After Sunday’s DTM race in Oschersleben, when driver René Rast met the mechanic who made a critical error during a decisive pit stop, the mechanic had tears in his eyes and instinctively put his sunglasses back on.But the Schubert BMW driver, who finished fifth instead of second after a raceContinue Reading
In a thrilling Sunday race at Oschersleben, Ayhancan Guven celebrated his first victory – and the first-ever DTM win by a Turkish driver. The Manthey-Porsche driver triumphed thanks to a perfect strategy that vaulted him to the front after the first of two mandatory pitstops.“Already in my first year, IContinue Reading
Landgraf Mercedes driver Lucas Auer made a perfect start to the 2025 DTM season, dominating Saturday’s race from pole position at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.“It’s a perfect day,” said a delighted Auer following the contest. “Once again, I have to congratulate my Landgraf squad. They delivered the pitstop, delivered the set-upContinue Reading
Matt Payne took advantage of Grove Racing’s speed and some messy racing from the opposition to take his second Supercars win of the weekend at New Zealand’s Taupo Motorsport Park.Payne emerged from an opening lap skirmish to take the lead and drove to a conventional pit strategy to take hisContinue Reading
Ford has swept the podium positions in the two opening Supercars races at Taupo Motorsport Park in New Zealand.Matt Payne and Chas Mostert took their Ford Mustangs to victory lane in the races, leaving the Chevrolet Camaro drivers in their wake.On the soft tyre, as opposed to the supersoft inContinue Reading
Craig Lowndes has announced that he will split with his team of 20 years, Triple Eight, at the end of the season, to remain a General Motors driver in 2026.Lowndes will join with a to-be-named Chevrolet Supercars team while Triple Eight becomes a Ford team next season.He joined Triple EightContinue Reading
Capitalism versus socialism is always an interesting debate. Especially in motor racing.At times it can be hard to see where one philosophy ends and the other begins, even at the top level of motorsport. Sure, Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda and Alpine all supply their own Formula 1 power units, but allContinue Reading
One of the jigsaw pieces of General Motors’ Supercars future has been placed, with confirmation that KRE Race Engines will continue to supply engines to Chevrolet teams.GM confirmed the news in a statement on Friday, meaning that all the Camaro teams will continue, as now, to source their 5.7-litre V8sContinue Reading
GT racing star Daniel Juncadella has said the DTM used to be so political in the past that it “destroyed his career in a way”.Juncadella was part of Mercedes’ factory programme in the DTM for five seasons between 2013 and 2018, initially racing for Mucke Motorsport before landing a drive atContinue Reading
Mark Winterbottom and Tickford Racing will reunite in 2025, with the recently retired full-time Supercars driver returning to his old squad as a endurance co-driver.The former Supercars champion and Bathurst 1000 winner will partner Cam Waters in one of the team’s Ford Mustangs at The Bend 500 and Bathurst 1000Continue Reading