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The 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will remain in Super GT in 2019 to defend his drivers’ crown. Button will again pair up with established Japanese racing star Naoki Yamamoto at Team Kunimitsu after the duo successfully clinched the 2018 GT500 title… Toyota will bring back the legendary Supra name to Super GT next year after revealing a concept version of the racecar. The Japanese manufacturer first used the Supra in Super GT’S forerunner the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) in 1995 and won a total of four titles with the car… Mario Andretti’s 1969 victory in the Indianapolis 500 will be celebrated this year with a special logo and a display of some of his most famous cars in the IMS Museum. The logo features Andretti waving next to the Borg-warner Trophy, with the zero in the ‘50’ representing the oval track and the historic Yard of Bricks startfinish line… Retired 2003 Champ Car title winner Paul Tracy will make a return to racing next month, sharing a Ford Mustang run by MARC Cars at the Bathurst 12 Hours. He will replace the injured Boris Said in the team’s invitational class Ford Mustang alongside 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner Paul Morris and team owner Keith Kassulke… The DTM will switch its Misano round to daytime in 2019, having announced uniform start times for its 18-race schedule. The Italian venue held DTM’S first- ever night races under floodlights in August last year, in what was Misano’s first season on the schedule. It has kept its spot for 2019, but the races will no longer run at night… Carlin has announced Honda protege Teppei Natori as its first driver signing for the 2019 FIA Formula 3 season. Natori finished second in Japanese F4 last year.