WOKING, ENGLAND -- McLaren Customer Racing continues to broaden its offering for customer teams racing globally, while further strengthening its professional driver programmes with the formation of the McLaren Young Professional category. The addition of three new Factory Drivers have also been confirmed for the 2019 season with Álvaro Parente, who recently campaigned the 720S GT3 on its competitive debut, announced alongside Canadian Kuno Wittmer and American Michael Cooper.  The 2019 race programme for the McLaren Automotive Driver Development Programme drivers has also been confirmed.

Compass Racing scored McLaren an historic result at the Daytona International Speedway racing in the inaugural MICHELIN Pilot Challenge race (formerly Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge), with GT4 customer team Compass Racing and McLaren Automotive Factory Driver Paul Holton and co-driver Kuno Wittmer taking victory. The result marks the first win of 2019 for the 570S GT4 and Holton, as well as the first ever win for McLaren at the world-famous Florida track.

A strong performance during qualifying saw Holton secure the perfect start for the inaugural round of the MICHELIN Pilot Challenge, setting a new lap record and pole position for Compass Racing ahead of the four-hour endurance race. The result marked an eighth career GS pole, and a record fourth consecutive pole position in the class for Factory Driver and Florida-local Holton.

McLaren Factory Driver to be joined by former BMW and SRT Factory shoe
 
TORONTO, CANADA — Long-time IMSA competitor Compass Racing today unveiled its driver line-up for the upcoming race at Daytona International Speedway, announcing Paul Holton and Kuno Wittmer as the pilots of its No. 75 McLaren 570S GT4 in the GS class.
 

Multiple-time Michelin Pilot Challenge Champions to contest seven-race series with new car

TORONTO, CANADA — Hot on the heels of McLaren’s worldwide public debut of its new 720S-based GT3 contender at the Bahrain International Circuit this past weekend, long-time IMSA competitors Compass Racing today released details of their WeatherTech Sprint Cup effort for 2019, with McLaren Factory Driver Paul Holton and Matt Plumb tapped for driving duties in the seven-race championship.

The closest drivers’ championship battle in the Continental Tire Challenge entering Friday’s race was that in the TCR category. Compass Racing’s Tom Long and Britt Casey Jr. in the No. 77 Audi RS3 LMS were ready to defend their five-point margin against teammates Rodrigo Sales and Kuno Wittmer in the No. 74.

Thomson: No “Team Orders” for Top Three Compass Racing Cars at Season Finale

DAYTONA BEACH, FL (IMSA NEWSWIRE) – Fielding three cars for the duration of the 2018 TCR season – in addition to a McLaren GT4 in the GS class – Compass Racing was ready to come out swinging for the first TCR title in the Continental Tire Challenge. 

The team’s three Audi RS3 LMS racecars have recorded a staggering seven victories, 16 podium finishes and five pole positions which, with one race remaining, has each Compass Racing car in the top three of the TCR championship standings.

Compass Racing looks to build on recent McLaren GS success and secure a championship with TCR Audis

MONTEREY, CA — With McLaren Driver Paul Holton having been called to China by the Factory, Compass Racing has tapped Nico Rondet to fill his shoes for the penultimate round of the IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend. He’ll co-drive the No. 76 GS-class Rubrik / Pure Storage / Microsoft / McLaren / Pfaff Automotive / Race Day Foundation 570S GT4 with Matt Plumb.

JT Coupal wrapped up our Pirelli World Challenge TCR season in style, taking a dramatic third-place finish at Watkins Glen. It's an impressive result from the eighteen-year-old from upstate New York, who the week before began his freshman year in Journalism at Syracuse University.

Holton Grabs Pole in GS while TCR battle between team-mates heats up

When the heavens opened during the first hour of the Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge event at Virginia International Raceway, it was time to roll the dice, a call which would determine the outcome of the race for both GS and TCR classes.

HOLTON AND PLUMB TAKE SEASON-HIGH FOURTH PLACE

The IMSA Lime Rock weekend is always a blur. Run over just two days at the tight Connecticut circuit, team and drivers must be ready for action as soon as the cars roll off the trailers. This weekend saw tight battles in both the GS and TCR classes, with Compass Racing notching another podium with our Audi program, and coming ever-so-close with the McLaren.