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40 YEARS OF BMW MOTORSPORT TALENT PROMOTION: MILESTONES, ANECDOTES AND QUOTES

November 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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BMW Motorsport celebrated the 40th anniversary of its talent promotion with a big event in Maisach (GER). BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt, the first generation of the BMW Junior team from 1977 and the current BMW Motorsport Junior Programme recruits came together.

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GT World Challenge Europe

BEN BARNICOAT AWARDED THE SEF TROPHY FOR 2017

November 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The winner of the Sean Edwards Trophy for 2017 is Ben Barnicoat the award which was set up in 2015 in Sean’s name. Ben a 20-year-old Englishman from Chesterfield in Derbyshire claimed the Sean Edwards Trophy for a young driver who shows similar quality’s to Sean,

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JOHNNY MOWLEM AND BON GRIMES JOIN TONY WELLS FOR GULF 12 HOURS WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS

November 27, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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United Autosports have confirmed their second driver line up for the 2017 Gulf 12 Hours, as Johnny Mowlem and Bon Grimes team up with Tony Wells for the 12-hour endurance race. All three drivers have previously raced for United Autosports, as Tony completed a full season in the 2017 Henderson Insurance LMP3 Cup Championship.

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PORSCHE EXPANDS ITS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

November 26, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Porsche is expanding its successful and sustainable youth development programme in international motorsport. In 2018, four Young Professionals will be sponsored on the international GT racing scene. Two Porsche Juniors will receive training to become a professional racing driver in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, which features on the same bill as Formula 1.

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Formula E

ALEX LYNN: “I FEEL LIKE JAMES BOND”

November 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Signing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver to race in the World Endurance Championship completes a plan that myself and my management team started working on back in September 2016, and I’m very proud that it’s all worked out perfectly.

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Le Mans

ByKOLLES RACING COMPLETES ARAGON TEST

November 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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ByKOLLES Racing has completed an intensive three-days testing program at Motorland in Aragon. The action on the Spanish circuit was finalised to test new development parts on the Enso CLM P1/01 in preparation of the 2018/19 WEC super season and the Le Mans 24hours race. The drivers selected for this test are regular ByKolles driver … Continue reading → ...

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Le Mans

VILLORBA CORSE AIMS TO LE MANS AND CONFIRMS 2018 ELMS CAMPAIGN

November 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Cetilar Villorba Corse sporting programs for 2018 will follow its “Italian Spirit of Le Mans” project again. The Italian team unveils next year’s plans confirming its commitments at the highest levels of international endurance racing. The team led by Raimondo Amadio will line up the Dallara P217 of the LMP2 class in the European Le mans.

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JENS MARQUARDT AND JOCHEN NEERPASCH: “IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE DRIVERS AS IN THE TECHNOLOGY.”

November 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The history of BMW Motorsport’s promotion of talented youngsters is inextricably linked with its founder: Jochen Neerpasch. The former BMW Motorsport Director launched the legendary BMW Junior Team in 1977. Neerpasch and BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt met up at an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the talent promotion programme.

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Le Mans

HUGO DE SADELEER RETURNS TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR DAYTONA 24 HOURS, ELMS AND LE MANS 24 HOURS

November 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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United Autosports have confirmed that Hugo de Sadeleer will return to the team for the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona, European Le Mans Series and, subject to entry, the Le Mans 24 Hours. De Sadeleer joined the team in 2017, entering the European Le Mans Series and finished second in both his and the teams

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Edoardo Mortara: “The fact that the outcome was the World Cup title is fantastic”

November 22, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Edoardo Mortara returns from Macau as winner of the 2017 FIA GT World Cup. He gives us his account of this major achievement.

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REPEAT WINNERS RETURNING TO THE 2017 NASA 25 HOURS OF THUNDERHILL

November 22, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The 15th running of the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill presented by Hawk Performance is attracting past winners and teams who are still looking for their first class win. The twice-around-the-clock plus one-hour race is set to run Dec. 2-3, 2017.

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STRONG CLOSE TO SEASON FOR M-MOTORSPORT IN NEW ZEALAND

November 22, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The M-Motorsport team closed out their 2017 season in New Zealand with the final round of the Australian Endurance Championship, Justin McMillan and Glen Wood narrowly missing out on a podium finish in the hotly contested event, after holding down third for much of the closing stages of the three and a half hour race.

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SUCCESSFUL DEBUT TEST FOR FERNANDO ALONSO IN UNITED AUTOSPORTS’ LIGIER JS P217

November 21, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Fernando Alonso has successfully completed his first test in the United Autosports’ Ligier JS P217 ahead of his debut at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January. The McLaren driver tested the Ligier at Motorland Aragon in Spain alongside his team mate for Daytona, Phil Hanson.

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McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE EXPANDS CUSTOMER-FOCUSED MOTORSPORT OFFERING

November 21, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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McLaren Automotive is to expand its race-winning activities in GT racing with a number of new initiatives. Headlining these is the announcement that a new 720S GT3 race car will join the successful 570S GT4, and this new model will begin testing next year for launch with customer teams in 2019.

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PORSCHE GT DRIVERS AIM FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN

November 13, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The season finale in the desert promises suspense from start to finish: At the six-hour race on the Bahrain International Circuit on 18 November, the title decisions in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC go down to the wire.

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THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE LAMBORGHINI WORLD FINAL READY TO BE HELD AT IMOLA

November 13, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The Imola circuit is preparing to host the Lamborghini World Final, whose fifth edition is scheduled on November 16 to 19. The most important event of the Lamborghini one-make series will be returning to Italy.

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Drivers

NORRIS EXCELS IN MAIDEN SPORTS-PROTOTYPE TEST RUNS

November 8, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Britain’s rising single-seater star Lando Norris made a remarkable sports-prototype début by immediately setting very competitive lap times in his first-ever run in an LMP2 sportscar. Norris, who celebrates his 18th birthday next Monday (13 Nov), clocked up almost 200-miles at Paul Ricard in France over two days at the wheel of the United Autosports Ligier

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MERCEDES-AMG 24H COTA PREVIEW

November 8, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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The grand finale to the 2017 24H Series takes place this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. In this US round of the championship, Hofor Racing powered by Car Collection aim to extend their successful run in the 24H Series and also to win the Continents Championship.

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DUBAI AND 2-CAR BATHURST KTM ASSAULT FOR M-MOTORSPORT

November 8, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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After a dominant performance on their Bathurst 12-Hour debut earlier this year, KTM and M-Motorsport have revealed they will expand their GT4 program in the leadup to the 2018 event, adding an entry in the season-opening Dubai 24-Hours in January to the announcement that they will campaign two X-Bows at Bathurst next year.

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GT World Challenge Europe

STRAKKA RACING TO BECOME MERCEDES-AMG PERFORMANCE TEAM FOR 2018 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE

November 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

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Strakka Racing today announced it will expand its GT activities beyond Europe in 2018, forming a new partnership with Mercedes-AMG which will see them carry Performance Team status for the German marque. The Silverstone-based team will run three new Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the Intercontinental GT Challenge alongside Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

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