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Tales from the paddock – Stefan Wendl: “In terms of material, performance and resilience, there simply is no better endurance test”

March 22, 2019 RNW Staff 0

With the Nordschleife season about to get underway, Stefan Wendl, Head of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing, tells us about the new features and the challenges of the forthcoming year in motorsport.

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AUDI SPORT SHOOTS FOR HAT-TRICK IN CALIFORNIA

March 22, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Audi Sport customer racing holds a record in the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the world’s most prestigious GT3 racing series. The Audi R8 LMS has been unbeaten to date in the California 8 Hours in the United States. Following two straight victories, Audi is now aiming to continue its string of success at Laguna Seca on March 30 when the new evolution of the Audi R8 LMS will compete in this racing series for the first time.

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VARIED AND STRONG LINE-UP FOR THE 2019 ADAC GT MASTERS

March 22, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The ADAC GT Masters is set to delight fans again in the 2019 season with brand diversity and an impressive field of more than 30 supercars. Ahead of the season opener at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (26th – 28th April), 19 teams have registered a total of 31 supercars. Eight different brands will be represented on the grid, guaranteeing a varied and spectacular field. Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and returnees Aston Martin are on the roll call for the new season.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING SIGNS CHRISTINA NIELSON FOR BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA

March 22, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Craft-Bamboo Racing, an Official Performance Team of Mercedes-AMG, signs the international pairing of Christina Nielsen and Darryl O’Young for the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia season. The pair will share driving duties of the striking green, white and black #99 Mercedes-AMG GT3, running in the top GT3 Silver Cup class.

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TOM GAMBLE TO COMPETE IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES FOR WRT

March 22, 2019 RNW Staff 0

McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and current BRDC SuperStar Tom Gamble will compete in the popular Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe with the Audi factory-supported W Racing Team (WRT) for the 2019 season.

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FIRST RACE FOR THE VILLORBA CORSE MERCEDES-AMG GT4 AT THE 12H MUGELLO

March 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The race debut of the Scuderia Villorba Corse Mercedes-AMG GT4 will take place at the 12 Hours of Mugello on March 29-30.

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SUN, SEA AND A HOME E-PRIX IN SANYA FOR DS TECHEETAH

March 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The ABB FIA Formula E championship returns to mainland China for the first time since Season Two of the all-electric street racing series.

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NISSAN E.DAMS BRINGS FORMULA E EXCITEMENT TO CHINA

March 19, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The power and performance of Nissan Intelligent Mobility technology will be on display in China this week when the ABB FIA Formula E Championship series comes to the southern city of Sanya.

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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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