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VALENTINO ROSSI TO BECOME NEW MEMBER OF THE BMW M MOTORSPORT WORKS DRIVER FAMILY
The BMW M works driver squad for the 2023 season is gaining a well-known 21st member. Valentino Rossi (ITA) and BMW M Motorsport have agreed a works commitment that goes beyond the race appearances with BMW M Team WRT announced last week. The nine-time motorcycle world champion, who called time on his long-standing, successful career on … Continue reading
BMW M TEAM WRT DRIVER LINE-UP CONFIRMED FOR BATHURST AND GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
BMW M Motorsport returns to Australia after an enforced three-year absence. BMW M Team WRT will undertake its first works-supported race outing with the BMW M4 GT3 at the Bathurst 12 Hour, the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, in February 2023. This is followed by the GT World Challenge Europe which begins in … Continue reading
RECORD SEASON FOR AUDI CUSTOMER RACING
Audi Sport customer racing has never won as many titles with its teams as it did this year. In the 14th season of the customer racing program, teams all over the world celebrated remarkable successes in individual competitions as well as in championships at sprint and endurance distances. The balance is spread across Europe, Asia, … Continue reading
MERCEDES-AMG CELEBRATES MOST SUCCESSFUL CUSTOMER RACING SEASON TO DATE
In the 2022 season, Mercedes-AMG has continued its success story in customer racing with race and title wins in the world’s most significant GT series. The teams with GT3 and GT4 cars from Affalterbach raced on all six continents and racked up 63 teams’ and drivers’ titles as well as four manufacturers’ titles for AMG … Continue reading
BMW M MOTORSPORT PRESENTS WORKS DRIVERS AND RACE PROGRAMME FOR THE 2023 SEASON
The squad of works drivers at BMW M Motorsport for the 2023 season includes more prominent newcomers. Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts receive works driver contracts and join the BMW M Motorsport family. They will compete with BMW M Team WRT in the coming season, among other outings. The initial race programmes for the … Continue reading
DANIEL HARPER ENDS 2022 SEASON WITH GOOD BARCELONA DRIVE
Daniel Harper has brought his impressive maiden campaign in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup to a close with a strong performance on his first visit to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this past weekend (01-02 October). Harper and his team-mates Neil Verhagen and Max Hesse in the BMW Junior Team unfortunately faced a tougher weekend than … Continue reading
DINAMIC MOTORSPORT PORSCHE WINS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE BARCELONA FINALE
Akkodis ASP has clinched a Fanatec GT Endurance title double after a dramatic race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya saw the Mercedes-AMG squad narrowly beat Iron Lynx to the big prize. The season-deciding three-hour race was won by Dinamic Motorsport with its #54 Porsche line-up of Klaus Bachler, Matteo Cairoli and Alessio Picariello after a three-car … Continue reading
FINAL RECKONING AWAITS AS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CONCLUDES AT CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA
The curtain falls on the 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season next weekend (30 September-2 October) when a three-hour Endurance Cup race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will decide the final championship battles. There is plenty left to fight for as the series makes its annual visit to the 4.7 km Spanish … Continue reading
SRO MOTORSPORTS GROUP ANNOUNCES CALENDAR CHANGES FOR 2023 EUROPEAN SEASON
SRO Motorsports Group has reorganised its European calendars for the 2023 season following the decision to stage next year’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps on 29-30 July, the date most commonly used by the 24 Hours of Spa since 1953. The changes principally concern Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS and … Continue reading
TEAM WRT AUDI TAKES FINAL LAP VICTORY AT VALENCIA TO CLOSE 2022 GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT SEASON
Team WRT capped a title-winning Sprint Cup season in spectacular style at Valencia by snatching one of the most dramatic race wins in Fanatec GT history, wrapping up a ninth overall teams’ championship in the process. Having secured the drivers’ crown yesterday, the #32 Audi duo of Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts entered Sunday’s season-closing … Continue reading
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