Sportscar Racing News
2022
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
NURBURGRING 24 HOURS DEBUT FOR THE NEW BMW M4 GT3
The anniversary week of BMW M GmbH is in full swing. The company was founded on 24th May 1972, and this week it celebrates its 50th birthday at the 50th staging of the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER). The focus will be on the BMW M4 GT3, which is set for its race debut at the endurance classic, which … Continue reading
BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES FOR K-PAX RACING AT NOLA
Mother Nature may have teased its presence, but K-PAX Racing made its known Sunday during the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS event finale at NOLA Motorsports Park. The team’s two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs charged through sporadic sprinkling and the field, making it four podiums for the weekend – and a sweep … Continue reading
TIM HEINEMANN WINS AGAIN IN THE DTM TROPHY AT THE LAUSITZRING
Two races, two wins: Toyota driver Tim Heinemann (GER) got his 2022 season in the talent pool DTM Trophy off to a perfect start at Lausitzring Turn 1 powered by Autohero. After 19 action-packed and partly dramatic laps, the driver of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Germany powered by Ring Racing team was first across the … Continue reading
GRT EXTENDS POINTS RUN IN THE DTM
Sunday’s DTM race at the Lausitzring brought GRT the next precious points haul in the fiercely contested championship. In the second race of the weekend, Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti finished sixth in the field of 29 GT3 cars, as he had done the day before. For the Lamborghini team from St. Margarethen in Austria, … Continue reading
BEN GREEN AND NIKLAS KRUTTEN WIN AGAIN IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
This was the breakthrough for Niklas Krütten (19/Trier) and Ben Green (24/GB). The two young drivers won Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring to take the championship lead in the ADAC GT Masters. “I will need a few days to take it all in. It is incredible to have won both races here and … Continue reading
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