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RACING TEAM NEDERLAND DOMINATES INTENSE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS QUALIFYING SESSION

September 17, 2020 RNW Staff

After a first day of checks, the 20 ORECA 07s entered in the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans had a busy day on Thursday 17 September: 10 hours of free practice and a 45-minute qualifying session – dominated by Racing Team Nederland – that determined the six driver line-ups (by class) to participate in the Hyperpole on Friday at 11:30.

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THREE FERRARIS IN FIRST LE MANS HYPERPOLE

September 17, 2020 RNW Staff

The qualifying session that decided the line-up for the first Hyperpole in the history of Le Mans saw fifty-nine cars racing against the clock over the scheduled forty-five minutes. A side effect of the heavy traffic was that some of the Ferraris that had performed well during the free practice were impeded, thus failing to qualify in the top six for Friday’s Hyperpole.

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SIXTEEN FERRARIS TO START 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

September 17, 2020 RNW Staff

The eighty-eighth edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans officially kicked off with the first free practice sessions. AF Corse’s Ferrari 488 GTE no. 51 will be defending the title won last year in the LMGTE Pro class.

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AUDI READY FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE

September 17, 2020 RNW Staff

Just one week after the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Audi Sport customer racing has the next date on its calendar: For its North American round from October 2 to 4, the Intercontinental GT Challenge will make its debut at Indianapolis, the tradition-steeped temple of speed in U.S. motorsport in the state of Indiana. The experienced Belgian Team WRT of Vincent Vosse, which has already won the 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and Spa as well as numerous championship titles, will cooperate for the first time with the American Team Hardpoint.

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CETILAR RACING ON TRACK AT THE LEGENDARY 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

September 16, 2020 RNW Staff

Despite this is its fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans, team Cetilar Racing is thrilled to enter one more time the legendary race. The only all-Italian squad in the Sport category – team, drivers and car – marks its fourth consecutive participation since 2017, when it made its debut with Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi ninth overall over 60 cars and seventh of their class in the #47 Dallara LMP2.

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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO THE CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS

September 16, 2020 RNW Staff

As the 2020 season moves closer to its conclusion, the GT4 Americas championship returns to Circuit of the Americas this weekend for the second to last event of the year. Flying Lizard Motorsports will compete in four of the five rounds with its pair of Aston Martin Martin Vantage GT4s, driven by Michael Dinan and Robby Foley in Sprint and SprintX, and a McLaren 570S GT4 driven by Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper in SprintX.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE MAGNY-COURS WEEKEND ROUNDUP

September 16, 2020 RNW Staff

Just a few days separated GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS departing the Nürburgring and arriving at Magny-Cours. September is a busy month for the championship, with the dash from Germany to France highlighting the speed with which the 2020 season is progressing.

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MERCEDES-AMG HEADING TO THE NURBURGRING 24-HOUR RACE WITH A STRONG LINE-UP

September 16, 2020 RNW Staff

With a high-class driver line-up, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport will be taking on this year’s 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (24th-27th September). Preparation at the Nordschleife was promising from the perspective of the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach: five rounds of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) resulted into a pair of overall wins and four additional podium results – expectations for the marathon event at the legendary circuit in the Eifel are accordingly high. In total, there will be seven Mercedes-AMG GT3s on the grid for the 48th running of the classic race, four of them competing as Performance Teams with extended works support. One Mercedes-AMG GT4 rounds out the strong Mercedes-AMG Motorsport contingent.

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SIX OVERALL WINNERS FROM PORSCHE AT LE MANS

September 16, 2020 RNW Staff

For fans of endurance racing, next weekend cannot come quickly enough: at 2.30 pm on Saturday, 19 September 2020, the starting flag for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the largest and most tradition-rich motorsports event in the world, will be raised. Porsche is the most successful brand in the almost 100-year history of Le Mans. The sports car manufacturer from Zuffenhausen has had close ties to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for more than six decades, a period which has seen a total of 19 overall victories, countless class successes and indescribable emotions.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ORGANISERS NOW FULLY FOCUSED ON 2021

September 15, 2020 RNW Staff

GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will not take place in 2020. Instead, SRO Motorsports Group is now fully focused on finalising next season’s six-round schedule.

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COOL RACING READY TO CHALLENGE IN DEBUT 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

September 15, 2020 RNW Staff

COOL Racing heads to Circuit de la Sarthe for its first 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, as well as the penultimate round of a successful maiden World Endurance Championship campaign for the Swiss team, which has included a debut win at the 4 Hours of Silverstone and a second-place finish at the 6 Hours of Spa driving the Oreca 07-Gibson.

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SKY TEMPESTA RACING ACHIEVES DOUBLE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE 1-2 RESULT AT MAGNY COURS

September 15, 2020 RNW Staff

A highly successful weekend at the French track saw Sky Tempesta Racing secure first and second places in the Pro-Am Cup in both races, elevating the team to the top of both the GT World Challenge Pro-Am Teams and Drivers’ Championships..

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PORSCHE CARS LINE UP WITH SPECIAL LIVERIES AT LE MANS

September 15, 2020 RNW Staff

On September 19th and 20th, Porsche will take on the challenge of the Le Mans endurance classic with vehicles finished in special designs. The two 911 RSR fielded by the Porsche GT Team tackle the hotly contested GTE-Pro class featuring red-white and black-white liveries – to commemorate the first of 19 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 50 years ago. With crisp lines and shapes, the special colours of the foil wrapping resemble the digital RSR that successfully contested the virtual Le Mans race on 13-14 June. The two 515 hp factory cars will carry the lettering “1970” on the front lid and the roof. In that year, Britain’s Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann from Germany clinched the first overall victory at Le Mans for the sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart at the wheel of the legendary Porsche 917. On that occasion, the vehicle fielded by Porsche KG Salzburg flew the national colours of Austria. The No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR will race with the very same red-and-white paintwork. On the No. 92 sister car, black replaces the red. Of the ten 911 racing cars to line up on the grid, eight 911 RSR are campaigned by customer teams in the GTE-Am class.

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ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM GOES LMP1 IN 2021

September 14, 2020 RNW Staff

Back in competition to support the development and launch of the Alpine A110, Alpine has lived up to its rich heritage in excelling everywhere it has competed since its return to endurance.

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HENRIQUE CHAVES EXTENDS GT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

September 14, 2020 RNW Staff

Henrique Chaves scored a win and a fourth place in the Red Bull Ring’s round of the International GT Open and left the Austrian circuit with a bigger lead in the Drivers’ Standings.

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MOISEEV, NESOV CLAIM FIRST GT OPEN AM VICTORY IN AUSTRIA WITH THE ANTONELLI MOTORSPORT’S MERCEDES

September 14, 2020 RNW Staff

Alexander Moiseev and Alexey Nesov claimed their first Am class victory at the Red Bull Ring. In the third out of six International GT Open rounds, the Antonelli Motorsport pair continued their positive momentum, following three second consecutive places took at the Paul Ricard and in Race 1 at the Austrian track.

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ADAC GT MASTERS AT HOCKENHEIM: PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT WITH 33 GT3 RACING CARS

September 14, 2020 RNW Staff

With thrilling battles, good overtaking opportunities and very close gaps between cars, the ADAC GT Masters is set to line up for the third race meeting of the year this weekend (18th-20th September) at the Hockenheimring, a circuit that is well-known for producing plenty of exciting race action. 32 super sports cars will be hunting down championship leaders Luca Stolz (25, GER) and Maro Engel (34, Monte Carlo, both Toksport WRT) in the Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo.

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PHIL HANSON: 2020 LE MANS 24 HOUR PREVIEW

September 14, 2020 RNW Staff

Phil competes at Le Mans for the fifth time.

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ASTON MARTIN RACING HAS FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN SIGHTS AHEAD OF UNIQUE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

September 14, 2020 RNW Staff

Aston Martin Racing heads into the 88th running of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans aiming to take its third class victory with Vantage, and secure the 2019/2020 World Endurance Championship. For the first time at the Circuit de la Sarthe, both classes will race with the current turbo-charged 4-litre V8 Vantage GTE, with three works team entries and one customer car firmly setting sights on its maiden Le Mans win.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE HOME WIN FOR SAINTELOC RACING AS GACHET AND PALETTE WIN AT MAGNY-COURS

September 13, 2020 RNW Staff

French duo Simon Gachet and Steven Palette scored a sensational Sprint Cup win at Magny-Cours to give Sainteloc Racing an emotional victory on home turf.

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