RNW Staff

RLR MSport finished the 2020 European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Monza (9-11 October) out of position in ninth, despite a valiant effort by James Dayson, Gustas Grinbergas and Malthe Jakobsen to recover from a first-lap spin.

Making their debut at the Charlotte ROVAL, Alvaro Parente and Misha Goikhberg took the No. 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 to a fifth-place finish on Saturday night—making the biggest move in the field by gaining seven positions from the start.

The ADAC GT Masters is celebrating reaching a special milestone this weekend at the Red Bull Ring (16th-18th October). The 200th race in the series will be contested on Sunday. The fight for the title will dominate proceedings during this third-to-last race weekend of the season. As the championship approaches the final rounds, current leaders […]

Monza in Italy welcomed the European Le Mans Series for the penultimate race of the championship’s 2020 season over the weekend, 10th/11th October, where Scotland’s Finlay Hutchison posted a top six finish in the LMGTE class with the JMW Motorsport squad. #66 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo / JMW MOTORSPORT / Gunnar Jeannette / Rodrigo Sales […]

Eddie Cheever and Chris Froggatt of Sky Tempesta Racing became GT World Challenge Sprint Cup Drivers’ Champions this weekend in the Pro-Am category, having shown impressive resilience to win Race 2 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

The final GT World challenge Europe Sprint race took place on the Spanish soil with a triple race meeting in Barcelona for Aurelien Panis and Thomas Neubauer at the wheel of the Lexus RC F GT3 #15. The weekend was quite complicated for the team: an unfavorable track, a frustrating first race, a mechanical retirement in race 2. But it came to a happy end with a podium in the Silver Cup in the final race.

Iron Lynx’s 488 GT3 Evo 2020s claimed a double podium in the fifth and penultimate round of the Le Mans Cup at Monza, securing the team title in their debut season. A challenging race, especially in the early stages, with three entries of the Safety Car in the first half-hour, delivered the crown with a race to spare and paves the way for Rino Mastronardi to take the drivers’ championship.

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT sealed a GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS championship double in today’s season-deciding Sprint Cup race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, reclaiming the teams’ title while Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts clinched the drivers’ crown.

Antonin Borga was met with challenging conditions at the start of the 4 Hours of Monza, as the track was still damp from overnight rain. Several cars struggled on the slippery asphalt, but the Swiss racer kept it clean and made up two positions from his fourth-place grid spot at the start. He ran two smooth stints, but was rear-ended by an LMP3 car into the first chicane which spun the car around. He handed the #37 Oreca 07 to his countryman Alex Coigny, who also drove well on the drying track.

The Ferrari 488 GTE no. 74 of Kessel Racing crewed by Michael Broniszewski, David Perel and Nicola Cadei won the 4 Hours of Monza, the fourth round of the European Le Mans Series, to gain ground in the overall standings. This excellent result was complemented by a superb third place for the Ferrari of Iron Lynx driven by Manuela Gostner, Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey, which took a second consecutive podium after the one at the Paul Ricard.

Oregon Team’s Dorian Boccolacci and Kevin Gilardoni made it two wins in a row in the second race of the weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the third round of the 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season. Having taken their maiden race win on Saturday, the Franco-Swiss pairing again profited from a penalty for the #33 Lamborghini Huracán of Dean Stoneman and Patrick Kujala (Bonaldi Motorsport), but now find themselves firmly in championship contention ahead of the next round at Spa-Francorchamps in two weeks’ time. Currenly Stoneman leads the Pro standings just one point ahead of Boccolacci and Gilardoni.

What could have been Meyer Shank Racing’s fourth IMSA podium finish of 2020 was knocked into the grass on Saturday night after contact from behind on the last lap of the 100-minute race sent Farnbacher down the order to finish seventh.

The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports continues its success streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In the sprint race over 1:40 hours on the Charlotte Roval, works driver Patrick Long and his compatriot Ryan Hardwick achieved second place in the GTD class under difficult wet conditions. This marks the third straight podium result for the team from the US state of Ohio. Meanwhile, the unrelenting run of bad luck also continued at round eight for the Porsche GT Team in the faster GTLM class. For both Porsche 911 RSR, the evening event near the city of Concord ended after just 20 minutes.

BMW Team RLL qualified in the third and fourth starting positions for tonight’s race, looking to extend the team’s podium finishing streak to five races. The 100-minute race is the second GT class-only race of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season and is being held on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 2.32-mile, 10-turn “roval” circuit.

The AF Corse 488 GT3 Evo 2020, crewed by Andrea Bertolini and Louis Machiels, triumphed in the Pro-Am class in the first of three races in the last round of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. The second Ferrari on track, driven by Chris Froggatt and Eddie Cheever III for Sky Tempesta Racing, finished fourth.

The Ferrari 488 GTE no. 60 of Iron Lynx will line up on pole for the 4 Hours of Monza on Sunday in the fourth and penultimate round of the European Le Mans Series championship. Maiden pole. Andrea Piccini, in the Ferrari 488 GTE no. 60, set the best LMGTE class qualifying time of 1:46.113, securing […]

Dorian Boccolacci and Kevin Gilardoni claimed Oregon Team’s maiden Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe victory in the opening race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, following a time penalty for on-the-road winners Dean Stoneman and Patrick Kujala (Bonaldi Motorsport #33). Cloudy skies and a pre-race rain shower meant that track conditions were far from ideal for the […]

Lucky Khera (Graypaul Birmingham) completed a clean sweep of victories in the Ferrari Challenge UK 2020 season, winning all eight races.

Albert Costa and Giacomo Altoè led a one-two finish for Emil Frey Racing in today’s opening Sprint Cup contest at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, a result that puts the #163 Lamborghini crew firmly in the title battle. 

The European Le Mans Series stops off at Monza this weekend for its fourth and penultimate round. Five Ferrari 488 GTEs will battle it out in the LMGTE class at the Italian temple of speed.