Carrera Cup Australia will welcome another Kiwi into the fold at its next round at Wakefield Park, with Daniel Gaunt joining the Championship.

Gaunt, 23, will step into the Sherrin Equipment Porsche driven by Iain Sherrin at the first two rounds of year, in what will be his Australian Porsche debut.

Race 1 was incident packed for Hancock

A sizeable slice of bad luck took the shine off an otherwise solid weekend for Sam Hancock at the opening round of the 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup GB season.

Phil Quaife marked his return to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with a pair of podium finishes at the season-opening double header at his home circuit Brands Hatch, to leave him third in the drivers’ championship.

Stuttgart. The Porsche Mobil1 Supercup has never been as powerful as this:
At the season-opener in Bahrain, pilots contesting the world’s fastest
one-make cup compete for the first time with the latest Porsche 911 GT3
Cup. Delivering 420 hp, this sports car is the most powerful Cup-911 in the
16-year history of the championship.

This will be Dirk Muller's first trip to St Pete

The American Le Mans Series returns to the streets of St. Petersburg this weekend for the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio with new teams, new drivers, new cars and even new fuel throughout its GT classes. For one, there is Corvette Racing's debut race with cellulosic E85 to think about.

The van Merksteijn Porsche has a strong driver lineup

Stuttgart. At the season-opening round of the European Le Mans Series (LMS)
on 6 April in Barcelona, three Porsche RS Spyders line up on the grid for
the first time. The successful sports prototype from Weissach will be
fielded by three teams in the LMS. Driving for the Van Merksteijn
Motorsport (Netherlands) team are ex-Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen and
team owner Peter van Merksteijn (both Netherlands). The RS Spyder run by
the Danish Essex team is manned by 1990 Le Mans winner, John Nielson, and
Casper Elgaard (both Denmark). Driving for Horag Racing from Switzerland
are Fredy Lienhard (Switzerland), Didier Theys (Belgium) and Jan Lammers
(Netherlands), whose racing CVs also include a Le Mans win and Formula 1
experience.

Motors TV would like to express its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of David Leslie, who was killed yesterday in a plane crash near Biggin Hill, Kent.

Presenting the Aston Martin Vantage GT2!

Aston Martin Racing has revealed the first official pictures of the Vantage GT2, which will make its race debut with James Watts Automotive at the first round of the Le Mans Series at Barcelona on 5 April.