HENRIQUE CHAVES READY FOR DEBUT IN BIGGEST EUROPEAN STAGE
Next weekend Henrique Chaves will start the GT World Challenge Europe season, in the historic Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.
18 AUDI R8 LMS CARS AT THE SEASON OPENER AT MONZA
Audi Sport customer racing has never been so strongly represented in the European racing series of promoter SRO (Stéphane Ratel Organization) as in the 2021 season. A total of nine of the brand’s customer teams will field three different types of race cars in three racing series at the inaugural weekend at Monza from April 16 to 18. Eight Audi R8 LMS GT4 cars will compete in the GT4 European Series, three GT2 versions in the new GT2 European Series and seven GT3 versions in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
1AIM VILLORBA CORSE SET FOR BARCELONA 4 HOURS
The 2021 season of 1AIM Villorba Corse kicks off from the Montmelò circuit. The new project involving the team led by Raimondo Amadio is ready for the first round of the European Le Mans Series, the 4 Hours of Barcelona, which will take place on the Catalan circuit on April 16-18. The Italian team will line up the LMP3 Ligier JS P320 powered by Nissan with Italian drivers Alessandro Bressan and Damiano Fioravanti and their Greek teammate Andreas Laskaratos.
OVER 30 CARS ON THE GRID FOR LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE SEASON OPENER AT MONZA
More than 30 cars will line up on the grid for the opening round of the 2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season opener, which takes place at Monza in the north of Italy this weekend. Of those entries, a total of 15 rookie drivers will contest the 13th season of Super Trofeo Europe, which consists of 12 races across seven months and five countries.
JACK AITKEN LOOKS AHEAD TO HIS FIRST GT RACE AT MONZA
Jack Aitken will be embarking on a new challenge this weekend, as he makes his GT racing debut at the “Temple of Speed”: the famed Monza circuit in Italy for the opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS series.
ENDURANCE CUP CELEBRATES 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MAIDEN RACE AT MONZA
Monza is always a special place to begin the season, but this weekend’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS opener will be particularly significant.
MONZA SETS THE STAGE FOR 2021 GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES SEASON OPENER
This weekend (16-18 April) marks an exciting new chapter for GT racing as the Fanatec GT2 European Series prepares for its inaugural event at Autodromo di Nazionale Monza.
GUILLEM PUJEU COMPLETES OREGON TEAM LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE LINE-UP
Oregon Team announces Guillem Pujeu for the 2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe campaign. The 20-year-old Spaniard joins Italian Massimo Ciglia to complete a Pro-Am crew. Pujeu, who was a race winner in 2018 F4 Spain – made his Super Trofeo debut last season.
MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT TO CHASE POINTS IN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
The GT World Challenge having already started in America and in Australia, the lights are about to go green on the European continent, too: from 16th-18th April, Autodromo Nazionale Monza will serve as the venue for the opening round of this year’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Eight Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams will be participating in the renowned race series with 13 Mercedes-AMG GT3s – a good set-up, therefore, to defend the drivers’ title as well as the Silver Cup drivers’ and teams’ titles while aiming at further title wins as well. The schedule consists of five sprint and five endurance events with the Total 24 Hours of Spa (29th July-1st August) as the season highlight. The teams are not only competing for titles, victories and points in the European version of the race series. With their achievements, they are also contributing to the superordinated global manufacturers’ standings in which Mercedes-AMG came out on top in the past two years.
IMPRESSIVE 47-CAR GRID FOR GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES OPENER AT MONZA
The GT4 European Series gets the 2021 season underway this weekend (16-18 April) at the 5.8 km Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. Forty-seven GT4 cars will contest the opening round at the iconic Italian venue.
FOUR PROMISING YOUNGSTERS FOR TRIVELLATO RACING IN GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES
Trivellato Racing by Villorba Corse is ready to start the season taking part in the first round of 2021 GT4 European Series in Monza with two young crews on Mercedes-AMG GT4. The Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio has completed the drivers’ line up with Jamie Caroline. Born in 1999, the reigning British GT4 champion will join Swiss driver Jean Luc D’Auria, who made his debut with Trivellato Racing last January in the Gulf 12 Hours, on the #70 car. Another reigning champion, Francesco Guerra, from the Italian GT, will take part in the SRO-promoted series on the #90 car pairing Jody Vullo, driver from Milan that clinched one victory and five podium finishes for Trivellato Racing last year.
GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM AT MONZA’S ‘TEMPLE OF SPEED’: OPENING ROUND OF GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
The hunting season on home turf has officially opened for Austrian outfit GRT Grasser Racing Team, who went chasing points with their Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO in the great American endurance classics over the winter months but will now go on the attack once again in Europe this weekend. The first race meeting of the season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at Monza is on the team’s schedule, April 16th-18th.
ERA MOTORSPORT PRIMED FOR EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES DEBUT
In a race season already full of exciting new adventures and challenges, Era Motorsport is set to begin a new quest starting this week with the 2021 European Le Mans Series championship. Partnering with IDEC SPORT, the American group will field the second car of the French operation, racing the No. 17 LMP2 Oreca in the Am category with drivers Kyle Tilley, Dwight Merriman, and Ryan Dalziel.
ENEOS X PRIME GR SUPRA VICTORIOUS AT OKAYAMA
The “Takanoko Hotel Okayama GT 300 Km RACE,” opening round of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place at the Okayama International Circuit (one lap 3,703 m x 82 laps) on April 11. Race Sunday was blessed with fine spring weather, and despite with-corona restrictions like social distancing, the fans were back to enjoy the first race here at Okayama in two years.
FORMER CHAMPION JULES GOUNON RETURNS TO THE ADAC GT MASTERS WITH ZAKSPEED
The champion returns: The Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing team has acquired the services of former champion Jules Gounon (26/F) to spearhead its campaign in the ADAC GT Masters. In the latest edition of PS on Air – The Ravenol ADAC GT Masters Talk, the team from the Eifel region of Germany also confirmed the drivers of its second Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for the German GT Championship: Hendrik Still (33/Kempenich) and Constantin Schöll (22/A). Zakspeed will also field two cars in ADAC GT4 Germany, each with strong duos at the wheel. Oschersleben hosts the opening round of the new season from 14th to 16th May.
LEONARDO PULCINI COMPLETES OREGON TEAM LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE PRO CREW
Leonardo Pulcini joins Oregon Team for the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe seasonthat kicks off at Monza on 16/18 April.
KEEPER TOM’S GR SUPRA TAKES SUPER GT POLE AT OKAYAMA
The official qualifying for the opening round of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, the “Takanoko Hotel OKAYAMA GT 300km RACE,” was held on April 10 at the Okayama International Circuit (one lap 3,703 m) in Okayama Prefecture. The SUPER GT qualifying is run in a knock-out style format, and in the GT500 class the No. 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra (Ryo Hirakawa/Sena Sakaguchi) was fastest in both the Q1 and Q2 sessions, and as the driver in Q2, Sakaguchi took his first GT500 pole position. In the GT300 class, the No. 11 GAINER TANAX GT-R (Katsuyuki Hiranaka/Hironobu Yasuda) won the class pole. With this result, these two cars will start from front position on their respective class starting grids in tomorrow’s final race on April 11.
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE RETURNS TO MONZA FOR 2021 SEASON LAUNCH
Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will launch its 2021 season next weekend (16-18 April) when a 44-car field featuring nine brands contests a three-hour Endurance Cup race at Monza.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS BEGIN EUROPEAN RACING SEASON IN BARCELONA AND MONZA
United Autosports’ European racing season begins next week as the team prepares for the opening rounds of the 2021 European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup at Barcelona, Spain as well as the opening round of the GT4 European Series in Monza, Italy.
TWO BMW WORKS DRIVERS LINE UP FOR SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
A strong duo for Schubert Motorsport: The team from Oschersleben will line up in the German GT Championship with BMW works drivers Nick Yelloly (30/GB) and Jesse Krohn (30/FIN). Schubert Motorsport is one of the most successful teams in the series, in which it runs a BMW M6 GT3. This season, the team will also start in ADAC GT4 Germany for the first time. Marcel Lenerz (23/Bad Hersfeld) has already been confirmed as the first driver. Oschersleben hosts the opening round of this season’s ADAC GT Masters from 14th to 16th May.
