The Latest Breaking News from Charles Weerts

The South African was the sole non-Mercedes-AMG driver in the second of two 15-minute sessions, each with five cars, to take pole with a with a time of 2m01.9810s in the Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 he will share with Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts.

The seven-time MotoGP world champion will share a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 in both series this year with factory driver Martin, continuing a partnership that began in 2023 in the GTWCE.

On the track where Rossi had achieved race-winning success in MotoGP on three occasions, 'The Doctor' achieved a breakthrough in his new career.

They completed a third victory for the German team after its 2016 and ’20 wins with BMW and Porsche respectively in the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe by 11.1s over the second-placed Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes shared by Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy.

Martin hailed the seven-time MotoGP champion’s performance after he took the chequered flag aboard their BMW M4 GT3 in the runner-up spot in the second of the two one-hour races on the opening weekend of the GTWCE Sprint Cup.

BMW factory driver Rossi finished runner-up in the second of the two GTWCE Sprint Cup races at the British venue aboard the WRT BMW M4 GT3 he shared with Maxime Martin.

Shane van Gisbergen’s Triple Eight Mercedes headed Matt Campbell’s Manthey Porsche after three hours of racing at Mount Panorama in the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Shane van Gisbergen’s Supercheap Mercedes AMG GT3 is locked in battle with Matt Campbell’s Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R after three hours of a fascinating Intercontinental GT Challenge race at the legendary Bathurst track.

The full entry list for the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour, including 84 drivers from around the world, has been unveiled.