Day: October 18, 2020

Aston Martin changes in Bahrain

Jens Jensen

Aston Martin Racing will make some changes to their line-up, when the FIA World Endurance Championship finale will be run in Bahrain next month. The changes will happen in car #98 in GTE Am, where Paul Dalla and Ross Gunn will be joined by Richard Westbrook. That is the fifth different line up in six races. The season started out with Dalla Lana, Gunn and Darren Turner. Following the long spring break due to COVID-19, the team entered the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard and Spa Francorchamps, where…

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More Formula E drivers signed for 2021

Jens Jensen

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship teams are slowly getting their deals finalized for 2021, which is planned to start in January. Nissan e.dams has extended with Sebastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland, so both drivers will race for the team in the upcoming season. Buemi has raced for e.dams since the very first season, and if it wasn’t for his Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 commitment having priority, he would have raced every single event to date. Rowland has raced for Nissan e.dams for the past two seasons, in addition to…

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MSR hires the first driver for 2021

Jens Jensen

Meyer Shank Racing has hired their first full-season driver for their upcoming DPi programme in 2021. The new Acura ARX-05 team has made a deal with Olivier Pla, who will race the car throughout the season. The French driver has raced for MSR previously in 2016, where he helped out for the long IMSA races, including a victory at Petit Le Mans 2016. It was a Ligier LMP2 car with a Honda (Acura) engine in the back, with Pla being a long time test- and development driver for Ligier. The…

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ADAC GT Masters changes to Lausitzring

Jens Jensen

ADAC GT Masters has issued an update to the 2020 schedule today. Zandvoort in the Netherlands should have hosted the next round in 14 days’ time, but due to COVID-19 restrictions at the Dutch circuit, the series has opted to move the race weekend to Lausitzring. It’s the second time in 2020, that the series goes to the track located between Berlin and Dresden. The advantage for that venue is that they have plenty of time in their schedule, opposite to other German tracks, that are very busy at hosting…

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