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MAJOR GROWTH FOR GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WITH 37 CAR FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST
SRO Motorsports Group has revealed the GT4 European Series full-season entry list for 2021. At least 37 cars are confirmed for all six weekends, while additional race-by-race entries will bolster the grid for the opening round at Monza and subsequent events on the calendar. After a challenging 2020 season the series is back to full capacity … Continue reading
TEN YEARS OF MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING: GT SUCCESS MADE IN AFFALTERBACH
For Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, the international 2020 GT season is all about the tenth anniversary of its Customer Racing programme. Since 2010, the race cars of the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach have been successful at the race tracks of this world. Within only one decade, the involvement of the German manufacturer has resulted … Continue reading
THE FUTURE OF MOTORSPORT: E RACING
The question is… How long a lifespan does the internal combustion engine have, not only in road cars but in racing too? We are seeing more manufacturers, like Mercedes and Porsche committing to Formula E. Mercedes will pull out of the DTM Series and Porsche the World Endurance Championship with their LMP1 cars to concentrate … Continue reading
ULRICH FRITZ LOOKS AHEAD TO THE 2016 DTM SEASON
The DTM will get the new 2016 season under way at Hockenheim with a home race for Mercedes-AMG on the weekend of 6th-8th May. Prior to the season opener, Head of Mercedes-AMG DTM Ulrich Fritz set out the key changes and biggest challenges in the upcoming DTM season. Uli, the Mercedes-AMG DTM Team won both … Continue reading
DIETER GASS: “ COMPETITION IN THE DTM IS EXTREMELY FIERCE ”
Dieter Gass, Head of DTM at Audi Sport, about the aims for the 2016 DTM season which kicks off on May 7 and 8 and the changes made last winter. Last year, with ten victories scored in 18 races, the Audi RS 5 DTM was the most successful car. Still, a second place in the … Continue reading
FIA GT SERIES, SEYFFARTH DOUBLE UP WITH TWO MERCEDES FOR ZOLDER
Seyffarth Motorsport will run two Mercedes SLS AMG GT3s at Zolder this weekend. The German team will field Brazilian pair Duda Rosa and Paulo Bonificio in car #27 this weekend in the Gentlemen Trophy class. Rosa is well known from his exploits in the UK in the 1980s, racing with the likes of Gil De … Continue reading
NEW LOOK LEAN, MEAN EREBUS MOTORSPORT MACHINES READY FOR BATHURST
Erebus Motorsport has released photographs of the dramatically different livery that will adorn its pair of SLS AMG GT3 Gullwings on the eve of the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Gone is the chrome livery that led to Erebus Motorsport being awarded ‘The Most Beautiful Car’ at the 2011 AMG Customer Sports Awards, in its place … Continue reading
ADAC GT MASTERS: WHO HAS THE HEAVIEST RIGHT FOOT?
There are plenty of quick drivers in the ADAC GT Masters, but which of them was the fastest in 2012? Who was the quickest ADAC GT Masters driver of 2012? Champions Sebastian Asch and Maximilian Götz secured the most points by the end of the season, but who was the season´s top qualifier? Austrian Martin … Continue reading
BATHURST 12 HOUR: EREBUS CONFIRMS ALL-STAR 12 HOUR ATTACK
Erebus Motorsport will roll out the heavy artillery for the upcoming Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (February 8-10) headlined by five times DTM Champion, Bernd Schneider, FIA GT1 World Team Champion, Thomas Jäger and V8 Supercar stars, Tim Slade and Lee Holdsworth. Fresh from taking victory in the Dubai 24 Hour earlier this month, it … Continue reading
International GT Open: Seyffarth confirms full campaign with two Mercedes SLS
Stalwart German GT team Seyffarth Motorsport has confirmed it will undertake a full International GT Open campaign in 2013 with two Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3. The team will announce its driver line-ups shortly. The Querfurt-based squad had a first taste of the series in 2012, when it took part to the Nürburgring and Barcelona … Continue reading
