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...

Sports car stalwart Peter Kox has ended his successful relationship with the Reiter Lamborghini organization that stretches back 15 years.The Dutchman said that "the time had come to move on" from Reiter Engineering, without giving detailed reasons for a decision that he revealed was "a little bit complicated."Kox had no...

Former American Le Mans Series and FIA GT1 star Lucas Luhr will drive for the factory-backed Marc VDS BMW squad in this month's Spa 24 Hours in place of team boss Bas Leinders.Longtime Marc VDS driver Leinders, who previously raced for the team when it was known as Belgian Racing,...

Former FIA GT1 world champion and sometime F1 racer Markus Winkelhock will compete as a wild card entry at next week's fourth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Finland. The German will drive an Audi S1 Supercar in the EKS RX team alongside Pontus Tidemand.Winkelhock will replace EKS...

The French Hexis Racing team will close its doors at the end of this month after failing to find a buyer.Hexis, which won the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship teams' title, revealed in October that it would have to shut up shop unless a buyer or investor was found to...