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GRT SHINES AT LAMBORGHINI HOME RACE IN THE DTM
Forza GRT! The Austrian Lamborghini team celebrated their best result to date in the legendary racing series in Saturday’s DTM race at Imola. In a fiercely contested heat battle at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Mirko Bortolotti and Clemens Schmid kept their cool until the chequered flag and took third and sixth place. Lamborghini … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS BATTLE TO THE FINISH OF PETIT LE MANS AS IMSA SEASON COMES TO AN END
United Autosports have finished fourth in LMP2 and sixth in LMP3 after 10 hours of racing at the Motul Petit Le Mans, the final round of the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, held yesterday at the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The LMP3 team started the weekend well as Niklas Kruetten scored pole position as he … Continue reading
EARL BAMBER TO SIT IN FOR MAGNUSSEN IN V-PERFORMANCE ACADEMY CADILLAC AT PETIT LE MANS
Earl Bamber has been enlisted as the third driver in the No. 01 V-Performance Academy Cadillac DPi-V.R replacing a sickly Kevin Magnussen for today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. “First of all, I hope Kevin is OK, he is feeling a bit under … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS FINISHES FOURTH IN BAHRAIN
United Autosports finished fourth at the end of the penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain yesterday. Phil Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque and Fabio Scherer brought their #22 Oreca 07 home in fourth place at the end of the six-hour race after starting second on the grid, thanks to a great qualifying … Continue reading
PORSCHE CUSTOMERS SET FOR THE RETURN OF GT SUPER SPRINT CHALLENGE IN SHANGHAI
The inaugural GT Super Sprint Challenge (GTSSC) season is set to continue this weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit, with six Porsche entries across all three classes. The series, which began at the same venue in May, gives bronze drivers the opportunity to test themselves in two 27-minute races at China’s greatest venues, such as … Continue reading
BRITISH AUTOMOBILE RACING CLUB SILVERSTONE PHOTO-SHOOT
Last weekend I was able to spend a few hours at Silverstone for the BARC race meeting. Again the British weather wasn’t at its best, at least it wasn’t cold. Maybe we will get a sunnier and warmer end to the motor racing season. I hope you like the pictures. Photos. Philip Isham All images … Continue reading
WALKENHORST MOTORSPORT SETS SIGHTS ON OVERALL VICTORY IN THE ARDENNES
Sights set on overall victory, whilst looking ahead to the future: BMW M Motorsport is focussing on two main sporting priorities at the highlight of this season’s FANATEC GT World Challenge Europe, the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL). In the race, Walkenhorst Motorsport, armed with the BMW M6 GT3 and a host of BMW works … Continue reading
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS STARTS FROM THE FIRST GRID ROW OF THE GTD CLASS AT WATKINS GLEN
The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured an excellent starting position in the qualifying for the six-hour race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Watkins Glen. American Trent Hindman planted his No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R on the second grid spot of the GTD class. For the young amateur driver, this was … Continue reading
MARCO POLO MOTORSPORTS SECURES TOP FIVE FINISH IN UNPREDICTABLE AUSTIN
Marco Polo Motorsports put up a fight this weekend in GT4 America championship rounds three and four at Circuit of the Americas. Though the No. 71 KTM X-Bow and drivers Nicolai Elghanayan and Mads Siljehaug had a damp start; they were able to earn some good championship points on Sunday. Early in the weekend, the … Continue reading
MIYATA TAKES HIS FIRST SUPER GT POLE POSITION IN THE WEDSSPORT ADVAN GR SUPRA
Qualifying for the Takanokono Hotel FUJI GT 500km RACE, Round 2 of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place on May 3rd (Mon., holiday) at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GT500 class Pole Position was won by Ritomo Miyata in the No. 19 WedsSport ADVAN GR Supra (Yuji Kunimoto/Ritomo Miyata). The GT300 class … Continue reading
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