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The Rolex 24 at Daytona has established itself as the most difficult test of man and machine in the sports car world. The long night of lapping the combination road course and high-banked oval has been the litmus test for drivers, teams and manufacturers for half a century. This is the big one. Sports car racing’s Super Bowl. The best cars and the best drivers all come here with one thing in mind. Winning. This year’s race featured more competitive cars and drivers in the GT class than anyone could recall, 45 entries... but to finish first, you must first finish; and that is the other huge challenge of this event.

NEW MP4-12C GT3 SET FOR COMPETITIVE WORLD RACING DEBUT AS McLAREN GT ANNOUNCES 2012 RACE PLANS from McLaren Automotive 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

This car, called Montecarlo BRC, is a GT car which runs in the 2012 Endurance Champions Cup. The car has been developed by BRC Racing Team. This is the racing area of BRC Gas Equipement, a very important italian company, leader in manufacturing and trading automotive LPG and CNG conversion systems. The car has a 6 liters Audi W12 engine that can produce about 540 BHP and it's powered by a LPG system.

Winner of last year's championship drivers and teams of the Blancpain Endurance Series, the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT is preparing for a 2012 season even more international. In addition to defending its title in the endurance championship, the Belgian team will represent the brand because the rings in the FIA ​​GT1 World Championship. Finally, it will attempt to confirm its success in the 24 Hours of Spa and Zolder, while seeking a first victory for Audi at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

After a good session of the FIA World Endurance Championship and Le Mans with the Vantage GT2, Team Aston Martin confirms its return to motorsports with the Vantage GTE. The cup car will participate in the GTE Pro Category of the eight round series and will have a second factory made car in the third round of Le Mans. The driver line-up has been confirmed as Darren Turner, Stefan Mücke and Adrian Fernandez .

What is it like to stand trackside at a major motorsports event? Well, now you know with trackside. No story, no opinion, just raw energy and excitement. This is what it's like to hear, feel, and see the best racing cars in the world, from just over the other side of the wall

Watch a Dodge Viper SRT-10 GT3 doing his pre saison tests at the Italian Monza track. A 8.3L V10 engine with a sequential gearbox and motron suspension pushing around a car that Weights about 1350 kg. Enjoy the fears Dodge Viper SRT-10 perform loud revs and produce huge Flames. This is what made GT Racing so exiting for the race fans.

After winning the Sebring 12hrs, Audi stayed over to conduct tests of their new 2012 R18 e-tron quattro and ultra Le Mans racecars. Leo Parente and /DRIVE were invited to observe and talk with the team. Watch the e-tron in action, listen to the thoughts of Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich [Head of Audi Sport], Ulrich Baretsky [Head of Engine Development] and Allan McNish [one of the 2012 Sebring winning Audi racers]. And more.

In this video you can see three different Mercedes SLS GT3 cars on the Monza track,filmed by Bozzy during one the testing days. You can hear the beautiful and loud sound of this V8 engine with some full throttle accelerations, fast fly bys & more...

The J.A.S. Motorsport 2012 mclaren mp4-12C GT3 is the only Asian racing team tuning Mclaren GT3 this year. The top Japanese Driver Akria Iida , together with 2011 Asian touring car champion Jun-San Chen from AAI Motor Sports and Morris Chen will be three main drivers to join 2012 Blancpain GT series championship!