Day: December 6, 2020

Montoya final driver at MSR

Jens Jensen

Juan Pablo Montoya will be the fourth and final driver at Meyer Shank Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2021. The team has got hold of an Acura DPi car for the upcoming season – a car that Montoya has three years of experience in. They have already signed a contract with Montoya’s teammate through those three seasons, Dane Cameron. Cameron and Olivier Pla will race the car full season, while Montoya will help at the Michelin Endurance Cup rounds, that are longer than the standard 2 hours and…

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First car in ELMS set for United

Jens Jensen

United Autosports has sorted out the drivers for their first car in the European Le Mans Series 2021. Jim McGuire, Duncan Tappy and Andrew Bentley will enter the LMP3 category in car #3, for the second year in a row. This will be the fifth season for McGuide in the team. He raced in the Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 category from 2017-19, before moving up to the ELMS in 2020. He missed out on the first podium position for the squad at Paul Ricard in 2020, since he had…

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ERA in Asia too

Jens Jensen

Era Motorsport is an ever-expanding team. They are active in historic racing in the US, and stepped onto the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship scene in January 2020, and racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in September 2020, in collaboration with IDEC Sport. They have just announced an Asian Le Mans Series programme for 2021. The team will work together with JOTA, who will run the programme. Kyle Tilley and Dwight Merriman, the two men being Era Motorsport, will share the car entered in the series. The car will…

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Stronger ties between ADAC and SRO

Jens Jensen

The ADAC and SRO have signed an agreement about even stronger ties between the two organizations in GT racing. That has resulted in some adjustments to the ADAC GT Masters schedule for 2021, so they avoid clashes with GT World Challenge Europe and Intercontinental GT Challenge. The race at Zandvoort has been moved to 9-11 July, while the season finale at Hockenheimring will be pushed back one week to 22-24 October. The two organizations are already working together on the BOP on the cars, since ADAC GT Masters follows the…

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WRC Rally Monza, Sebastien Ogier clinches 7th WRC title & victory in Monza thriller.

Stephen Hodges

The 2020 WRC season finale took place in and around the temple of speed, Monza in northern Italy. It’s the first time Monza has hosted a round of the WRC. Friday saw the first running at the Monza circuit itself, the stages using the circuit itself along with the access roads along with the old Monza banking.  The championship finale sees Elfyn Evans leading the points with Sebastien Ogier in second, just 14 points adrift. Thierry Neuville & Ott Tanak both come in as rank outsiders for championship glory, the…

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