Despite being thrown into the deep end as part of a factory-supported Audi Sport Team entry for the Gulf 12 Hours, Bastard proved a reliable pair of hands and achieved an overall podium alongside Patric Niederhauser and Christopher Haase. I picked up my copy in Morrisons as a child, simply because it had my all-time favorite car on the cover. I’m rather bored of racing the same 5 tracks every day for a whole week (although I’ve gotten very fast on a few of them because of the sheer amount of practice I’m getting in). More than just an eye-catching name, 24-year-old Frenchman Erwan Bastard emerged as a potential future star in GT racing with an excellent season in the GT4 ranks driving for Sainteloc Junior Team. Any player who proves his or her skill in the virtual world has a chance to go wheel-to-wheel in a real racecar on a real circuit to achieve the grand prize - a spot on the Nissan racing team, and all the training and licensing needed to race in international events.

Marciello still led qualifying at Brands despite his scary moment, kicking off a run of four Sprint Cup pole positions in sessions where he repeatedly beat the likes of Dries Vanthoor, Jules Gounon and Christopher Mies. While Pier Guidi’s involvement in the development of Ferrari’s new-for-2023 machinery meant we did not see much of him outside of the WEC, he continued to be one of the leading lights in GTE-Pro.First impressions don’t bode too well for this one either, as the lingering cheapness of such titles is instantly apparent here. While leading the race, Calado encountered gearbox issues before handing his unwell Ferrari over to Pier Guidi who expertly nursed it home without fourth gear to secure the title.

Baguette’s move to Nissan coincided with the Yokohama-based manufacturer’s rollout of the new Z GT500 car which blitzed the competition from Honda and Toyota. GT Racers is an exciting arcade style racing game that lets you participate in races across the world. Those performances and more convinced Sainteloc to give him a shot in a GT3 Audi at the end of the year.With a spot in the manufacturer’s Hypercar program seemingly on the horizon, the future looks bright for one of GT racing’s biggest stars. In the six-race FIA World Endurance Championship, the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE failed to reach the podium twice: once because of Henrique Chaves’ spectacular, barrel-roll crash at Monza and a second time when it finished fourth at the title decider.