Mazda Team Joest has kept the angry little four-cylinder turbos alight during an intensive testing regimen in Florida with its RT24-P DPis.The Multimatic-based IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship prototypes have sprinted back and forth between Daytona International Speedway and Sebring International Raceway in recent weeks, often leaving one facility as its...

Mazda Motorsports director John Doonan was moved to see the roots of a conversation that started in January with Joest Racing come to fruition on Tuesday in Hockenheim.Following a pair of bold decisions to part with SpeedSource Race Engineering and park Mazda's IMSA WeatherTech Championship DPi program for the remainder...

Joest Racing technical director Ralf Juttner has a favorite word to describe the team's new alliance with Mazda: chemistry.It speaks volumes about the sequence of changes for Audi Sport's former LMP1-Hybrid partner."It goes back to Daytona earlier this year when I met with John Doonan and Mazda, and it's the...

Mazda Motorsports has signed Joest Racing to take over its IMSA Daytona Prototype international program.With the stunning move, the Reinhold Joest-owned, Ralf Juttner-led outfit will immediately replace the Florida-based SpeedSource Race Engineering group as Mazda's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship service provider. The new team will compete under the name "Mazda Team...

Rebellion Racing – named for its primary sponsor, Rebellion Timepieces – has confirmed that its 2016 racing program will center around running a pair of upgraded Rebellion R-One AER LMP1 cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The Swiss-based team will be looking...

MZ-2.0T engine will make its race debut at the Rolex 24 at DaytonaThe two-car Mazda Prototype race team will be powered by the new gasoline-fueled MZ-2.0T engine this season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The engine has been in development for much of the past year and has completed...

British motorsport engines specialist RML was in the running to become Formula 1's independent engine supplier from 2017 and remains eager to be involved should the FIA restart the process.On Tuesday the Formula 1 Commission voted against pursuing the FIA's plan for a "budget" power unit as an answer to...

The Formula 1 Commission has voted not to pursue the idea of an alternative budget engine at this stage, according to the FIA.The cost of a customer supply, believed to be in the region of 20 million euros ($21.2m), has been a cause of concern since the new 1.6-liter V6...

Advanced Engine Research (AER) claims it has an engine that "fits exactly" the requirements of the FIA's plans for an independent supplier to Formula 1 for 2017.The FIA's "expressions of interest" process concludes at 4pm GMT on Monday, with AER and Ilmor two of the known candidates, while Cosworth has...

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