RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) is set to take on the second round of the 2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) this weekend, looking to build on the positive showing in NLS1.

Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will boast a strong GT3 Am Cup category this year following confirmation of four more entries from as many different manufacturers.

Icons of Porsche is not just the theme for Rennsport Reunion 7, but represents the talented people who have pushed the limits, taken risks and bravely driven Porsche to success over the past 75 years as a sports car marque. Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) is proud to announce that two icons whose passion and determination positively influenced the brand both on the track and the road have accepted the nomination as Rennsport Grand Marshal. Alwin Springer, a leader in U.S. Porsche racing as well as very first CEO of Porsche Motorsport North America will be joined by an 18-year veteran driver of the Porsche works team, Patrick Long.

In a month’s time, the 2023 season will finally get underway for GRT at the world-famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. After the long winter break, the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup will take place at the Grand Prix circuit in Italy. The Lamborghini team from Austria will field two new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2s in their return to the top-class endurance series. With the number 85 car already featuring the line-up for the season at the official tests, the squad led by team boss Gottfried Grasser has now also finalized the pairing for the sister car.

TR3 Racing is expanding its competition program for 2023, and will field Daniel Morad and Ziad Ghandour in the Pro-Am championship in Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS.

FORMER Champion Alex Davison will return to face a new era of rivals when the 2023 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship commences at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. 

Team Joos Sportwagentechnik will start in the ADAC GT Masters again in 2023, and will run a brand-new Porsche 911 GT3 R in the new season. Team principal Michael Joos will reveal shortly the two drivers who will be at the wheel of the Porsche. When the season gets underway from 9th to 11th June as part of the “Festival of Dreams” at the Hockenheimring, the team from Vöhringen in Bavaria will again join the battle for winner’s trophies.

Two time LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour winner Kenny Habul will make his Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship debut at the Australian Grand Prix with TekworkX Motorsport.

EMA Motorsport will return to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia for 2023 with an exciting two car entry confirmed.

One of the most successful teams in Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS history, Absolute Racing, returns to the series full-time this season armed with two new 992-based Porsche 911 GT3 Rs.

BMW M Motorsport works driver Daniel Harper has enjoyed an encouraging start to his 2023 season on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a battling performance to fifth position in the opening round of the Nürburgring Endurance Series this past Saturday (18th March).

With just a handful of minutes remaining on the clock before midnight on Saturday, the chequered flag was unfurled at the end of the grueling Sepang 12 Hours. After an inch perfect race, a stunning 1-2 overall finish was delivered up for the team in some style as the legendary South East Asian endurance race returned to the calendar for the first time since it last ran in 2016.

Meyer Shank Racing saw a promising run come up less than two hours short in Saturday’s 71st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

WeatherTech Racing finished third in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Speedway. 

Their team-mates Philipp Eng (AUT), Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Marco Wittmann (GER) were also fighting for a top result in their #24 car. However, the trio had to retire due to a technical issue.

The perfect start to the season for ROWE Racing: BMW M works drivers Dries Vanthoor and Maxime Martin (both BEL) won the opening race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series in the #99 BMW M4 GT3. After four hours of exciting racing, Vanthoor took the chequered flag with a lead of 6.5 seconds.

The opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) took place in sunny Florida this afternoon. Thanks to a clean performance, solid strategy and competitive driving, the newly-formed Porsche Penske Motorsport team finished the 1000 Miles of Sebring in fifth and sixth in their debut WEC race.

The Ferrari 499P made its debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship finishing in third place in the 1000 Miles of Sebring.  Car number 50 driven to the finish line by Antonio Fuoco secured third, and finishing seventh with the other Hypercar which arrived at the checkered flag with Alessandro Pier Guidi behind the wheel.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing dominated the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) to earn a one-two victory in the 1000 Miles of Sebring in the face of strong Hypercar competition. 

WeatherTech Racing will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring from third in GTD Pro for tomorrow’s 10:10 a.m. ET start at Sebring International Speedway.