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TITLE RACE IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS: CAN ANYONE STOP MARCIELLO

One finale – at stake at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg from 21st to 23rd October is nothing less than the title in the 2022 German GT Championship. Seven drivers in Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and Lamborghini cars are still in with a mathematical chance of taking overall victory. The man to catch is Raffaele Marciello (27/CH) from Mann-Filter Team Landgraf: the Mercedes-AMG works driver tops the Drivers’ Championship with a comfortable 42-point lead. But will that be enough to be crowned champion in the fastest GT3 series in Germany? 56 points are still up for grabs at the finale. Marciello’s closest rivals are Christian Engelhart (35/Starnberg) and Ayhancan Güven (24/TR) from the Joos Sportwagentechnik team – despite the deficit, the Porsche drivers refuse to accept defeat. Also hanging onto their slim hopes are third-placed Fabian Schiller (25/Troisdorf) and Jules Gounon (27/F) in the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. Trailing their fellow Mercedes-AMG driver at the top of the championship by 53 points, they still have a mathematical chance of snatching the trophy. It is a similar story for Jack Aitken (26/GB) and Albert Costa Balboa (32/E) from Emil Frey Racing in the #63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo, who lie a further point back in fourth place.

TEAM REDLINE RACING ENDS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB SEASON WITH A PODIUM SWEEP

Team Redline Racing brought the curtain down on the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup GB in style at Brands Hatch this past weekend (October 8/9) with a flurry of silverware.

UNITED AUTOSPORTS READY FOR A ELMS SEASON FINALE SHOWDOWN IN PORTIMAO

United Autosports head to Portimao aiming to shine at the season finale in both the LMP2 and LMP3 classes of the European Le Mans Series.

HARRY KING SECURES THIRD CAREER TITLE IN PORSCHE CARRERA CUP BENELUX FINALE

Harry King successfully wrapped up the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux title in fine style with a pair of victories in the final round of the campaign at Hockenheim.

JEWISS CROWNED 2022 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPION AT DRAMATIC BRANDS HATCH FINALE

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single-marque GT racing championship in the UK – arrived at Brands Hatch for its final weekend of the season. Kiern Jewiss (Team Parker Racing) took pole position on Saturday and victory in round 15 to be crowned provisional 2022 champion. Title hopeful Will Martin (Comline Richardson Racing) was involved in a dramatic incident which ended the penultimate race of the season prematurely, while Charles Rainford (CCK Motorsport) secured a popular maiden victory in the final.

GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES PRO-AM TITLE FIGHT GOES DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO RACES IN FRANCE

After six months, five rounds and 10 races across four countries, the Fanatec GT2 European Series Pro-Am title fights goes down to the wire in the season finale in France this weekend, 16-17 October, at Circuit Paul Ricard.

PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS MAKE THEIR MARK IN THE DTM

The Porsche customer teams have made an impression at the debut DTM season. At the same time, it was also the debut of the Porsche brand in the DTM. The 911 GT3 R fielded by SSR Performance and the Team 75 Bernhard achieved three victories in the storied German racing series. Works driver Thomas Preining turned heads recently with a strong result and spectacular overtaking manoeuvres. The Austrian concluded the 2022 DTM season fifth in the drivers’ championship. For the first time in DTM history, Dennis Olsen scored pole position for Porsche.

INDY TOP-10 HIGHLIGHTED BY SUCCESSFUL “TRIPLE CROWN” DEFENCE FOR K-PAX RACING

K-PAX Racing endured a challenging Indianapolis 8 Hour Saturday to conclude its 2022 season. But even through adversity, the team still managed to finalize its second-consecutive full sweep of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Championship. In its third event appearance, which is shared with the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli sister series, the team battled to a Top-10 class finish.

WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS FINISHES SECOND IN THE GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2022 season for the Fanatc GT World Challenge America powered by AWS came to a close this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The three-wide battle for the championship title in the Pro/Am class concluded with Wright Motorsports finishing the endeavour in second place, narrowly missing the top honours by one position.

THE NEW PORSCHE 911 GT3 R SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST TEST RACE

Frédéric Makowiecki and Julien Andlauer have finished on the podium at the first trial run of the newly developed Porsche 911 GT3 R. The two Frenchmen achieved third place at round seven of the Nürburgring Endurance Series. The new 911 GT3 R is the second racing car from Porsche based on the 992 generation.

LOVE, TALBOT TAKE SHORTENED PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA BATHURST ROUND AS TITLE BATTLES GO TO GOLD COAST FINALE’

AARON LOVE and Liam Talbot have claimed the big trophies in the seventh round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship at Mount Panorama.

CRAFT-BAMBOO WINS INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR TO SEAL INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE MANUFACTURERS’ CROWN FOR MERCEDES-AMG

Mercedes-AMG has clinched the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli manufacturers’ title, as well as its fourth-straight IGTC victory, by winning the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS at the Brickyard this evening.

DTM VICTORY FOR LUCAS AUER AT HOCKENHEIM

DTM is facing a heart-stopping finale on Sunday: with his victory in the Saturday race, Austrian Lucas Auer has reduced the gap to championship leader Sheldon van der Linde to only two points. With the WINWARD Mercedes-AMG, Auer claimed pole position and went on to score his second race win of the season. South African Sheldon van der Linde saw his chances in danger of being reduced after he was dropped from sixth to 16th place in qualifying following a rule infringement by his team Schubert Motorsport. However, in an action-packed race, the 23-year-old BMW works driver charged all the way up to second place. Third place on the podium in DTM Hockenheimring powered by AUDI went to two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann (GER) with the Walkenhorst BMW.

GOUNON AND WINWARD SEAL INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR POLE FOR MERCEDES-AMG

Mercedes-AMG starts this year’s Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS from prime position after Winward Racing’s Jules Gounon beat the Conquest Ferrari of Alessandro Balzan to Pole Shootout’s fastest time by just 0.052s.

SHELDON VAN DER LINDE AND MARCO WITTMANN TO START AT DAYTONA AND SEBRING IN THE BMW M HYBRID V8

During a media forum ahead of this weekend’s finale of the DTM season in Hockenheim (GER), BMW M Motorsport unveiled initial details of the future race programme for BMW M works drivers Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) and Marco Wittmann (GER). Both drivers will be involved when the BMW M Hybrid V8 makes its debut in the GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in January and will also compete at the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) in March 2023. This means that all three of the BMW M works drivers currently racing in the DTM will be incorporated in the new LMDh programme. Philipp Eng (AUT) had previously been announced as one of the four regular drivers who will contest the full IMSA season. 

LOVE, TALBOT PREVAIL IN BATHURST WET TO CLAIM PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA ROUND 7 OPENER

AARON LOVE has stormed to his sixth win from the last seven races in a wet and wild Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Round 7 opener at Mount Panorama on Friday.

IMSA CHAMPIONS BLOMQVIST & JARVIS CONTEST 2023 WEC CHAMPIONSHIP WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS

Tom Blomqvist has joined multi-series winning United Autosports for an assault on the 2023 FIA World Endurance LMP2 Championship title while Oliver Jarvis has re-signed to race once again with previously announced Josh Pierson in the #23 Oreca-07.

PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES MILESTONE 400th CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

The Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship celebrates its milestone 400th championship race as part of a massive Repco Bathurst 1000 event at Mount Panorama this weekend.

DXDT RACING AIMS FOR PRO CLASS WIN AT INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR

The final fight for top honours in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS takes place this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and though not in the championship fight, DXDT Racing will contest for the overall and am-class wins with a pair of revised lineups. The No. 08 and No. 63 Mercedes AMG GT3 will participate in the eight-hour endurance event, racing against 24 other entries in four classes.

LOVE SMASHES BATHURST RECORD TO TAKE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA POLE POSITION

THE quickest lap in one-make Porsche history at Mount Panorama has delivered Aaron Love pole position for the seventh round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, at the Repco Bathurst 1000. 

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