his IndyCar career, Bourdais was quite successful at St. Pete, winning the race twice, but he hasn’t turned a wheel at the 1.8-mile temporary street circuit since 2021. “I’m super excited to once again race on the streets of St. Petersburg,” said Bourdais. “It’s a real thrill to join the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at such a meaningful place. St. Petersburg is my home, and I’ve been fortunate to have success in open-wh...

Photo: Racingpixels/Creventic Lusail International Circuit will host the opening round of the 2026-27 Michelin 24H Series Middle East Trophy, in a change of venue from last season’s campaign. Confirmed by organizer Creventic on Wednesday, the Michelin 8H Qatar will take place on Dec. 11-12, kicking off a three-round championship that will include return trips to Abu Dhabi and Dubai for six and 24-hour races, respectively. Qatar replaces Sepang International Circuit, which hosted the 12H Malaysia one week earlier on the schedule last year, and means all three rounds of the series are within the Gulf region. The final order of the 2026-27 calendar has yet to be confirmed. The 6H Abu Dhabi preceded the 24H Dubai this year, although Sportscar365 understands that the order is likely to be reversed, pending agreements with both Yas Maria Circuit and Dubai Autodrome. “We are very proud to announce this new race in Qatar,” said Creventic’s team relations manager Helen Roukens. “Over t...

Photo: Haupt Racing Team The Haupt Racing Team has entered into a new partnership with the Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces, and will run a Ford Mustang GT3 in this year’s Nurburgring 24 in a special camouflage livery. The alliance is focused upon recruiting new people to the Bundeswehr and there will be a ‘careers truck’ at the N24 between 14-17 May aimed at giving more information to those interested in potentially joining the armed forces. As well as the camouflage color scheme, the Mustang will also carry the military message ‘MIT UNS DEN DIENST WAGEN’ (DARE TO SERVE WITH US). No drivers for the Mustang have been confirmed but the team finished fourth in last year’s event with Dennis Fetzer, Jusuf and Salman Owega and David Schumacher at the wheel of one of its three Mustang entries. The Bundeswehr livery is also set to appear during other Nurburgring Endurance Series events. “The collaboration with the Bundeswehr is a great honor for HRT,” said team CEO Ulrich Fritz. “...

Photo: MPS Agency Volante Rosso Motorsport has confirmed that Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer will join its McLaren 720 GT3 Evo entry in this weekend’s Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour. Simmenauer will team up with Australian rising stars – Supercars rookie Rylan Gray and Carrera Cup Australia standouts Bayley Hall and Marcos Flack – in the Australian squad’s new McLaren. It will mark Simmenauer’s debut at Mount Panorama, in his first-ever visit to Australia and his maiden drive of a McLaren GT3 race car. Simmenauer joined the McLaren GT3 Junior Driver program last month, with the Bathurst race being his first for the British brand. The Frenchman currently competes in LMP2 in the European Le Mans Series and has tasted success in GT racing, winning the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Silver Cup. The four driver Volante Rosso McLaren entry will be one of the youngest lineups in the 12 Hour field. Gray and Flack (19), Hall (21) and Simmenauer (25) combine for an age of 84, and have...

Image: Chicago Performance Chicago Performance and Tuning Co. will step up to GT World Challenge America powered by AWS competition, confirming a full season Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 entry. The team, which most recently served as the operations partner for Marco Polo Motorsports in Pirelli GT4 America, will feature Mads Siljehaug for the full season, alongside MPM driver Nicolai Elghanayan for the races at Sonoma Raceway, Road America and Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS. “Driver options” are being explored to run alongside Siljehaug in the remaining races according to team manager Christopher Lester, who also confirmed they’ll have a Lamborghini factory driver as its third pilot for the season-ending round. While Marco Polo initially stood down from racing this year, it will remain involved with Chicago Performance’s new venture. “Racing in 2026 looked like it wasn’t in the cards for us with our family and business commitments, but when CPT came to us with the Lamborgh...

Photo: Jamey Price/Lamborghini Topp Racing will make its return to Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America competition this year, with 2025 LB Cup runner-up Rocky T Bolduc confirmed as its first driver. Bolduc moves over from RAFA Racing Team following a successful first full season in the single-make series that included a sweep of the season-ending rounds in Misano. He previously contested selected Super Trofeo North America rounds with Topp in 2024. “Joining Topp Racing for the 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season is a huge opportunity for me,” he said. “Todd (Oppermann, team owner) and the entire team have put together a strong program and I’m motivated to build on my past experience and take another step forward. “I’m looking forward to getting on track and pushing for strong results all season long. “I’m honored to be coached again this season by one of the industry’s best, Corey Lewis. “Having a driver of his caliber guiding me all year is an incredible o...

Image: TF Sport TF Sport has taken the wraps off a revised set of liveries for its two Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs that will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship this year. The Tom Ferrier-led squad, which will return for a third consecutive season with the Pratt Miller-built Corvettes, will sport a red livery for the first time, as its No. 34 entry will run under the Racing Team Turkey by TF banner. Salih Yoluc will be joined by Irishmen Charlie Eastwood and Peter Dempsey, which replaces the No. 81 entry that had been anchored by Tom van Rompuy for the last two years. The No. 33 Corvette, meanwhile, will see the continuation of a yellow livery for Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar and Corvette factory driver Nicky Catsburg, who makes his season-long WEC return after winning the 2023 GTE-Am title with Keating in a Pratt Miller-run Corvette C8.R. The season kicks off with the Qatar 1812km on March 28. Source: Sports Car 365