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STUNNING 1-2 OVERALL FINISH FOR AUDI AS SEPANG 12 HOURS RETURNS IN STYLE_641721143f25d.jpeg

With just a handful of minutes remaining on the clock before midnight on Saturday, the chequered flag was unfurled at the end of the grueling Sepang 12 Hours. After an inch perfect race, a stunning 1-2 overall finish was delivered up for the team in some style as the legendary South East Asian endurance race returned to the calendar for the first time since it last ran in 2016.

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PROMISING RUN COMES UP 100 MINUTES SHORT FOR MSR AT SEBRING

March 19, 2023 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing saw a promising run come up less than two hours short in Saturday’s 71st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD IN GTD PRO AT SEBRING

March 19, 2023 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing finished third in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Speedway.

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BMW M HYBRID V8 CELEBRATES ITS MAIDEN IMSA PODIUM, BMW M4 GT3 TEAMS CLAIN ONE-TWO IN THE GTD CLASS

March 19, 2023 RNW Staff

Their team-mates Philipp Eng (AUT), Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Marco Wittmann (GER) were also fighting for a top result in their #24 car. However, the trio had to retire due to a technical issue.

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ROWE RACING WINS THE OPENING ROUND OF THE 2023 NURBURGRING ENDURANCE SERIES

March 18, 2023 RNW Staff

The perfect start to the season for ROWE Racing: BMW M works drivers Dries Vanthoor and Maxime Martin (both BEL) won the opening race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series in the #99 BMW M4 GT3. After four hours of exciting racing, Vanthoor took the chequered flag with a lead of 6.5 seconds.

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PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT TAKES TOP FIVE FINISH IN DEBUT WEC RACE

March 18, 2023 RNW Staff

The opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) took place in sunny Florida this afternoon. Thanks to a clean performance, solid strategy and competitive driving, the newly-formed Porsche Penske Motorsport team finished the 1000 Miles of Sebring in fifth and sixth in their debut WEC race.

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DEBUT FIA WEC PODIUM FOR THE FERRARI 499P AT SEBRING

March 18, 2023 RNW Staff

The Ferrari 499P made its debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship finishing in third place in the 1000 Miles of Sebring. Car number 50 driven to the finish line by Antonio Fuoco secured third, and finishing seventh with the other Hypercar which arrived at the checkered flag with Alessandro Pier Guidi behind the wheel.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING SECURES SEBRING ONE-TWO

March 18, 2023 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing dominated the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) to earn a one-two victory in the 1000 Miles of Sebring in the face of strong Hypercar competition.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START THIRD IN GTD PRO AT SEBRING

March 17, 2023 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring from third in GTD Pro for tomorrow’s 10:10 a.m. ET start at Sebring International Speedway.

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MEYER SHANK RACING TO START FIFTH IN THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2023 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) will start fifth for Saturday’s 71st running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, with a late red flag preventing MSR driver Tom Blomqvist from an attempt at a second-consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole position.

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BEST PORSCHE 963 STARTS THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING FROM THE SECOND ROW

March 17, 2023 RNW Staff

The No. 6 Porsche 963 fielded by the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team takes on the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from position four on the grid. Frenchman Mathieu Jaminet turned a lap time of 1:46,426 minutes in qualifying for the 12 Hours of Sebring. His teammate Matt Campbell, however, had bad luck: In his No. 7 car, the Australian slid into the tyre wall in Turn 1, bringing his hunt for top times in Florida to an abrupt halt. Klaus Bachler experienced the same fate in the No. 7 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Pfaff Motorsports in the qualifying sessions of both GTD classes.

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TWELVE AUDI SPORT DRIVERS AND THREE TEAMS AT THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

March 17, 2023 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer racing will be taking part in the 2023 Nürburgring 24 Hours with the experience of three Audi Sport Teams – Car Collection, Land and Scherer PHX – to fight for its seventh overall victory. Twelve Audi Sport drivers will be supporting the Audi Sport Teams, as well as the additional private GT3 entries from customers that are strengthening the line-up. The 51st edition of the race will take place from May 18–21, 2023.

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FRONT ROW START FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AT SEBRING

March 17, 2023 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 1000 Miles of Sebring from the front row of the grid after a thrilling qualifying session for the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season opener.

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HUBER RACING TO FIELD NEW PORSCHE IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

March 16, 2023 RNW Staff

Team principal Christoph Huber is looking forward to the ADAC GT Masters. Together with his team Huber Racing, he will add to his motorsport portfolio by fielding a brand-new Porsche 911 GT3 R in the ADAC GT Masters.

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GRT AND CLEMENS SCHMID TEAM UP IN THE DTM FOR 2023

March 16, 2023 RNW Staff

The 2023 DTM season is slowly casting its shadow for GRT after an intensive preparation phase. In addition to their involvement in the GT World Challenge Europe, the Lamborghini team from Austria is once again taking on the battle in the most prestigious of all GT3 series. After the successful debut season in 2022, the outfit supported by Lamborghini Squadra Corse is fielding two new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 this year. With Clemens Schmid in the number 63 car, team boss Gottfried Grasser’s squad is relying on continuity. An announcement of the final line-up including the driver of the #19 sister car will be made soon.

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SECOND RACE OUTING FOR THE BMW M HYBRID V8 AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 15, 2023 RNW Staff

Having experienced a baptism of fire at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in January, the BMW M Hybrid V8, BMW M Motorsport’s new prototype, is now set for its second race outing. The 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) is round two of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2023 (IMSA series). BMW M Team RLL will once again run the two BMW M Hybrid V8s, car numbers 24 and 25 in the new GTP class for hybrid LMDh cars.

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PAUL MILLER RACING READY TO ‘RESPECT THE BUMPS’ AT SEBRING

March 15, 2023 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team is headed back to Florida for the second race of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship—the esteemed 12 Hours of Sebring.

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Capacity grid for this years Intelligent Money British GT Championship.

March 14, 2023 Michael widdowson

The grid will see 36 cars split evenly between GT3 and GT4 over 9 different manufacturers. 71 drivers named including 8 full time factory drivers joining the series roster.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FOCUSED ON DOUBLE AT SEBRING

March 14, 2023 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing is heading to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to run this weekend, March 15-18, at Sebring International Speedway.

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FOUR PORSCHE 963, TWO SERIES: PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HUNTS FOR POINTS AT SEBRING

March 14, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche Penske Motorsport faces a busy schedule in Sebring on the third weekend in March. The works team heads to the US state of Florida fielding two Porsche 963 in the season-opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and another two in the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The new ca. 500 kW (680 PS) hybrid prototypes from Weissach will contest the 1,000-mile FIA WEC race on Friday, 17 March. This is the first time they face their Hypercar rivals from Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyota, among others. The tradition-steeped IMSA race over twelve hours takes off the following day. In the GTE-Am (WEC), GTD-Pro and GTD (both IMSA) vehicle classes, Porsche customer teams campaign a fleet of 911 RSR and 911 GT3 R.

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