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GWR Australia Joins Grid for Final Two Rounds
Photo: Mustang Cup Australia GWR Australia has announced it will join the Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia grid starting at next month’s Sydney Motorsport Park round. Founded by driver Garth Walden, GWR Australia is a professional organization competing in a variety of national series including Carrera Cup, Monochrome GT4 Australia, Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge and Radical Cup Australia, among others. The Sydney-based team will compete with a brand-new Ford Mustang Dark Horse R, delivered into Australia earlier this year, entering the final two rounds at SMP and Sandown while assessing an expanded presence in the series in 2027. “We’ve been looking at Mustang Cup closely since it started, and we felt that committing to the last two rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park and Sandown was a great opportunity to get involved,” said team director Garth Walden. “The class has a great support from Ford, and that is really appealing. “The best one-make c...
HSR IMSA Classic Exhibition Race to Return to Rolex 24 Event
Photo: IMSA The annual HSR IMSA Classic will be held for the third straight year during the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January. HSR and IMSA officials announced today that the featured era for the popular exhibition will be IMSA GTP, GTO and GTU cars from 1981 through 1993. Setting the stage for the 65th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 30-31, the HSR IMSA Classic will feature IMSA golden era, welcoming competitors with authentic and period-correct sports cars to apply for entry. The eventual field of 16 cars selected to compete in the event will once again be determined by a selection committee. A three-day event – Thursday through Saturday – on the Rolex 24 schedule, the main IMSA Classic races are 30-minutes long on Friday evening and Saturday morning. “The debut in 2025 further planted the HSR IMSA Classic flag and next year’s exhibition races will continue to set the stage for the Rolex 24 at Daytona and will be must-see sprints for race fans and the IMSA paddock ...
Porsche: Two Wins “Not Enough” to Consider GTP Year a Success
Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach said that two wins in a season is “not enough” for the brand to consider its factory participation in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship a success. Laudenbach’s comments come following Porsche’s new “Sportwagenschmiede 35” brand strategy, revealed last week, that will see a restructuring of its executive board departments and a reduction of 5,000 jobs by 2035, among a number of other changes. Details on how the German manufacturer’s new strategy could affect its motorsport involvement, specifically in sports car racing, remains unclear, although Laudenbach stressed that nothing has changed for the time being, having reconfirmed plans to continue its works involvement in the WeatherTech Championship. He also reaffirmed Porsche will not be back on the WEC Hypercar grid in 2027, with no current plans to return to the world championship following its exit at the end...
Da Costa: “Brave” Career Move Right Despite Uncertainty
Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Antonio Felix da Costa believes it was “100 percent” the right decision to leave the Porsche Formula E squad to join the FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar field this year with Alpine, despite uncertainty surrounding his future. Da Costa took five Formula E wins in a three-season spell with Porsche but opted to quit the German manufacturer at the conclusion of the 2024-25 campaign to join Jaguar, which also opened up the opportunity for him to compete in the top class of the WEC for the first time with a factory squad. However, fewer than four months after being announced as an Alpine WEC driver, the French manufacturer revealed it would be departing the series at the end of the year. Philippe Sinault, boss of the Signatech squad that runs the Alpine A424s, has subsequently been working on plans to keep the cars on the WEC grid into 2027. Despite all of the uncertainty, da Costa is adamant that he made the right decision for the long...
AO Enters Suzuka 1000km With ‘Bushi Rex’ Porsche
Photo: AO by Absolute AO Racing will make its Intercontinental GT Challenge competition debut with a Pro class Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo entry for next month’s Suzuka 1000km. The Chicago-area based team will join forces with top Chinese outfit Absolute Racing to field a Porsche for Laurin Heinrich, Alessio Picariello and Julien Andlauer, while debuting a new AO character in the form of ‘Bushi Rex’. It comes as Porsche leads the IGTC manufacturers’ championship following Lionspeed GP’s victory in last month’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. AO team principal Gunnar Jeannette commented: “AO is excited to partner with Absolute Racing and Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific for the 2026 Suzuka 1000km. “With a stellar driver line-up and an amazing new character, we are very much looking forward to putting on a show for our Japanese fans. “This will be our first foray into Intercontinental GT Challenge, and we believe we have all the pieces in pla...