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AUSTRALIAN GT PREPARES FOR AGP SEASON-OPENER

March 12, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship will coincide once more with the opening round of the FIA Formula One World Championship on the streets of Melbourne as part of the Australian Grand Prix weekend, with some of the world’s most exotic supercars doing battle over four 25-minute races scheduled across the four days of the event.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SEBRING PREVIEW

March 11, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Race: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING READY FOR 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 11, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Mustang Sampling Racing will look to build on its impressive resume at Sebring International Raceway when it returns to the historic circuit for the 67th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 16.

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TeamTGM RETURNS TO BATTLE AT SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

March 11, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Reigning IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) GS champions, TeamTGM return to racing action for the Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 at Sebring International Raceway this weekend.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING TARGETS TOP RESULT AT SEBRING

March 11, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Having won the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Team and Driver Championships, as well as the Michelin Endurance Cup title, Whelen Engineering Racing is focused on a repeat performance in 2019.

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STEVE DUNN RETURNS TO PRECISION PERFORMANCE MOTORSPORT FOR 2019 SUPER TROFEO SEASON

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Precision Performance Motorsport has locked in a second entry in its multi-car IMSA Super Trofeo program for the 2019 championship. Steve Dunn will race the No. 11 Killer Dana Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO in the Am class, joining the previously announced duo of Conor Daly and Brandon Gdovic in the No. 46 Pro/Pro class.

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MERCEDES-BENZ EQ FORMULA E TEAM GIVES FIRST PUBLIC INSIGHT INTO FORMULA E PROJECT

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The 89th International Motor Show in Geneva has another star turn in the shape of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01. The ‘ teaser’ version of the first all-electric racing car to be entered by the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team has made its world debut.

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BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT TO FIELD THREE AUDI R8 LMSs IN THE 2019 ADAC GT MASTERS

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The winter break is almost over. In eight weeks, BWT Mücke Motorsport will be embarking on their third season in the ADAC GT Masters. In the past two years, the illustrious Berlin-based outfit has notched up three race wins and a tally of six podium finishes. In the highly competitive Super Sports Car League, which is one of the world’s leading GT series, the team has raised its ambitions for the 2019 campaign.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING CONFIRMS 2-CAR ASSAULT IN THE ASIA GT FESTIVAL

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Craft-Bamboo Racing, an official performance team of Mercedes-AMG, confirms entry of a 2 car line-up for the inaugural Asia GT Festival at the Sepang International Circuit as part of the opening 2 rounds of the 2019 China GT Championship season.

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AUDI SPORT ABT SCHAEFFLER TO CELEBRATE FORMULA E MILESTONE

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

A unique occasion in Formula E: Next Sunday (March 10), in Hong Kong, Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi will contest their 50th race for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. No other team has competed in all of the races with the same driver pairing since the electric racing series’ inaugural event in September 2014. At the round in Asia, Audi intends to extend its impressive track record.

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PAUL DI RESTA CONFIRMED FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS MAIDEN FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2019 LE MANS 24 HOURS

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are happy to confirm that Paul Di Resta will join their maiden FIA World Endurance Championship programme for the 2019/2020 season, as well as being part of their Le Mans 24 Hours driver line up.

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NISSAN E.DAMS READY FOR ASIAN LEG OF FORMULA E

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Nissan e.dams is set to contest the first of two ABB FIA Formula E Championship races taking place in Asia this season, when the series celebrates its 50th race this week in Hong Kong.

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AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP ROUND TWO WIN AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD FOR GEOFF EMERY

March 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Audi Sport Team Valvoline driver Geoff Emery has won round two of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup on the Adelaide Parklands Street Circuit, propelling him to the top of the GT3 championship leaderboard. Early leader, CTVS Racers by Absolute’s Alex Au, took a hard-earned second after an eventful race ahead of The Bend Motorsport Park’s Yasser Shahin in front of a record Adelaide 500 crowd of 91,500 people.

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FERRARI AND MERCEDES-AMG COMMIT TO GLOBAL BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE

March 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

With the first round of the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge taking part at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend, SRO Motorsports Group is pleased to announce that Ferrari and Mercedes-AMG represented at all rounds of the full 18-event calendar will be competing for the inaugural Blancpain GT World Challenge title.

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TONY BATES TAKES LIGHTS-TO-FLAG VICTORY IN AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP SEASON OPENER

March 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

In intense heat and on one of the world’s most challenging street circuits, Australian Tony Bates won the opening round of the 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup with a flawless run from pole to flag. Behind him, fellow countryman Yasser Shahin put in an electrifying performance, The Bend Motorsport Park driver surviving a late-race technical issue to claim second from a starting position of seventh.

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AUDI ROOKIE TO MAKE AUSTRALIAN GT DEBUT AT AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

March 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Melbourne’s Lee Partridge will make the debut of a lifetime at the Australian Grand Prix, the 18-year veteran of motorsport, who actually works full-time with Audi Sport customer racing Australia, will take the wheel of the Aussie Driver Search R8 LMS GT3 for the opening round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship on the streets of Melbourne.

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2019 Pre-Season Test 2, Day 4

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport completes a total of 1,190 laps during pre-season testing

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Final day of winter testing – Results

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Final day of winter testing – Results

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TONY BATES GRABS POLE IN SCORCHING AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP QUALIFIER

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The searing heat of the Australian sun did nothing to cool the intensity of competition as the 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup season got underway with qualifying for Saturday’s opening round one. With ambient temperatures at the 3.219km Adelaide Street Circuit hitting 40 degrees centigrade and track temperatures even higher, it was experienced Australian GT campaigner Tony Bates who sealed pole position with a lap of 1:21.574.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING CONFIRMS J-FLY RACING PARING JEFFERY LEE AND ALESSIO PICARIELLO FOR THE BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Craft-Bamboo Racing, an Official Performance Team of Mercedes-AMG, confirms the J-Fly Racing pairing of Jeffrey Lee and Alessio Picariello as part of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia. The pair will share driving duties of the striking red, white and black #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3, running in the hotly contested GT3 pro-am class.

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