It's the 15th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun on his approach to chassis setup at Mid-Ohio, where his IMSA team competes this weekend. Braun closes with a discussion on setup windows, how to work within...

McLaren has become the first Formula 1 team to enter the esports arena, announcing "World's Fastest Gamer" – what McLaren calls "the world's most intense and demanding competition for virtual racers." The winner will be offered a role with the F1 team as one of its official simulator drivers.World's Fastest...

Former Nissan LMP1 programme director Mike Carcamo has been confirmed as the Japanese manufacturer's global motorsport boss.Carcamo, who oversaw the GTR LM NISMO program from late summer until its cancellation in December, has been acting as Nissan's motorsport boss following the departure of Darren Cox at the end of October.The...

Nissan motorsport boss Darren Cox, the driving force behind the Japanese manufacturer's return to top-line sportscar racing in LMP1 this season, has left the company.Cox has relinquished his role as global motorsport director and marketing boss of the NISMO brand to end a 13-year stint at Nissan. During that time,...

Nissan has admitted that its front-wheel-drive GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 contender raced in last weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours without its hybrid system engaged.Darren Cox, the Japanese manufacturer's global motorsport boss, made the admission in the wake of a race in which the best Nissan lapped 18 seconds off the...

Nissan LMP1 driver Mark Shulzhitskiy will join the Japanese manufacturer's Blancpain Endurance Series lineup at Paul Ricard the week after the Le Mans 24 Hours.Shulzhitskiy, the 2012 GT Academy winner, will take the professional seat in the Pro-Am Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 taken by Florian Strauss at the Monza opener...

Frenchman Gaetan Paletou will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut on June 13-14, just 10 months and 18 races after winning last year's Nissan GT Academy.Paletou, 22, has been placed by Nissan with the British Greaves Motorsport LMP2 squad for the World Endurance Championship showpiece after taking part in...

Nissan believes it had a positive first run at Le Mans with its GT-R LM NISMO even though the LMP1 car failed to match the times of the leading LMP2s.Sunday's Le Mans test day still represented a success for the the front-wheel-drive GT-R LM, according to the Japanese manufacturer's global...

Nissan's radical front-wheel-drive LMP1 contender will easily outqualify the best LMP2 cars ahead of next month's Le Mans 24 Hours, the Japanese manufacturer's global motorsport boss has vowed.Darren Cox has predicted that the Nissan GT-R LM NISMOs will be "significantly faster" than the LMP2s despite the delays in the project...

Former grand prix driver Marc Gene is likely to return to Nissan's World Endurance Championship lineup this season, despite stepping down into an advisory role for next month's Le Mans 24 Hours.Nissan global motorsport boss Darren Cox insisted that the Spaniard had an ongoing agreement with the Japanese manufacturer that...