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BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT EAGER TO GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS AS FORMULA E RETURNS TO CHINA

March 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Two weeks after the round in the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong (CHN), the ABB FIA Formula E Championship celebrates its return to mainland China with the Sanya E-Prix (CHN). BMW i Andretti Motorsport is eager to return to the strength demonstrated in the opening races of the season at the new Sanya circuit and finish in the points with both BMW iFE.18s.

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WILL OWEN FINISHES 10th IN CLASS DESPITE A DIFFICULT 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Will Owen finished 10th in the DPi class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Juncos Racing in an extremely challenging running of the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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Vettel “Not quite sure what the issue was”

March 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Starting Sunday’s grand prix from third on the grid, Vettel had hoped to challenge the Mercedes drivers but it was not to be. Trailing Lewis Hamilton by four seconds, Ferrari pitted the German early allowing him to reduce the gap to Hamilton to two seconds. That, though, was as close as it would get. Vettel […]

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AUDI SPORT ABT SCHAEFFLER IN THE THICK OF THE FORMULA E TITLE RACE

March 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Formula E is more thrilling than ever before: With five different winners in the first five races, the top four drivers in the overall classification are separated by just three points, and Lucas di Grassi is right in the middle of the mix in third position. On Saturday, March 23, the series will race for the first time at the Chinese tourist resort Sanya.

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301 RACES AND COUNTING FOR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB

March 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

In the last race of 2018, Porsche Carrera Cup GB powered into its fourth century of races – 301 to date and counting, as the fastest single marque GT championship in the UK begins its 17th season.

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LEXUS RC F GT3 EARNS TOP-10 RESULT AT SEBRING

March 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Lexus and the AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) race team competed in the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday, earning a top-10 result at the 17-turn, 3.74-mile historic Florida road course.

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MENEZES’ MARATHON EFFORT GOES UNREWARDED IN THE FLORIDA HEAT

March 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Gustavo Menezes put on a spectacular show for the appreciative home crowd in last weekend’s 1,000 Miles of Sebring – round six of the fiercely-disputed 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) – but mechanical woes ultimately denied the talented young American a popular podium result.

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VICTORY FOR LEE AND PICARIELLO AT THE INAUGURAL ASIA GT FESTIVAL

March 18, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Craft-Bamboo Racing started the first race weekend of 2019 in style, with Alessio Picariello and Jeffrey Lee in the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 victorious on Sunday, while Frank Yu and Malaysian racing star Jazeman Jaafar in the sister #77 car finish 2nd after an enthralling battle which saw Jaafar challenging for the win during the entire second half of the opening race on Saturday, but unable to find a way past.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC WINS SEBRING – CADILLAC SWEEP

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring today. The Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R and Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R completed an all Cadillac sweep of the Sebring podium.

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HABUL TAKES SECOND AGP WIN, BUT TWIGG HOLDS AUSTRALIAN GT POINTS LEAD

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Reigning Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers’ Champion Kenny Habul continued his winning streak at the Australian Grand Prix after a 20-year hiatus since his first laps of the circuit in an open-wheeler, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver storming from pole position to lead home Scott Taylor Motorsport team-mate Max Twigg and race three winner Peter Hackett to claim a second AMG 1-2-3 for the event.

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GRT GRASSER RACING WITH SENSATIONAL WIN IN 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

After their amazing victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona in January, GRT Grasser Racing did it again this weekend. The green-orange Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo fielded by the team from Styria triumphed again in the second race of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship on Sebring’s famous circuit. And once more, it was the well-practised team of GT veterans, Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen and Rik Breukers, who stood on the top step of the podium in the GTD class.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS WINS AT THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports turned a tight qualifying session into a dominating win in the LMP2 class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship; walking away winners of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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SUPER IN SEBRING: PORSCHE ALSO WINS THE TWELVE-HOUR RACE

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Porsche has notched up yet another victory at the “Super Sebring” race weekend. Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and his French teammates Patrick Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki took the flag in first place in the Porsche 911 RSR at the twelve-hour race of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. With this success, the trio in the No. 911 car have not only repeated their win from last year, but also rounded off an extremely successful weekend for Porsche. A day earlier, the ca. 510 hp racing car from Weissach had won both GTE classes at the 1,000-mile race of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC. The No. 912 sister car driven by Earl Bamber (New Zealand), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) finished the thrilling long-distance classic in the USA on fifth place.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SCORES SEVENTH AT SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

A powerful run in rapidly changing conditions saw the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo lead 60 laps of the 67th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday in round two of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Despite strong pace and team execution, an unfortunate late race penalty brought the car down the order to finish seventh at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD IN GTD CLASS AT SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) finished third in the GTD class of 67th IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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PAUL MILLER RACING USE SEBRING FOR VALUABLE TEST MILES

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Paul Miller racing used the latter half of today’s 12 Hours of Sebring as a valuable test and development session after encountering clutch issues in the first half of the race.

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2019 Australian Grand Prix – Sunday

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport start the 2019 Formula One season with a 1-2 victory

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MAZDA TEAM JOEST BATTLES TO THE FINISH IN SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Making it to the finish of the 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the biggest challenges in sports car racing, and despite both of its cars encountering major setbacks during the race, the cars of Mazda Team Joest made it to the finish in Saturday’s 12 Hours of Sebring.

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BMW TEAM RLL COMES FOURTH AND SEVENTH IN THE GTLM CLASS AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Sebring. The second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship concluded the ‘BMW M Motorsport Super Weekend’ at Sebring (USA). Following a second-place finish for BMW Team MTEK in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s (WEC) race on Friday, it was BMW Team RLL’s turn to send two BMW M8 GTE cars into action for the 12-hour endurance classic held at Sebring International Raceway. After 330 laps, car #24 crossed the line fourth in the GTLM class. The second BMW M8 GTE finished seventh.

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CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: VALIANT EFFORT LANDS NO. 3 CORVETTE ON PODIUM

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Corvette Racing closed its marathon weekend of racing Saturday on the class podium at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, bringing one of the team’s most demanding events to an end.

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