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Carlin will withdraw from the GP2 Series to focus on its other single-seater efforts. The team joined the category in the 2011 GP2 Asia Series, and scored its first wins in the main series in ’12 with Max Chilton. The team’s best result in the drivers’ standings was third with Felipe Nasr in 2014… Ex-formula 1 driver Robert Kubica will contest this weekend’s Dubai 24 Hours. He will race a Porsche 911 GT3 R in his maiden 24-hour race… The future of the DTM series appears uncertain after German media reported over Christmas that organiser ITR’S chairman Hans Werner Aufrecht, together with board members Hans-jurgen Abt and Walter Mertes, would be leaving. Speculation suggested that Gerhard Berger could take over but the Austrian ex-f1 racer has poured cold water on the idea… EX-F1 man Esteban Gutierrez will drive in Formula E this year. His team has yet to be announced...