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McLaren 650S GT3
VICTORY FOR PARENTE HEADLINES DOUBLE PODIUM FOR McLAREN 650S GT3 AT LONG BEACH
McLaren Factory Driver Alvaro Parente continued his strong start to the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge season on the streets of Long Beach California, breaking the lap record to score pole position, before claiming a lights-to-flag victory. Close behind the reigning champion, K-PAX Racing’s Bryan Sellers teammate secured the final podium position in the #6 650S … Continue reading
STRAKKA RACING ANNOUNCES 14 DRIVER LINE-UP FOR BLANCPAIN GT SERIES CHALLENGE
Strakka Racing’s 2017 comprehensive 14 driver line-up will blend experience and young talent as it embarks on its first year in the Blancpain GT Series. Alongside highly experienced sportscar drivers and rising stars from McLaren’s GT Driver Academy, the Silverstone-based team will also run single seater and touring car converts across its quartet of 650S … Continue reading
McLAREN INCREASES FACTORY DRIVER STABLE AS BLANCPAIN GT PLANS COME TOGETHER
McLaren has confirmed British drivers Jonny Kane and Dean Stoneman as additions to its Factory Driver roster for 2017, which has grown to five drivers as the season plans have been finalised. The growth in its elite driver stable showcases an increasing commitment to the top levels of customer GT racing around the world as … Continue reading
GARAGE59 LAUNCHES GT OPEN TITLE BID WITH UNCHANGED LINE-UP
Following a successful debut season in 2016 for Garage 59 in the International GT Open, the team confirm a return to challenge for the title in 2017. The British squad will again enter a two car McLaren 650S GT3 Pro-Am line-up to contest the full seven-round series sporting new liveries. All drivers in the team … Continue reading
TOP FIVE FINISH FOR McLAREN 650S GT3 IN 2017 BATHURST 12 HOUR AFTER HEROIC COMEBACK DRIVE
Defending Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Champions Tekno Autosports claimed a hard-earned top five finish, and a podium in the Pro class, in the 2017 edition of the race. McLaren Factory Drivers Rob Bell, Côme Ledogar and Alvaro Parente staged a valiant never-say-die effort in the #1 650S GT3 at Mount Panorama, Australia after early setbacks … Continue reading
McLAREN HEADS DOWN UNDER TO DEFEND BATHURST CROWN AS BEN BARNICOAT JOINS GT DRIVER ACADEMY
The McLaren 650S GT3 will return to Mount Panorama circuit in Australia next month with four customer team-run entries confirmed for the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour. The race will also mark the competitive debut outing of Ben Barnicoat who joins the McLaren GT Driver Academy for 2017. 20-year-old Ben Barnicoat joins the McLaren GT Driver … Continue reading
K-PAX RACING BRINGS NOTABLE LINEUP TO DEFEND PWC TITLES
The 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season proved to be the most successful yet for K-PAX Racing in the GT class. Against strong competition, the California based team, with the McLaren 650S GT3 and Factory Driver Alvaro Parente, celebrated the championship trifecta, clinching the Team, Manufacturer, and Driver Championships in the final lap of the final … Continue reading
CLEARWATER RACING ADDS FURTHER DEPTH TO INAUGURAL BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA ENTRY
Another of Asia’s sportscar heavyweights, Clearwater Racing, will compete in both Blancpain GT Series Asia’s GT3 and GT4 classes this season, the team has confirmed. The Singapore-based squad won the Asian Le Mans Series’ teams’ title in 2015/16 and will now enter the same McLaren 650S GT3 in SRO’s inaugural pan-continental championship. It will also … Continue reading
ROB BELL JOINS BALFE MOTORSPORT’S 2017 GT OPEN PROGRAMME
Balfe Motorsport will continue to be one of the strongest forces in the International GT Open this season. The British squad, which impressed by taking runner-up honors last year, will be sporting again its McLaren 650S. The novelty is in the driver line-up: with Phil Keen taken by other programmes, Shaun Balfe will have a … Continue reading
K-PAX RACING SHOWS ENDURANCE AND SPEED AT SEPANG 12 HOURS
This weekend at Sepang International Circuit, 2016 Pirelli World Challenge champions K-PAX Racing participated in the Motul Sepang 12 Hours, earning a top ten finish after a hard fought race. Equipped with a McLaren GT all-factory lineup of Alvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen, and Côme Ledogar, the No. 9 McLaren 650S topped two of the … Continue reading
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