The brand-new BR1 LMP1 chassis, developed by BR Engineering and Dallara was launched at the Bahrain International Circuit this evening.Boris Rotenberg, president of BR Engineering, was on hand at the event this evening to take the wraps off the new car which will race in the 2018/19 FIA WEC 'Super...

Ex-F1 and World Rally Championship driver Robert Kubica has been pictured testing this morning at Monza in SMP Racing's Dallara P217 (courtesy Fausto Mattei), along with Viktor Shaytar and Maurizio Mediani.This comes after Kubica was originally slated to drive for ByKolles in the World Endurance Championship's LMP1 class this year,...

Russian company BR Engineering will step up to the World Endurance Championship's LMP1 category in 2018 with a prototype designed in collaboration with Dallara, and run by SMP Racing.BR Engineering president Boris Rotenberg and Dallara CEO Andrea Pontremoli have signed an agreement to jointly develop the BR1 machine in 2017,...

Harry Tincknell claimed the Jota Sport team's third consecutive pole position of the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard.The Briton topped the times in the Jota Gibson-Nissan 015S LMP2 with a 1m46.917s to end up a tenth and a half clear of Nicolas Minassian in the best of the...

The new BR Engineering LMP2 coupes are running on Dunlop rather than Michelin tyres at this weekend's Paul Ricard round of the European Le Mans Series.The two BRE-Nissan BR01s, which are now racing under the banner of AF Racing rather than SMP Racing, will compete on Dunlop rubber to "give...

Things have changed rather dramatically among the list of companies that DailySportsCar.com spoke to in the run-up to the deadlines for submissions for the four proposed LMP2 chassis manufacturers licenses:Of the nine companies (and/or collaborative ventures) that had confirmed an intention to submit a proposal, or that they were actively...

The new BR Engineering LMP2 coupe will be absent from the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at Silverstone on April 11.It has been decided by sister company SMP Racing to delay the introduction of the new Nissan-powered BR01, which ran for the first time at Paul Ricard...

SMP Racing's new BR Engineering LMP2 coupe, which will race at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the European Le Mans Series, made its track debut on Sunday.The Russian entrant's BRE-Nissan BR01, which is named after team owner Boris Rotenberg, was given a shakedown on Paul Ricard's training circuit...

Here’s part two of a multi-part summary from DailySportsCar.com of some of the new machinery (and the other changes) in sports car racing we expect to see in the coming season.Click here for Part 1: LMP1Click here for Part 2: GT3, GTEAfter a year that saw the ACO prototype class...