HENRIQUE CHAVES PREMIERES WITH A GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PODIUM
Henrique Chaves signed a storming debut in the demanding GT World Challenge Europe, with a third place in the Monza 3 Hours race.
2021 ADAC GT MASTERS FEATURES STRONG FIELD AND TOP CLASS DRIVERS
A strong field, top-class drivers and a wealth of diversity, with seven different manufacturers: the ADAC GT Masters boasts a strong package in its 15th season, in which the title of International German GT Champion is up for grabs for the first time. ADAC Sport President Hermann Tomczyk, ADAC Board Member Lars Soutschka, and ADAC Motorsport Director Thomas Voss presented the 2021 ADAC GT Masters at the official pre-season test, which took place on Tuesday at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, near Magdeburg. A total of 31 super sports cars from 20 teams and seven different manufacturers plan to take to the grid this year. At the wheel of the cars – from Audi, BMW, Corvette, Honda, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche – will be more than 30 top-class, professional drivers.
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE MONZA WEEKEND ROUNDUP
The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season launched in spectacular fashion on Sunday afternoon when Monza played host to another rain-hit Endurance Cup classic.
TOP SIX BEST FOR WITT AND TORO VERDE GT ON MONZA GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES DEBUT
International GT racer Jordan Witt experienced mixed fortunes during the opening event of the inaugural Fanatec GT2 European Series at Monza in Italy over the weekend, 17th/18th April, with a best result of fifth place in Pro-Am along with Toro Verde GT team-mate David Fairbrother.
RLR MSPORT OPENS 2021 WITH SECOND PLACE RESULT IN 4 HOURS OF BARCELONA
RLR MSport opened its 2021 account with a hard-earned podium in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) 4 Hours of Barcelona (16-18 April).
SILVER CUP POINTS FOR REIGNING CHAMPION MACDOWALL IN UNPREDICTABLE FIRST RACE OF YEAR AT MONZA
Reigning Silver Cup Champion Alex MacDowall got his 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Powered by AWS season off to a points-scoring start at Monza in Italy on Sunday, 18th April, with a ninth place finish during an incident packed, and rain-hit, three hour race.
FRUSTRATING GT DEBUT FOR JACK AITKEN AT MONZA
British-Korean driver Jack Aitken endured a frustrating start to his GT career at Monza – as he didn’t even get to drive the car in the race. Round one of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS series, the premier championship for GT cars in Europe, marked Jack’s debut in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo run by Swiss team Emil Frey Racing.
STRONG START FOR THE AUDI R8 LMS GT2
With a victory and a one-two finish, Audi Sport customer racing celebrated a convincing start to the new GT2 European Series. All three customer teams relying on the Audi R8 LMS GT2 recorded podium finishes – two of them even victories. In Europe and Asia, three other Audi Sport customer racing models clinched a total of ten trophies.
MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT SUCCESSFULLY STARTS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
The Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams got the new season of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS off to a successful start. In the opening race at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Raffaele Marciello (ITA), Daniel Juncadella (ESP) and Jules Gounon (FRA) finished second overall with the #88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP entry. In the Silver Cup, the #57 WINWARD Racing car with Philip Ellis (SUI), Mikael Grenier (CAN) and Russell Ward (USA) also achieved a podium finish with third place in class (seventh place overall). With eleven Mercedes-AMG GT3s, the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach was the manufacturer with the largest contingent in the first-class field of participants.
PODIUM FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS IN OPENING EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES RACE AT BARCELONA
United Autosports finished the opening round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series on the podium after the #22 Oreca 07 of Phil Hanson, Tom Gamble and Jonathan Aberdein finished third in Barcelona, Spain yesterday.
DANIEL HARPER SCORES GREAT TOP TEN FINISH ON GT3 CLASS DEBUT
BMW Junior Team ace Daniel Harper produced eye-catching pace on his long-awaited GT3 category debut on Saturday (17th April) as he recorded an impressive top ten finish in the second event of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series.
1AIM VILLORBA CORSE NEARS THE PODIUM AT THE 4 HOURS OF BARCELONA
1AIM Villorba Corse made a brilliant season debut and the team almost reached the podium in the 4 Hours of Barcelona, first round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series. The Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio took a fourth place with Italian drivers Alessandro Bressan and Damiano Fioravanti and their Greek teammate Andreas Laskaratos on the #18 Ligier JS P320 powered by Nissan of the LMP3 class.
A P2 TO START THE 2021 ELMS SEASON FOR PANIS RACING
The French team showed up in Spain at the beginning of the week for the official tests followed by the highly awaited first race of the season in the European Le Mans Series championship, around the 4.675-kilometre Barcelona-Catalunya track.
GARAGE 59 CLINCHES GT3 VICTORY AS GT WORLD CHALLENGE PRO-AM CHAMPIONS MAKE PERFECT START
Aston Martin Racing partner team Garage 59 got their 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (GTWC) Pro-Am class title defence off to the perfect start with victory at Monza for Alexander West (SWE), works driver Jonny Adam (GB) and Chris Goodwin (GB).
COOL RACING TAKES VICTORY IN ELMS SEASON OPENER
COOL Racing secured victory in the LMP3 class in the opening race of the 2021 European Le Mans Series and a podium in the LMP2 Pro-Am category.
ACTION-PACKED GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES MONZA FINALE FALLS THE WAY OF AUDI AND KTM
PK Carsport’s Pro-Am duo Peter Guelinckx and Bert Longin bounced back from their frustrating result on Saturday to claim victory in the second Fanatec GT2 European Series race at Monza (18 April).
Di FOLCO DOMINATES SECOND LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE RACE AT MONZA
Imperiale Racing’s Alberto Di Folco produced an utterly dominant performance to take a lights-to-flag victory in the second Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race of the weekend at Monza. The experienced Italian, driving solo, beat the Leipert Motorsport duo of Noah Watt and Sebastian Balthasar by just over eight seconds, while Raúl Guzman and Glenn van Berlo (Target Racing) completed the podium in third.
RLR MSPORT SNATCHES MICHELIN LE MANS CUP WIN IN DRAMARIC BARCELONA ROUND
RLR MSport snatched victory in the opening round of the 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (16-17 April).
ENCOURAGING START TO 2021 SEASON FOR COOL RACING
Returning duo Maurice Smith and Matt Bell scored a good haul of points during the Michelin Le Mans Cup opener in Barcelona. Onboard the #69 Ligier JS P320, the pair rose through the order from seventh on the grid to fight for a place on the podium. Bell was running second before his final pit stop when an unfortunately timed Full Course Yellow period allowed others to pass him, bringing the car home fourth.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS BEGIN MICHELIN LE MANS CUP SEASON WITH A DOUBLE PODIUM FINISH IN BARCELONA
United Autosports scored a double podium at the opening round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup as Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews finished second and John Schauerman and Wayne Boyd finished third in Barcelona, Spain.
