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TEAMWORK DELIVERS BACK-TO-BACK TITLES FOR TEAM PARKER RACING

October 13, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Parker Racing is delighted to have secured back-to-back Entrants’ Championship titles in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB after another season of superb performances in the closely fought series.

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MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT HEADING TO INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR WITH HIGH AMBITIONS

October 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Eleven weeks after the action-packed TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa, the second round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli beckons this weekend. The Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS, held at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will have its second running following the inaugural event held last year. With a high-quality line-up of seven Mercedes-AMG GT3s in total, five Customer Racing Teams will be aiming at a top result in the eight-hour race.

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HECTIC WEEKEND FOR GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM IN EUROPE AND AMERICA

October 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

October is leaving Team GRT Grasser Racing with no time to relax as summer turns to autumn. After competing in the ADAC GT Masters at the Sachsenring, the Austrian outfit was back in action globally again over the weekend with the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. GRT Grasser Racing’s crews faced season finales on two continents with the GT World Challenge Europe and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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WINNING WEEKEND HANDS JEWISS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB ROOKIE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

October 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Parker Racing kept up its winning ways in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB as Harry King and Kiern Jewiss both claimed overall victories, with the latter sealing the Rookie Championship as he scored his fourth win of the year.

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NINTH PLACE FINISH IN GTWCE ENDURANCE FINALE FOR HUTCHISON ON SERIES DEBUT FOR AUDI R8 EVO II

October 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup racer Finlay Hutchison delivered a strong ninth place finish in the season finale on Sunday, 10th October, with team-mates Markus Winkelhock and Dennis Lind – on the category debut of the new Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II.

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THE HISTORY OF THE PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE IN AUSTRALIA

October 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

A look back through the years of the Porsche Sprint Challenge series, formerly known as GT3 Cup Challenge

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WYLIE CONTINUES FINE FORM IN PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB RETURN

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Ross Wylie continued his fine form on his return to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB by scoring two top-seven placings at Donington Park yesterday (10 Oct). Ross posted sixth and seventh places in the day’s two 25 mins races.

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TEAM REDLINE RACING CONTINUE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB TITLE CHALLENGE WITH DONINGTON PARK PODIUMS

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Redline Racing picked up a brilliant pair of overall podium finishes and a couple of Pro Am class wins from a successful visit to Donington Park for the penultimate meeting of the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup GB campaign (09/10 October).

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ELEVEN MORE TITLES FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In the decisive phase of the 2021 season, Audi’s customer teams remain on course for success: The overall title in Italy, a fifth championship success in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, class titles on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife as well as overall and class titles for the Audi RS 3 LMS in touring car racing contribute to a strong tally. In the overall total since the start of the program in 2009, the number of all titles won by the Audi R8 LMS GT3 exceeded the 200 mark with a total of 86 drivers titles and 117 additional successes in other categories at the weekend.

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HARRY KING ROMPS TO THIRD PORSCHE CARRERA GB WIN OF THE YEAR AT DONINGTON PARK

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Harry King produced one of the most dominant drives of the year to secure his third win of the 2021 campaign at Donington Park.

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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA WIN AT VIR ADDS TO PRIAULX POINTS GAP WITH THREE ROUNDS TO GO

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands championship leader Seb Priaulx (United Kingdom) added to his points gap in a dramatic Round 13 of the premier one-make series at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). The driver of the No. 15 Kelly-Moss Road and Race Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car entered the 45-minute race on Sunday, October 10, with a 34 point lead over teammate Kay van Berlo (Netherlands) who had driven the No. 3 Kelly-Moss Road and Race Porsche to victory in Saturday’s Round 12. However, a first lap incident ended the Dutchman’s day against the Turn Two barrier of the 3.27-mile, 17-turn track in Alton, Virginia. His 13th-place finish coupled with Priaulx’s victory nearly doubled the Brit’s led to 61 markers leaving the penultimate weekend of the inaugural season of the all-Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car series.

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PRO-AM PODIUM FOR OMAN RACING IN FINAL RACE OF GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE SEASON

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Oman’s Ahmad Al Harthy celebrated a sensational Pro-Am podium finish during the final race of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup season in Spain on Sunday, 10th October, with an outstanding drive to third place during a challenging three-hour encounter.

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MACDOWALL ‘MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER’ AFTER CONCLUDING CHALLENGING GTWCE SEASON

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

British racer Alex MacDowall says he is ‘more determined than ever’ to make a return to success in 2022, after signing-off a frustrating Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup season on Sunday, 10th October, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain.

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DANIEL HARPER REFLECTS ON EXCEPTIONAL NURBURGRING SEASON

October 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Daniel Harper has described the 2021 season as the “best of my career so far” after bringing a brilliant campaign in the Nürburgring Endurance Series with the BMW Junior Team to a close on Saturday (09 October).

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NORISRING TOP-FIVE ROUNDS OFF GRUPPE M RACING’S DTM DEBUT SEASON

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing brought its debut DTM season to a close with a successful run in the second race at the Norisring.

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IRON LYNX FERRARI CREW SECURES GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP DRIVERS’ CROWN

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The #51 Iron Lynx Ferrari crew of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Côme Ledogar and Nicklas Nielsen survived a nerve-wracking Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season finale at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to capture the Endurance Cup drivers’ title, while Team WRT snatched the teams’ championship during a dramatic closing stint.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS CROWNED 2021 GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES CHAMPIONS IN SEASON FINALE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports have been crowned Silver Drivers’ Champions at the final round of 2021 GT4 European Series, to go with their Teams’ Championship win secured at the previous round at the Nürburgring. Bailey Voisin and Charlie Fagg in the #23 McLaren 570S crossed the line sixth in class yesterday, sealing the Drivers’ Championship with one race to go.

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AUDI IN DTM TITLE FIGHT UNTIL THE FINALE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The 2021 DTM season has come to an end at the Norisring with an exciting final weekend and the title not being decided until the very last of 16 races. Kelvin van der Linde celebrates third place overall in Team ABT Sportsline’s Audi R8 LMS, while the first prominent newcomer for 2022 has already been confirmed: Audi driver and three-time DTM champion René Rast returns to the grid.

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DTM TITLE SLIPS AWAY FROM LAWSON AT THE NORISRING

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Liam Lawson suffered a bitter conclusion to the last round of the DTM, held today at the Norisring. Setting off from pole, the Red Bull AF Corse driver saw all his hopes of becoming the German series’ youngest ever champion dashed after a collision at the first turn. In a move similar to the one made in Race-1, Kelvin Van der Linde collided with Lawson once again, damaging the steering arm and almost pushing him into the wall.

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DONINGTON PARK WEEKEND SENDS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLES DOWN TO THE WIRE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – arrived at Donington Park for the penultimate weekend of the season. Dan Cammish (Redline Racing) and Lorcan Hanafin (JTR) were separated by just three points in what would prove a crucial weekend in deciding the 2021 championship. The weekend was also notable for the arrival of Am category newcomer Ian Humphris (Valluga Racing), Humphris progresses up the Porsche Motorsport GB pyramid from Porsche Visit Cayman Islands Sprint Challenge GB.

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