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Come on feel the noise: Blancpain Endurance Series teams will contest the Total 24 Hours of Spa on the final weekend of July

The new up and coming team has impressed in their debut, even taking a class victory in their first time in the European Le Mans Series.

Wins for Aston Martin, Nissan and Porsche at Silverstone. Famous British marque takes overall win and class podiums at home circuit while Nissan seal brilliant PRO-AM class success.

In the PRO-AM class pole position was sealed by Alex Buncombe for the Nissan GT Academy Team RJN team.

It was a day filled with action for the Blancpain Endurance Series teams at Silverstone as they prepare for qualifying on Sunday morning before the main event.

Battle of the Blancpain Endurance Series super cars heads to the UK and the winds of Northamptonshire

Swiss race car driver Cyndie Allemann made her debut last weekend at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring while at the same time wrapping up production for her reality TV show Ziel: Grüne Hölle’. A busy weekend for the popular race car driver.

Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards and Nicki Thiim with their Mercedes-Benz SLS AMGT GT3 won the endurance battle in Nordschleife.

An amazing overall win by the No. 9 Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 in the always challenging endurance race at the famous “Green Hell”

Second place was not what they aimed for at the 24 Hour of Nürburgring as Team Marc VDS narrowly missed out on securing a 20th overall victory for BMW at the challenging classic endurance event.

Aston Martin’s Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S continues to run smoothly.

After a long stoppage at the Nürburgring due to heavy rain, the 24 Hour race was restarted.

Nürburgring was red flag due to heavy rain showers and fog on the Nordschleife and expected to restart at 0800hrs CET on Monday 20 May with AMR's Bilstein liveried #007 V12 Vantage GT3 holding the lead.

After six hours: BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS impresses in the rain – Race interrupted at the Nürburgring.

Alongside the race-leading charger, Aston Martin’s Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S successfully completed its first international race lap on pure hydrogen.

Frank Stippler posts best time in Audi R8 LMS ultra of Phoenix Racing while Christian Mamerow for Prosperia C. Abt Team Mamerow on second row. Good day for Audi with three R8 LMS ultra cars in top five.

BMW team Marc VDS arrives at the Nordschleife with the aim of taking the 24 Hours of Nürburgring glory.

24-hour race at the Nürburgring with eight Audi R8 LMS ultra cars and five customer teams bank on Audi’s GT3 sports car along with technical support by Audi Sport customer racing

Epic closing stages fight wows crowd! AF Corse won Pro-Am class while SOFREV ASP earns the Gentleman Trophy honours giving Ferrari a clean sweep to the delight of the Tifosi.

60 cars get set for 2013 season blast off for the biggest and best field ever

Rodin Younessi takes on new challenge in 2013. The pro driver & team owner of Younessi Racing will compete through MRS as the only American driver behind the wheel of a McLaren MP4-12C GT3

The customer sports program of Mercedes-AMG will take an active part in the 2013 racing year all over the globe, and made its debut on U.S. soil in the Pirelli World Challenge.

The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT invited the press today at its premises in Baudour to present its 2013 sporting programme.

The team's two BMW Z4 GT3 cars tested on the Italian circuit in preparation for the 2013 season.

James Rumsey, team principal of JRM Racing: "We are pleased to have finalized our driving line-up, and to have such depth across the Pro and Pro-Am cars."

Maxime Martin and Bas Leinders remain with Marc VDS Racing for the new season title fight in the Blancpain Endurance Series. Other drivers for the two-car team include Yelmer Buurman, Markus Palttala, Henri Moser and Nick Catsburg.

Pro sportscar racer Andy Meyrick contested the 24-hour Blancpain Endurance Series race in Belgium with the Gulf Racing UK team. He now returns for the full season in the Pro-Am category.

JRM Racing's Team principal James Rumsey signs two sportscar aces for 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series challenge. Peter Dumbreck and Lucas Luhr will co-drive the team's Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.

The #36 Erebus entry led much of the last part of the race and despite not being the fastest car across the weekend, outlasted, outplayed and outwitted their rivals in a commanding performance.

The Maranello Motorsport Ferrari will be forced to carry an extra 50kg of weight in the race tomorrow as a penalty.

JRM Racing joins a growing list of teams entering the BES for 2013.

Blancpain Endurance Series continues to be biggest and best for GT racing this season.

The Swiss driver Harold Primat achieved great racing success in the FIA WEC 2012 season with Rebellion Racing. Now he will be behind the wheel of an Audi in Australia.

Repeating their maiden win from 2012, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 team was strong again with Khalid Al Qubaisi, Sean Edwards, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and Bernd Schneider.

Bleekemolen puts the number one Mercedes on the pole after the team prepared a replacement chassis for the one damaged in a Wednesday practice crash.

Gran Turismo®5 game winners from Europe, USA, Germany and Russia to team up in two Nissan 370Z Nismo race cars

The 17th spot on Motorsport.com’s top 20 moments goes to the popularity of the GT3 cars by fans, manufacturers and drivers. In just seven seasons the GT3 category has become the biggest and most popular GT racing category in the world.

Latest picture on my screen saver 2012-12-25: Motorsport.com art director Eric Gilbert presents the photos that he actually uses as screen savers (and that he has actually shot, also). Enjoy!

Hexis to take on top GT teams with drivers Alvaro Parente, Alexander Sims and Stef Dusseldorp. Their stated objective is to win this championship, considered as the top-class Grand Touring series.

Porsche adds Tandy to an elite group including Bernhard, Long, Bergmeister, Henzler, Dumas, Pilet, Lieb, Holzer, and Lietz to take on the challenge in a variety of series including the ALMS, Grand-Am, and the WEC which includes Le Mans.

Sébastien Loeb Racing is taking part in two days of testing in Spain : the chance to take possession of the two McLaren MP4-12Cs which will be entered in one or several series next year.

The top Italian AF Corse Ferrari team scored its second successive victory in the Gulf 12 Hours around the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The event is open to four categories of cars: GT3, GT4, Cups and Sportscars CN2 Prototypes. The...

It's always a pleasure to visit the AF Corse team area in the paddock. Aside from a very nice Italian espresso (even at the other end of the world, in Abu Dhabi), the team is always welcoming and Amato Ferrari is always available for a chat.

The second edition of the Gulf 12 Hours will have the distinction of being run the same year as the first, as organizers have opted to hold the event in December instead of January.

All nine Porsche work drivers still have a valid contract for the 2013 season or their contract was extended.

New edition of the world’s most successful race car: The 911 GT3 Cup will be run exclusively in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2013.

Latest picture on my screen saver 2012-12-08: Motorsport.com art director Eric Gilbert presents the photos that he actually uses as screen savers (and that he has actually shot, also). Enjoy!

At the end of no less than ... 27 weekends of competition Maxime Martin can finally take a breather, and take full stock of the 2012 sports season. A briskly led campaign, which saw the young Brussels based driver confirm his rank as one of the...

Laurent Mercier/Endurance-Info.com, translation by Rainier Ehrhardt

Laurent Mercier/Endurance-Info.com, translation by Rainier Ehrhardt

Laurent Mercier/Endurance-Info.com, translation by Rainier Ehrhardt