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Photo: Asian Le Mans Series An entry list for next week’s opening double-header of the Asian Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard has been published, featuring a total of 46 cars across three classes. The 2026-27 campaign, moved to Europe due to ongoing geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East, begins on Nov. 14-15 with a pair of four-hour races at the Le Castellet venue before fixtures at Jerez and Portimao early in the new year. As confirmed by the full-season entry list, the new Hypercar division sees two entries only, both AF Corse-operated Ferrari 499Ps, bolstered by a field of 16 LMP2 cars, while the GT contingent has been reduced by one car to 28 entries. That’s a result of the Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo, which had Axcil Jefferies as its sole confirmed driver, dropping off the entry. The entry list revealed on Monday confirms most of the missing driver lineups in LMP2 and GT, with the lineups for the two Ferrari Hypercars, one of which is entered under the Ce...

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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...