RNW Staff

Nicolas Schöll (Allied Racing) and Nico Menzel (Team Macrix Software by RN Vision STS) claimed pole positions for the two GT4 Sprint Cup Europe races. Schöll came out on top in the first part of qualifying, with Menzel securing pole for the second race in the second part of qualifying on the 4.574 kilometers long Hockenheimring.

Peter Hackett and Dominic Storey showed a clean pair of heels in the qualifying race ahead of the Hampton Downs 500.

TeamTGM claimed the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge GS class championship with the No. 46 Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis (JKTG) Foundation / Camp Boggy Creek Mercedes-AMG GT4 on Friday following a steady 11th place finish for Hugh Plumb and Owen Trinkler at the finale event at Road Atlanta.

BMW M8 GTE Scores GTLM Pole for Motul Petit Le Mans

Off a rain-shortened race at Lee USA Speedway last weekend, the Granite State Pro Stock Series will make a stop at Thompson with just two races left in their championship points schedule. And as he looks for his first series championship, Devin O’Connell leads the standings by 20 points over Joey Doiron entering the 60-lap feature on Friday night.

The SPS automotive performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#16, Valentin Pierburg / Tim Müller / Lance-David Arnold) has taken pole position for the 2018 Hankook 12H SPA by the narrowest of margins. Lance-David Arnold lapped the 7.004km Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 2m 19.574s, just 0.013s faster than the PROsport Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#85, Charles Putman / Charles Espenlaub / Joe Foster / Adam Christodoulou). Incredibly, this is the second time in two races that Christodoulou has lost a 24H SERIES pole position in the closing moments and by less than two hundredths of a second.

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is bringing fully-electric racing to Bern next season for the Julius Baer Swiss E-Prix – scheduled to take place on June 22.

Dutch race organisers and promoters CREVENTIC used the final round of its 2018 European Championship season at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Belgian Ardennes to present the race calendars for 2019 for its various series and championships. With the 24H EUROPEAN Championship and the 24H Championship of the CONTINENTS, both for the GT and TCE divisions, the 24H PROTO Championship with six-hour races, the 24H MIDDLE EAST Championship and TCR Middle East, CREVENTIC will be organising races in seven countries across three continents. Of course, all series are ‘powered by Hankook’ to testify the long-standing partnership between the premium tyre manufacturer and the Dutch race organisation.

Dutch race organisers and promoters CREVENTIC used the final round of its 2018 European Championship season at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Belgian Ardennes to present the race calendars for 2019 for its various series and championships. With the 24H EUROPEAN Championship and the 24H Championship of the CONTINENTS, both for the GT and TCE divisions, the 24H PROTO Championship with six-hour races, the 24H MIDDLE EAST Championship and TCR Middle East, CREVENTIC will be organising races in seven countries across three continents. Of course, all series are ‘powered by Hankook’ to testify the long-standing partnership between the premium tyre manufacturer and the Dutch race organisation.

Danish ace Jan Magnussen is knocking on the door of his fourth major American sportscar series title this weekend as Corvette Racing and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar championship heads to Road Atlanta for the 10-hour Petit Le Mans.

FIA World Endurance Championship leader TOYOTA GAZOO Racing made a strong start to its home event, setting the fastest lap times in both of Friday’s practice sessions for the 6 Hours of Fuji.

The fourth race of the Super Season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will be held at the foot of Mount Fuji, while the final round of 2018 is at Shanghai on 18 November. However the championship will conclude in 2019 with the races at Sebring (16 March), Spa-Francorchamps (4 May) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (15 June).

Nissan will make its official on-track debut and begin a new brand partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC when the ABB FIA Formula E championship stages its preseason test next week.