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A FULL GRID FOR THE 2022 GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP

December 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The International German GT Championship will again feature a strong field when the 2022 season gets underway. By mid-December, 18 teams had already taken the opportunity to secure a starting place for 30 super sports cars in the 2022 ADAC GT Masters. The field is both high quality and diverse, with cars from six manufacturers registered so far: Audi, BMW, Corvette, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Mercedes-AMG. More manufacturers could yet join the field between now and the season-opener at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben from 21st to 24th April 2022.

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KUS TEAM BERNHARD ENTERS THE 2022 DTM

December 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Another spectacular new entry for DTM: the team run by two-time world endurance champion and Le Mans winner Timo Bernhard is entering a Porsche 911 GT3 R for the long-standing series in the 2022 DTM. With 23-year-old Porsche works driver Thomas Preining from Austria, the driver has already been confirmed as well. Moreover, KÜS Team Bernhard that has its base in Landstuhl in the German Palatinate region, will also be campaigning a pair of Porsche Cayman RS Clubsports in the young talent series DTM Trophy.

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IMPRESSIVE YEAR FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING

December 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Audi Sport customer racing is celebrating an exceptional season: while the customer teams have clinched 58 titles worldwide, the brand has set several milestones in production in the program’s 13th year.

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ALEX LYNN JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2022 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

December 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Alex Lynn will join their FIA World Endurance Championship team for the 2022 season.

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BMW M MOTORSPORT SAYS THANK YOU TO MARTIN TOMCZYK FOR TEN AMAZING YEARS TOGETHER

December 16, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After ten years together, BMW M Motorsport and Martin Tomczyk (GER) are heading in different directions at the end of the season. The current BMW M works driver will be taking on new challenges next year. He joined BMW M Motorsport as reigning DTM champion in late 2011, played a leading role in BMW’s DTM comeback in 2012, and went on to become an influential character and a brilliant representative of the BMW brand in the years that followed.

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OLIVER JARVIS JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2022 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

December 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Oliver Jarvis will join their FIA World Endurance Championship team for the 2022 season.

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B-QUIK ABSOLUTE RACING HEADING FOR TSS TITLE DECIDER IN BURIRAM

December 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

B-Quik Absolute Racing returns to Chang International Circuit next weekend (23-26 December) for the final round of Thailand Super Series 2021 with the fight for the Super Car GT3 Drivers’ and Teams’ titles in the balance and with all to play for.

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JAPAN CUP JOINS GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA IN 2022

December 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

2022’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS campaign will incorporate the Japan Cup, a new ‘championship within a championship’ for Japanese teams and drivers.

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LAMBORGHINI ENDS 2021 WITH SEVEN INTERNATIONAL GT3 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

December 13, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Lamborghini has ended the motorsport season with seven GT championship titles, reaching 42 since the first generation of the Huracán GT3 made its debut in 2015. In 2021, Lamborghini Squadra Corse won a historic triple (drivers’, teams’, and constructors’ titles) in the GT World Challenge America, dominated both the drivers’ and teams’ standings in the International GT Open, and won both British GT titles for the second year running. 24 victories, 60 podium finishes, 29 pole positions and 35 fastest laps thanks to the commitment of 89 drivers (8 of whom are Lamborghini Factory Drivers), who raced over 120,000 km on some of the most prestigious circuits in the world.

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ALLIED-RACING TEAM SET TO ENTER THE GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP WITH PORSCHE IN 2022

December 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Another new addition to the German GT Championship: The Allied-Racing team is set to enter the ADAC GT Masters with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2022. Allied-Racing has primarily caught the eye in ADAC GT4 Germany to this point, with the team from Upper Bavaria winning both the Driver and Team titles in 2020. As well as the German GT Championship, Allied will also continue to run four Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 in ADAC GT4 Germany. The outfit’s continued involvement in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland sees Allied-Racing take full advantage of the diverse and attractive platform that is the ADAC GT Masters. In total, the team will run seven Porsche race cars across the three series.

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MONTAPLAST BY LAND-MOTORSPORT STARTS WITH THREE AUDI IN 2022 GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP

December 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Having achieved the title treble this year, the championship-winning team Montaplast by Land-Motorsport is upgrading for 2022 in the German GT Championship: This year, the team from the Westerwald region will defend its title with no fewer than three Audi R8 LMS evo II. Newcomer Tim Zimmermann (25/Lochau), the winner of the Pirelli Junior competition in 2020, has already been confirmed as the first Land-Motorsport driver for the German GT Championship. The team revealed its plans exclusively in the online show PS on Air – The Ravenol ADAC GT Masters Talk. The new season of the International German GT Championship kicks off from 22nd to 24th April 2022 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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ENDURANCE RACER WITT SET FOR DUBAI 24HRS RETURN WITH SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT’S NEW BMW M4 GT3

December 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

British race ace Jordan Witt will make a welcome return to the annual Hankook 24H Dubai in January after signing a deal with top team Schubert Motorsport to pilot the squad’s stunning new BMW M4 GT3 – and both driver and team have their sights set on challenging for outright victory.

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A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

With victories and titles in the most significant race series, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport has continued the success story of its customer sports programme in the year 2021. From the range of over 30 championship titles that could be won in the course of the season, still challenging because of the Covid-pandemic, the DTM drivers’ title for Maximilian Götz (GER) stands out. Moreover, Mercedes-AMG underlined its aspiration as a globally successful performance and sports car brand by winning the manufacturers’ titles in DTM and GT World Challenge. Across the globe, the Customer Racing Teams competed in 474 races and were able to celebrate 93 race wins and 229 class wins in the process. In total, 573 podium results for drivers with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and the Mercedes-AMG GT4 were achieved.

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GRT GRASSER RACING FORGE AUSTRIAN ALLIANCE IN THE DTM

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

GRT’s adventure in the top class of GT3 sport, the DTM, is beginning to take shape, and the Austrians will call on the services of 31-year-old Tyrolean driver, Clemens Schmid, again in 2022. After two years at Grasser Racing, he will be a member of the crew moving from the ADAC GT Masters to the legendary DTM where he will drive the #16 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. His name is the first of four to be signed by GRT as drivers for next year.

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AVL TO PROVIDE VEHICLE BALANCING FOR THE DTM AND DTM TROPHY IN 2022

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The vehicle balancing for DTM and DTM Trophy will be coming from a single source in future. In the 2022 season, the globally operating automotive service provider AVL will determine the balance of performance (BoP) for both DTM as the top category and the junior talent pool DTM Trophy. AVL and the DTM organisation ITR have extended and expanded the successful cooperation accordingly in an exclusive partnership agreement.

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ANDRES LATORRE AND GARNET PATTERSON JOIN UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2022 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP CAMPAIGN

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Andres Latorre and Garnet Patterson will join their Michelin Le Mans Cup team for the 2022 season.

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NISMO UNVEIL REVOLUTIONARY NISSAN Z FOR A NEW ERA IN SUPER GT

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Nissan Motorsport International (NISMO) has been a strong presence in the Japanese grand touring car racing series, Super GT ever since it began. Known as the All Japanese Grand Touring Car Championship from 1993 to 2004, the competition has seen many manufacturers and countless legends. One thing that has remained consistent is Nissan’s dominance and superiority. Across different classes, NISMO has claimed numerous team championships and is considered a force to be reckoned with to this day. In December 2021, the Japanese manufacturer announced the arrival of the new Nissan Z, which NISMO GT500 teams will use starting from the 2022 Super GT season.

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PULCINI AND ROUGIER ANNOUNCED AS THE STAND-OUT DRIVERS FROM THE LAMBORGHINI YOUNG DRIVER AND GT3 JUNIOR PROGRAMS

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Leonardo Pulcini and Arthur Rougier have been announced as the stand-out drivers from the Young Driver Program and GT3 Junior Program 2021 and will receive official support from Lamborghini Squadra Corse next year, taking part in the International GT Open and ADAC GT Masters championships respectively.

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THE NEW BMW M4 GT4 TO ARRIVE IN 2023

December 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

More than a year before it will be delivered to BMW M Motorsport teams, the new BMW M4 GT4 completed its first tests last week in Almeria (ESP). Development of the car is already at an advanced stage. The goal is to continue the impressive success story of its predecessor. To enable this, the new BMW M4 GT4 will not only feature the strengths of the current car, there will be improvements in some areas. As well as performance, BMW M Motorsport engineers are also placing great importance on ease of maintenance and cost efficiency. The BMW M production model provides an outstanding basis, while the new car will also adopt certain components from its big brother, the BMW M4 GT3.

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ARMSTRONG RETURNS FOR A SECOND PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB CAMPAIGN

December 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Parker Racing is very happy to announce that Matt Armstrong will make a return to the team in the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB for 2022, after finishing third in the championship standings this season.

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