Day: April 18, 2018

ByKolles Racing Team confirms the drivers for the opening race

Jens Jensen

The ByKolles Racing Team has confirmed the drivers for the FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa Francorchamps in two weeks time. The opening race will be run by Oliver James Webb, Dominik Kraihamer and Tom Dillmann. Those three were in the car during the Prologue at Paul Ricard two weeks ago, where especially Dillmann got a lot of laps in the car. Webb and Kraihamer have been a part of the programme for the last couple of years, while Dillmann so far has had three starts in the FIA…

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CEFC TRSM Racing hires Le Mans winner

Jens Jensen

CEFC TRSM Racing will have a Le Mans winner in the team, when the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 season starts in two weeks at Spa Francorchamps. Oliver Turvey will share car #6 with Oliver Rowland and Alex Brundle, who were already announced prior to the Prologue two weeks ago. Turvery won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014 with JOTA Sport, on a late call-up. The plan for JOTA Sport was to run Le Mans rookie Harry Tincknell, Simon Dolan and Marc Gene, but Gene was called back…

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Corvette Racing ready with the Le Mans drivers

Jens Jensen

Corvette Racing has their drivers ready for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. And there is no surprise regarding the names of the 6 drivers. It is going to be exactly the same line-up as in Daytona 24 Hours in January and Sebring 12 Hours in March. Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and Mike Rockenfeller will share the Corvette C7.R #63 while Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Marcel Fässler will drive the #64. It will be the first start for Rockenfeller at Le Mans for Corvette Racing, but he has already…

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Ekström gets a farewell race

Jens Jensen

Mattias Ekström will have a farewell race in the DTM, when the opening round is run at Hockenheim on 5 and 6 May. The soon to be 40 year-old Swede announced his 17 year long DTM career had come to an end after the 2017 season, and that he would instead focus on the FIA World Rallycross Championship, where he won both the titles in 2016, both as a driver but also as team owner. Audi Sport has now chosen to give him a farewell weekend in DTM, like we…

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Ma Qing Hua returns behind the wheel

Jens Jensen

Ma Qing Hua will return behind the wheel in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. The Chinese driver has participated in 7 Formula E races so far, and when the series goes to Paris next week, he will once again be in a car. The 30 year-old Chinese driver will race for the NIO Formula E team. He has been a test- and reserve driver for the team since the summer 2017. He will replace Luca Filippi in car #68, but the team hasn’t given any information about the change.…

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