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HENRIQUE CHAVES ENDS GT OPEN SEASON WITH A WIN
Henrique Chaves won the second race of the Autodromo Internazionale di Monza International GT Open’s weekend, ending the championship in a high and achieving the third place in the Drivers’ Standings in his GT debut. After yesterday’s unlucky day, the Portuguese and his teammate, Martin Kodric, didn’t give up and in this morning qualifying the … Continue reading
WILKINSON & TURNER DELIVER STAND-OUT FINAL GT OPEN PODIUM AT MONZA
Ollie Wilkinson and co-driver, Aston Martin Racing works driver, Darren Turner, wrapped up their 2019 GT Open campaign with arguably their hardest-fought podium of the season, taking a triumphant third at Monza. The outstanding performance from the Optimum Motorsport outfit saw a combination of Turner’s stint and the team’s stellar pitstop strategy put the Aston … Continue reading
MIGHTY MONZA BECKONS WILKINSON FOR GT OPEN SEASON FINALE
Ollie Wilkinson is ready to wrap up his 2019 racing season and first year driving the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 next weekend (12 & 13 October), as he heads to Monza, Italy, for the final round of the International GT Open series with Optimum Motorsport. The 23-year-old Yorkshireman makes for the Italian F1 circuit … Continue reading
GT SPORTS CLUB PRESENTS UPDATED FORMAT AND CALENDARS FOR 2020 SEASON
GT Sports Club Europe will evolve into a new format and schedule next season, with two separate championships on offer for bronze-rated drivers. New for 2020, the European leg of GT2 Sports Club series will provide a standalone competition stage for drivers with cars adhering to SRO GT2 homologation. The concept made its track debut … Continue reading
GT2 RACING TO RETURN WITH BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB IN BARCELONA
The revived GT2 class returns to motorsport with Blancpain GT Sports Club at its 2019 season finale in Barcelona (28-29 September). After being announced at last year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa, the GT2 name is making a comeback to sportscar racing with lower downforce 700bhp cars specifically aimed at amateur drivers. In the 12 … Continue reading
PODIUM FINISH FOR OWEN AT MONZA
Will Owen finished 3rd place with United Autosports in the LMP2 class of the Europeans Le Mans Series during the 4 Hours of Monza while also posting the second fastest lap of the race. Owen joined United Autosports for the second round of the Europeans Le Mans Series in between races for the IMSA WeatherTech … Continue reading
WINNING AMBITIONS FADE AWAY FOR OREGON TEAM IN MONZA’S FOUR-HOUR ELMS RACE
Once again, Oregon Team impressed in the second round of the European Le Mans Series, the 4 Hours of Monza, held last weekend at their home track. The team led by Jerry Canevisio and Piergiorgio Testa had all the needed ingredients to aim for success and that showed clearly in Saturday’s qualifying, where Damiano Fioravanti … Continue reading
AN ENCOURAGING IMPROVEMENT FOR PANIS- BARTHEZ COMPETITION BEFORE THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
The second round of the European Le Mans Series took place on the 5,793 km “Temple of Speed” Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. Both cars showed good progress compared to Le Castellet, by crossing the finish line in P7 for the #24 and P9 for the #23 and by scoring respectively 6 points and 2 points. … Continue reading
VILLORBA CORSE FIGHTS FOR PODIUM AT MONZA
Scuderia Villorba Corse returns from Monza with two point finishes in the second round of the 2019 Le Mans Cup. On home soil the Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio fought for a podium finish in the two-hour race held on Saturday with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Mauro Calamia and Roberto Pampanini when the Swiss … Continue reading
UNFORTUNATE RLR MSport MAKE BIG GAINS IN ELMS AND LE MANS CUP DOUBLE-HEADER AT MONZA
RLR MSport made significant progress in Round 2 of the 2019 European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup at Autodromo Nazionale Monza (10-12 May), although results were not forthcoming during a weekend plagued by misfortune. RLR MSport began the Monza weekend on a strong footing, confident it could improve on the eighth place … Continue reading
