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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING LE MANS 24 HOURS UPDATE

June 16, 2019 RNW Staff 0

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing continues to lead the 87th Le Mans 24 Hours, with both cars battling for victory at the halfway stage of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season finale.

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RLR MSport: 24 HOURS OF LE MANS UPDATE

June 16, 2019 RNW Staff 0

RLR MSport recovered lost ground and threatened to break into the top ten during the night in the 2019 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at Circuit de la Sarthe (15-16 June).

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WEATHERTECH RACING RUNNING SIXTH AT LE MANS AT SEVEN HOURS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Rob Smith (Essex, UK) are running the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France.

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PIRES AND SILVA SHARE GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES POLE AT JARAMA

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

ABM Grand Prix’s Mariano Pires will start this weekend’s first GT4 South European Series race from Overall and Pro-Am Cup pole position after dominating a Q1 at Jarama this afternoon. Team Virage’s Nicholas Silva posted the best lap time in Q2, while Tockwith Motorsport’s Marmaduke Hall and Edward Moore took the GTC honours as Team Virage’s CO Jones and Peter Peters were the fastest in the AM Cup.

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LARBRE COMPETITION HAS COMFORTABLE START TO 2019 LE MANS 24 HOURS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

After six hours of racing in the 87th Le Mans 24 Hours, Larbre Competition’s #50 Ligier JS P217 has run well and, despite a puncture and minor contact, currently holds 23rd out of the 61 starters.

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FERRARI TAKES ANOTHER ROAD TO LE MANS WIN

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Fabien Lavergne and Mikkel Mac of the No. 71 Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 celebrated their second win of the weekend in style, after starting 4th on the grid.

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HARPER TAKES DOMINANT PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB POLE AT CROFT

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) overcame challenging slippery conditions to take a commanding pole position at Croft. The current championship leader topped Saturday’s qualifying session with a lap time more than 1.2secs faster than his closest rivals – Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) in P2 and George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing) in P3. The trio, who also currently occupy the top three places in the driver’s championship standings, will start the first of tomorrow’s two races ahead of former Porsche GB Scholar and 2014 Carrera Cup GB champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing).

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STRONG START FOR PORSCHE AT THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The four Porsche 911 RSR contesting the GTE-Pro class have made up several positions in the initial phase of the Le Mans 24-hour race. After the first 90 minutes of the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in France, the No. 93 Porsche 911 RSR lies in second place with Nick Tandy (Great Britain) at the wheel. The identical ca. 510-hp car with the starting number 92 driven by the world championship favourites Kévin Estre (France), Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) has moved up into third place during the starting phase.

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ADAM CARROLL WINS FERRARI CHALLENGE EUROPE AT LE MANS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Adam Carroll won the fourth round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe held today at Le Mans, ahead of the 24 Hours. At the end of a race full of twists and turns, the British driver finished ahead of new standings leader Louis Prette, and Sam Smeeth. The Italian Emanuele Maria Tabacchi, the American James Weiland and the Belgian Laurent De Meeus all won in the other classes..

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LARBRE COMPETITION COMPLETES WARM-UP AHEAD OF 2019 LE MANS 24 HOURS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Following the traditional Drivers’ Parade in downtown Le Mans, and completing the Saturday morning warm-up session, the start of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours dawns for Larbre Competition.

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CETILAR RACING ALL SET FOR THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Cetilar Racing is all set for the 87th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, that marks the third participation of the Italian squad at the legendary “La Sarthe marathon”. After the mid-week qualifying, when Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi put on P25 their #47 Dallara-Gibson LMP2 car technically supported by Villorba Corse, working on the different setup solutions for race, […]

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PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING COMPLETE FOR LARBRE COMPETITION AHEAD OF 2019 LE MANS 24 HOURS

June 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Larbre Competition was satisfied with the running it completed during practice and the three qualifying sessions ahead of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours.

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CETILAR RACING COMPLETES 24H LE MANS QUALIFYING

June 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Cetilar Racing completed yesterday the 24 Hours of Le Mans qualifying, taking the 25th overall place over 62 cars and the 17th of the LMP2 category, as well as making a great job to improve the setup of the car looking forward the Saturday’s race.

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TDS RACING IN 24 HOURS OF LE MANS LMP2 POLE POSITION

June 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Following both qualifying sessions of Thursday and after scrutineering, #28 Oreca07 will start the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 pole position.

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WEBSTER SETS EARLY PORSCHE CARRERA GB PACE IN YORKSHIRE

June 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Former Porsche GB Scholar and 2014 Carrera Cup GB champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) topped Friday practice at Croft. Returning to the North Yorkshire circuit for the first time since 2016, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB was met with wet conditions for the morning session, and a tricky drying track in the afternoon. Mastering the slippery surface to rank alongside championship returnee Webster came 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) and George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing).

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FERRARI CHALLENGE UK 2019 SERIES COMES TO SNETTERTON

June 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The new Ferrari Challenge UK Series 2019 series heads to Snetterton on the 22 and 23 June 2019. Snetterton is the 2nd of 4 iconic UK circuits that will be visited by the new for 2019 racing series. As the second longest circuit in the UK, the track features a mixture of tough, technical challenges and high-speed sections, with the grid of 21 488 Challenge cars promising to replicate the thrilling action displayed at Brands Hatch.

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WILL OWEN PURSUES ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH AT THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 13, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Will Owen is back in France to compete in his third year of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with United Autosports. Owen will be looking to better his 3rd place result of 2018 with teammates Alex Brundle and Ryan Cullen.

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NIELSEN RACING PREPARES FOR THE BIG ONE: THE ROAD TO LE MANS

June 13, 2019 RNW Staff 0

With two rounds of the Michelin Le Mans Cup complete, Nielsen Racing has already secured two podium positions with Tony Wells and Colin Noble and head to Circuit de la Sarthe for the Road to Le Mans, determined to take to the top step of the podium.

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THE STATISTICS BEHIND A GT RACING REVOLUTION AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

June 13, 2019 RNW Staff 0

On 4 August 2001, a new era dawned at Spa-Francorchamps. For the first time, the legendary Belgian circuit was staging its annual 24-hour race as a contest for GT machinery. It would prove to be an inspired move.

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24 HOURS LE MANS, GOOD START FOR CETILAR RACING

June 13, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Team Cetilar Racing started in a good mood the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019, as the#47 Dallara-Gibson LMP2 car technically supported by Villorba Corse showed consistent pace taking the P13 of category in the yesterday’s first qualifying, in the hands of Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi.

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