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THE WEDSSPORT ADVAN GR SUPRA TAKES SECOND STRAIGHT SUPER GT POLE POSITION
The qualifying for the Takanoko Hotel SUZUKA GT 300km RACE, Round 3 of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Suzuka Circuit (one lap: 5,807 m) in Mie Prefecture on May 28 (Sat). In the GT500 class, Kunimoto in the No. 19 WedsSport ADVAN GR Supra (Yuji Kunimoto/Sena Sakaguchi) ran a Suzuka course … Continue reading
AUGUSTO FARFUS PUTS THE ROWE RACING BMW M4 GT3 ON THE FRONT ROW IN NURBURGRING 24 HOURS QUALIFYING
After last year’s pole position with the BMW M6 GT3, ROWE Racing has now marked the debut of the BMW M4 GT3 by making it to the front row of the grid in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (GER). Augusto Farfus (BRA) posted the second-fastest time of 8:10.640 minutes. In the #72 BMW M4 … Continue reading
BEST PORSCHE 911 GT3 R QUALIFIES IN THE TOP TEN AT THE NURBURGRING
The Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Huber Motorsport customer team will take up the 50th edition of the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring from the ninth grid spot. Nico Menzel (Germany) achieved the fastest lap time with 8:11.928 minutes at the wheel of a GT3 car from Weissach during Friday’s Top Qualifying. The … Continue reading
ASTON MARTIN RACING DRIVER ACADEMY OUT TO SCOUT THE BEST VANTAGE TALENT IN 2022
The Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy returns for 2022 as the British ultra-luxury sportscar manufacturer continues its quest to uncover the next generation of GT endurance superstars. The successful initiative is designed to fast-track talent from within Aston Martin Racing’s thriving partner team network and is a way for AMR to contribute back to motorsport … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS SECURE FIRST 2023 ENTRY IN LMP2 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES
United Autosports announce their first 2023 racing lineup in the form of an LMP2 Pro-Am entry for the European Le Mans Series. Daniel Schneider and Andy Meyrick will continue their three year racing partnership, swapping the Ligier JS P320 LMP3 in the Le Mans Cup, for the Oreca-07 LMP2 in the 2023 European Le Mans … Continue reading
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE HEADS INTO SUNSET SHOWDOWN AT CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD
Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will stage one of its annual highlights on the weekend of 3-5 June when the Circuit Paul Ricard 1000km tests competitors in a six-hour race against the setting sun. The fourth round of the overall championship and the second on the Fanatec Endurance schedule, the event first … Continue reading
PORSCHE AIMS TO DEFEND ITS TITLE IN THE EIFEL WITH THE 911 GT3 R
Porsche and its customer teams will make a bid for overall victory with eight 911 GT3 R in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring this coming weekend. Manthey contests the tradition-steeped race as the defending champion. The Eifel marathon celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and is regarded as one of the world’s toughest motorsport … Continue reading
SSR PERFORMANCE WITH TOP-10 POSITIONS AT THE LAUSITZRING
The second event of the DTM season took place at Lausitzring this weekend. Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) and Dennis Olsen (NOR) showed a strong performance. Race 1 SSR Performance was highly motivated for the first qualifying session at the Lausitzring. After results that weren’t ideal, with Dennis Olsen and Laurens Vanthoor on 11th and 22nd place … Continue reading
ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 SET TO MAKE NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS DEBUT THIS WEEKEND
The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will make its ADAC TotalEnergies 24H Nürburging debut this weekend with multiple title-winning and 24 Hours of Le Mans class-winning partner team TF Sport, as the ultra-luxury British sportscar brand returns to the top classes of the race for the first time since 2018. Not only that, but the event … Continue reading
SEVEN AUDI R8 LMS AT THE NURBURGRING 24-HOUR ANNIVERSARY RACE
Just in time for the 50th edition of the world’s biggest endurance race, Audi Sport customer racing is ready for the next challenge with a full dozen race cars in various series and classes. Since its first victory in 2012, the Audi R8 LMS has been the most successful race car in this period at … Continue reading
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