Mikkelsen makes Circuit of Ireland return as reigning IRC champion and series leader

Škoda UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen will return to Ireland for the first time since 2007, when the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion and current points leader contests the team’s home round of the series, The Donnelly GroupCircuit of Ireland Rally, in his Fabia S2000.

Road car components go rallying – developing Sara Williams’ Subaru for the 2012 season

We often hear mainstream automotive manufacturer explaining their involvement in motorsport as a test-bed for new technologies and innovations that will be passed down to road going vehicles. In reality we all know that the carbon ceramic brakes on an Audi Le Mans car or the power plant for the Mercedes F1 car will never be applied to anything but road going exotica. What then if it were to work the other way; if the construction knowledge, hours of development and materials expertise taken to develop components for road cars were applied to competition machinery?

New MP4-12C GT3 set for competitive World Racing debut as McLaren GT announces 2012 race plans

- 25 new MP4-12C GT3 cars to race across Europe and in FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012
- Full list of McLaren GT customer teams and race series entries now confirmed
- McLaren MP4-12C sports car selected as safety car for FIA GT1 World Championship race at Nogaro on 8-9 April
- High quality short films featuring new 12C GT3 cars on track, and McLaren GT ‘works’ drivers testing the 12C sports car available to view and share at:
- Blancpain test video – http://youtu.be/ggO2EM1Cio0
- GT drivers test 12C – http://youtu.be/EBqy6YCZN2s

Jost Capito to head Volkswagen Motorsport

Jost Capito (53) is to head Volkswagen Motorsport effective May 1, 2012. He takes over from Kris Nissen (51), who will support his successor during the transition phase and subsequently assist the Group in an advisory capacity.

Jost Capito moves to the Volkswagen Group from Ford Motor Company USA. He has decades of experience in motorsport; among other things, he was involved in Formula 1 and was also co-pilot and winner in the truck category of the Paris-Dakar Rally. The engineering graduate began his career in 1984 as a development engineer for BMW’s high-performance engines.

MG KX Momentum Racing set for BTCC debut

The MG KX Momentum Racing Team is set for their debut race weekend at the world famous Brands Hatch circuit this weekend (31st March & 1st April) for the opening three rounds of the 2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).

Jump aboard the National Motorsport Week bandwagon

The two leading bodies in UK motor sport are encouraging all involved to maximise the full potential of National Motorsport Week.

Established by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) and Motorsport Industry Association (MIA), this year’s National Motorsport Week runs from 30 June to 8 July – a high profile period for the sport featuring both the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Santander British Grand Prix.