RNW Staff

The new Porsche 911 RSR (2019 model year) has secured a double victory at its race debut. At the season-opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone (Great Britain), the Italian Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz from Austria crossed the finish line first in the No. 91 car in front of 49,600 spectators. The reigning world champions Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Kévin Estre (France) claimed second place in the ca. 515 hp No. 92 sister car. A perfect tactic from the world champion team, strong driving performances, swift pit stops, and a reliable and fast car in both dry and the wet conditions were the key factors for this double win.

Despite an unfortunate early retirement on home soil in the opening 4 Hours of Silverstone today (1 Sep), United Autosports showed very strong pace suggesting it will be a major force in the LMP2 category in its first full FIA World Endurance Championship season. The Leeds-based British team arrived at Silverstone for its first race meeting with just 680miles on the clock of its brand new Oreca 07 Gibson which had ran faultlessly in last month’s two-day WEC Prologue.

Ricky Collard and Marvin Kirchhöfer claimed victory in a dramatic Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe contest at the Nürburgring to seal a maiden series triumph for Aston Martin and the R-Motorsport squad.

Ekris Motorsport drivers Ricardo van der Ende and Euan McKay converted pole position into a race win in the final race of the 2019 GT4 European Series. MDM Motorsport drivers Simon Knap and Alec Udell clinched the Silver Cup title in dramatic style at the 5.1 km Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit.

Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, delivered two action-packed races as it stepped onto the international stage at Silverstone in support of the opening race of the 2019 / 2020 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season – the 4 Hours of Silverstone. On the same weekend that the 2019 Porsche 911 RSR made its racing debut, 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) and 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) took victories at the championship’s blue riband weekend.

The Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo (#77, Adrian Amstutz / Leonid Machitski / Patrick Kujala / Dennis Lind) has taken victory at the 2019 Hankook 24H BARCELONA after an extraordinary, race-long battle with the Herberth Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 R (#91, Daniel Allemann / Ralf Bohn / Robert Renauer / Sven Müller).