The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Presented by Toyo Tires kicked off the 2008 season with a tough test at Mosport International Raceway on May 17, 18, 2008. Competitors battled mechanical gremlins and changing weather throughout the weekend.

Two podiums to keep Scuderia Playteam SaraFree ahead of the game
- Ferrari F430 n.3 - Michele Maceratesi \ Andrea Montermini - 10?handicap
- Ferrari F430 n.4 - Manuel Giao \ Pedro Couceiro - 0 handicap

During the International GT Open week-end, Scuderia Playteam Sarafree scored a double podium on in the second race of the weekend, to put the troubled first race well behind it.

Montermini and Maceratesi are having a good 2008

After the difficult day lived yesterday, Scuderia Playteam SaraFree completely runed the situation in today’s GT Open race, placing its two cars in first and third: Andrea Montermini-Michele Maceratesi had a trouble-free race to clinch their second victory of the year, and increase their advantage in the overall standings, while Gião-Couceiro still made it to the podium despice two contacts and a drive-through. The blue Ferraris sandwiched the Advanced Engineering F430 of Michele Rugolo-Salvatore Tavano, very competitive throughout the week-end.

RSV's speed did not translate into results at Valencia

RSV Motorsport finished its participation in the second meeting of the International GT Open, held this weekend in the circuit Ricardo Tormo, in Cheste. The result is a fifth position – a result which does not reflect the brilliant performance of Domingo Romero and Peter Sundberg during the three days of competition.

Autorlando made the most of the weather conditions

A huge storm in the middle of the afternoon has created the conditions, slippery and treacherous, for one of the liveliest and most surprising races of the International GT Open. The Pro-Am Race was eventually won by the Porsche Autorlando of Gianluca Roda and Richard Lietz, after a strong performance from both drivers, ahead of the two Edil Cris Ferraris of Frezza-Monfardini and Cressoni-Bontempelli, while in GTS another perfect race from Andrea Ceccato and Marco Visconti gave Racing Box a second victory this season.

The teams participating in the International GT Open were informed yesterday during the briefing that the 5th round of the 2008 season will take place in the new street circuit of Valencia next 26-27 July.

After a long break the British GT Championship returns this weekend for three days of Bank Holiday racing at Rockingham. Michael Cullen and Paddy Shovlin are at the top of the leaderboard after some great performances in the first few races of the season, including their win at Oulton Park.

Volkswagen returns to the Nurburgring to repeat their 2007 class win

By participating in the 24-Hour Race at the Nurburgring, Volkswagen tackles one of the major challenges in international motorsport yet again. The endurance run twice around the clock on the legendary Nordschleife is regarded as one of the most demanding races in terms of driving and technology. This year, the crowd of well over 200,000 enthusiastic fans lining the 25.378-kilometre circuit will witness the meeting of two legends: Volkswagen returns to the Nordschleife with a racing version of the Scirocco.

Carlos Sainz, Hans-Joachim Stuck: Two World Champions For 24 Hours At Nurburgring In New Scirocco

A premiere with two world champions: for the first time, the former World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz and the former Sportscar World Champion Hans-Joachim Stuck are sharing a cockpit. Sainz (E) and Stuck (A), together with professional cross-country rally racers Giniel de Villiers (RSA) and Dieter Depping (D), will contest the 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring (24-25 May) in the new Scirocco, which is making its racing début before its market launch.

As Le Mans approaches we are bringing you some race highlights of years past. This week it is 1997.

Last weekend at Laguna Seca, the pace got a little hot for Matt Plumb in the Rum Bum Racing Riley BMW.