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KCMG RETURNS TO THE NORDSCHLEIFE WITH PORSCHE
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) will return to the Nordschleife in 2021 with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) and 24 Hours of Nürburgring. The Hong Kong squad will once again tackle the world’s most challenging endurance race, having been one of the most competitive Porsche cars during the 2020 NLS … Continue reading
DANIEL HARPER SCORES CLASS WIN ON NURBURGRING 24 HOURS DEBUT
Daniel Harper recorded a sensational class victory alongside his BMW Junior Team partners Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen in their first attempt at tackling the world-famous Nürburgring 24 Hour race this past weekend (26/27 September). In a dramatic race that saw him tackling severe wet weather conditions, Harper put in a fantastic performance behind the … Continue reading
BMW CLAIMS 20th OVERALL VICTORY AT THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
Anniversary win for BMW in the ‘Green Hell’: the ROWE Racing team won the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER) to present the Bavarian manufacturer with its 20th overall victory at the endurance classic. 50 years after the inaugural Eifel marathon, the #99 BMW M6 GT3 crossed the finish line in first place after 85 laps of … Continue reading
SECOND PLACE FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING AT THE NURBURGING
Fighting for its sixth overall victory in the turbulent 48th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Audi Sport customer racing had to admit defeat by just a few seconds. Audi Sport drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Christopher Haase and Markus Winkelhock in the Audi R8 LMS crossed the finish line in the most adverse conditions in the … Continue reading
TWO PORSCHE IN THE TOP TEN AT DIFFICULT EIFEL CLASSIC
Persistent rain, accidents, race red-flagged for almost nine hours: despite the most difficult conditions, Porsche and its customer teams brought six of the seven 911 GT3 R across the finish line at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. As the best Porsche, the No. 31 entry fielded by Frikadelli Racing with works driver Mathieu Jaminet … Continue reading
MERCEDES-AMG READY TO RUN IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
This Saturday afternoon, the ADAC TOTAL 24h-Rennen as the endurance racing season highlight for Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing gets underway. The initial position for a repeated success after 2013 and 2016 is very good: next to pole position for the #4 HRT Mercedes-AMG GT3, four further GT3s from Affalterbach will be lining up on the first … Continue reading
DISAPPOINTING FINAL QUALIFYING FOR PORSCHE AT THE NURBURGRING
Porsche has made it into the new Top Qualifying for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, which is limited to 30 vehicles, with all seven customer-run 911 GT3 R racers. In the first heat of the two-part final qualifying session, Dennis Olsen achieved second in the individual time trial with the 500+hp 911 fielded by … Continue reading
GOOD QUALIFYING FOR THE BMW M6 GT3 ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE
BMW teams secured promising starting positions with the BMW M6 GT3 in Friday’s Top Qualifying on the eve of the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER). Nick Yelloly (GBR) and Augusto Farfus (BRA) qualified fifth and sixth for ROWE Racing and BMW Team Schnitzer, meaning they start the race from row three. With some stretches of the … Continue reading
NEW ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT8R TO MAKE NÜRBURGRING 24 HOUR DEBUT
The new Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT8R will make its debut in the ADAC Total Nürburgring 24 Hours on the world-famous Nordschleife in Germany this weekend, with partner racing team Garage 59. The Aston Martin Vantage GT8R, based on the same chassis that has proved successful in its GTE, GT3 and GT4 variants around the … Continue reading
STRONG PORSCHE DRIVER LINE-UP FOR 911 GT3 R CAMPAIGN AT THE NURBURGRING
In consultation with its customer teams, Porsche has made a last-minute change to its driver line-up for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. New to the crew driving the 911 GT3 R are two outright Le Mans winners and endurance champions: the brand ambassador Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand). In addition, the … Continue reading
