GTE

  • Ford Dominate GTE Qualifying

    Ford Dominate GTE Qualifying

    The sun came out for GTE qualifying at Silverstone, and with it, quick times for Ford. Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx claiming pole position in GTE-Pro. Aston Martin replicated Ford’s dominance themselves in Am, taking pole by 1.3 seconds. The #67 Ford of Andy Priaulx, Pipo Derani and Harry Tincknell will start from a class pole…

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  • McLaren eyeing Le Mans comeback

    McLaren eyeing Le Mans comeback

    After 19 years since their most recent visit to Le Mans, McLaren are weighing up the possibilities of a comeback to the French 24 hour race. The Woking-based team’s new boss, Zak Brown, has admitted he would ‘love to see McLaren go back to Le Mans’. Zak Brown, the executive Director of the McLaren Technology Group…

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  • GTE-PRO winners to be crowned World Champions from 2017

    GTE-PRO winners to be crowned World Champions from 2017

    Despite the FIA World Endurance Championship being five years old, the GTE-PRO class has never crowned an offical World Champion. Up until this point GTE drivers and Manufactures have been competing for the World Endurance Cup of GT Drivers. However that is set to change in 2017. Following the World Motorsport Council meeting in Vienna…

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  • Porsche fend off Toyota to win in Shanghai

    Porsche fend off Toyota to win in Shanghai

    An unfortunate puncture for Toyota cost them the chance of going for the win, but it was a combination of a poor day for Audi and a win for Porsche which has sealed the manufactures championship for Porsche in Shanghai for the second year running. However the drivers title will go to the wire in…

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  • ELMS: G-Drive win the 4 Hours of Silverstone

    ELMS: G-Drive win the 4 Hours of Silverstone

    After a chaotic start, the G-Drive team ran a perfect race to secure victory in the European Le Mans Series season opener at Silverstone. In LMP3, United Autosports battled hard with the Graff team, which ended in a 1-2 for United Autosports. JMW Motorsport took LMGTE honors in their Ferrari 458. The first ELMS race of the year…

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  • Ford signs Andy Priaulx

    Ford signs Andy Priaulx

    Three time World Touring Car Champion and long term BMW factory driver Andy Priaulx has left the German marque to move to the FIA WEC next season. The Guernseyman is likely to drive for Ford in their new GTE project on a two year deal. For the last 12 seasons, Priaulx has driven for BMW in the…

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  • New beginnings for Porsche GTE effort

    New beginnings for Porsche GTE effort

    Not only did Toyota driver Alex Wurz announced he would retire after the end of the 2015 season, also the longtime head of the Porsche GT teams, Olaf Manthey, has announced he will step down from motorsport. Porsche now stands before a new beginning, which will see changes to it’s GT program coming thick and fast into…

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  • Ferrari reveal new GTE Challenger

    Ferrari reveal new GTE Challenger

    The GTE class is set for a new look for 2016, with Porsche set to step out of the class. Ford stepping in, and the most successful GTE class in the WEC’s history, the Ferrari 458 Italia, will be replaced. This weekend, Ferrari formally showed off the new Ferrari 488 for the first time. Ferrari…

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  • ELMS: Jota confirm championship charge

    ELMS: Jota confirm championship charge

    The European Le Mans Series returned after the 4 Hours of the Red Bull Ring and a vacant month of August for the penultimate round of the championship at Paul Ricard in France. We take you though the race. The race started in dramatic fashion when the pole sitting Jota Sport car of Simon Dolan…

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