A double-take was required when Bernd Schneider’s name appeared on the entry list for last weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race in Detroit.The longtime Mercedes factory driver joined Kenny Habul in the Riley Motorsports-run Mercedes AMG GT3 at Belle Isle, and with his FIA GT championship, five DTM titles, and...

Winward Racing will exhaust itself with 49 hours of endurance racing to close the year before launching a full-time effort next season in IMSA's Continental Tire Series. The Houston-based entrant, which partnered with CJ Wilson Racing this season in the same championship, has aligned itself with German powerhouse HTP Motorsport...

Mercedes-AMG unveiled its GT4 on Tuesday ahead of this weekend's 24 Hours of Spa. Based on the Mercedes-AMG GT R, it is the company's third GT car, following the SLS AMG GT3 released in 2010 and the Mercedes-AMG GT3 last year."The GT4 segment is getting more and more popular," said...

Touring car legend Bernd Schneider will contest a full championship for the first time since retiring from the DTM in 2008 in this year's Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.The 51-year-old driver, who claimed the DTM title on five occasions with Mercedes, will drive in the five BGTS Sprint Cup races...

ABOVE: NASCAR Trucks was just one of Austin Cindric's varied racing activities last year. (LAT photo) After racing over 30 races in seven series and four countries last year, Austin Cindric begins the 2016 racing season by returning to the Bathurst 12 Hour where, in 2015, he became the youngest...

Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, has won a fan vote to join Mercedes' Stars & Cars showdown. The 16-year-old was one of six drivers voted in to face Mercedes F1 teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and the brand's eight DTM drivers in...

Mercedes says it will take in more races on the Nurburgring Nordschleife as part of the development process of its new AMG GT3 racer, following the car's debut last weekend.The replacement for the SLS AMG GT3 took pole position for its first race in the VLN series last weekend, with...

The replacement for the ultra-successful Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 contender will be given a race debut in the VLN long-distance championship on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife next month.The new Mercedes-AMG GT3, which was unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March, will be raced in the fourth round of the VLN on...

DTM legend Bernd Schneider is set to contest the first three rounds of the Blancpain Sprint Series with the new GT Russia Mercedes squad.The Mercedes ambassador and test driver, who has been a regular in long-distance events aboard the German manufacturer's SLS AMG since 2011, is confirmed for this weekend's...

DTM legend Bernd Schneider will return to the Black Falcon Mercedes team in a bid to repeat his 2013 triumphs at the Gulf 12 Hours and Dubai 24 Hours enduros.Schneider will race the lead Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (pictured above) at next month's Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi...