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RICARDO FELLER TO DEFEND IS TITLE IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

March 13, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Champion power at Montaplast by Land-Motorsport: reigning ADAC GT Masters champion Ricardo Feller (21/CH) will line up in the German GT Championship for the team from Niederdreisbach again this season. Together with Jusuf Owega (19/Cologne), the Swiss forms the team’s third driver pairing and will share the cockpit of the new Audi R8 LMS GT3 […]

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PORSCHE TACKLES THE NEW FIA WEC SEASON WITH BIG ASPIRATIONS

March 11, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Porsche heads into the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship WEC again with two 911 RSR. The new season kicks off this coming weekend with two official test days at the Sebring International Raceway in the US state of Florida. Just six days after the so-called Prologue, the same venue will host the first race of the year. For the second time in the history of the World Endurance Championship, the race on the six-kilometre circuit marks the start of the season. At the last WEC race on this legendary US circuit, Porsche won the fiercely contested GTE-Pro class. In the GTE-Am category, two customer squads campaign four more of the ca. 378 kW (515 PS) nine-elevens from Weissach. The Porsche partner team Penske contests the LMP2 class with an Oreca-Gibson.

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TWO BMW WORKS DRIVERS, TWO YOUNGSTERS: STRONG LINE UP FOR SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

March 11, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Schubert Motorsport is going on the offensive in season ten of the ADAC GT Masters. The team from Oschersleben will field two new BMW M4 GT3 and is counting on a mixture of experience and youthful zest in its driver line-up. BMW works drivers Jesse Krohn (31/FIN) and Nicky Catsburg (34/NL) share one cockpit, while two highly-talented young drivers – Niklas Krütten (19/Trier) and Ben Green (24/UK) – will be at the wheel of the second BMW. The ADAC GT Masters kicks off the new season from 22nd to 24th April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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TORO VERDE GT LINES-UP FOUR CAR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB ENTRY

March 11, 2022 RNW Staff 0

After making its motorsport debut in both European and British competition in 2021, Toro Verde GT is delighted to announce that it will join the Porsche Carrera Cup GB grid this season, with a four-car entry into the United Kingdom’s fastest one-make series.

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WITT REUNITES WITH LAMBORGHINI POWER FOR GTWCE ENDURANCE CUP WITH LEIPERT MOTORSPORT

March 10, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Successful GT racer Jordan Witt is making a very welcome return to the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup this season, after today confirming an exciting deal with Leipert Motorsport – reuniting the Nantwich driver with Lamborghini Huracan GT3 power for 2022.

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BMW M MOTORSPORT HEAD INTO THE 2022 DTM SEASON WITH STRONG PARTNERS

March 10, 2022 RNW Staff 0

We have known for a number of weeks that Walkenhorst Motorsport and Schubert Motorsport will each run two BMW M4 GT3s in the 2022 DTM. It is now time to unveil the designs of the four cars. Each one bears the colours and logos of long-term BMW M Motorsport partners who have remained true to the DTM in its GT3 era and play a valuable role in supporting the BMW M Motorsport teams and drivers in this prestigious series.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS BRINGS THREE CAR PROGRAM TO PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP

March 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Wright Motorsports, the longtime Porsche customer racing team, will return for another season in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands. The veteran Porsche one-make race series participant will be entering a three-car effort with drivers Varun Choksey, John Goetz, and Hutton McKenna. The 2022 season for the thrilling single-make championship kicks off next weekend at Sebring International Raceway in support of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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RUTRONIK RACING PRESENTS ITS FIRST PAIR OF DRIVERS FOR THE 2022 ADAC GT MASTERS

March 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Strong statement of intent from Rutronik Racing. The team from Baden-Württemberg has announced Luca Engstler (22/Wiggensbach) and Patric Niederhauser (30/CH), who returns to the fold, as the driver pairing for the first of two new Audi R8 LMS Evo II, which the team will run in the 2022 ADAC GT Masters. Niederhauser won the German GT Championship with Rutronik Racing in 2019, while Engstler is the reigning ADAC TCR Germany champion. This top-quality duo will share the driving duties in the number 15 car. The new ADAC GT Masters season kicks off from 22nd to 24th April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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MIES RETURNS TO DEFEND GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE WITH LAND-MOTORSPORT

March 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Great news for the German GT Championship: Montaplast by Land-Motorsport will line up again in this season’s ADAC GT Masters with defending champion Christopher Mies (32/Düsseldorf). The reigning German GT Champion will contest the 2022 International German GT Championship alongside new team member Tim Zimmermann (25/Lochau) at the wheel of a new Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II with the start number 1. The team owned by Wolfgang and Christian Land will field three cars from the German sports car manufacturer this year.

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DTM DRIVERS UNANIMOUS “IT WILL BE A TOUGH SEASON”

March 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

An extraordinary season in DTM is imminent. Considerably more drivers than in the previous year, even more teams: DTM will be taking on the 16 sprint races with a large field. In a first DTM Media Talk, defending champion Maximilian Götz (GER), Lamborghini driver Mirko Bortolotti (ITA), Team ABT Sportsline newcomer Ricardo Feller (SUI), BMW works driver Sheldon van der Linde (RSA), DTM Trophy graduate Louis Henkefend (GER) and Timo Bernhard, team principal, Team75 Motorsport, spoke about their expectations for the upcoming season. In one aspect, they were unanimous: DTM is facing another extremely thrilling season.

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STRONG FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED SUCCESS OF GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE

March 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS has unveiled its full-season entry lists for 2022, with competitive grids confirmed for both the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup formats.

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BILL AUBERLEN TO START RACE NUMBER 500 FOR BMW AT 2022 SEBRING 12 HOUR

March 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Racing driver Bill Auberlen has been synonymous with winning and BMW for some 25 years. He was an IMSA winner before he signed on with The Ultimate Driving Machine® in 1996 and he has continued to be a winner in every BMW racing car he has driven in the past quarter century. The 53-year-old Californian sits at the top of the all-time IMSA pole position (45) and victories (64) list and on March 19th he will make his 500th start in a BMW racing car at the 70th Twelve Hours of Sebring. That’s more than any other BMW driver on the planet.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE READY TO RACE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL PRE-SEASON TEST AT PAUL RICARD

March 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS is ready to go racing after wrapping up a successful two-day test at Circuit Paul Ricard.

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NTE/SSR REVEALS LINEUP FOR THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The festivities for the Twelve Hours of Sebring get underway in less than two weeks’ time, and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship team NTE/SSR will welcome Lamborghini GT3 Junior driver Mateo Llarena to race in the No. 42 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 alongside Don Yount and fellow Junior driver Jaden Conwright in the March 16-19 event.

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THAI TEAM TRUE VISIONS CONFIRMS FULL SEASON GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA GTC ENTRY FOR BUNCHAROEN

March 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

True Visions Motorsports Thailand have become the first team to confirm a GTC entry for 2022’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS campaign.

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LINDH AND GOLDBURG TO CONTEST SECOND FULL LMP3 SEASON WITH PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS

March 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports is thrilled to welcome back Rasmus Lindh and Dan Goldburg for the full 2022 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.

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THE SEASON STARTS AT SEBRING FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

March 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will defend its FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles with an updated GR010 HYBRID Hypercar, which begins with the 1000 Miles of Sebring in Florida next week.

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ISAAC TUTUMLU JOINS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE WITH LAMBORGHINI

March 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The Spaniard of Kurdish ancestry will be contesting the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup by Amazon at the wheel of a GSM Novamarine-run Lamborghini Huracan GT3. Tutumlu will fight for Silver class honours alongside Austrian driver Gerhard Tweraser during the 5-round season.

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LAURENS VANTHOOR AND DENNIS OLSEN TO RACE FOR PORSCHE TEAM SSR PERFORMANCE IN THE 2022 DTM

March 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

SSR Performance already having announced its participation in the 2022 DTM with a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 Rs back in December, the team now also confirms its driver line-up. Porsche works driver Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) with starting number #92 and Porsche contracted driver Dennis Olsen (NOR) are racing for the team from Munich. Both for the drivers and the team, the upcoming season will be the first full one in DTM, SSR Performance already having had a guest participation at Nürburgring in 2021. The new season gets underway at Portimão (POR) from 29 April until 1 May and includes 16 races. In the German-speaking countries, the races, all of them starting at 1.30pm CET/CEST, will be broadcast on ProSieben for the first time.

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OREGON TEAM TO FIELD THREE CARS IN THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP

March 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Following the announcement it will field two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evos in the International GT Open, Oregon Team unveils its drivers for a third consecutive season in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe.

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