Silverstone

Both of the current FIA events in GT Sport reach their tenth and final round today. The next rounds are due to get underway next Saturday, so Polyphony Digital has updated the FIA calendar — and it looks like there may be some more content in store.

The Kunos Simulazioni team is back with more teases for Assetto Corsa Competizione. After last week’s peek at Brands Hatch, we’re back in the UK with the Home of British Motor Racing: Silverstone.

In the midst of football mania, the F1 circus descended upon the home of British motor racing this weekend. While the future of Silverstone’s F1 hosting duties remains unclear, this year’s British GP surely showed it can put on an entertaining race.

Thus far, F1 in 2018 has proven itself to mirror many of the previous season’s results and today was no different. It should come as no surprise then that the top three looks as it did last year.

The final round of the F1 triple header is set for this weekend. While the Austrian GP was chaotic in its own right, Haas walked away with its best performance to date. As such, Kevin Magnussen is here to take us along for a lap around Silverstone.

Back in October, Microsoft and Porsche invited us to Silverstone circuit in the UK to get some seat time with the modern sports car lineup, as well as the Xbox One X-powered version of Forza Motorsport 7. It was a lot of fun, not only to hear more on the franchise’s future from Dan Greenawalt, but also to experience these sports cars on the track.

Gran Turismo’s credentials for training drivers are already well-established. Through the GT Academy program, the games have provided more than a few pretty handy drivers to motorsports teams on three continents.

We’re on the road! The home of British motor racing is the destination, and we want you to come along for the ride.

It’s a discussion that comes up time and again. Some people will swear up and down that the only way to get realism from a driving game is to use a steering wheel and pedals. After all, no-one drives a real car with a PlayStation controller, right?

Whether it’s Ferrari’s return to form or the recent controversy at Baku, this year’s F1 season has proven itself unpredictable. The surprises continue heading into this weekend’s British Grand Prix, albeit with an unfortunate one.

In racing, things often come down to fine margins, and there’s few finer than at Silverstone this weekend.

The 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship got off to a thrilling start at Silverstone this past weekend. Toyota took a hard-fought victory overall, earning an early points lead in LMP1 over arch-rival Porsche.

According to an official NISMO Facebook post and AutoDeal, the currently-underway 2016 GT Academy season has found its first dozen Silverstone-bound finalists. This selection of drivers from North Africa and Philippines will compete in the International Race Camp this October at the famed British circuit.

This month is going to be packed with four races from the F1 circus. The second of those four feature races, taking place at Silverstone, home to the British Grand Prix, is set to kick off with the qualifying session in an hour’s time.

Join us live tomorrow (Sunday 8th May) on YouTube from 16:30 EDT / 21:30 BST / 22:30 CEST as GTPlanet’s top drivers race with Lucas (2008 Nissan GT Academy Champion) on GT6, and help him prepare for next weekend’s round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Silverstone!

In a video posted by Nissan on Facebook and YouTube today, Kazunori Yamauchi drives the GT-R NISMO with GT Academy champion (and new BRDC member!) Jann Mardenborough riding along.

With the conclusion of the 2014 European GT Academy Race Camp, a new group of competitors arrived at Silverstone from nearly every corner of the globe for the international region of the competition, which includes Australia, India, Mexico, Middle East and Thailand.

GT Academy’s European Race Camp has nearly reached its halfway point, with 41 finalists from France, Italy, the UK, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Benelux, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Sweden all competing to become professional racing drivers for Nissan.

This guest contribution is by Nick McMillen, 2013 United States GT Academy Champion. This is the account of his journey as one of the newest Nismo Athletes. Stay tuned for future articles from our racing driver contributor coming soon as he experiences and progresses through his professional career.

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