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A GUIDE TO MULTI-CLASS RACING AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

June 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

It is said that taking overall victory at the Total 24 Hours of Spa is the toughest task in GT racing. But there is one group of people who might disagree: the winners of the race’s ultra-competitive class battles

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KCMG AIMING HIGH FOR NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS

June 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) returns to the Nordschleife with two Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 cars for its maiden Nürburgring 24 Hours (20-23 June), where it aims to repeat the success it had in the ADAC Qualification Race in May.

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PORSCHE AIMS TO DEFEND ITS TITLE IN THE EIFEL WITH THE NEW 911 GT3 R

June 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche customer team Manthey-Racing tackles the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring on 22/23 June as the title defenders. After last year’s victory with the Porsche works drivers Richard Lietz (Austria), Patrick Pilet, Frédéric Makowiecki (both France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain), the experienced squad from Meuspath are now aiming for the seventh overall victory. In the top SP9 category for GT3 cars, seven Porsche 911 GT3 R vehicles have been entered under the four customer teams Manthey-Racing, Frikadelli Racing, IronForce by Ring Police and Falken Motorsport. A total of 45 race cars from Porsche are on the entry list.

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LEXUS RETURNS TO TAKE ON THE 24 HOURS OF NüRBURGRING

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Lexus will compete in the annual 24 Hours of Nürburgring, with its LC coupe tackling ‘The Green Hell’ for the second consecutive year.

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DOUBLE PODIUM POTENTIAL FOR DS TECHEETAH IN BERN

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The eleventh round of the 2018/2019 ABB FIA Formula E championship takes place in Bern, Switzerland on 22 June 2019. DS TECHEETAH enters the last European round of Season Five as championship leaders for both Drivers’ and Teams’ as well as the leaders of the voestalpine European races.

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PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAM PROJECT 1 DECLARED CLASS WINNERS AT LE MANS

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche customer team Project 1 has won the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (France). The No. 56 Porsche 911 RSR fielded by the squad from the German town of Lohne had initially crossed the finish line in second place at the 87th edition of the endurance classic.

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BMW TEAMS READY FOR THE NEXT GT HIGHLIGHT ON THE NURBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Just a few days after the 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA), the next classic race is approaching this coming weekend: the 24 Hours Nürburgring (GER). Six BMW M6 GT3s are racing in the top SP9 class and numerous BMW works drivers are competing on the Nordschleife. The aim is to battle for the 20thBMW overall win in the ‘Green Hell’. A total of 45 BMW race cars have been registered for the 24-hour race – including the current BMW M4 GT4 and BMW M240i Racing customer racing cars and many other BMW models competing for privateer teams from all around the world. On Thursday, the event programme includes a tribute to Charly Lamm from the BMW M Motorsport family, following his death at the start of the year.

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RICCARDO AGOSTINI HEADS TO IMOLA AIMING TO CONSOLIDATE HIS ITALIAN GT SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Italian GT Sprint heads this weekend to Imola for the second round of the season, where Riccardo Agostini aims to show well again. The Italian driver started his series’ campaign at Vallelunga taking the first pole position of his GT3 career and claiming a second place and one victory, sharing the duties with Alessio Rovera aboard of a Mercedes car fielded by team Antononelli Motorsport.

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NISSAN E.DAMS’ BUEMI SET FOR HOME RACE IN SWITZERLAND

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Nissan e.dams aims to continue its recent points scoring spree when the ABB FIA Formula E Championship kicks off a home race weekend for team driver Sebastien Buemi in Switzerland.

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EXCITING GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES RACES & DIFFERENT WINNERS AT JARAMA

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

It was a under glorious sun and in front of over 10,000 spectators that the competitors of the series organized by Race Ready with the support of the SRO Motorsport Group took part in the races of the circuit nearby Madrid.

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WILL OWEN FINISHES DIFFICULT 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Will Owen finished 14th in his third year racing the 24 Hours of Le Mans with United Autosports after unexpected mechanical issues.

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24 HOURS OF LE MANS CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF BENTLEY

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The world’s greatest motorsport event, the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend hosted a series of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Bentley Motors, the world’s most sought-after luxury car brand.

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INDIGO’S MERCEDES-AMG OUT FRONT AS BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO SUZUKA

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The legendary Suzuka International Circuit hosts the first of Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia’s back-to-back Japanese rounds this weekend (June 22/23) when 28 supercars tackle the world’s only figure-of-eight race track.

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AUDI IN THE THICK OF THE FORMULA E TITLE RACE

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The title race in Formula E is intensifying: On Saturday (June 22), the electric racing series will hold the eleventh of thirteen races this season in Bern. In the teams’ and drivers’ classifications, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler and Lucas di Grassi sit in second position, set to grab the top spot in the Swiss capital city.

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TDS RACING ON THE PODIUM OF THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The 2019 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans mile stoned for the first time the end of the FIA World Endurance Championship as well as the second WEC podium finish for TDS Racing. The eight rounds of the 2018/2019 Super Season lead to all kind of mixed feelings and emotions within the team, from harsh disappointing to great joy today at the Le Mans. The #28 car finished twice just one place off the podium in Spa 2018 and Fuji, 5th at Spa 2019, it took 7th place in Silverstone and very disappointing result in Le Mans 2018. In addition Shanghai and Sebring were DNF races. The team was therefore over motivated to finish the season on a high note, and what for a high note : François Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Loïc Duval on the third step of the 2019 LMP2 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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CETILAR RACING NEARS TOP-10 FINISH AT THE 24H OF LE MANS

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Lining-up for the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans, Cetilar Racing team managed to complete the race for the third time in three appearances. For the #47 Dallara-Gibson racecar, technically supported by Villorba Corse, this is the most important race of the year, equally exciting, fascinating and exhausting. After making their debut in 2017 with an extraordinary ninth place overall and a stunning seventh place in LMP2, and ending up ninth in 2018, Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and the returning Andrea Belicchi put up a real masterpiece, ending up 13th in class and 18th overall. For Belicchi it was the 10th appearance at Le Mans as the whole team now looks forward to their next challenge in the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship.

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A SATISFYING DEBUT FOR NOBUYA YAMANAKA AT LE MANS

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

A bright smile and a sense of satisfaction told the story of a happy Nobuya Yamanaka after the double-header at the famous Le Mans Circuit in France this weekend (13-15 June 2019).

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BRITISH TEENAGER HANSON BREAKS HIS OWN LE MANS 24 HOUR FINISHING RECORD

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Phil Hanson claimed an excellent fourth LMP2 class placing in the Le Mans 24 Hours which finished today (16 Jun) – the British teenager’s ninth overall finish lowering the record he set on his debut in the world-famous sportscar endurance race two years ago. The Ascot-based 19-year-old, the youngest driver in the 183-driver, 61-car field again this year, had become the youngest overall finisher by placing 11th in 2017.

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DRAMATIC ONE-TWO FINISH AT LE MANS FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso, in the #8 TS050 HYBRID, defended their Le Mans crown and secured the drivers’ World Championship in the process, winning by 16.9secs from team-mates Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in the #7.

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QUADRUPLE TRIUMPH IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: PORSCHE WINS ALL GT TITLES

June 16, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche works drivers Michael Christensen and Kévin Estre have won the drivers’ world crown in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The successful duo from Denmark and France, who shared driving duties in the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR at the season finale at Le Mans with Belgian Laurens Vanthoor, scored enough points at the 24-hour race in France to clinch the title. Porsche had already claimed the manufacturers’ title prior to the endurance classic. The Project 1 customer squad won the drivers’ and team championship titles in the GTE-Am class of the FIA WEC.

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