Everything is set for a great event in Spa-Francorchamps which will see this week-end the debut of the International GT Open in what is considered one of the most beautiful and difficult circuits in the world. The superb track in the Belgian Ardennes is also known as ‘the circuit of the four borders", because of its proximity to Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and because racing fans flock in from these countries, and also from Britain, at every major event. No surprise thus that the traditional end-of-May meeting, of which this year the International GT Open is the stellar feature, is called Euro Spa Race.

With the Nurburgring 24 Hours having been run and won on the weekend, we thought we would show you a video of what the drivers were up against.

THP Spider Cup: French soccer star Fabien BARTHEZ joins the fun

Following the opening round which formed part of the Le Mans Series bill at Monza, Pau is the second port of call for the 2008 THP Spider Cup which features a calendar of eight meetings across Europe.

"In simple words I’m just proud and happy..." Kris Nissen

The quotes from Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen and the eleven drivers about the class one-two with the new Scirocco GT24 in the 24-hour race around the Nürburgring:

The third round of the 2008 season, which will take place 31st May and 1st June, marks an important moment in the history of the International GT Open, as the series will make its first visit to one of the most beautiful, demanding and history-rich circuits of the world: Spa-Francorchamps.

The Frenchman secures the victory for Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart. Nani Roma leaves the Transiberian Rally running the fastest times during the last day with the MPR14 Diesel

Feedmesportscars ventured out to Queensland Raceway last weekend to check out the new Pirelli Gran Tursimo Series. This is our second set of photos from that race weekend. Keep checking back as we post more from that weekend!

New strong performance of Matech GT Racing, still ahead in the championship !

After two wins in the opening weekend of the ADAC GT Masters, the German GT3 Championship, Matech GT Racing only entered one Ford GT in the second meeting of the year at the Nürburgring. The races were held during the weekend of the mythic 24 Hours of the Ring. “We didn’t find a final agreement yet for our second car for the remaining of the season”, explains Martin Bartek, team manager of the Swiss team. “One of our cars was heavily damaged in Monza last week, so we didn’t want to take any risks at all. We hope to finalize a deal before the third meeting of the series that will take place on the Norisring on June the 27, 28 and 29.”

By Sam Tickell

The Maserati Trofeos are the drawcards to the series and the team management is the driving force behind the Pirelli GT

“We have the control tyre, which is the Pirelli which is the spec part of it, otherwise things are pretty much open.”

Is there anything better that one can say in motorsports?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Round 3 of the first season of the Pirelli Gran Tursimo Championship was run at Queensland Raceway this weekend and Feedmesportscars was there to bring you the action.

Gaydon. Aston Martin's growing presence on the track continues with the announcement that the British marque will be represented at this year's ADAC Nurburgring 24-hour race on 24/25 May with a DBRS9 and two Vantage N24s.

The second round of the Sara GT - Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo was run in very warm Italian weather. Record temperatures were the backdrop to an tremendous job on the part of the team after the unlucky weekend of Monza, with Scuderia Playteam Sarafree coming out as the winner. At the end of 25 laps the checkered effectively signalled the first position of Busnelli-Lancieri who were followed just behind by the Ferrari F430 no. 23 of Easy Race and then the no. 4 of Racing Team. The blue and silver Playteam Sarafree Ferrari F430 no. 7 finished the race in 10th place

After an exciting opening of the season in Vallelunga, the International GT Open is heading to the sunny Costa Blanca in Spain for the second round of the 2008 series. The Circuito Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, with its twisty lay-out, will provide a perfect ground for another two races packed with action and fought until the very end. In this occasion, the International GT Open will pair again with the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), the International Formula Master and the SEAT Eurocup to offer fans a wonderful racing week-end.

They chased but couldn't catch Rossi

04/05/08 - Spa-Francorchamps Race 2
Having arrived at Spa-Francorchamps as favourite, twenty year old Michaël Rossi (TDS), dealt perfectly with the pressure, winning each of the week-end's two races after starting from pole position in both. He led the second race ahead of the three Tech 1 Racing cars of Dimitri Enjalbert, Mathieu Chéruy and Jonathan Hirschi.

Rossi takes the first Megane Trophy race of the season

Leader from start to finish, apart from during pitstops, Michaël Rossi (TDS Racing) dominated this first race. The TDS Racing driver won the first of race of this season's opening meeting ahead of Tech1 Racing's Mathieu Chéruy and Jonathan Hirschi.

Spanish GT

RSV Motorsport hope for more luck in the opening Spanish GT round then what they had in the GT Open

Domingo Romero and Peter Sundberg start to defend the Spanish GT Champions title in the circuit of Jarama. The starting point for the Spanish-Swedish couple will be the brilliant performance from the last campaign in Madrid, where they ended with two clear triumphs and a pole position.

The Renault Megane cars testing for readiness for Spa

The Eurocup Mégane Trophy title will once again be highly coveted this season. Twenty-two drivers are expected to line up on the starting grid for the opening meeting at Spa-Francorchamps, where the new Eurocup Mégane Trophy car will make its racing debut.