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Photo: JMR Johor Motorsports Racing has enlisted Alexander Sims and Jordan Love to complete its lineup for its two-car Corvette effort in GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS. Announced by the Malaysian squad during a launch event on Monday, Corvette factory driver Sims will partner Prince Jefri Ibrahim, who is also the team president, aboard the No. 99 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Love, who previously served as a junior driver with Mercedes-AMG, will share driving duties with Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim aboard the sister No. 66 car. The Australian remains with the team as it makes the switch from the Stuttgart brand, having raced with JMR in a variety of series including GTWC Asia, the Intercontinental GT Challenge and Asian Le Mans Series. Notably, Love and Sims teamed up together at JMR at last year’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, when they formed part of the team’s Pro-Am entry alongside Prince Jefri Ibrahim and Martin Konrad. In addition to naming Sims and Love to its l...

Photo: Masahide Kamio Igor Fraga says Lexus SUPER GT squad Anest Iwata Racing feels like a “completely new team” this year following the end of its partnership with Arnage Racing, It was revealed last December that Anest Iwata and Arnage, which had jointly fielded a Lexus RC F GT3 in the GT300 class for the past two seasons, would go their separate ways as the former forged ahead with plans to create its own structure. To that end, Anest Iwata has teamed up with Gainer — which also fields a Nissan Z — to run the renumbered No. 26 car, with Fraga staying on board for a third season at the team alongside new veteran teammate Hironobu Yasuda. Taking over as chief engineer is Norimitsu Yoshida, who is known for his work with the Dandelion Racing team in Super Formula, where Fraga also competes. While the chassis is unchanged from the previous year, the engine and gearbox are new and the car itself has been refreshed ahead of this week’s opening round at Okayama. “The feeling of th...

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Photo: GT World Challenge Australia Ferrari squad Arise Racing GT opened its GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS campaign with a victory in last weekend’s Phillip Island opener, as the Kelso Electrical-backed Melbourne Performance Centre Audi also tasted success. Jaxon Evans and Elliott Schutte took a lights-to-flag win in their No. 26 Ferrari 296 GT3 in Saturday’s first race of the weekend, while it was the turn of Brad Schumacher and Broc Feeney in the No. 888 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II to shine in Sunday’s finale. The grid for the Phillip Island double-header was reduced by two cars before the weekend had started with the withdrawal of the KMB Motorsport Bentley Continental GT3 and the Trophy Class-entered MPC Audi, while the 111 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo failed to start either race, further cutting the field to 15 cars. It had been Volante Rosso’s Aston Martin Vantage GT3 that scored the first pole of the new season, only for reigning champion Liam Talbot and his new te...

Photo: MPS Agency AF Corse’s Pro-Am squad took a last-lap overall victory in the 4 Hours of Barcelona, with Matthieu Vaxiviere fighting his way past IDEC Sport’s Mathys Jaubert after a late safety car restart. Vaxiviere, sharing the No. 83 Oreca 07 Gibson with Francois Perrodo and Alessio Rovera, finished 1.187 seconds ahead of Jaubert after storming from fourth to first in the final two laps. Jaubert, Daniel Juncadella and Jamie Chadwick finished second, with VDS Panis Racing completing the overall podium. CLX Motorsport took the LMP3 victory with its No. 17 Ligier JS P325 Toyota of Adrien Closmenil, Paul Lanchere and Theodor Jensen. In LMGT3, Michelle Gatting held off Kessel Racing’s Daniel Serra to secure victory for Iron Dames aboard the No. 85 Porsche 911 GT3 R she shares with Celia Martin and Sarah Bovy. More to follow… Source: Sports Car 365

Photo: MPS Agency Reshad de Gerus gave Duqueine Team pole position in qualifying of the 4 Hours of Barcelona, the opening round of the European Le Mans Series. The Frenchman stormed to a best lap of 1:27.822 aboard the No. 30 Oreca 07 Gibson, 0.166 seconds faster than the No. 9 Iron Lynx-Proton Oreca in the hands of Matteo Cairoli. Cairoli held provisional pole for a not insignificant portion of the 15-minute session, but was ultimately narrowly bested by De Gerus, who took his first pole since the 2023 season opener at Barcelona. Tom Dillmann, despite forming a pole threat, ended up third for Inter Europol Competition ahead of the No. 37 CLX Pure Rxcing Oreca of Tom Blomqvist. Mathys Jaubert completed the overall top five in his maiden ELMS qualifying session, with the Frenchman’s late effort demoting the No. 48 VDS Panis Racing entry of Charles Milesi to sixth. In LMP2 Pro-Am, Giorgio Roda extended his strong qualifying record by narrowly beating Ao by TF’s PJ Hyett and TDS R...

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