Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. (YME) has decided to withdraw their official Yamaha World Superbike Team at the end of the current season from the FIM Superbike World Championship. This announcement follows a full strategic review of the Marketing Operations within Europe including all Motorsport activities and takes into account the continuing severe and rapidly changing [...]

From 2013, the Australian-born and bred motorsport will race at the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Texas Governor Rick Perry, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, V8 Supercars Chairman Tony Cochrane and founding partner of Circuit of the Americas Tavo Hellmund announced the historic five-year deal today. V8 Supercars will become the first Australian [...]

Stuttgart. Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. The most recent win was in 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1. “Motorsport was [...]

Munich 23 Jun 2011. MINI is set to add a new chapter to its racing heritage with the arrival of the MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance. The newly developed racer will line up at this year’s 24-hour race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit, previewing the series-production version of the car due to be unveiled to [...]

Thursday 10th June:  Jean-Claude Plassart, Président of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Jean Todt, Président of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile presented the 2012 World Endurance Championship in greater detail. This presentation was made during the ACO Press Conference on today 9th June, two days before the start of the 79e Le Mans 24 [...]

Silverstone, Sun 5th June, 2011: NISSAN Motorsports International Co., Ltd, (NISMO) President: Shoichi Miyatani, announced the partnership tie-up with Executive Director James Rumsey, JR Motorsports to develop and run its FIA GT3 project using the NISSAN GT-R; following its current FIA GT1 World Championship project with the firm. NISMO is jointly advancing the development of the FIA GT3 [...]

Bahrain, May 23rd 2011: Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and President of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation, opened on Monday the “Love and Loyalty” exhibition and festival at Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre in Sanabis. The event is being held [...]

Dubai, 17th May 2011- Today marks a new date in the history of motorsport in the Middle East as Maserati launches the Maserati Trofeo one-make racing championship in the region. The series is backed by the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy and will feature up to 16 mechanically-identical Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo race cars battling [...]

May 17th 2011: Silverstone Circuits Limited, and its owner the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC), today opened the circuit’s state-of-the-art new Pit, Paddock and Conference complex – The Silverstone Wing. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, KG, who is also President in Chief of the BRDC, formally opened the new building that represents the [...]

May 16th 2011: V8 Supercars today announced a new ownership structure and a significant capital investment to support the continued development of one of Australia’s fastest-growing sports. The 18 V8 Supercars racing teams and founding investor, Sports Entertainment Ltd (SEL), have entered into a sale agreement with Australian Motor Racing Partners Pty Limited (AMRP). AMRP [...]