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BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT WILL RACE FOR AUDI SPORT IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

March 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The Green Hell is calling and BWT Mücke Motorsport intend to go on the offensive! For the first time ever, the well-established Berlin-based team will compete in the 46th edition of the legendary endurance classic ADAC Zurich 24-hour race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife (10th – 13th May 2018). What is totally amazing is that the outfit will contest the race as an Audi Sport customer racing team with the Audi R8 LMS #24 and field their Audi R8 LMS #25 as BWT Mücke Motorsport.

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LAMBORGHINI SQUADRA CORSE PRODUCE 300th RACING HURACAN

March 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

On March 15, in the Huracán assembly line in Sant’Agata Bolognese, the racing car number 300 was produced. This is the number of Huracán racing cars, divided into Super Trofeos and GT3s, that Lamborghini Squadra Corse has produced from 2015 to date, thus being one of the most prolific Motorsport departments in the world.

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ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON BEGINS WITH TESTING AT OSCHERSLEBEN

March 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The long wait is coming to an end. Next week (26th – 27th March), the teams and drivers of the ADAC GT Masters will at last be seeing some track action during the official preseason tests at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Around 35 supercars sporting the badges of Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Honda, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche will be taking part in the dress rehearsal for the 2018 season at the circuit near Magdeburg. Fans are welcome to come and watch the two days of testing. Just over two weeks later on the weekend of 13th – 15th April, the ADAC GT Masters will be staging its season opener at the same venue.

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AUDI AIMS FOR FIFTH VICTORY IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

March 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Audi Sport customer racing is supporting four official teams this year. Audi Sport Team WRT – winners of the 2015 race –, Audi Sport Team Land that was successful last year and the two-time winning squad of Audi Sport Team Phoenix are firmly established in endurance racing. Audi Sport Team BWT completes this circle. In 2018, Peter Mücke’s squad is contesting the event in the Eifel for the first time.

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ASTON MARTIN EMBARKS ON LANDMARK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MOTORSPORT PROGRAMME

March 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

This weekend’s 2018 Australian Grand Prix marks the beginning of Aston Martin’s most ambitious global motorsport programme in more than half a century. For the first time since 1959, the Aston Martin name will appear in both the Formula 1TM and Le Mans 24 Hours entry lists as the British manufacturer takes a vital step in the structured growth of its comprehensive motorsport vision..

FORMULA 1

Australian Grand Prix – The opening trip of the championship takes a special effort

March 20, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The first team group set off for Australia last Friday and the last members will arrive mid-week. Such a long trip, 16,000 kilometres and a whole day travelling, takes a bit of planning, especially as it’s the first of the season. In fact, the team is actually “operational” at the track as from Wednesday.

Formula E

Jaguar “Could Have Fought” for Punta Win

March 20, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Panasonic Jaguar Racing was denied a chance to fight for its first ABB FIA Formula E Championship win after Mitch Evans was penalized in qualifying at the Punta del Este E-Prix last weekend, according to team principal James Barclay.

Blancpain sprint

INDIGO RACING BECOMES BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA’S FIRST KOREAN TEAM

March 20, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Solite Indigo Racing will become the first Korean team ever to compete in Blancpain GT Series Asia this season after announcing that Juwon Seo and Roelof Bruins will campaign its brand-new Mercedes-AMG GT3.

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March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Racing and Rally Crash Compilation

PWC

Eric Curran Joins Callaway Competition USA for SprintX Championship

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

TEMECULA, Cal. – Following a successful debut for the Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida earlier this month, German driver Daniel Keilwitz will be joined by American Eric Curran this week for the Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas for the first race in the 2018 SprintX Championship.

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AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS FINISHES THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING DESPITE SETBACKS

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports finished 11th at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advanced Auto Parts this past weekend. The new team showed promising speed despite multiple trips to the garage during their second race of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.

PWC

M1 GT RACING RETURNS TO COTA IN QUEST FOR STRONG RESULTS

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

M1 GT Racing kicked off the 2018 season in the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) program two weekends ago at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in sunny Florida. Competing in their new Audi R8 LMS GT4, the team managed to secure their first podiums of the year with team driver Jason Bell. Now, with one event weekend under their belt, the Florida based team and driver have their sights set on a race win this coming weekend during rounds three and four at the prestigious Circuit of the Americas.

PWC

ERIC CURRAN JOINS CALLAWAY COMPETITION USA FOR SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIP

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Following a successful debut for the Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida earlier this month, German driver Daniel Keilwitz will be joined by American Eric Curran this week for the Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas for the first race in the 2018 SprintX Championship.

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SIMS SECURES FIRST PODIUM IN THE NEW BMW M8 GTE AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Warwickshire-based racing driver Alexander Sims finished second in the GTLM class at the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance event on 17 March 2018, clinching the first podium finish for the new BMW M8 GTE race car in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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LEXUS RC F GT3s LEADS LAPS, No.15 LEXUS FINISHES FIFTH AT SEBRING

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The 3GT Racing No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3 scored a fifth-place GTD class finish in the Twelve Hours of Sebring Saturday in the second endurance event of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

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NIELSEN, WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS INCREASE IMSA WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AT SEBRING

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Christina Nielsen’s second race with Wright Motorsports resulted in a sixth-place finish at the famously difficult Sebring International Raceway. Her co-drivers Patrick Long, Mathieu Jaminet and Robert Renauer powered through the Mobil 12 Hours of Sebring in the team’s No. 58 Porsche Consulting/Porsche Digital Porsche 911 GT3 R. Valuable points were added to the Wright Motorsports IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT-Daytona class purse after completing the grueling Floridian endurance race.

Blancpain Endurance

NEW SEASON PREPARATIONS CONTINUE SMOOTHLY FOR BLANCPAIN PRO-AM CHAMPION AL HARTHY

March 19, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Ahmad Al Harthy continued his strong pre-season Blancpain Endurance Cup testing programme at Monza last Friday, 16th March, where the Oman Racing team acquired vital set-up data ahead of the opening round of 2018 at the Italian venue – which takes place next month.

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LAMBORGHINI WINS AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 18, 2018 Charles Côté 0

After winning the 24 Hours of Daytona last January, Lamborghini has scored another extraordinary result. The Huracán GT3 # 48 of Paul Miller Racing triumphed in the famous 12 Hours of Sebring, one of the great classic American endurance races, now in its 66th edition, valid for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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ESM CLAIMS OVERALL VICTORY AT TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 18, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Tequila Patrón ESM claimed a repeat victory Saturday evening at Sebring International Raceway when the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi crossed the finish line in first position after running for twelve hours and 344 laps. Drivers Pipo Derani, Johannes van Overbeek, and Nico Lapierre ran a flawless race to bring Tequila Patrón ESM its second victory at the legendary event.

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HEARTBREAK FOR SPIRIT OF DAYTONA RACING AT SEBRING

March 18, 2018 Charles Côté 0

After securing a record-setting pole position in qualifying on Friday, Spirit of Daytona Racing kept the No. 90 Cadillac DPi-V.R at the sharp end of the field for much of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, hoping for a podium finish in their home state.

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