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WORLD CHAMPIONS ASTON MARTIN ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY AHEAD OF BAHRAIN 8 HOURS

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

World GT Manufacturers’ champions Aston Martin embark on the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) finale – the 8 Hours of Bahrain – this weekend, aiming to record a level of title glory unprecedented in the British luxury sportscar brand’s history. Aston Martin has enjoyed its most successful endurance racing season since 1959, with the turbo-charged 4-litre V8 Vantage GTE.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKS FOR VICTORY THREE-PEAT AT SEBRING AND WILL RETURN FOR 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering Racing drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil) look to capture the team’s third straight win at Sebring International Raceway this weekend, as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts Nov. 12 – 14.

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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM’S EFFORTS GO UNREWARDED IN THE FINAL OF THE 2020 ADAC GT MASTERS AT OSCHERSLEBEN

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

The grand finale of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters last weekend did not have the triumphant ending that GRT Grasser Racing had been hoping for. For the last stop on the itinerary of this year’s Super Sports Car League, the team travelled to Oschersleben near Magdeburg. But the Austrian outfit was once again out of luck. Despite strong pace, the three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs were unable to muster a single top result between them from two problematic races. Tim Zimmermann’s title win in the Junior classification shone the only ray of light on a frustrating weekend.

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CETILAR RACING HEADS TO BAHRAIN FOR THE FIA WEC SEASON FINALE

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

The curtain falls this weekend on FIA WEC championship that heads for the second time to Sakhir, in Bahrain, eight and the last round of a very long season that started from Silverstone on September 2019. Cetilar Racing – the only 100 per cent Italian team in the Sport Prototype category – has confirmed the presence fielding as usual the #47DallaraLMP2 car run […]

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SET FOR 2020 DECIDER AT PAUL RICARD

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

After five rounds in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium the GT4 European Series will conclude in France this weekend. The final of the 2020 season will take place at the 5.822 km Circuit Paul Ricard and the Silver Cup, Pro-Am Cup and teams’ titles are still to be decided in Le Castellet.

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR IMSA SEBRING FINALE

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts this weekend, November 12-14.

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BOTH WORKS-RUN PORSCHE 911 RSR FLY THE FLAG AT SEBRING

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

The Porsche GT Team campaigns a pair of 911 RSR finished in special liveries to bid farewell to the GTLM-class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. At the final round of the season on 14 November at Sebring – the last race for the works team in the sports car series – the two ca. 515 hp vehicles will be decked out in an adaption of the American national flag. Emblazoned in letters on the underside of the rear wing is the sentiment “Thank You”.

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CADILLAC RACING HEAD TO SEBRING FOR IMSA FINALE

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is heading to Sebring International Raceway for the season finale Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, to run November 12-14.

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HEINRICHER RACING TAKES PODIUM MOMENTUM INTO TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring will close out the 2020 IMSA season for the No. 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3. After a historic run to the podium at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the team is aiming to close out the season on a high note—ideally two steps higher […]

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BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT CELEBRATE SUCCESSFUL END TO THE ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON

November 9, 2020 RNW Staff

Saving the best until last is how BWT Mücke Motorsport would probably sum up the final weekend of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters season. Stefan Mücke and Ricardo Feller achieved their best result of the season in the BWT Audi R8 LMS #26 at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. They finished in the Top Ten twice and were the third-best Audi crew both times. Feller was on the top step of the podium on Saturday as the winner of the Junior classification. The only downside to their weekend was the fact that the BWT Audi R8 LMS #25 with Igor Walilko and Mike David Ortmann was still out of contention, because Walilko’s injury had not healed in time.

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IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ON THE LINE FOR MEYER SHANK RACING HEADING TO SEBRING

November 9, 2020 RNW Staff

After 10 rounds of IMSA competition, twelve hours of flat out racing on one of the toughest tracks in the country is all that stands between Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) and a second consecutive IMSA GTD championship title.

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PORSCHE TACKLES IMSA SEASON FINALE WITH EMOTIONS AND GOALS HIGH

November 9, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche has a clear goal for the final round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Sebring (USA) on 14 November: The North American operations team Core Autosport is eager to wrap up the season with another victory on the Florida racetrack. The works campaign with the two Porsche 911 RSR in the GTLM class comes to an end after seven very successful years. As a special treat for the many fans and loyal partners in North America, Porsche sends the two works cars to contest the race on the Sebring International Raceway decked out in striking designs. The special livery of the two 911 RSR will be unveiled on Tuesday before the race. The driver line-up for the season finale is also new: The Swiss works driver Neel Jani supports the regular IMSA drivers at the event in Florida. The traditional twelve-hour event on the former airfield close to the city of Orlando was originally planned for mid-March but had to be postponed by eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING’S LE MANS LEGEND BOWS OUT IN BAHRAIN

November 9, 2020 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s three-time Le Mans-winning TS050 HYBRID will compete for the final time this weekend, when the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season concludes with the 8 Hours of Bahrain.

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TITLE GLORY ON THE LINE AS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PREPARES FOR PAUL RICARD DECIDER

November 9, 2020 RNW Staff

The sun will set on the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS campaign next weekend (13-15 November) when a 40-car field tackles the season-deciding Endurance Cup contest at Circuit Paul Ricard.

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FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONS UNITED AUTOSPORTS FACE FINAL ROUND AT BAHRAIN

November 9, 2020 RNW Staff

The team were crowned FIA WEC champions at the previous round after winning the Le Mans 24 Hours. They have won the last four WEC races at Le Mans, Spa, COTA and Bahrain and finished third at Fuji and Shanghai, leading to them clinching the title a round early in the #22 Oreca 07.

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MERCEDES-AMG CONCLUDES ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON WITH RACE WIN

November 8, 2020 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG celebrates a successful conclusion of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. In the two races of the final weekend, the teams with the Mercedes-AMG GT3s secured a victory and two further podium finishes. Philip Ellis (GER) and Raffaele Marciello (ITA) of the KNAUS Team HTP-WINWARD won the season-ending race on Sunday in a commanding way. Maro Engel and Luca Stolz (both GER) of the Toksport WRT team had finished second on the previous day, ahead of Ellis/Marciello, who also finished on the podium in the race on Saturday in third place. In the drivers’ standings of the super sports car league, the duo of Engel and Stolz kept the battle for the title open until the final race: with a strong performance on the final weekend, they secured third place in the final drivers’ standings and sealed third place in the teams’ standings for Toksport WRT.

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MICHAEL AMMERMULLER AND CHRISTIAN ENGLEHART ARE 2020 ADAC GT MASTERS CHAMPIONS

November 8, 2020 RNW Staff

Ultimately, fourth place in the final round at Oschersleben was enough for Porsche drivers Michael Ammermüller (34, GER) and Christian Engelhart (33, GER, both SSR Performance) to clinch their first ever ADAC GT Masters title. The race itself was won from pole position by Philip Ellis (28, GB) and Raffaele Marciello (25, ITA, both Knaus-Team HTP-Winward) in a Mercedes-AMG GT3. Second place went to the Audi duo of Rolf Ineichen (42, CH) and Mirko Bortolotti (30, ITA, both Team WRT) ahead of Robert Renauer (35, GER) and Mathieu Jaminet (26, FRA, both Precote Herberth Motorsport) in a Porsche 911. “Winning the title is a tremendously emotional experience for me,” said newly crowned champion Christian Engelhart. “I wept tears of joy when Michael crossed the finish line, because I’ve always dreamed of winning the ADAC GT Masters. It’s unbelievable that we’ve actually done it.”

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ARTA NSX-GT RUNS AWAY TO SUPER GT VICTORY AT MOTEGI

November 8, 2020 RNW Staff

The FUJIMAKI GROUP MOTEGI GT 300km RACE, Round 7 of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series was held on the afternoon of November 8 (Sun) at Twin Rings Motegi (one lap 4,801m x 63 laps) in Tochigi Pref. In the GT500 class, the No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Tomoki Nojiri/Nirei Fukuzumi) took the lead from a 2nd-position start to run away to its first win of the season. In the GT300 class, the No. 56 Realize Nissan Automobile Technical College GT-R (Kiyoto Fujinami/Joao Paulo de Oliveira) took its second win of the season.

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ADAC GT MASTERS TITLE CHASE HOTS UP AT OSCHERLEBEN WITH WIN FOR AMMERMULLER/ ENGELHART

November 7, 2020 RNW Staff

With a Pole position, a lights-to-flag victory and a fastest race lap Michael Ammermüller (34, GER) and Christian Engelhart (33, GER, both SSR Performance) underscored their title aspirations in the ADAC GT Masters – a dominant performance in the penultimate race of the season at Oschersleben. Win number three of the season for the Porsche duo was enough to take them to the top of the Super Sports Car League standings ahead of Sunday’s final round. Luca Stolz (25, GER) and Maro Engel (35, Monte Carlo, both Toksport WRT) in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 secured the runner-up spot to keep their own title ambitions alive. P3 went to Philip Ellis (28, GB) and Raffaele Marciello (25, ITA, both Knaus-Team HTP-Winward) also in a Mercedes-AMG. Three more contestants – defending champions Patric Niederhauser (29, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (24, ZA) in a Rutronik Racing Audi and Porsche driver Robert Renauer (35, GER, Precote Herberth Motorsport) – are also still in with a chance of lifting the 2020 championship trophy on Sunday (live on SPORT1 from 13:00 CET onwards). Just twelve points separate the title rivals. “We managed to have a perfect race today,” said delighted race winner Ammermüller. “Our Porsche ran just great this Saturday. We can go into tomorrow’s race with confidence thanks to our performance today.”

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MODULO NSX-GT DOMINATES SUPER GT QUALIFYING AT MOTEGI

November 7, 2020 RNW Staff

The official qualifying for the FUJIMAKI GROUP MOTEGI GT 300km RACE, Round 7 of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Tochigi Prefecture on November 7 (Sat.). In the GT500 class, the No. 64 Modulo NSX-GT driven by Takuya Izawa and Hiroki Otsu won its second Pole Position of the season. In the GT300 class, Yamauchi drove the No. 61 SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT (Takuto Iguchi/Hideki Yamauchi) to the team’s first the pole position of the season. These two cars will start at the front of their respective class grids in tomorrow’s race starting at 13:00.

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