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YIFEI YE AND ABSOLUTE RACING AIM FOR STRONG 2022 ELMS FINALE AT PORTIMAO
Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Selected Driver Yifei Ye and Absolute Racing will both be looking to end the 2022 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) campaign on a high at the final round in Portimao this weekend. 21-year-old Ye has had a positive season at the wheel of COOL Racing’s #37 Oreca 07, taking two podiums … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS READY FOR A ELMS SEASON FINALE SHOWDOWN IN PORTIMAO
United Autosports head to Portimao aiming to shine at the season finale in both the LMP2 and LMP3 classes of the European Le Mans Series. After a dominating victory in Spa Francorchamps for the #22 crew of Phil Hanson, Tom Gamble and Duncan Tappy, they will be looking to close the three point gap to … Continue reading
GRT TAKES OVER THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN THE DTM
Successful debut weekend for GRT in the DTM. The Lamborghini team from Austria departs from the season opener at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve with the championship lead in their bag. Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti claimed another top result on Sunday carrying the success ballast of the previous day’s podium. After second place in … Continue reading
DTM PODIUM FOR MIRKO BORTOLOTTI AFTER STRONG COMEBACK
Bittersweet debut for GRT in the DTM. In Saturday’s race at the season opener on the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Mirko Bortolotti claimed a podium for the Lamborghini team from Austria in a dramatic race. In the morning, the Italian had sensationally clinched his first pole position in the DTM, which was also the first … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT RELIES ON THREE CUSTOMER TEAMS IN DTM TITLE FIGHT
The many fans of the DTM can look forward to a season of records: With 29 race cars – including six Audi R8 LMS from three teams – and drivers from 15 nations, the grid is larger than ever before since the series was relaunched in 2000. René Rast, three-time champion with Audi, returns to … Continue reading
SSR PERFORMANCE PORSCHE WITH FIRST FASTEST TIME IN THE DTM
First fastest time for SSR Performance Porsche in DTM: Norwegian Dennis Olsen ended up as the fastest driver on the second day of the second official DTM test at Portimão. With the Porsche 911 run by the Munich-based SSR Performance team, Olsen completed his fastest lap of the 4.563 kilometres long Formula 1 track on … Continue reading
AUDI AHEAD OF PORSCHE ON FIRST DTM TEST DAY IN PORTUGAL
Audi ahead of Porsche: that was the order at the end of the first DTM test day just before the season opener at Portimão. Swiss Ricardo Feller ended up fastest in the Team ABT Sportsline Audi R8 with a time of 1m 41.573s ahead of Austrian Thomas Preining (1m 41.658s) with the Porsche 911 from … Continue reading
DTM SEASON OPENER WITH RECORD FIELD AT PORTIMAO
The spectacular entry by record world rally champion Sébastien Loeb, the comeback by three-time champion René Rast, the historic entry by Porsche – DTM is writing many spectacular stories during its season opener at the Portuguese Formula 1 track of Portimão this weekend (29 April till 1 May). The 2021 season, the first year with … Continue reading
GRT AND LAMBORGHINI ALL GEARED UP FOR THE DTM 2022 SEASON OPENER IN PORTIMAO
The past months of relentless work and intensive preparations have all been dedicated to this one moment: Next weekend, from 29 April to 1 May, the eagerly awaited DTM adventure begins for GRT in Portugal with the first of eight events. At the season opener on the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, the Lamborghini … Continue reading
HAWKEY CONFIRMED FOR 2022 DTM WITH T3 LAMBORGHINI
British racing driver Esmee Hawkey will be competing in DTM in 2022 as well. Like last year, the 23-year-old will be participating in the 16 sprint races with a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo run by T3 Motorsport. Following the first official test days at Hockenheim in early April, the DTM will get its 36th season underway … Continue reading
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