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ELEVEN PORSCHE TACKLE THE GT3 SEASON HIGHLIGHT AT SPA- FRANCORCHAMPS
Porsche and its experienced customer teams contest the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with a large contingent. A total of eleven 911 GT3 R will fight for the prestigious overall victory on the challenging “Ardennes rollercoaster”. This makes Porsche the most strongly represented manufacturer at the tradition-steeped event in Belgium. The endurance classic is renowned as … Continue reading
K-PAX RACING SET TO MAKE 24 HOURS OF SPA DEBUT
K-PAX Racing has one of its toughest challenges yet in its 14 seasons of operation, competing not only in its longest race to date, but also on one of the largest stages in sports car racing worldwide. The team is set to enter its strong two-car Bentley Continental GT3 effort to contend in this year’s … Continue reading
BATTLE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHTS: WHO WILL WIN THE FIGHT FOR OVERALL VICTORY AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
The Sprint Cup season is complete. The test days have been run. It’s just about time to head to the Ardennes for the biggest GT3 race on the planet. Which raises one very important question: who is the favourite to take victory at the Total 24 Hours of Spa? From a 56-strong grid, 28 full-pro … Continue reading
EIGHT AUDI R8 LMS CARS FIGHT FOR VICTORY, POINTS AND TITLES AT THE SPA 24 HOURS
The 71st edition of the Spa 24 Hours will take place for the first time in autumn. From 22 to 25 October, the three Audi Sport customer racing teams will compete in the world’s biggest GT3 race to clinch their fifth victory after 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017, but the traditional Coupe du Roi brand … Continue reading
WILKINSON BELGIUM BOUND FOR SPA 24 HOURS DEBUT FOR McLAREN
McLaren Professional Driver, Ollie Wilkinson will make his Total 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps debut on 22-25 October, where he, Rob Bell and Joe Osborne will give the McLaren 720S GT3 its maiden outing in the 72nd running of the twice around the clock endurance race. Wilkinson, age 24 from Leeds, takes on the historic event … Continue reading
RATON RACING RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL GT AIMING AT THE AM VICTORY IN THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
Team Raton Racing returns to action. After changing its 2020 programs due to pandemic impact, the squad led by Roberto Tanca is set for the most important European GT event, fielding a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo car in the next edition of 24 Hours of Spa scheduled on 24th/25th October. In Belgium team Raton Racing will have the strong and consolidated Italian/Swiss duo Stefano Costantini and Christoph … Continue reading
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE BARCELONA WEEKEND ROUNDUP
Just over two months after it began at Misano, the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup came to a close at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The 10-race campaign was packed into just four weekends, with the opening and closing rounds both featuring a trio of one-hour contests. This made for a whirlwind … Continue reading
SKY TEMPESTA RACING SECURE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT CUP TITLE IN BARCELONA
Eddie Cheever and Chris Froggatt of Sky Tempesta Racing became GT World Challenge Sprint Cup Drivers’ Champions this weekend in the Pro-Am category, having shown impressive resilience to win Race 2 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Leading up to the weekend their championship victory looked almost certain, with the team dominating past Sprint Races in … Continue reading
TECH1 RACING AND LEXUS ON THE PODIUM AT THE FINAL GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT RACE
The final GT World challenge Europe Sprint race took place on the Spanish soil with a triple race meeting in Barcelona for Aurelien Panis and Thomas Neubauer at the wheel of the Lexus RC F GT3 #15. The weekend was quite complicated for the team: an unfavorable track, a frustrating first race, a mechanical retirement … Continue reading
BELGIAN AUDI CLUB TEAM WRT RECAPTURES SPRINT CUP TITLES AS VANTHOOR AND WEERTS SEAL DRIVERS CROWN
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT sealed a GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS championship double in today’s season-deciding Sprint Cup race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, reclaiming the teams’ title while Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts clinched the drivers’ crown. The 60-minute contest was won by the #88 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG of Raffaele Marciello and … Continue reading
