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PORSCHE DRIVER THOMAS PREINING STARTS DTM WEEKEND IN THE ARDENNES WITH THE FASTEST TIME OF THE DAY

September 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

With Thomas Preining (AUT, KÜS Team Bernhard) and local hero Laurens Vanthoor (BEL, SSR Performance) a Porsche driver came out on top in each of the two DTM free practice sessions at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Friday. Preining’s time of 2m 17.786s in second free practice was the fastest time of the day among DTM’s 27 world-class drivers at the 7.004 kilometres Grand Prix track in the Belgian Ardennes, the venue for the sixth and third-to-last race weekend of the current season.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING FASTEST ON WEC’S FUJI RETURN

September 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s challenge for home victory got underway with an intense and productive first day of practice for the 6 Hours of Fuji as the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) returned to Japan for the first time since 2019.

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SSR PERFORMANCE IS READY FOR THE NEXT DTM CHALLENGE

September 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) and Dennis Olsen (NOR) are ready for the next challenge in the DTM. At Spa-Francorchamps, the two Porsche 911 GT3 R drivers will be chasing points. Olsen had recently celebrated the second place at the Nürburgring.

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SHELDON VAN DER LINDE FOCUSED ON MAXIMUM DTM POINTS SCORE AT SPA

September 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Three, two, one – DTM champion. This weekend (9-11 September), Spa-Francorchamps is the third to last fixture of the 2022 DTM season that has been really intense so far, the battle for the title is notably tightening up. As the DTM championship leader (110 points), Sheldon van der Linde doesn’t want to hear about that at present. “I am not focused on the championship, I simply want to score as many points as possible,” the 23-year-old South African from the Schubert Motorsport BMW team stated in the usual DTM press conference. René Rast (GER), who with the ABT Audi dropped back to fourth in the standings with 81 points behind Mirko Bortolotti (ITA, 89) with the GRT Lamborghini and Lucas Auer (AUT, 85) with the WINWARD Mercedes-AMG at Nürburgring most recently, on the other hand, wants to do everything to keep his chances of winning the title alive. “The goal is to score many points and to keep all the title rivals at bay.”

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PORSCHE AIMS TO EXTEND FIA WEC LEAD AT THE RETURN TO FUJI

September 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Porsche travels to round five of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Fuji as the series leader. The factory squad aims to clinch its third GTE-Pro class win of the season in Japan and is eager to take another step towards claiming the world title. After recovering from an illness, Richard Lietz returns to the cockpit of the No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR.

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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS CHALLENGES FOR DTM STARS

September 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

La Source, Eau Rouge, Raidillon, Blanchimont – these are all parts of the Belgian Grand Prix circuit of Spa-Francorchamps that instill respect and a certain awe in every racing driver. They are not just famous, they are a real challenge for man and machine first and foremost. When DTM is staging the sixth round of its season in Belgium this weekend (9-11 September), the DTM stars are under pressure, too. Spa-Francorchamps is a circuit at which driving abilities and a healthy dose of courage count more than at most other race tracks. At 7.004 kilometres, the Ardennes roller coaster is also the longest track on the DTM calendar on which no other circuit has a difference in altitude of one hundred metres either.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING HEADING HOME TO FUJI

September 5, 2022 RNW Staff 0

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s GR010 HYBRID Hypercar will make its home debut when the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) returns to Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji after a three-year absence.

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AUDI 1-2 IN ACTION PACKED GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CONTEST AT HOCKENHEIM

September 4, 2022 RNW Staff 0

More than five years after its breakthrough win at the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa, Saintéloc Junior Team has returned to the top step of the podium at Hockenheim thanks to a popular victory for the #25 Audi line-up of Chris Mies, Patric Niederhauser and Lucas Légeret. A stalwart of the Fanatec GT World Challenge […]

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THE BMW M HYBRID V8 TO ENTER THE NEXT PHASE OF TESTING IN THE USA

September 2, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Since its roll-out on 25th July at Varano de‘ Melegari (ITA), the BMW M Hybrid V8 has got important kilometres under its belt during a number of tests at European racetracks. BMW M Motorsport engineers have obtained valuable basic data and sorted out any initial teething troubles. The result is a good basis on which to further intensify preparations of the car in the USA from September, ahead of the start of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona (USA) in January 2023.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES READY TO BREAK NEW GROUND AT HOCKENHEIM

August 30, 2022 RNW Staff 0

A near-capacity field will roar into Germany for the GT4 European Series’ first-ever visit to the Hockenheimring this weekend as the season enters crunch time for the championship contenders.

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MEYER SHANK RACING RETAINS BLOMQVIST FOR 2023 ACURA LMDh PROGRAM

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) has continued to prepare for the debut season of LMDh competition in 2023, and is pleased to announce that Tom Blomqvist has been retained to drive the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 LMDh entry for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

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WINNING WEEKEND FOR B-QUIK ABSOLUTE RACING AS THAILAND SUPER SERIES VISITS BURIRAM

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff 0

An amazing weekend for B-Quik Absolute Racing at Chang International Circuit in the second round of Thailand Super Series 2022, which we capped off with a superb 1-2 finish in last Sunday’s Super Car GT3 Race 2, our all-Australian line up of Daniel Bilski and Philip Massoud in the #27 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 2 bouncing straight back after a torrid Race 1 the previous day to lead home the sister #25 Audi shared by Sandy Stuvik and Akash Nandy, the Thai-Malaysian pairing making it an impressive two runner up finishes from the two races.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES SIXTH AT VIR

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) finished sixth in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

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PAUL MILLER RACING FINISHES IMSA SPRINT CUP SEASON WITH A PODIUM

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The No. 1 Quartz Engine Oil-backed Paul Miller Racing team closed out the IMSA Sprint Cup season with a third place finish at VIRginia International Raceway.

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BMW M TEAM RLL FINISHES FIFTH IN GTD PRO AT VIR

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 finished fifth in the GTD PRO class in today’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, the result not indicative of the team displaying a much more competitive day than shown in the last few rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Connor De Phillippi and John Edwards completed 86 laps around the beautiful 3.27-mile, 18-turn VIRginia International Raceway, finishing 54 seconds behind the class winning Porsche 911 GT3R. Ultimately, a costly delay for a bad wheel nut on the final pit stop cost valuable seconds that extinguished a chance at the podium.

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CALSONIC IMPUL Z SCORES A GRAND COME-FROM-BEHIND SUPER GT WIN AT SUZUKA

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The FUJIMAKI GROUP SUZUKA GT 450km RACE, Round 5 of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Suzuka Circuit (1 lap 5,807m) in Mie Prefecture on August 28 (Sun.).In the GT500 class, the No. 12 CALSONIC IMPUL Z (Kazuki Hiramine/Bertrand Baguette) started from the last position of 15th on the staring grid to charge ahead in magnificent style and take the win. In the GT300 class, the No. 4 GOODSMILE HATSUNE MIKU AMG (Nobuteru Taniguchi/Tatsuya Kataoka) executed a skillful race strategy to take its first win in five years.

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LUCA STOLZ WINS IN THE DTM FOR THE FIRST TIME

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The second DTM gala at Nürburgring: following the first-ever 1-2 for brother pairing Sheldon and Kelvin van der Linde in DTM history on Saturday, Luca Stolz scored his maiden win in the long-standing series on Sunday. The 27-year-old, living in Brachbach in the German Westerwald region, secured a much-celebrated home win in the DTM […]

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START ON FIFTH ROW AT VIR

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge from the fifth row in GTD today.

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THIRD PLACE START FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT VIR

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Madison Snow and the Paul Miller Racing team notched a second-row start for the Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway.

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BMW M TEAM RLL TO START FOURTH IN GTD PRO AT VIR

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 fourth in the GTD PRO class for tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIR race. De Phillippi recorded a 1:44.791- minute lap around the 3.27-mile, 18-turn VIRginia International Raceway circuit. The Californian will share the car tomorrow with John Edwards. The pair stands fifth in GTD PRO class driver point standings with a season’s-best third place finish at Laguna Seca earlier this year.

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