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Who is driving in WEC’s Bahrain rookie test?

Check out all the drivers confirmed for Sunday's post-season rookie test in Bahrain

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Entry list for WEC's Bahrain rookie test

Check out all the drivers confirmed for Sunday's post-season rookie test in Bahrain

Autosport

Bathurst 12 Hour: BMW scores first win in 15 years with dominant 1-2

BMW has won the 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour, with the WRT BMW M4 GT3 of Kelvin van der Linde, Sheldon van der Linde and Augusto Farfus taking its maiden win in the race's GT3 era and leading a 1-2 finish.

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Spa 24 Hours: Aston Martin wins after Ferrari blocked at pit entry

Aston Martin stole a dramatic last-gasp victory at the Spa 24 Hours to claim a first win at the Belgian enduro since 1948.

Autosport

Bathurst 12 Hour: Sheldon van der Linde secures pole for BMW

The South African was the sole non-Mercedes-AMG driver in the second of two 15-minute sessions, each with five cars, to take pole with a with a time of 2m01.9810s in the Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 he will share with Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts.

Autosport

Valentino Rossi's team-mates revealed for BMW WEC and GTWCE campaigns

The seven-time MotoGP world champion will share a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 in both series this year with factory driver Martin, continuing a partnership that began in 2023 in the GTWCE.

Motorsport

Rossi's team-mates revealed for BMW WEC and GTWCE campaigns

The seven-time MotoGP world champion will share a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 in both series this year with factory driver Martin, continuing a partnership that began in 2023 in the GTWCE.

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Shwartzman fastest for Ferrari as Rossi gets mileage in Bahrain WEC rookie test

Taking over the #51 Ferrari 499P for the second part of the three-hour session, Shwartzman set an impressive time of 1m48.559s in his first day of running in an LMH car.

Autosport

Jota Porsche tops first Bahrain WEC rookie test session as Rossi makes debut

After coming close to scoring a maiden Hypercar podium in Saturday’s finale, Jota led the opening two hours of running at the Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday, with Will Stevens setting the quickest time in the team’s solo #38 Porsche 963 customer LMDh car.

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Jota Porsche tops first Bahrain rookie test session as Rossi makes debut

Motorsport

Rossi scores breakthrough GT World Challenge victory at Misano

On the track where Rossi had achieved race-winning success in MotoGP on three occasions, 'The Doctor' achieved a breakthrough in his new career.

Autosport

Spa 24 Hours: BMW takes first win since 2018

They completed a third victory for the German team after its 2016 and ’20 wins with BMW and Porsche respectively in the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe by 11.1s over the second-placed Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes shared by Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy.

Autosport

"Perfect job" from Rossi secured first GTWCE podium - Martin

Martin hailed the seven-time MotoGP champion’s performance after he took the chequered flag aboard their BMW M4 GT3 in the runner-up spot in the second of the two one-hour races on the opening weekend of the GTWCE Sprint Cup.

Autosport

Valentino Rossi takes first podium in GT World Challenge Europe at Brands Hatch

BMW factory driver Rossi finished runner-up in the second of the two GTWCE Sprint Cup races at the British venue aboard the WRT BMW M4 GT3 he shared with Maxime Martin.

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Bathurst 12 Hour: Van Gisbergen Mercedes leads after first quarter

Shane van Gisbergen’s Triple Eight Mercedes headed Matt Campbell’s Manthey Porsche after three hours of racing at Mount Panorama in the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Motorsport

Bathurst 12Hr: Van Gisbergen’s Mercedes leads after first quarter

Shane van Gisbergen’s Supercheap Mercedes AMG GT3 is locked in battle with Matt Campbell’s Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R after three hours of a fascinating Intercontinental GT Challenge race at the legendary Bathurst track.

Motorsport

Every driver racing in the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour

The full entry list for the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour, including 84 drivers from around the world, has been unveiled.

Autosport

Autosport 2022 Top 50: #40 Dries Vanthoor

1st in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup; 1st in Nurburgring 24 Hours

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WRT accuses former Audi Sport boss of damaging the brand's image

WRT chief Vincent Vosse has hit out at former Audi Sport head Julius Seebach for damaging the German manufacturer’s image in racing circles in the last two years.

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Vanthoor, Weerts join BMW as 2023 works drivers

Former Audi stalwarts Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts have joined WRT in making the switch to BMW as the German brand's latest works drivers for 2023.

Autosport

GTWCE Sprint Magny-Cours: ASP Mercedes and WRT Audi share wins

For the second time in as many rounds, Raffaele Marciello and Timur Boguslavskiy took an utterly dominant win in their ASP Mercedes in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.

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Brands Hatch GTWCE: Ferrari and Mercedes share sprint wins

Ferrari claimed a first overall victory in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup in nearly seven years as the Italian manufacturer and Mercedes shared out the honours at Brands Hatch.

Autosport

GTWCE Imola: #32 WRT wins from pole, Rossi suffers pitlane mix-up

Team WRT's #32 team won the GT World Challenge Europe season opener at Imola, as a pitlane mistake from Valentino Rossi shuffled the sister #46 entry well down the field.

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