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ONE-TWO FOR PORSCHE AT THE WEC SEASON FINALE

November 14, 2020 RNW Staff

The Porsche GT Team has wrapped up the 2019/2020 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC with positions one and two in the GTE-Pro category. Frenchman Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen from Denmark took up the eight-hour race on the Bahrain International Circuit from pole position and crossed the finish line in first place. Their teammates Richard Lietz (Austria) and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) fought their way from fourth at the start to finish in second place. For the sports car manufacturer, this is the third victory out of eight WEC races with the newly developed ca. 515 hp 911 RSR. Fourteen months ago, Porsche won the season-opening round at Silverstone in Great Britain – on that occasion, Lietz/Bruni took the flag ahead of Estre/Christensen. In August, the French-Danish duo reciprocated with a victory at the Spa-Francorchamps six-hour race.

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SEBRING AND DAYTONA WINNER JIM PACE PASSES AWAY

November 14, 2020 RNW Staff

Jim Pace passed away on November 13 in Memphis, Tennessee after contracting COVID-19.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING TEES UP TITLE SHOWDOWN

November 14, 2020 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s three-time Le Mans-winning TS050 HYBRID will start its final race from pole position after Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López landed the first blow in Bahrain in the fight for the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship drivers’ title.

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CHANGE RACING TAKES HOME ALL FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA

November 14, 2020 RNW Staff

As the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season concluded Friday evening at Sebring International Raceway, Change Racing rode off into the sunset with all the championship hardware.

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POLE POSITION FOR WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured pole position in the GTD class for the twelve-hour race at Sebring. The squad from the US state of Ohio has laid excellent foundations in the open fight for the championship title. Heading to the finale of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the gap to the top in the overall classification is just seven points. In the faster GTLM category, the two ca. 515 hp Porsche 911 RSR fielded by the factory team start from positions five and six.

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KONICA MINOLTA CADILLAC TO START IMSA FINALE ON THE FRONT ROW

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

The Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R will start the season finale IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Twelve Hours of Sebring on the front row in second.

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PORSCHE STARTS WEC FINALE IN BAHRAIN FROM POLE POSITION

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

The Porsche GT Team has secured a very strong starting position in the qualifying for the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Bahrain: The two ca. 515 hp Porsche 911 RSR take up the eight-hour race on Saturday from pole position and the second grid row of the GTE Pro category. Denmark’s Michael Christensen and Kévin Estre from France claimed the first grid spot in their class with an average time of 1:56.505 minutes. This result was determined by the fastest lap of both drivers. Setting a time of 1:57.124 minutes, their teammates Richard Lietz (Austria) and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) concluded the final 20-minute session on fourth place.

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ASTON MARTIN ON THE FRONT ROW FOR CRUCIAL WEC SHOWDOWN

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

GT World Champion manufacturer Aston Martin has qualified on the front row for the 8 Hours of Bahrain FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and taken pole position in the GTE Am class ahead of the crucial season finale.

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PAUL MILLER RACING QUALIFIES FOR THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

The No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO from Paul Miller Racing has qualified for tomorrow’s 68th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FIFTH AT SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts from fifth in GTD.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP TIGHTENS WITH RACE 1 RESULT AT SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

Befitting of the season-long close competition, two Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America class championships will be decided in the final race of the year following the first of the two races today at Sebring International Raceway.

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES SECOND AND THIRD FOR THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL qualified a strong second and third for tomorrow’s Twelve Hours of Sebring, the final race of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. With a lap of 1:56116-minutes around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway, Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE on the outside of the GTLM class front row. De Phillippi will co-drive with Bruno Spengler and Colton Herta. Jesse Krohn qualified the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE in the third starting position with a lap time of 1:56.316-minutes. He will co-drive with John Edwards and Augusto Farfus. The BMWs qualified within .660 and .860 seconds respectively of the polesitting Corvette C8.R.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA SEBRING PREVIEW

November 12, 2020 RNW Staff

An exciting and competitive Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championship heads for its 2020 conclusion this week with a pair of 50-minute races at the historic Sebring International Raceway road course.

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PR1/MATHIASEN HEADING INTO SEASON FINALE FOR THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

November 12, 2020 RNW Staff

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports is set and ready to face the last round of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the 68th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to be held this weekend at the Sebring International Raceway.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE TITLES TO BE SETTLED AT PAUL RICARD

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

The 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season will draw to a close this weekend at the Circuit Paul Ricard in the south of France, with the Pro and Am titles set to be decided across two 50-minute races.

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BMW TEAM RLL RACING TO CLINCH THE ENDURANCE CUP AT THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL will close the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at this Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. With the GTLM class title decided in the last round, BMW has its focus set on a strong runner-up finish in the championship standings as well as winning the Michelin Endurance Cup title. Regardless of the ultimate outcome, the third season of IMSA competition for the BMW M8 GTE has been an outstanding one with a total of nine podium finishes, including victories at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the six-hour Grand Prix at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

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OREGON TEAM CONFIRMS A TWO-CAR ASSAULT IN LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE FINALE

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe heads this weekend to the Circuit of Paul Ricard for the fifth and last round of the season. Oregon Team aims at the Pro title with the front runner Kevin Gilardoni who will be pairing again by Dorian Boccolacci, after the Frenchman missed the most recent event at Spa-Francorchamps.

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PORSCHE TARGETS THIRD WIN THIS YEAR FOR THE 911 RSR AT THE WEC SEASON FINALE

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche aims to conclude the debut season of the new Porsche 911 RSR with a win. At the eight-hour race in Bahrain, which marks the final round of the 2019/2020 FIA WEC season, the factory squad will again field two ca. 515 hp vehicles in the GTE-Pro class. In the GTE-Am class, three customer squads campaign a total of five Porsche 911 RSR in last year’s spec. The race on the Formula 1 circuit in Sakhir is the second Bahrain event this season. At the first outing in December 2019, Porsche locked out the first grid row with its two vehicles, led the field, but ultimately was unable to reap the rewards of their good work at the finish line.

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PAUL MILLER RACING CHASING ENDURANCE CUP GLORY AT SEBRING

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

The No. 48 Paul Miller Racing team will be chasing their first Michelin Endurance Cup this weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship completes the 2020 season at the iconic 12 Hours of Sebring.

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K-PAX RACING LOOKS TO BRING HOME GOLD IN FINAL RACE OF ITS FIRST EUROPEAN EXCURSION

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

The 2020 race season is nearing a close for K-PAX Racing, but the team’s final stop November 13-15 at Circuit Paul Ricard (Fra.) – coincidentally its first look at overseas competition within GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Endurance Cup – does not come without milestones. While the team had one previous experience in overseas endurance racing, this season marked the team’s first full campaign, which included an abbreviated season of four rounds in its series’ debut.

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