Former Renault Formula 1 and Mercedes DTM driver Vitaly Petrov will return to racing in the World Endurance Championship next year. The Russian will join SMP Racing in the LMP2 class of WEC."I would like to thank [team owner] Boris Romanovich and the SMP Racing team for the opportunity to...

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...

Russian entrant SMP Racing has unveiled the new LMP2 coupe with which it will compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the European Le Mans Series.The wraps came off the new BR Engineering-Nissan BR01, designed by former Peugeot engineer Paolo Cantone, on the second day of the official...

The first test of 2014 World Endurance Championship LMP2 title winner SMP Racing's all-new P2 coupe has been delayed until March, forcing a switch from a planned World Endurance Championship campaign to the European Le Mans Series. Mikhail Aleshin is moving over from the IndyCar Series, where SMP has stopped...

Former Peugeot factory driver Nicolas Minassian is set to race for the Franco-Russian SMP Racing LMP2 squad in this year's World Endurance Championship.SMP has filed WEC entries for a pair of ORECA-Nissan 03s and contracted Minassian to share the lead car with Maurizio Mediani and Sergey Zlobin, who were part...