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Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Duqueine Automotive is doubling down on its commitment to North American prototype racing, naming Memphis-based Forbush Performance its official North American distributor while significantly expanding factory support for teams competing in IMSA. The move comes as the sanctioning body prepares to transition the VP Racing SportsCar Challenge to an all-endurance format in 2027. As part of the expanded North American program, Forbush Performance will provide domestic parts availability, customer support and trackside service, while Duqueine will send a factory representative from France to every VP Racing Challenge event, giving teams direct access to engineering and technical support throughout each race weekend. “North America is an important market for Duqueine, and Forbush Performance brings the combination of competition experience, entrepreneurial experience and direct customer understanding that we were looking for,” said Duqueine Automotive ...

Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI BMW driver Rene Rast and Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA co-owner Sam Hignett have downplayed the benefits either marque gained having been able to test at Barcelona ahead of this weekend’s penultimate FIA World Endurance Championship round. Barcelona is set to host its first-ever WEC race after being hastily added to the calendar, along with Monza, to replace the cancelled Qatar and Bahrain rounds. Although the Spanish circuit has been a popular testing venue over the years, only three of the current eight Hypercar teams have visited Barcelona this year, with BMW, Cadillac and Genesis all in action there for a two-day test on Aug. 26-27. Cadillac only took part in the second day of running, which according to Hignett was “ hastily added to the schedule” when it became clear the WEC would race there. But he believes the advantages relative to the manufacturers that haven’t tested there will be limited come race week. “It was good...

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Photo: Sam Cobb/13 Autosport Thirteen Autosport has committed to a full season return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, continuing in the GTD class with full season drivers Orey Fidani and Matt Bell, who will once again be joined by Lars Kern for the Michelin Endurance Cup rounds. The trio, who will be joined by a fourth, yet-to-be-announced driver for the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona, will continue with the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, which will receive an Evo update for 2027. The Canadian squad has purchased an all-new Corvette chassis for its WeatherTech Championship campaign, and is believed to currently be the only full season customer Corvette entry in the WeatherTech Championship next year. The team opened the past season with a fourth-place class finish at the Rolex 24 and went on to earn a podium result at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with Fidani ultimately capturing the Bob Akin Award for the third consecutive year, which provides an auto-invite to ...

Photo: BMW M Motorsport BMW has revealed a three-car attack for next month’s FIA GT World Cup on the streets of Macau, including a comeback for Kelvin van der Linde. The Bavarian manufacturer has expanded its fleet from the two M4 GT3 EVOs it ran at the Guia Circuit last year, with Team WRT adding a second car and GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS squad Team KRC returning to the event after a year away. Two-time winner Raffaele Marciello joins WRT alongside van der Linde, who is set to make his first Macau appearance as a BMW driver, having last raced for Audi in 2019. Van der Linde’s brother Sheldon drove for the Belgian squad at Macau last year, while Marciello finished runner-up for ROWE Racing, which is not present this time. Meanwhile, 2018 winner Farfus returns to Macau along with KRC after the Taiwanese team’s decision to skip the 2025 race, as previously reported by Sportscar365 . “We are very pleased to be able to compete with three BMW M4 GT3 EVOs ...

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Photo: Toyota Rookie Racing has begun shaking down a newly-built GR GT3 at Fuji Speedway, as the Akio Toyoda-owned team looks set to become the first team to race the car. The bare carbon-liveried car was spotted turning laps at the Toyota-owned track on Tuesday with development driver Hiroaki Ishiura at the wheel, in what appears to be part of preparations to give the car its long-awaited race debut. It’s understood the car is a freshly built-up monocoque that was delivered to Rookie’s factory, based adjacent to Fuji, in recent weeks. While Toyota has always officially been tight-lipped about when and where its new GT3 challenger would race for the first time ahead of a full launch in 2027, an early debut in SUPER GT’s GT300 class with Rookie has always been a strong possibility. This week’s shakedown strongly suggests that plans are advancing for the car to race in next month’s season-closing double-header at Mobility Resort Motegi. Confirmation of those plans ...