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LUCK DESERTS TEAM PARKER RACING AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

Team Parker Racing suffered more bad luck in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, as a software glitch and gearbox failure cost it a legitimate shot at a podium at this year’s 24 Hours of Spa.

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K-PAX RACING BATTLES ADVERSITY TO CLAIM TOP-10 FINISH IN 24 HOURS OF SPA DEBUT

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

K-PAX Racing has thrived in its debut appearance in the demanding Total 24 Hours of Spa, finishing 10th and 12th with its pair of Bentley Continental GT3 entries. However, within the team’s impressive result in the twice-round-the-clock race lives a truly storybook effort put forth by the entire crew and roster of drivers.

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DISAPPOINTING END TO THE 24 HOURS OF SPA FOR MACDOWALL

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

Barwell Motorsport driver Alex MacDowall was cruelly robbed of a possible Silver Cup class victory at the Total 24 Hours of Spa earlier today, Sunday, 25th October, when his Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO was caught-up in the aftermath of a multi-car accident with just seven hours to run.

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PORSCHE CELEBRATES SECOND SUCCESSIVE 24 HOURS OF SPA VICTORY AFTER ROWE RACING BLAZES A TRAIL TO GLORY

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche is celebrating back-to-back victories at the Total 24 Hours of Spa after a dramatic conclusion to this year’s contest saw ROWE Racing snatch the win during the deciding stages.

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PORSCHE GB JUNIOR KING CROWNED 2020 CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPION

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – arrived in Norfolk for its penultimate weekend with championship battles intensifying. Lorcan Hanafin (JTR) topped first Practice on Friday, conducted in dry conditions, while Porsche GB 2020 / 2021 Junior Harry King (Team Parker Racing) set the benchmark time in the afternoon’s wet session. Esmee Hawkey (Team Parker) and Pro-Am category rival Ryan Ratcliffe (Team Parker) were closely matched all day, the fastest Am was category championship leader Justin Sherwood (Team Parker Racing) on a weekend when he was within touching distance of category title glory.

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MERCEDES-AMG WITH A 24 HOURS OF SPA TOP TEN RESULT AND A 1-2 IN THE SILVER CUP

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

The 72nd running of the Total 24 Hours of Spa ends with a turbulent final stage at a rain-soaked track. In particularly difficult conditions, Mercedes-AMG was able to achieve a respectable result. The best-placed GT3 from Affalterbach at the finish was the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT car: seventh place for the trio of Vincent Abril (FRA), Maro Engel (GER) and Luca Stolz (GER). A race that was marked by very changeable weather preceded the result. The #88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP entry dominated the first half of the race. However, damage resulting from a collision led to retirement for Timur Boguslavskiy (RUS), Felipe Fraga (BRA) and Raffaele Marciello (ITA). In spite of the retirement, Boguslavskiy and Marciello managed to defend their points’ lead in the GT World Challenge Europe drivers’ standings. In the Silver Cup classification of the 24-hour race, two Customer Racing Teams came out on top: with the #5 Mercedes-AMG GT3, Haupt Racing Team secured the class win with Sergej Afanasiev (RUS), Michele Beretta (ITA), Hubert Haupt (GER) and Gabriele Piana (ITA). Indy Dontje (NED), Philip Ellis (SUI) and Russell Ward (USA) finished second in class with the #84 HTP-Winward Motorsport car.

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A STUNNING SUPER GT VICTORY FROM A LAST-PLACE GRID START FOR THE MOTUL AUTECH GT-R

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

The FUJIMAKI GROUP SUZUKA GT 300km RACE, Round 6 of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Suzuka circuit (one lap 5,807m × 52 laps) in Mie Prefecture on October 25 (Sun). In the GT500 class, the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Tsugio Matsuda/Ronnie Quintarelli) came from the very back of the pack after a Qualifying crash to take a magnificent second straight win at Suzuka thanks to great pit stop timing. The GT300 class race saw the No. 21 Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS (Shintaro Kawabata/Tsubasa Kondo) grab a come-from-behind victory from 6th position on the grid.

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WILKINSON VOWS TO COME BACK STRONGER AFTER 24 HOURS OF SPA ENDS IN DISAPPOINTMENT

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

Despite the disappointment of an early end to his debut Total 24 Hours of Spa appearance, Ollie Wilkinson can still count his first outing at the world’s greatest GT3 race with McLaren as a significant career milestone.

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THREE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R FIGHT FOR OVERALL VICTORY IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

October 25, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche still has three irons in the fire in its bid for overall victory as the 24-hour classic at Spa-Francorchamps heads into the final quarter of the race. Rowe Racing’s No. 98 Porsche 911 GT3 R is currently in second place after 18 hours. The two reigning IMSA champions Earl Bamber from New Zealand and Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium share the cockpit of the car with their works driver teammate Nick Tandy. The British racing driver had at times taken the lead after strong stints during the night.

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PORSCHE TEAMS IN TOP FORM IN THE EARLY PHASE OF THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

October 24, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche’s customer teams are lying in promising positions after the first four hours of the endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. In the early stages of the 24-hour class in the Ardennes, last year’s winner Michael Christensen from Denmark, Austria’s Richard Lietz and Frenchman Kévin Estre have made particularly impressive progress. After the first four stints, their No. 47 Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the KCMG squad has advanced to third place. The gap to the leader is just 4.8 seconds.

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KANGAS AND NEMOTO CLAIM FIRST WIN IN SHORTENED LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE RACE 2 AT SPA

October 24, 2020 RNW Staff

Yuki Nemoto and Olli Kangas (#6 VS Racing) claimed their first Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe victory in the second race at Spa-Francorchamps, a race red-flagged following a crash for Raul Guzman (#41 Target Racing) in the closing stages. Nemoto and Kangas profited from an earlier safety car intervention, to retrieve the #29 Konrad Motorsport car of Emir Keserovic which crashed at Les Combes, to make their mandatory pit-stop just as the pit window opened and a full lap before the leading runners. That enabled the duo to leapfrog the second VS Racing Lamborghini Huracán ST Evo of pole-sitters Karol Basz and Andrzej Lewandowski after the stops to claim the victory.

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ARTA NSX-GT ROOKIE FUKUZUMI TAKES SECOND STRAIGHT SUPER GT POLE POSITION

October 24, 2020 RNW Staff

The qualifying for the FUJIMAKI GROUP SUZUKA GT 300km RACE, Round 6 of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Suzuka circuit in Mie Prefecture on October 24 (Sat). In the GT500 class, Fukuzumi drove the No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Tomoki Nojiri/Nirei Fukuzumi) to take his second straight pole position. In the GT300 class, Sakaguchi drove the No. 96 K-tunes RC F GT3 (Morio Nitta/Sena Sakaguchi) to win pole position. These two cars will start at the front of their respective classes in tomorrow’s race starting at 1:00 in the afternoon.

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FIRST OUTRIGHT VICTORY FOR THE NEW TOYOTA GR SUPRA GT4 AT SPA- FRANCORCHAMPS

October 24, 2020 RNW Staff

CMR secured the first outright victory for the Toyota GR Supra GT4 in the GT4 European Series at Spa-Francorchamps. Stéphane Lémeret and Gael Castelli were victorious in the second and final race of the weekend. In its tenth race in the GT4 European Series, Stéphane Lémeret and Gael Castelli gave the new Toyota its first […]

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RATON RACING SNATCHES AM CLASS POLE POSITION FOR THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

October 24, 2020 RNW Staff

Team Raton Racing will start today the 24 Hours of Spa from the Am pole position. Making its return to the International GT in the most spectacular and prestigious race, the squad of Roberto Tanca has secured top spot of its class on Thursday’s qualifying with the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of regular drivers Stefano Costantini and Christoph Lenz, shared with Michael Petit and Silver racer Lucas Mauron.

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MARCIELLO MASTERS CHALLENGING CONDITIONS TO SECURE 24 HOURS OF SPA POLE FOR MERCEDES-AMG TEAM AKKA ASP

October 23, 2020 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP will start this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa from the front of the grid after a blistering lap by Raffaele Marcello secured top spot in tonight’s Super Pole session.

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STEPHANE RATEL OUTLINES PLANS FOR 2021 AND BEYOND DURING 24 HOURS OF SPA PRESS CONFERENCE

October 23, 2020 RNW Staff

Stephane Ratel has outlined plans for SRO Motorsports Group in 2021 and beyond during his annual Total 24 Hours of Spa press conference, presenting a full complement of calendars and launching targets that will reduce costs and accelerate the drive towards sustainability.

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BEST PORSCHE 911 GT3 R STARTS THE 24 HOURS OF SPA FROM POSITION SIX

October 23, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche customer teams have secured solid starting positions for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. In the Super Pole, a shootout over two flying laps of the 20 fastest cars from the qualifying, the Porsche Young Professional Thomas Preining was fastest at the wheel of a 911 GT3 R. The 22-year-old Austrian lapped the 7.004-kilometre Ardennes circuit in 2:32.990 minutes and takes up tomorrow’s race from the sixth grid spot in the No. 40 vehicle of GPX Racing. Preining shares the cockpit of the 500+hp GT3 racer with the French works driver Romain Dumas and Louis Delétraz from Belgium.

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THIRD WIN GIVES GILARDONI THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AT SPA

October 23, 2020 RNW Staff

Oregon Team’s Kevin Gilardoni recorded his third straight Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe victory to move into the lead of the points standings after an action-packed opening race at Spa-Francorchamps. The Belgian circuit offered up thrills and spills throughout the 50-minute encounter, with the pole-sitting #7 GSM Racing Lamborghini Huracán of Jonathan Cecotto – shared with Patrick Liddy – led the first stint with relative ease.

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AGS EVENTS ASTON MARTIN TAKES GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RACE WIN AT SPA

October 23, 2020 RNW Staff

Valentin Hasse-Clot and Theo Nouet moved closer to winning the GT4 European Series Silver Cup with a commanding victory in the first race at Spa-Francorchamps.

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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM OUTLINE PLANS FOR 2021: EIGHT LAMBORGHINI HURICAN GT3 EVOs TO COMPETE WORLDWIDE

October 23, 2020 RNW Staff

The 2020 motorsports season is fast approaching its climax for the GRT Grasser Racing Team. In the ADAC GT Masters, the Austrian outfit has three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs in contention for both the team and the Junior titles. And in November, the IMSA team GRT Magnus will be going all out to defend its title in the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring as round of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the USA.

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