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Photo: Gruppe C Photography Kelvin van der Linde says the DTM “throws curve balls every weekend” and is therefore “not particularly worried” about his tricky start to the season at the Red Bull Ring opener last month. The South African returned to the series for the first time since 2024 this year, with the current campaign also marking his first in the category at the wheel of a Schubert Motorsport-run BMW M4 GT3 EVO. Van der Linde enjoyed an all-conquering 2025 season during which he won the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge titles as he spent a year away from the DTM. However, the start to his latest DTM bid, having finished runner-up in the 2024 standings at the wheel of Audi machinery, was not ideal at the Red Bull Ring. He retired from the first race but then qualified on pole for the second contest, only to slip back to sixth in the latter stages. Nevertheless, van der Linde remained confident of turning his f...

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Photo: Brett Farmer/IMSA A total of 21 cars are set for next weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, in the second and final IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship street race of the season. Next Saturday’s 100-minute sprint race on the downtown Detroit course will feature 11 GTP and ten GTD Pro entries. There are no changes in the GTP class, which sees the same driver lineups from last time out at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, which was the site of JDC-Miller Motorsports’ breakthrough first victory with its Porsche 963. Laurin Heinrich leads the standings as a result, 21 points ahead of Action Express Racing driver Jack Aitken. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Felipe Nasr and Julien Andlauer sit third on 1323 points each, 73 points behind Heinrich, who is due to miss next month’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen due to a clash with the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The GTD Pro class sees the addition of a second Vasser Sullivan entry , ...

Photo: SRO/JEP The Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of Christopher Haase set the pace during a rain-affected two-day CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Prologue. A total of 16 hours of track time was available to crews over the course of the Prologue, but it was Haase’s lap from the opening morning that ended up being the benchmark. The German clocked a 2:16.535 in the No. 3 Audi to fractionally outpace Dorian Boccolacci at the wheel of the No. 16 Boutsen VDS Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo by just 0.042 seconds. Haase’s lap was three tenths slower than the best from last year’s Prologue, ironically also headed by an Audi. Boccolacci’s time, meanwhile, led the way in the five-hour Tuesday afternoon session, which produced the majority of the fastest laps. Third quickest overall was the No. 80 Lionspeed GP Porsche of Thomas Preining with a 2:16.628, while another of the German machines occupied fourth on the combined times thanks to Laurin Heinrich’s 2:16.852 a...

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Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO I came into Sebring riding the emotional high of our podium at COTA feeling optimistic, motivated, and dangerously close to developing self-esteem. Sebring saw that and kicked my door down. For anyone unfamiliar, Sebring is what happens when someone turns an old airfield into a motorsport-themed chiropractic experiment. The surface is held together by history, vibes, and probably unresolved legal disputes. Driving it is like being trapped in a steam oven inside a concrete mixer strapped to a rocket. The bumps are punishing, the heat feels medically concerning, and by the end of a stint you’re basically a sentient electrolyte packet. And I love it. Three years ago, I came here as a fan carrying a backpack, sunscreen, and zero understanding of what GT3 racing entailed. This year I was wrestling a Porsche 911 GT3 R around Sunset Bend with 21 other high-functioning sociopaths. Life comes at you fast. Photo: Colin McCarty From “We Have Pace” to “Oh No, Ex...

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