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The re-branding of Australian GT as GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS has been confirmed.

SRO Motorsports Group's takeover of the Australian GT Championship and Australian Endurance Championship has been confirmed.

SRO Motorsports Group is set to take over the embattled Australian GT Championship.

The next-generation BMW GT3 racer based on the M4 has turned a wheel for the first time in the hands of Augusto Farfus.

Nico Hulkenberg will make his first race appearance since he left the Renault Formula 1 team when he competes in the ADAC GT Masters series at the Nurburgring on August 15-16.

Ex-Formula 1 racer Nico Hulkenberg took part in a private test at the Nurburgring at the wheel of a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 last weekend, Motorsport.com has learned.

Stephane Ratel believes the current coronavirus crisis is not only reshaping the 2020 season but also the direction of technology, with a future of electric and customer racing on the horizon.

Franck Perera is once again doing what he loves – racing cars for a living. There was once a time when he got to within touching distance of Formula 1, and although that didn’t work out, he had a second chance in IndyCar. But the global financial crash, and Toyota pulling out of F1 and withdrawing its backing, sent not only his career into a spiral, but his mental health too.

Lamborghini has announced its official factory line-up for 2020, with a graduate from the Young Drivers' programme graduating to a works seat and opening the door for new talent to follow his path.

Enzo Ide, the 2016 Blancpain GT Sprint champion, is recovering at home after spending five months in hospital in his native Belgium.

Ferrari has added Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Daniel Serra and former karting superstar Nicklas Nielsen to its roster of works GT drivers.

GruppeM driver Raffaele Marciello put in a second flawless drive in as many days to secure the FIA GT World Cup for Mercedes at Macau.

Mercedes driver Raffaele Marciello held off Earl Bamber to win the qualification race for the 2019 FIA GT World Cup in Macau.

Raffaele Marciello stormed to pole position for the FIA GT World Cup qualification race in Macau with a stunning late lap in his GruppeM Mercedes.

An entry list for next month's FIA GT World Cup at Macau has been issued, featuring 17 cars and four manufacturers.

One-time Blancpain Sprint champion Enzo Ide is in an artificial coma in Bruges following an accident at home, but his condition is reported to be stable, according to Belgian news sources.

Sportscar racing has always been considered as a backup option of sorts, but it’s time drivers give this form of competition more thought.

Jamie Chadwick has been signed by Aston Martin as a 'works junior driver', and will contest the Nurburgring 24 Hours again with the British marque.

Honda will enter a factory car in the remaining races of the this year's Intercontinental GT Challenge season.

Reigning DTM champion Gary Paffett and two-time IMSA GT Daytona champion Christina Nielsen will complete the Intercontinental GT Challenge with the Strakka Mercedes squad.

Sometime GP2 racer Nick Yelloly has been named a BMW factory driver for the 2019 season.

Former Formula 1 driver Rio Haryanto will make his full-time racing return in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia series this year.

Supercars ace Shane van Gisbergen will help McLaren debut the new 720S GT3 car at the Gulf 12 Hours this week.

Team Turkey won the inaugural FIA GT Nations Cup at the Bahrain International Circuit, with Ayhancan Guven and Salih Yoluc winning Saturday’s main event in their Mercedes.

The new McLaren 720S GT3 will make its race debut in next month's Gulf 12 Hours enduro in Abu Dhabi.

Augusto Farfus converted pole position in the FIA GT World Cup race into victory in Macau, winning for BMW in Charly Lamm's last race as Schnitzer team boss.

Schnitzer BMW driver Augusto Farfus won the FIA GT World Cup qualification race to bag pole position for Sunday's main event.

Mercedes driver Raffaele Marciello beat BMW's Augusto Farfus to pole position for Saturday's FIA GT World Cup qualification race with a sensational final lap in qualifying.

Augusto Farfus has left BMW's DTM line-up and will take on a more prominent role in its GT racing efforts from 2019.

Oliver Jarvis will return to Macau in next month's GT World Cup for the first time since winning the Formula 3 Grand Prix on the Chinese street circuit in 2007. 

Ex-Formula 1 venue Kyalami will join the Intercontinental GT Challenge in 2019 with the revival of the South African track's historic nine-hour sportscar fixture.

Le Mans 24 Hours class winner KCMG has become the first team to enter the GT World Cup on the streets of Macau in November.

Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey will race a Ferrari in a race supporting the Formula 1 French Grand Prix this weekend.

Aston Martin's new GT3 car will make its race debut in this weekend's one-make event for the British manufacturer's cars on the Le Mans 24 Hours support bill. 

The FIA has revealed further details of its new GT Nations Cup concept, which will be held for the first time at the end of this year in Bahrain.

Indian racing drivers Armaan Ebrahim and Aditya Patel have collaborated to form Xtreme 1 Racing league, a sportscar championship that will debut in 2019.

Aston Martin will launch a new GT3 contender based on the new-generation Vantage GTE in the summer. 

Jaguar has taken the wraps off of the first GT car developed in-house in more than 50 years.

Dries Vanthoor has emulated his brother Laurens by becoming an Audi factory driver.

A plan for a GT3 Cup of Nations in Sochi next year has been announced by the architect of the category, Stephane Ratel. 

McLaren is developing a new GT3 racer based on its latest 720S sportscar in-house for 2019. 

FIA GT World Cup winner Edoardo Mortara says his Macau race start strategy was "pretty stupid" after running into a barrier while trying to sprint away from Augusto Farfus.

Edoardo Mortara claimed his fourth GT victory in Macau in a fascinating FIA GT World Cup race.

Formula E champion and former grand prix driver Lucas di Grassi said he cannot recall a crazier crash than the one that wiped out half the field in the FIA GT World Cup race in Macau.

Mercedes driver Edoardo Mortara won a bizarre FIA GT World Cup qualifying race in Macau in which just eight cars finished.

The FIA GT World Cup qualifying race at Macau was suspended after a huge pile up on the opening lap of the race.

Edoardo Mortara claimed pole position for the FIA GT World Cup qualification race as Mercedes locked out the top four positions in a flat out qualifying session.

Craft-Bamboo’s intention is to be fighting for overall victory with drivers, Laurens Vanthoor and Darryl O’Young, both former Macau winners