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Photo: SRO/JEP Reigning GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS champions Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts head a record 45-car Sprint Cup entry for this weekend’s Magny-Cours event. The Sprint Cup competitors waited over two months between the Brands Hatch opener and the second round at Misano earlier this month, but just two weeks on they are now back in action in France. WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO duo van der Linde and Weerts were unstoppable at Misano, winning both races to open a 14.5-point lead over Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo drivers Maro Engel and Lucas Auer at the head of the field. The 45-strong entry for Magny-Cours is bolstered by the addition of a Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II tackling the Bronze Cup division with International GT Open pairing Jim Pla — who won the 2024 Endurance Cup Gold title with the squad — and Michael Blanchemain at the wheel. However, the Razoon – more than racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo did not tackle the previous e...

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Photo: Ferrari The penultimate event for Ferrari Challenge North America came to a close this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. In Sunday’s races, championship contenders across all classes continued to exert their dominance, setting the stage for success in the upcoming season finale. It was a perfect weekend for Johnny Kaminskey (Ferrari of Long Island) at Sonoma, finishing with two victories and two pole positions in the Trofeo Pirelli class. Both wins were by 15 seconds over his next closest competitor, and the teenage driver further extended his championship lead as a result. On Sunday, Roberto Perrina (Ferrari of Seattle) chased the youngster and settled for second place above Brad Fauvre (Ferrari of San Francisco) in third. In Trofeo Pirelli Am, Michael Mathes (Ferrari of Central New Jersey) also completed a weekend sweep. Sunday’s win was Mathes’ fourth in six races while competing in a partial season. Championship leader Mitchell Green (Ferrari Westlake) finished second, advanc...

Photo: Gruppe C Photography The Nürburgring 24 will form part of a new four-event mini-series of races around the Nordschleife next year that will all be run to the same regulations, while a Prologue event has been created ahead of the N24. The German endurance classic has enjoyed renewed interest, especially with four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen tackling this year’s edition, which featured an expanded entry list of 161 cars . Organizer ADAC Nordrhein is seeking to capitalize upon this by giving teams and drivers further opportunities to compete on the full Nordschleife circuit. After next year’s N24 is held on May 27-30, there will be additional races held to the same rules as part of the existing ADAC Eifel (July 30 – Aug. 1) and 1000 km (Sept. 10-12) contests. As well as the traditional N24 Qualifiers, held four weeks before the main event, there will also be a new two-day Prologue on Apr. 2-3 to give teams a further opportunity to prepare for the 24...

Photo: Mustang Cup Australia Former Supercars ace Bryce Fullwood completed a clean sweep of race wins at the fourth round of Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia at Hidden Valley Raceway. Competing at his home track, 28-year-old Fullwood claimed a pole position and both race wins on Saturday and Sunday, although the second race proved challenging against his RM Racing Cars teammate and title leader Josh Anderson. As Fullwood attempted to pass Anderson, he bumped him and, instead of risking a penalty, let Anderson back into the lead. Fullwood waited several laps for the right time to pass, which he did, and stormed off to a comfortable win. Anderson completed the weekend with a third and second-place result, which was enough to maintain his title lead. Joey Fawcett was the big improver in Darwin, finishing second and fourth in the two races, plus scoring his first pole position. He remains second in the series points and within striking distance of Anderson with two rounds remaining. ...

Photo: Gruppe C Photography Mirko Bortolotti claimed the Lamborghini Temerario GT3’s maiden global victory in the second DTM race at Oschersleben last weekend while a pair of podiums have catapulted Maro Engel back into the points lead. It had been a tricky start to the new Lamborghini’s debut campaign with the Temerario languishing towards the rear of the field in multiple categories. But the car had continually been edging closer to the front and Grasser Racing Team driver Bortolotti was able to use an excellent strategy to take the landmark win at Oschersleben, his first success in the series for almost two years. Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo pilot Thomas Preining started the race from pole and fended off an attack from Luca Engstler at the wheel of another ABT-run Temerario through the first corners. Preining continued to lead up to and beyond the opening round of stops, when Bortolotti was the last to pit and was able to vault up the order into second place. The top-five of...

Audi crews dominated last weekend’s fourth round of the GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS season at Hidden Valley Raceway as Broc Feeney and Brad Schumacher moved back into the points lead with two events remaining. Feeney and Schumacher followed up fourth in Saturday’s opener with a second win of the year on Sunday, their first since the Phillip Island season opener, at the wheel of their Melbourne Performance Centre-run No. 1 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. That made it two wins from two for the venerable R8 as Team BRM pair Mark Rosser and Alex Peroni opened their win account for 2026 in the first race. It means Feeney and Schumacher take a ten-point lead into the final two rounds of the season in their bid to defend last year’s title, with Rosser now tied with pre-Hidden Valley points leaders Brendon Leitch and Sergio Pires in second overall. Schumacher had taken pole for the opening race on Saturday, but was given a three-place grid penalty for unnecessaril...