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HABUL TAKES AUSTRALIAN GT VICTORY IN RACE TWO AT AGP

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

After a tough opening day on his Australia GT debut at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, US-based Kenny Habul bounced back in fine form to claim a lights to flag victory in race two after getting the jump on pole-sitter Fraser Ross off the start on the run to turn one.

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ANSTONE RACING CONFIRMS FULL-SEASON BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ENTRY

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Anstone Racing will become a full-season Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia entrant in 2019 after confirming Xu Wei and Naoki Yokomizo as its Pro-Am pairing.

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TWIGG AND ROSS ON TOP EARLY IN THE AUSTRALIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP AT ALBERT PARK

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Day one of the opening round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship delivered a tantalising taste of what the new season has to offer. Two 20-minute qualifying sessions preceded the opening race of the event with Fraser Ross delivering a fairy tale result on the competition debut of the new McLaren 720S GT3.

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SILVERSTONE CLASSIC PROPELS PIONEERING DEMENTIA RESEARCH

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Silverstone Classic is proud to announce that Alzheimer’s Research UK has been appointed as the Official Charity Partner to the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival for the next three years.

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HONDA CONFIRMS BAGUETTE, FARNBACHE AND VAN DER ZANDE FOR CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Honda will make its Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli debut at the California 8 Hours on March 28-30 with a JAS Motorsport-prepared NSX GT3 Evo shared by Bertrand Baguette, Mario Farnbacher and Renger van der Zande.

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HISTORIC SEBRING POLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 1000 Miles of Sebring from pole position after a clean sweep of the front row in qualifying for the sixth round of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

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PORSCHE TACKLES THE SEBRING 1,000 MILES FROM POLE POSITION

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Porsche has secured the best possible starting position for the 1,000-mile race at Sebring in today’s qualifying. The defending world champions, factory drivers Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark), planted their number 92 Porsche 911 RSR on pole position. Piloting their ca. 510-hp race car with starting number 91, Richard Lietz (Austria) and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) will take up round six of this year’s Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC) from eighth on the grid. In the GT-Am category, customer teams Dempsey Proton Racing (#77) and Project 1 (#56) locked out the first grid row.

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SMP RACING WILL START FROM FOURTH AND FIFTH POSITIONS IN THE 1000 MILES OF SEBRING

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

In the qualification of the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship season, SMP Racing car No.17 (Egor Orudzhev / Stephane Sarrazin / Sergey Sirotkin) showed the third result, while the BR1 sport prototype of the Russian team No.11 (Mikhail Aleshin / Vitaly Petrov / Brendon Hartley) became the fifth.

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RECORD-SETTING TIME AS TeamTGM SECURES FIRST EVER POLE POSITION AT SEBRING

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge champions TeamTGM got the Sebring event weekend off to a fast start after Owen Trinkler piloted the No. 46 JKTGFoundation.org / Camp Boggy Creek Mercedes-AMG GT4 to the MOTUL pole with a fast lap time of 2:10.521-seconds. The time is a new track record by over one second.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS FINISHES OUT IN FRONT AT SEBRING

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports closed Round Two of the IMSA Prototype Challenge series at Sebring International Raceway having two cars finish out front after having the lineup challenge the top-10.

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COLOMBO, LINOSSI JOIN ANTONELLI MOTORSPORT IN THE ITALIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP

March 15, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Stefano Colombo and Francesca Linossi join team Antonelli Motorsport for the upcoming Italian GT season. Colombo, a 28-year-old skilled racer from Borgomanero who won the GT3 title in 2012, will be partnered by his fiancée on a Mercedes-AMG GT3 car.

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BLANCPAIN GT SERIES CONTENDERS COMPLETE EXTENSIVE PRE-SEASON RUNNING DURING OFFICIAL TEST DAYS

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The 2019 Blancpain GT Series campaign is officially underway following two days of intensive pre-season testing at Circuit Paul Ricard.

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DENIS BULATOV TO RACE IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ENDURANCE CUP WITH RINALDI RACING

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

SMP Racing driver Denis Bulatov will spend the upcoming season in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

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KCMG AND NISSAN GEAR UP FOR VLN AND NURBURGRING 24 HOURS ASSAULT

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) is preparing for its VLN Endurance Championship and Nurburgring 24 Hours debut, with two Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 cars.

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FIRST TEST FOR VILLORBA CORSE WITH MERCEDES-AMG, ACE1 IN BARCELONA

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Scuderia Villorba Corse is experiencing a long week of testing in Barcelona with many protagonists of the 2019 season. From Monday to Wednesday the Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio has practiced on the circuit of Montmelò with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and GT4 and with the Ligier LMP3 of the all new ACE1 endurance project.

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MERCEDES-AMG READY TO TAKE ON ROUND TWO OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHALLENGE

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

From 28-30 March, the California 8 Hours will be taking place in Monterey, USA. The race at the legendary Laguna Seca Raceway is the second of this season’s five rounds of the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli. In the hard-fought endurance race series, Mercedes-AMG is leading the manufacturers’ standings having claimed third and fourth place in the 12-hour race at Bathurst. To defend its leading position in the race in the US, the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach is relying on four Mercedes-AMG GT3s with a high-quality line-up.

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JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY SET TO ELECTRIFY CHINA WITH DAVID CHENG, CO-FOUNDER OF JACKIE CHAN DC RACING TEAM, AS VIP DRIVER

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

For the fourth round, all-electric racing visits China with the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY heading to the city of Sanya on Hainan Island. Starring as Sanya’s Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY VIP driver is three times consecutive Asian Le Mans Series Drivers Champion, David Cheng.

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SCOTT HUFFAKER AND MIKE GUASCH JOIN PR1/MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS IN SEBRING FOR PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports will officially expand its operations with a new LMP3 entry in the IMSA Prototype Challenge category this weekend at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Autoparts with drivers Scott Huffaker and Mike Guasch.

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WILL OWEN PREPARES FOR 12 HOURS OF SEBRING WITH JUNCOS RACING

March 14, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Will Owen has arrived in Florida with Juncos Racing for the second race of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Mobile 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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