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F1 champion Jenson Button joins Russian squad for WEC  Jenson Button will race for Russian outfit SMP Racing in the World Endurance Championship 'superseason'. The 2009 Formula 1 champion will…

Electric GT takes its next step and announces the beginnings of a calendar Electric GT will officially begin in earnest this winter as the series has confirmed Jerez will host…

Motor sport highlights from NHRA, Blancpain GT, Hankook 12H, Australian Supercars and more in our latest weekend in review NHRA Texas, Funny Car Blancpain GT Endurance Monza (race begins at…

This week in motor sport, from the database April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 20 1927 America’s first Formula 1 World Champion…

Another day, another Nürburgring time... The 911 GT3 RS has become the latest Porsche to set a sub-seven minute time around the Nürburgring as Kevin Estre lapped the Green Hell in…

So here it sits. McLaren M6A-1. Not McLaren’s first effort at building a sports car, nor even its first Can-Am car - that particular honour fell to the M1B -…

TVR is back on the road and it's back on the track too... but not in anger, just yet On the eve of the World Endurance Championship, Rebellion Racing and…

Aston Martin fields strong line-up for Nürburgring 24 Hours in May as it prepares for Vantage swansong Aston Martin Racing will field all six World Endurance Championship GTE drivers for the…

This week in motor sport, from the database April 13 1877 Christian Lautenschlager, winner of the 1908 and 1914 Grand Prix de l’Automobile de France (French GP), was born in Magstadt.…

Former racer and TV presenter David Hobbs looks back on his expansive and varied racing career, from his first Morris Oxford to Formula 1, on to Le Mans, America and…

Found in a barn in Naples fitted with a Ford V12, this 65-year-old Ferrari 625TF is expected to fetch millions at auction This ex-Mike Hawthorn 1953 Ferrari 625 Targa Florio…

Former Lotus F1 driver, leading British sports car driver jazz enthusiast John Miles died on Sunday John Miles, son of actor Sir Bernard Miles (then Lord Miles), passed away at…

Toyota's table-topping performance at the WEC Prologue on April 7 does little to paint a comprehensible picture... so what can we learn from the opening test? There…

Porsche begins 919 tribute year by smashing Lewis Hamilton's Spa-Francorchamps Formula 1 record Porsche set a new track record at Spa-Francorchamps with its evolved 919 Hybrid on Monday. Works driver…

Motor sport highlights from IndyCar, WRC, WEC and Super GT in our latest weekend in review IndyCar Phoenix NASCAR Texas WEC Prologue Super GT Okayama, round one Australian Supercars Tasmania…

Looking through the database for the motor sport news on this day April 6 1909 Pre-war titan Hermann Lang was born near Stuttgart and he joined Mercedes-Benz as a mechanic as…

For those wanting a global prototype platform and a deal of cooperation between WEC and IMSA, the latest changes bode well Sense has been seen. The Sebring festival of endurance…