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Photo: Tresor Competition Andrea Frassineti will move from Lamborghini to join Tresor Competition for his first full season in GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS. The 19-year-old will contest both the Sprint and Endurance Cup seasons at the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II, in addition to the Italian GT Championship. Frassineti, a Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe graduate, contested a pair of Endurance Cup rounds with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing this past season and is now set for his first full season in the series. “Joining Tresor Competition with a program of this level represents a very important step in my career,” said Frassineti. “We found in them the right choice for 2026, with a complete and well-prepared team that has extensive experience in these championships, proven by the results achieved in recent seasons, and that can guarantee competitiveness and performance across all four series. “Tackling the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and the Italian Gran ...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA Sportscar365 is recognizing its top competitors and storylines from 2025, with ‘Team of the Year’ next up. Team of the Year – AO Racing / TF Sport While coming off its first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title in 2024 with its Porsche 911 GT3 R in GTD Pro, AO Racing doubled up this year, not only claiming the LMP2 championship in the WeatherTech Championship but taking the season-long title in the LMP2 Pro-Am ranks of the European Le Mans Series, the latter in partnership with TF Sport. In fact, the Tom Ferrier-led team, in its second year campaigning Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs, won a championship of its own as well, in the ELMS LMGT3 category with drivers Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Hiroshi Koizumi, making it logical to combine the two teams’ efforts into one given the shared resources in the European LMP2 program. Dane Cameron, Louis Deletraz and team owner PJ Hyett only finished off the LMP2 Pro-Am podium once in the six-round ELMS s...

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Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Billy Johnson and Bob Michaelian will return to the wheel of the No. 59 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge next year, it has been announced. The pairing, who closed out the recent season with two podiums and five top-ten finishes, will continue as a driving duo next year. Michaelian is set for his fifth consecutive season with the Dean Martin-led squad, while Johnson is back for a second straight run with the Florida-based team, having also taken part in previous seasons with KohR. They join the all-new pairing of Evan Slater and Ray Mason in the team’s No. 60 entry, which will sport a Greg Biffle tribute livery for next month’s four-hour season-opening BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona International Speedway. With 24 GS wins, former Ford factory driver Johnson is tied with Matt Plumb for the most victories in the series heading into the 2026 season, which kicks off at Daytona on Jan. 23. Source: Sports Car 365 ...

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Photo: Toyota Shade Racing has announced it will campaign a Lexus RC F GT3 in SUPER GT next season after a troubled year with its Toyota GR86 GT. The GT300 team based just outside Fuji Speedway endured a 2025 campaign that yielded no drivers’ points, with a best finish of 16th in the first Fuji sprint race, and no fewer than three non-participations during the year due to various incidents. Two separate fires that struck the team’s apr-supplied No. 20 GR86 forced it to miss the third round of the season at Sepang as well as the fifth round at Suzuka, while a heavy crash at Sugo also sidelined the Shade Toyota for the following race at Autopolis. While the car returned for the final round at Motegi, the team has announced it will switch to the venerable RC F GT3 for the 2026 campaign. Katsuyuki Hiranaka and Eijiro Shimizu remain as drivers, as announced by Toyota last week , while Michelin stays on as tire supplier, guaranteeing the French firm at least one car in the GT300 field...