It is one of the oldest associations of like-minded people in Switzerland and, after the demise of SAR and FRC, is probably the second-largest motor racing club after Equipe Bernoise. This year, the Ecurie Basilisk is celebrating its 60th anniversary. 1

No premature April Fool's joke, but a pleasant reality: Martin Bürki has bought the fastest two-liter touring car in the German-speaking world and will compete with it in Swiss races! 1

The 2016 Swiss Rally Championship began with the 27th Int. Rallye Pays du Gier around the town of Saint Chamond in France. Sébastien Carron took the lead of the 108-car field on the very first short stage, followed by three-time Gier winner Ivan Ballinari (both Ford Fiesta R5). 1

There was surely no more fitting place to present the Emil Frey Racing Team and its vehicle for 2016. Around 400 guests came to the Emil Frey Classic Center in Safenwil, where team boss and driver Lorenz Frey literally let the cat out of the bag. 1

The 2016 Swiss Rally Championship kicks off this weekend with the Rally Pays du Gier (F). Although the French are outnumbered at their home event, the favorites for overall victory at this rally north-east of St-Etienne come from Switzerland. 1

Two weeks ago, Jeffrey Schmidt secured overall victory in the multi-year Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at the finale in Bahrain. With the test drives in Oschersleben with a view to the German Carrera Cup, the Basel-based driver will begin his assault on the next championship title this weekend. 1

After Uster, Grenchen and Muttenz, a fourth regional competence center for VW commercial vehicles has been in operation just outside Fribourg in Givisiez since this week. According to Alvaro Rico, District Manager for Commercial Vehicles at importer AMAG, ten more such centers are planned throughout Switzerland by 2019, with the next one to follow in Ticino. 1

Since 2004, when he had a potential overall winner's car in his hands for the first time with the Opel Astra V8 Coupé from Phoenix, Marcel Fässler has been chasing a triumph in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. Now it will certainly be 2017 before his dream can be realized. 1

It is just as unique as the Dakar Rally: the Aïcha des Gazelles Rally. This cross-country rally is only open to women's teams with four-wheel drive vehicles or quads, and instead of the men in Chile, the adventurous women make their way through the sometimes rocky, sometimes sandy terrain in Morocco. 1

More than 50 GT3 teams prepared for the upcoming Blancpain GT Series with two days of testing at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet. In 2016, the series consists of five endurance races lasting between three and 24 hours as well as five double races lasting 60 minutes each. 1