Simon Chapman

3 days ago | speedcafe.com | Simon Chapman

With less than 10 minutes to go in the race, the Safety Car was drawn when the #9 Class A2 Ford Mustang buried itself in the gravel trap at The Chase. It was quickly retrieved and set the stage for a one-lap, winner-takes-all shootout between race leader Cameron Crick and Jayden Ojeda. With just a few minutes left on the clock, race control raised the stakes when it ordered Ojeda to pass the three lapped cars ahead of him. That put the #1 BMW M4 behind the #118 BMW M2 in the queue.

5 days ago | speedcafe.com | Simon Chapman

Ojeda clocked a 2:19.5354s around Mount Panorama, beating the time set by Will Davison to the tune of 0.3655s before the first of two red flags was drawn. “Awesome lap,” said Ojeda. “Massive credit to the crew, they’ve been awesome. They’ve put in a lot of work since the off-season from the last 6 Hour to get our M4 rocket going as strong as it was. “Awesome to do the lap. Looking forward to the race tomorrow. We just want to have a good weekend.

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Simon Chapman

Jayden Ojeda and Simon Hodges are going for their third straight win together and will once again bring George Miedecke along for that attempt. Miedecke was part of the winning team in 2024 in the BMW M4 and is looking for his second win. This year’s entry list features a smorgasbord of production cars split across eight classes. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. When is the Bathurst 6 Hour?

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Simon Chapman

The Swedish driver has confirmed he will compete in the upcoming Forest Rally in Western Australia on May 23-25. Kristensson will be joined by co-driver Andreas Johansson in a Maximum Motorsport entry. Dean Herridge orchestrated the drive, which will put Kristensson and Johansson in Scott Pedder’s Skoda Fabia R5 he competed in last year. Kristensson won the 2020 JWRC title and has competed in Rally2-spec machinery since then across Europe.

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Simon Chapman

The GMR-001 is the work of Genesis Magma Racing and is built to the LMDh rules, allowing it to compete in the major sports car championships. The team is set to enter WEC in 2026 and IMSA in 2027, opening the door to potentially win the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona. Genesis is a subsidiary of Korean manufacturer Hyundai and has six-time Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx as its ambassador.