GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Sports car racing championship in Europe

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2025 Rossi is confirmed to return to compete in the LMGT3 car racing championship with the BMW WRT team in the World Endurance Championship (WEC), where he will be paired with Ahmad Al Harthy and Kelvin van der Linde.
2025 Marco Bezzecchi will depart the VR46 Racing Team to join Aprilia Racing, and will be replaced by Franco Morbidelli.
2025 Kurtz returned to motorsport for the 24 Hours of Daytona.
January 2025 Colapinto joined Alpine as its test and reserve driver on a multi-year deal.
2024 Competed in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, finishing 7th overall.
2024 Finished 3rd in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup with 1 win.
2024 In the final race at Bahrain, Rossi drives in the last portion of the eight-hour race, with the team ultimately finishing 14th in the LMGT3 class.
2024 Colapinto finished tenth at another Grand Prix, securing another points finish.
2024 In Mexico City, Colapinto qualified sixteenth and finished twelfth, later receiving a 10-second time penalty for a collision, which did not affect his race position.
2024 Colapinto retired from the race following a lap one collision.
2024 On his debut, Colapinto qualified eighteenth and finished twelfth in the race.
2024 Franco Colapinto is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport, with plans for 20 races in the season.
2024 Colapinto made his Formula One debut with Williams at the Italian Grand Prix, becoming the first Argentine driver in Formula One since Gastón Mazzacane.
2024 After crashing in qualifying, Colapinto started a race from the pitlane and finished fourteenth.
2024 In the season-ending Grand Prix, Colapinto qualified nineteenth but retired on lap 26 due to a cooling issue.
2024 In the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Colapinto qualified ninth and finished eighth, becoming the first Argentine to score points in Formula One since Carlos Reutemann in 1982.
2024 Colapinto finished eleventh in a subsequent race, receiving praise from Sergio Pérez for his defensive driving.
2024 Colapinto made his Formula One free practice debut at the British Grand Prix, driving for Williams in place of Logan Sargeant, marking a historic moment representing Argentina.
2024 He scored his maiden points finish in Formula One and repeated this achievement in the United States during the same season.
2024 CrowdStrike was added to the S&P 500, the fastest a cybersecurity company had ever been listed on the index.
2024 Luca Marini departed the VR46 Racing Team and was replaced by Fabio Di Giannantonio.
2024 Cybercrime Magazine names Kurtz the Cybersecurity Person of the Year.
2024 Following the CrowdStrike incident, Kurtz withdrew from racing for the season.
2024 CrowdStrike experiences a global system crash that disrupts Windows computers worldwide, affecting air travel, banking, broadcasting, and other services, considered the largest outage in information technology history.
2024 CrowdStrike was added to the S&P 500, becoming the fastest cybersecurity company to achieve this milestone.
2024 Kurtz is named the 76th most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine.
2024 The Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team and its partners announced the end of their collaboration, set to conclude at the end of the 2024 Moto2 World Championship, with riders Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba for that season.
2024 Joined Alpine as a reserve driver.
2024 Valentino Rossi debuted with Team WRT at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he showcased impressive performance, especially during his first stint. The #46 car managed to lead the LMGT3 class after starting in 12th position.
2024 In the following season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, Valentino Rossi finished in 17th position in the final standings with 14 points.
2024 During the race, Rossi handed over the BMW M4 LMGT3 car to teammate Ahmad Al Harthy while in the lead by more than a minute. Unfortunately, Al Harthy lost control, causing a crash that ended Rossi's debut at Le Mans in disappointment.
2024 Rossi achieved his first World Endurance Championship podium at the Fuji Circuit, finishing third in the LMGT3 class after starting from 12th position.
2024 Rossi is expected to compete in the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside drivers Martin and Al Harthy.
2024 In the Circuit of the Americas race, Rossi's team crashed out 15 minutes before the finish while running inside the top five, which followed a recovery from 15th position.
2024 Valentino Rossi raced at the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race at Mount Panorama in Australia, achieving a 5th place finish.
2024 During the Le Mans race, Rossi briefly led after taking over the BMW WRT from his teammate but was later forced to retire due to a crash caused by slippery conditions.
2024 At the Interlagos Circuit in Brazil, Rossi and his teammates finished fifth in the race, improving from a starting position of 12th.
2024 Valentino Rossi continued with Team WRT for the 2024 season, entering the GT World Challenge Europe and achieving his second win in the series after repeating his victory in Misano from the previous year.
2024 Rossi encountered misfortune at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps when his car was forced to retire after a crash involving a hypercar. The #46 car, which had started in second position, suffered damage when one of Rossi's teammates was hit during the race.
2024 Announced as replacement for Logan Sargeant at Williams, becoming the first Formula One driver from Argentina since Gastón Mazzacane in 2001.
November 2 2024 The 8 Hours of Bahrain marked the end of BMW M Motorsport's debut season in the Hypercar class. Rossi participated in the FIA WEC Rookie Test driving the BMW M Hybrid V8.
July 2024 In Austria, Colapinto finished second in the feature race after using an alternate strategy to climb up the field.
July 2024 Valentino Rossi rode Eddie Lawson's Yamaha YZR500 1987 at Jerez during a Yamaha Racing Heritage Club event. This bike had previously secured third place in the 500cc Grand Prix world championship and achieved five victories.
July 2024 Valentino Rossi announced that his partner, Francesca Sofia Novello, was pregnant with their second child, sharing the news on his Instagram.
July 19 2024 CrowdStrike caused a massive global IT outage affecting an estimated 8.5 million Windows computers. Kurtz publicly apologized on NBC's Today show, acknowledging the significant economic and operational disruptions.
July 19 2024 CrowdStrike caused a massive global IT outage after a software update crashed approximately 8.5 million Windows computers. Kurtz publicly apologized on NBC's Today show.
June 2024 Valentino Rossi participated in a Monster Energy event at the Silverstone Circuit in England, where he shared the track with various riders from MotoGP and other championships. He was seen leading a group of riders on a Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle.
April 2024 At the Imola round, Colapinto claimed his first Formula 2 victory after a daring last-lap pass on Paul Aron in the sprint race.
April 2024 Rossi secured his maiden podium finish at the 2024 6 Hours of Imola, where he had a close battle with Sean Gelael, ultimately finishing in first place.
March 2024 In the Melbourne round, Colapinto finished fourth in the sprint race but was later disqualified from the feature race.

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