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STRONG PACE AND CONSISTENCY DELIVERS SEVENTH PLACE FOR HUTCHISON AND ATTEMPTO IN DUBAI 24H
Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO racer Finlay Hutchison made a highly competitive start to his 2022 motorsport season in the Middle East over the weekend, with a strong and very impressive seventh place finish in the Hankook Dubai 24H. Teaming with Florian Scholze, Luca Engstler, Alex Aka and Nicolas Scholl at German squad Attempto Racing, the … Continue reading
1-2 VICTORY FOR AUDI CUSTOMER TEAM WRT AT THE DUBAI 24 HOURS
For the third time after 2016 and 2019, an Audi customer team has won the traditional opener of the endurance season in Dubai. Team WRT from Belgium, which claimed its first success six years ago, celebrated a convincing one-two. Mohammed Saud Fahad Al Saud/Axcil Jefferies/Christopher Mies/Dries Vanthoor/Thomas Neubauer won ahead of their teammates Benjamin Goethe/Arnold … Continue reading
OVERALL PODIUM AND THREE CLASS WINS FOR MERCEDES-AMG IN THE 24H DUBAI
Following the 1-2 in the 12-hour race at Abu Dhabi last weekend, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport has also successfully completed the next endurance race of the year. In the Hankook 24H Dubai with a high-quality entry, the #75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by Customer Racing Team Sun Energy 1 by SPS automotive performance secured third place, just ahead … Continue reading
THE NEW BMW M4 GT3 PASSES ENDURANCE TEST AT ITS FIRST OFFICIAL RACE APPEARANCE
The new flagship from BMW M Motorsport has passed the endurance test in the desert. Following test races last season and successful FIA homologation, the 24H Dubai (UAE) from Friday to Saturday marked the first race appearance for the new BMW M4 GT3 in the hands of BMW M Motorsport teams. ST Racing and Schubert … Continue reading
JIM MCGUIRE, DUNCAN TAPPY AND ANDREW BENTLEY RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES LMP3 TEAM
United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Jim McGuire, Duncan Tappy and Andrew Bentley will return to their European Le Mans Series LMP3 team for the 2022 season. The trio, who have raced together since 2020, will once again race the #3 AERO Ligier JS P320, when the six-round series returns in April. Over the last … Continue reading
MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT CUSTOMER RACING ENTRIES IN THREE CLASSES ACROSS TWO IMSA RACING SERIES
Six Mercedes-AMG GT3 entries will defend last year’s historic Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing victory in the Rolex 24 At Daytona in the 60th running of North America’s premier 24-hour race, January 26 – 30, at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). The six Mercedes-AMG GT3 teams compete in next weekend’s Roar Before the Rolex 24 three-day test … Continue reading
WILL ASPIN TAKES NEXT STEP WITH TEAM PARKER RACING FOR DEBUT PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CAMPAIGN
Italian racer Will Aspin is set to join Team Parker Racing for his maiden season in the ever-competitive Porsche Carrera Cup GB, setting his sights on success in the series’ Pro-Am championship. The Leicestershire-based team has secured a superb 14 championship titles in the Carrera Cup in the past five years, including two Teams’ honours, … Continue reading
ABT SPORTSLINE CONFIRMS RENE RAST AS A DRIVER FOR THE 2022 DTM SEASON
Speculations were going on for a long time, but now, the ABT Sportsline team from Kempten has officially confirmed its second driver for the 2022 DTM season. It is three-time DTM champion René Rast, who already won the drivers‘ title in the long-standing series in 2017, 2019 and 2020. The 35-year-old will be driving the … Continue reading
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS TO RUN A TRIO OF CARS IN THE PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE NORTH AMERICA
Known for its long-running history and resume of success racing Porsche machinery, sports car racing champions Flying Lizard Motorsport will continue their legacy with the German manufacturer this season, entering three cars into the USAC Porsche Sprint Challenge North America. Longtime Lizard racers Chris Bellomo, Paul Bonderson, and Mike Gaulke, who raced previously in the … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL DECIDE THE DRIVER LINEUP FOR THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA
The BMW M Team RLL line-up for the season opener of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2022 has been decided. At the new BMW M4 GT3’s debut in the also-new GTD PRO category, two strong quartets of BMW M works drivers will be doing battle for the podium. In the #25 MOTUL BMW M4 GT3, … Continue reading
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