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Photo: Andrea Lorenzina/DPPI A second FIA World Endurance Championship round in Asia is “not a priority” for Genesis according to Magma Racing team principal Cyril Abiteboul, with the Korean automaker’s focus set on exposing the brand into new markets, primarily in Europe. Genesis, in its first year of sports car racing competition, has been making steady gains in results since its debut in April’s season-opener at Imola, while also increasing its brand activation at circuits. While Silverstone will make its series return next year  as part of an expanded nine-round championship, Abiteboul dismissed any strong desire to push for a home race in South Korea, it’s largest market, or potentially in China, where Genesis launched in 2021. “It’s not a priority for us,” he told reporters at last month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. “The current footprint of the championship is actually very consistent with where we need to expand as a bra...

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Photo: Porsche The 2027 Porsche Sprint Challenge North America calendar will feature an expanded 16-race schedule at eight events, joined by Porsche Endurance Challenge at four venues throughout the season. Porsche Sprint Challenge opens at Sebring International Raceway in February before a springtime west coast swing featuring back-to-back events at Sonoma Raceway and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. A return to Barber Motorsports Park and an early June visit to Virginia International Raceway are followed by the Sprint Challenge return to Watkins Glen International over the Independence Day weekend. The championship visits Road America before its conclusion at Road Atlanta in September. For the first time, the championship will be decided using each competitor’s best 14 results from the 16-race season. This allows every full-season entrant to drop their two lowest-scoring race results. Porsche Endurance Challenge North America will join Sprint Challenge at Sebring, Watkins...

Photo: Racingpixels/Creventic Maxim Dirickx took his second win of the season last weekend at the Nürburgring to maintain his championship lead at the midpoint of the inaugural Prototype Cup Europe season. The Belgian has been on the podium in every race so far this year in his No. 3 Aust Motorsport Ligier JS P325 Toyota and currently tops the championship tables with 86 points. Dirickx, who heads both the overall and Prototype Cup Europe Junior standings, eked out an early lead with a win in the first 55-minute race of the season at Mugello in March. A third place finish in Race 2 of that weekend saw him firmly out front going into the second round at the Nürburgring. British racer Nigel Moore shared driving duties with Dirickx at the German circuit. The pair snatched second place in Race 1 and another win to round out the weekend in Race 2. Aust Motorsport also heads the teams’ points tally thanks to the duo’s efforts. German rival Valentino Catalano now sits 14 points behind ...

Photo: GT World Challenge Asia The third round of the GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS season at Fuji Speedway will be contested by a season-high 25 cars, including multiple guest entries. The SRO Motorsports Group-operated series returns to action at the Toyota-owned venue this weekend for the first of back-to-back events in Japan after an extended break following the rescheduling of June’s Shanghai round until the end of the year . A final entry list for the two 60-minute races was released on Monday , featuring an increase of three cars compared to the previous round at Mandalika in early May and two cars compared to April’s Sepang curtain-raiser. Three guest entries are supplied by Absolute Racing, which will field two extra Porsche 911 GT3 R Evos. These are the No. 20 car for Malaysian pair Aaron Lim Say Joon and Haziq Zairel Oh in the Am class, and the No. 32 car for Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver Tom Sargent and Kyle Washington in Silver-Am. A...

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Photo: GT World Challenge Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport has announced the acquisition of a second McLaren 720S GT3 Evo for its GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS. The Sydney-based team entered into a partnership with McLaren at the beginning of the season, fielding a solo 720S to be shared by team owner Josh Hunt and Geoff Emery along with its Trophy class-entered Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Now it has revealed it has purchased the McLaren that finished second in the 2020 running of the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour in the hands of 59Racing, and which has since raced in New Zealand, which will now be brought to Evo spec. However, the team also revealed that it will not be present for the upcoming round of the series at Hidden Valley Raceway, near Darwin, later this month, with the focus now on preparing for the following round at Sydney Motorsport Park in September. Hunt, who also serves as team director, commented: “We are really pleased to expand our McLaren ...