ORECA will continue to run the French GT and Prototype Championship this season.The Paul Ricard-based organization has reaffirmed its commitment to the GT Tour package on which the series runs, following comments by a leading official from the French motorsport federation that ORECA boss Hugues de Chaunac deemed "unacceptable."He asserted...

A new international GT championship focused on France is to be launched by the Stephane Ratel Organisation in time for next season.SRO, which runs the Blancpain GT Series and the British GT Championship, has announced outline plans for a series that would include five rounds in France and one each...

Ex-Formula 1 driver Olivier Panis (LEFT) is aiming to take his first steps in team ownership with a 2016 LMP2 campaign that could include the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Frenchman, whose post-F1 sports car career included victory in the 2011 Sebring 12 Hours (ABOVE), is working to put together...

Two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winners Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer will race in the French GT championship at Spa ahead of their assault on the Belgian circuit's 24-hour enduro.The factory Audi drivers will each race a WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra in the French GT event on June 21-22....

Sebastien Loeb Racing will swap from McLaren to Audi machinery for its 2014 GT campaigns.The French team, which finished runner-up in both the FIA GT Series and the French GT Championship with the McLaren MP4-12C last season, has decided to run the Audi R8 LMS ultra for its 2014 programs.Team...

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...

The French Hexis Racing team is set to close its doors after making a guest appearance in the FIA GT Series finale in Azerbaijan in November.Hexis Racing, which won more races over the three years of the FIA GT1 World Championship than any other team, will either shut down or...