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Photo: Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Lu Wei was crowned GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS champion after winning Sunday’s season finale together with Porsche factory driver Laurin Heinrich. Chinese racer Lu avenged losing last year’s title on countback to Bo Yuan and Leo Ye Hongli as he and Heinrich took the No. 11 Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo to a lights-to-flag victory in the final 60-minute contest of the campaign. That followed up a third-place finish in Saturday’s opener, putting Lu in a strong position to close out the title ahead of Absolute Racing Porsche duo Alessandro Ghiretti and Huang Ruohan, who ended up finishing second in the title-decider. Victory in the first race of the weekend went to the Harmony Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 of Liu Kaishun and Chen Weian, which allowed Liu to finish the year third overall. The Silver Cup pair triumphed after Liu passed the polesitting Absolute Corse Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 of Akash Nandy, back ...

Photo: Ford Racing Josh Anderson became the inaugural Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia champion by taking a third-place finish in last weekend’s Sandown season finale. The RM Race Cars driver came to the final round of the season with a comfortable championship lead over his nearest rival Joe Fawcett, having taken a double win at The Bend and further successes at Queensland and Sydney Motorsport Park. He finished seventh in the opening race of the weekend that took place on a wet-but-drying track, before sealing the deal with third in the finale. “It’s such a cool feeling to get a championship in this category in its first year,” said Anderson. “I put a lot of pressure on myself, but once I got to third I knew it was enough for the championship. “It was nice to not have a particularly stressful race, and I’m stoked to be the first Mustang Cup Australia Dark Horse champion.” Anderson’s RM Race Cars stablemate Josh Trappett claimed victory in the first...

Photo: David Hauter The Audi RS 3 has been around for nearly ten years now and has always been a great sport sedan. It’s been a unique one as well, with a turbocharged inline five-cylinder rather than the typical four or six-cylinder engine. Combined with Quattro all-wheel drive, the RS 3 has always been a compelling package, but it’s been improved even more over the last couple of years. We last reviewed the Audi RS 3 in 2023 , but there have been some notable changes since then. In 2025, the car was given a refresh, with a redesigned front grille, larger side air intakes and a larger front splitter. Interior changes were minor, with new Alcantara door panel inserts and a new Sonus sound system. Mechanically, the car has a revised torque splitter and chassis updates. The RS 3 powerplant has remained unchanged with the 2.5-liter five-cylinder but horsepower is down from 401 to 394 due to emission changes, with the torque rating still 394 lb.-ft. at 2,250rpm. The 0-60 mph dash hap...

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Photo: RacingPixels/Creventic Creventic has revealed an expanded CR Track Days schedule for 2027 which will see it visit a raft of new circuits, including Kyalami, Portimao and Zandvoort. The tracks days, which are exclusively open to race-prepared cars, offer opportunities for standalone drivers to get behind the wheel and additional paid testing time for established race teams. Each of the 12 events will follow an open pitlane format, offering between two and three days of available track time across morning and afternoon sessions. The Dutch organization is hosting track days at seven different tracks across Europe, as well as a three-day offering at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the inaugural Michelin 24H Kyalami in January. Five events will correspond with the Michelin 24H European Series schedule , starting at Mugello in March and concluding ahead of the 24H Barcelona in September. Creventic is also offering several standalone events across the year which will be limi...

Image: AF Corse Following Cetilar Racing’s livery breaking cover earlier this week, AF Corse has taken the wraps off its Ferrari 499P that will contest the upcoming 2026-27 Asian Le Mans Series season. The Italian squad’s Hypercar will feature a light and dark blue design, accented with yellow inserts. It is similar to the design that AF Corse ran on its GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro class Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo, which was co-driven by Matias Perez Companc, the son of Luis Perez, who is spearheading the Asian effort. The FIA Bronze-rated driver will be joined by Ferrari Hypercar factory pilots Nicklas Nielsen and Yifei Ye. The AF Corse-entered Ferrari is one of two Hypercars set for the inaugural season of the class in the ACO-run series, which has been relocated to Europe this winter due to the conflict in the Middle East. Amato Ferrari’s squad will also be running the Cetilar example in the series. The season kicks off with the opening two rounds ...

Image: Porsche Porsche squad Manthey has finalized its driver lineups across its pair of GT class entries for the upcoming Asian Le Mans Series season. The German squad will once again enter a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R Evos for the six-race campaign that kicks off on Nov. 14-15 at Paul Ricard as it seeks to regain the title it won when it first entered the championship in 2024/25. However, it is boasting a revamped lineup featuring only two of its six pilots from the 2025/26 season, with Klaus Bachler and Richard Lietz returning as the designated Pro drivers for the No. 91 and No. 92 entries respectively. Bachler will share the No. 91 car with FIA Bronze-rated Max Moritz, who raced in the European Le Mans Series this year, and GT3 rookie Raphael Rennhofer. Rennhofer, whose main 2026 program came in the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nurburgring, already raced alongside Bachler and Moritz in the final round of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup season at Portimao....