Spa-Francorchamps,Belgium, May 7th, 2012- The Gulf Racing Middle East team, representing theUnited Arab Emirates, had a challenging weekend at the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship inSpa-Francorchamps,Belgium. The rain arrived early and had a strong influence on the shape of the 6hr race as the conditions remained tricky throughout, for the 42 car [...]

Sat May 5th 2012- A large crowd of 31,000 braved the typically changeable Spa weather to see the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and were treated to the first victory for the new Audi R18 Ultra, a worthy successor to its distant ancestor the R8.  Romain Dumas, who won the 24 Hours of Spa in [...]

Nine-time world motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi will compete in the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza on 13-15 April at the wheel of a Ferrari. The Italian, who is nicknamed ‘Il Doctore’ (The Doctor), will race with the famous Number 46 on his Ferrari 458 Italia for the Kessel Racing team in [...]

January 31st, 2012- Oryx Racing successfully completed its maiden race in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, finishing 32nd out of 44 cars in the GT class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The UAE-based team, which included Emirati nationals Humaid Al Masaood and Saeed Al Mehairi in its line-up, overcame a number of challenges to [...]

Daytona Beach, Florida-Jan. 29, 2112 – In his ninth try at winning North America’s most prestigious sports car race, team owner Michael Shank put his faith in a stock car driver. And that driver – A.J. Allmendinger – put in three grueling hours at the wheel of the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ford/Riley [...]

January 26, 2012- Oryx Racing has announced it will take part in the 2012 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in North America, the first time it has competed as an independent racing team. The Abu Dhabi-based team will kick off the season this weekend at the world-famous Daytona 24 hour race, with new driver, Emirati [...]

Friday 20th 2012 – The inaugural Gulf 12 Hours laid claim to becoming an instant classic after less than10”separated the first three cars after half a day’s racing! Taking a dramatic final stint win after setting the pace for much of the race was the AF Corse Ferrari 458 piloted by Matt Griffin, Marco Cioci [...]

  There is a phrase that goes something like “Racing can be a cruel mistress”, well we can confirm the phrase. Here is the day by day blow of what transpired before the event. Friday 6th January. The drivers and support team meet at the Dubai Autodrome for a test session. The car refuses to [...]

This weekend saw JRM Racing run its Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 in the Dunlop 24-hours of Dubai, with four of the manufacturer’s ‘Champions’ from 2011 driving the car: Michael Krumm, Alex Buncombe, Franck Mailleux and Tom Kimber-Smith. Having qualifying third on a grid of 70 cars, hopes were high for an excellent result, but after [...]

2012 Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai - Emirati driver Khalid Al Qubaisi and the Abu Dhabi Black Falcon team with Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 crossed the finish line at the Dubai Autodrome at 2pm this afternoon to win the seventh edition of the Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai, and doing so scoring one of the most [...]