CALDARELLI AND MAPELLI CLINCH BLANCPAIN GT HOME TRIUMPH FOR LAMBORGHINI AT MISANO
Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli secured a first win on European soil for Orange1 FFF Racing with a masterful showing under the lights at Misano. In doing so, the all-Italian duo also secured local brand Lamborghini top honours on home turf in the weekends’ opening Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe contest.
BAD LUCK FOR TeamTGM AFTER LEADING WATKINS GLEN ENDURO
The Tioga Downs Casino Resort 240 delivered a wide range of rapid weather changes to keep TeamTGM on its toes as it came and went at Watkins Glen International.
MOLLER EXTENDS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD WITH THIRD VICTORY OF 2019 BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB CAMPAIGN
Reno Racing’s Jens Reno Moller scored his third Blancpain GT Sports Club victory in an action-packed second race at the Misano World Circuit on board the #11 Honda NSX GT3 Evo, putting himself within reach of the title ahead of the penultimate round.
KOEBOLT AND KISEL CLAIM GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RACE WIN AND POINTS LEAD AT MISANO
Jan Kisiel and Max Koebolt emerged victorious from a dramatic GT4 European Series race at the Misano World Circuit this morning. The #4 Leipert Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 lost the lead ten minutes from the end of the second one-hour race, but last-minute drama for the #9 CMR Alpine handed victory to the Leipert Motorsport crew after all. Kisiel and Koebolt leave the Italian circuit with the Silver Cup points lead. Schwede Motorsport and Street Art Racing claimed class wins in Italy.
2019 Austrian Grand Prix – Saturday
A challenging Qualifying session for the Austrian Grand Prix saw Lewis qualify P2 and Valtteri P4 for tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix.
HOOK LEADS FROM START TO FINISH TO TAKE FIRST BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB VICTORY IN MISANO OPENER
Rinaldi Racing’s Christian Hook stated his claim in the Blancpain GT Sports Club with a fine victory on board the #33 Ferrari 488 GT3 at the Misano World Circuit, leading from start to finish ahead of Lee Mowle, who brought out the red flag with a heavy crash late on.
FIRST GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES VICTORY OF 2019 FOR BULLITT RACING
Bullitt Racing has won the first race of the GT4 European Series weekend at the Misano World Circuit with its #66 Mercedes-AMG GT4. Romain Monti and Alex Lambertz won on their debut with the Spanish team in today’s race. RN Vision STS was victorious in the Pro-Am class, with Selleslagh Racing Team clinching the Am class win at the Italian circuit.
WAKO’S 4CR LC500 TAKES SUPER GT POLE AT BURIRAM
The qualifying for the Chang SUPER GT RACE, Round 4 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place on June 29 at the Chang International Circuit (one lap 4,554m) in Buriram, Thailand. The GT500 class pole position winner was the No. 6 WAKO’S 4CR LC500 driven by Kazuya Oshima and Kenta Yamashita with a course record of 1’23.260 by Yamashita. In the GT300 class, the class pole position went to the No. 25 HOPPY 86 MC driven by Takamitsu Matsui and Kimiya Sato, also in a course record time by Matsui. With this, these two cars will start from the front position on their respective class starting grids in the race on June 30.
PORSCHE GB JUNIOR HARPER LAYS DOWN MARKER AFTER DOMINANT OULTON PARK CARRERA CUP GB QUALIFYING
18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) took the sixth pole position of his Porsche Carrera Cup GB career at Oulton Park. Harper was involved in a hard-fought battle for a front row starting spot with George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing), Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) and returnee Tom Wrigley (Rob Boston Racing). The top Rookie was Tom Roche (Rob Boston Racing) who qualified an impressive fourth, but championship contender Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) will be a driver to watch at the start of round seven as he starts from the third row of the grid.
CETILAR RACING, AF CORSE JOIN FORCES FOR FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CAMPAIGN
The 87th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in which team Cetilar Racing made its third participation at the La Sarthe race, marked a halfway point for the Italian team as it is all set for the new FIA World Endurance Championship challenge, fielding a new LMP2 powered-Gibson Dallara LMP2 car in the 2019-2020 season.
2019 Austrian Grand Prix – Friday
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport experienced a disrupted opening day of free practice in Spielberg, completing the afternoon session in P2 (Valtteri) and P4 (Lewis).
PR1/MATHIASEN HUNGRY FOR A WIN AT THE SAHLEN’S SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports is going into the sixth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen with the momentum of their win at Mid-Ohio.
A FANTASTIC FOUR WILL DEFEND THE COLOURS OF TECH 1 RACING AND LEXUS AT SPA
Tech 1 Racing is running its first campaign in the Blancpain GT Series and preparing to discover the blue-ribbon event on the calendar by racing in the Total 24 Hours of Spa for the first time. To take up this new challenge, the team from Toulouse will entrust its Lexus RC F GT3 to regulars Fabien Barthez and Bernard Delhez joined by Eric Cayrolle and Timothé Buret.
SRO MOTORSPORTS GROUP TO PROMOTE INAUGURAL FIA MOTORSPORT GAMES IN ROME
The FIA and SRO Motorsports Group are excited to announce the launch of the FIA Motorsport Games, a new international racing contest that will be staged for the first time this year at the Vallelunga Circuit near Rome.
ADVANTAGE HARPER AS PORSCHE JUNIOR HEADS CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGERS AT OULTON PARK
Championship leader 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) set the fastest time in both Friday practice sessions at Oulton Park. Chasing the pacesetter – in championship order – were Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) and Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) who ended the day P2 and P3 respectively.
Alex Caffi Motorsport at Autodrom Most includes Christophe Bouchut in the line up for the Nascar Whelen Euro Series
Alex Caffi Motorsport is preparing to face the track again at Autodrom Most (CZ) for the fourth round of the Nascar Whelen Euro Series 2019.
2019 French Grand Prix – Sunday
Lewis and Valtteri secure a 1-2 finish for the team at the Circuit Paul Ricard
2019 Austrian Grand Prix – Preview
There’s no chance to rest, as it’s straight onto Round 9 of the 2019 Formula One season at the Red Bull Ring in Austria
CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: COMING BACK TO AMERICA
Corvette Racing returns to home soil this weekend with aims of continuing its championship push in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and putting behind the agonizing heartbreak from the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
