This weeks news in brief

Depending upon which side of the pond you are, this week saw/or will see continued testing prior to the European racing season commencing whilst over in America was the start of another national GT series - the Pirelli World Challenge.

Back in Italy, Solaris AMR have been literally picking up the pieces of the Aston Martin Racing V12 Vantage GT3 that was strewn across the Paul Ricard circuit following Francesco Sini's sizeable accident whilst winter testing for the International GT Open Championship.

From the photo shown above the car has now been stripped back to its central components but having spoken briefly with the team last week we understand that it may still be 50:50 whether or not the tub and engine are a complete write off. They now have just under six weeks to effect the necessary repairs and/or obtain a spare chassis in time for the season opener in Estoril, Portugal at the end of April.


The TF Sport prepared V12 Vantage GT3 of Oman Racing make their first preparatory steps into this years Blancpain GT Series by attending the official series two day test at Paul Ricard starting tomorrow. The #46 Pro-Am entered car will this year be driven by just Ahmad Al Harthy and Jonny Adam and will join an incredible 49 other entrants at the event.