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Photo: GT World Challenge Australia Tigani Motorsport’s James and Theo Koundouris will return to GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS this season with the brothers once again entered in the Am Cup in their Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. Veterans of Australian motorsport, the Koundouris brothers have more than four decades of racing experience and just shy of 600 races between them since making their official debuts back in 2003. Since their first appearance at the Bathurst 24 Hour race in 2003, where they raced in different cars, the brothers have competed in a range of national categories such as GT and production cars. While they spent their younger years racing against each other, they have been together in recent times tackling multiple Bathurst 12 Hour events as well as the GTWC Australia. Over the past two seasons in the GTWC Australia Am Cup, they have enjoyed 13 podiums in 17 races, making them one of the key contenders for the class. The pair got their first win in the s...

Photo: Ford Racing Logan Adams and Chris Clarke swept the weekend as Mustang Cup USA kicked off the season at Sebring International Raceway, and Paolo Salvatore put on impressive performances in the new-for-2026 Mustang Cup Classic class. In the Miles Cup race, which was cut short due to inclement weather, Adams started from pole position and kept the lead of the race until the end. Clarke started sixth in the Dark Horse Legends class and made moves early in the race to take the lead. Adams again led from green to checkered in the Parnelli Cup race. Starting second, Clarke battled Craig Capaldi for the Dark Horse Legends lead in the early laps of the race, and, after winning the battle, remained in the lead for the rest of the race. In Mustang Cup Classic, a class for Mustang race cars produced in the 2000s, entrant Salvatore fought hard in both races and got himself in the mix with the Dark Horse R cars. Mustang Cup USA will be back on track March 27-29, racing as part of th...

Photo: European Le Mans Series Genesis Magma Racing driver Mathys Jaubert will remain in the European Le Mans Series this year but switch to the LMGT3 ranks as part of the lineup for Kessel Racing’s No. 57 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo. The Frenchman’s impressive performances with IDEC Sport in the ELMS last year, when he finished third in the standings alongside Dani Juncadella and Jamie Chadwick, resulted in him being promoted to Genesis’ Hypercar lineup for its maiden campaign in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Those results when part of the Genesis Trajectory Program also earned him Sportscar365’s rookie of the year award . But amid uncertainty about whether the manufacturer will adopt two- or three-driver lineups in the shorter WEC rounds this season, Jaubert said at the end of last year that he was targeting an additional GT program . The 21-year-old previously described having an extra campaign as a chance “to learn many things from a GT [that] can help me a lot” with his Hyp...

Photo: IMSA Oscar Tunjo will lead the field to the green flag for the inaugural IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge at Sebring International Raceway after securing the pole in the No. 1 Gebhardt Motorsports USA Duqueine D08 Nissan. Tunjo was dominant in qualifying, posting a fast lap of 1:58.274 around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn road course. Shortly after the start of the session, light rain began to fall intermittently around the track, but some wet patches from an earlier afternoon shower proved to be more challenging. Tunjo, who was the fastest qualifier for both of the VP Racing SportsCar Challenge races in the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway, never relinquished his spot at the top of the charts during Saturday’s 15-minute qualifying session. His lap was 1.539 seconds quicker than Lincoln Day’s lap of 1:59.813 in the No. 95 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS P325 Toyota. Brian Thienes was the top qualifier among Bronze-rated drivers and will roll off third wi...

Photo: SUPER GT Toyota teams swept the first of two official SUPER GT pre-season tests at Okayama International Circuit as TOM’S driver Sho Tsuboi went fastest across two days of running. Reigning champion Tsuboi set what proved to be the benchmark time in the opening session of the test on Friday morning, a 1:17.446, at the wheel of the No. 36 Toyota GR Supra as both classes shared a track for the first time this year. That was enough to beat Toshiki Oyu’s Cerumo Toyota by 0.277 seconds, while Bertrand Baguette was third in the No. 12 Nissan Z NISMO, 0.318 seconds off the pace.  The No. 36 Toyota shared by Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita set the pace in three of the four sessions, with Saturday afternoon’s final session, which was impacted by light rain, being topped by Nirei Fukuzumi in the Rookie Racing GR Supra. All three top times came in the opening two-hour session amid cool, overcast conditions. However, times in official testing were considerably slower than those seen ...

Photo: RAFA Racing Team Maite Caceres will continue her progression in sports car racing, returning to RAFA Racing Team for her second season with the program but making her debut in Toyota GR Cup North America. The 23-year-old Uruguayan driver moves over from Mazda MX-5 competition. “I’m really excited to start this new season,” she said. “It’s my second year in sports cars after coming from formula cars, and it’s an exciting challenge for me. “I gained some experience in the MX-5 last year. It’s a different car, more similar to a GT-style car, so now I’m looking forward to continuing to learn and work with the team.” Caceres returns to a RAFA Racing Team lineup rich in experience within Toyota one-make competition. Teammates Westin Workman and Tyler Gonzalez are both past GR Cup champions, with Gonzalez securing the title in 2023 and Workman claiming the championship last year. Workman and Gonzalez will head up the team’s Pirelli GT4 Championship assault this year. “I’m real...

Photo: racingpixels/Creventic Creventic has revealed a 31-car entry list for the Michelin 12H Mugello, with six different manufacturers set to fight for overall GT3 victory. Reigning series champions Proton Competition, previously entered under the Proton Huber Competition banner, is set to enter the race with a Porsche 911 GT3 R. Herberth Motorsport will field a further two Porsche entries. The German squad recently took a second place overall in the Michelin 24H Series Middle East trophy, with a championship victory in the GT3 Pro-Am category The Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo will be represented across five different teams. GetSpeed are set to enter a pair of Mercedes-AMGs, with further entries coming from Hofor Racing, Viper Niza Racing, and retuning Italian team MP Racing. Ajith RedAnt Racing – the team which competes with Indian film star Ajith Kumar – will also campaign a Mercedes-AMG. Recent Middle East trophy GT3-Am champions Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport will enter ...