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ASTON MARTIN RACING STARS AS THE 2020 GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE KICKS OFF AT IMOLA

July 26, 2020 RNW Staff

Aston Martin Racing partner team Garage 59 made a flying start to their 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (GTWC) campaign with victory in the Pro-Am class for Alexander West (SWE), works driver Jonny Adam (GB) and Aston Martin Lagonda high performance test driver Chris Goodwin (GB) at Imola.

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KHERA AND DE ZILLE DO THE FERRARI CHALLENGE UK DOUBLE AT BRANDS HATCH

July 26, 2020 RNW Staff

Lucky Khera wins the opening race of the season, with Graham de Zille winning in the Coppa Shell.

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RN VISION STS RACING TEAM DOMINATES TO TAKE SECOND GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WIN AT IMOLA

July 26, 2020 RNW Staff

Schouten and Piana took their #111 BMW M4 GT4 to a lights-to-flag victory at Imola, ultimately finishing almost nine seconds ahead of the #8 CMR Toyota GR Supra GT4. Allied-Racing secured their first 1-2 Pro-Am finish of the season, with Kasperlik and Buus beating teammates Møller-Madsen and Viebahn. Victory in the Am Cup went to the #89 AGS Events Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 of Nicolas Gomar and Gilles Vannelet.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE FRONT ROW START FOR AF CORSE AT IMOLA

July 26, 2020 RNW Staff

The Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 no. 51 of AF Corse will start from second on the grid in the opening race of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. The crew of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Nicklas Nielsen closed the session just 144 thousandths of a second off pole despite a time that was compromised in Q1 due to the heavy traffic on the track. Their qualifying result is a bit surprising as the Balance of Performance doesn’t really favour the Maranello cars. However, the talent of the drivers reduced this handicap to a minimum. In the Pro-Am class, the 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Sky – Tempesta Racing claimed a fantastic pole with Edward Cheever, Chris Froggatt and Jonathan Hui.

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ATTEMPTO RACING AUDI ON POLE FOR GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE OPENER AT IMOLA

July 25, 2020 RNW Staff

The #66 Attempto Racing Audi will begin the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season from the front of the grid after securing pole for tomorrow’s three-hour contest at Imola.

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RN VISION STS RACING TEAM WINS GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SEASON OPENER AT IMOLA

July 25, 2020 RNW Staff

RN Vision STS Racing finished first and third in the Silver Cup, with AGS Events claiming a second-place finish in their first race in the series. Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport won the Pro-Am class and with W&D Racing Team taking the Am Cup honours, all class victories went to BMW teams.

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TEENAGE SENSATION PREPARES FOR AUSTRALIAN GT RETURN

July 23, 2020 RNW Staff

The Barbagallo round of the 2019 Australian GT Championship provided some memorable racing during the three-leg GT race around the 2.4-kilometre circuit, a mix of day and night races providing some epic moments, not the least of which was the incident that claimed leader Ryan How in the dying stages of Saturday night’s final race.

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BENTLEY BOYS READY TO OPEN SEASON AS TEAM PARKER RACING HEARS TO ITALY

July 22, 2020 RNW Staff

After a pause of more than four months, Team Parker Racing is set to open the GT World Challenge Europe season as it travels to Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy for round one of the series’ Endurance Cup with its Bentley Continental GT3 next weekend (July 25-26).

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K-PAX RACING TO MAKE GT WORLD CHALLENGE ENDURANCE CUP DEBUT AT IMOLA

July 22, 2020 RNW Staff

K-PAX Racing, which has made diligent steps toward new beginnings with its expanded effort into the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup, will make its long-awaited 2020 season debut July 25-26 at Autodromo di Imola (Italy). The team’s firm step into Europe marks its official arrival into a new series under the SRO umbrella, despite a brief appearance during the its official test days in March, which was cut short by the increasing restrictions from COVID-19 seen worldwide.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES READY TO GET 2020 SEASON UNDERWAY AT IMOLA

July 21, 2020 RNW Staff

The GT4 European Series will get underway at Imola this weekend after an extended break forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The series will make its first ever appearance on the fast, 4.9km Italian circuit near Bologna, which hosted the San Marino Grand Prix until 2006.

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BMW M4 GT3 ROLLED OUT AT BMW GROUP PLANT IN DINGOLFING

July 20, 2020 RNW Staff

Last Saturday’s rollout of the BMW M4 GT3 at the BMW Group plant in Dingolfing (GER) marked an important milestone in the development of the new BMW icon for the GT racing scene. After months of virtual work, BMW works driver Augusto Farfus (BRA) heralded the next phase of preparations, taking the new car out onto the streets for the first time. Despite facing many challenges, the BMW M4 GT3 has so far completed all the development steps according to plan and will travel to Miramas (FRA) for initial tests next week.

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HIGH-LEVEL PERFORMANCE FOR PANIS RACING BUT BAD LUCK IN THE 2020 ELMS OPENING ROUND

July 20, 2020 RNW Staff

Renamed Panis Racing team, led by Olivier Panis and still managed by Sarah and Simon Abadie, was back on track last week for a fifth season in the European Le Mans Series. Newcomer Nico Jamin has joined the well-established Will Stevens and Julien Canal, in the tricolour team for a third season.

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TOP FOUR FINISH FOR HUTCHISON ON LMGTE DEBUT IN EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES AT PAUL RICARD

July 20, 2020 RNW Staff

Endurance racer Finlay Hutchison got his European Le Mans Series career off to a strong start during the first round of the delayed 2020 season at Paul Ricard in France on Sunday, 19th July, with an impressive top four finish in the LMGTE class.

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ERA MOTORSPORT CONTINUES PODIUM STREAK AT SEBRING

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

Era Motorsport is two for two in their debut IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The LMP2 racing team earned a second podium finish of the year at the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring with drivers Kyle Tilley and Dwight Merriman in the No. 18 Oreca.

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RLR MSPORT OPENS 2020 EUROPEAN LE MANS ACCOUNT WITH LE CASTELLET PODIUM

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

ELMS rookies Malthe Jakobsen and Ryan Harper-Ellam, and rapid Canadian Am James Dayson proved to be a potent trio, each contributing quick, yet controlled stints to take RLR MSport to third in the LMP3 order at Circuit Paul Ricard.

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MERCEDES-AMG MARGINALLY FASTEST IN ADAC GT MASTERS DRESS REHEARSAL

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

The 2020 ADAC GT Masters is good to go. The teams who will contest this year’s Super Sports Car League have completed the official preseason tests at the Lausitzring. Fastest over the weekend was Mercedes-AMG driver Raffaele Marciello (25, ITA, HTP-Winward Motorsport). Not all that far behind was reigning champion Kelvin van der Linde (24, ZA, Rutronik Racing) in an Audi, ahead of third-placed Porsche man Sven Müller (28, GER, Precote Herberth Motorsport). The ADAC GT Masters curtain-raiser is due to take place in just under two weeks’ time (30th July – 2nd August) at the same venue 100km south of Berlin.

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BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES FOURTH AND FIFTH AT SEBRING

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL finished fourth and fifth in today’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring. Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler equaled their fourth-place finish two weeks ago at Daytona in the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE, finishing just over one minute behind the winning No. 4 Corvette C8.R. John Edwards and Jesse Krohn finished fifth in the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS TAKE DOUBLE WIN AT PAUL RICARD

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

United Autosports scored two wins at Paul Ricard today as the #32 crew of Alex Brundle, Will Owen and Job van Uitert won the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, while the #2 crew of Wayne Boyd, Tom Gamble and Rob Wheldon also took home the LMP3 class win. A late puncture for the #22 Oreca of Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque took them out of the lead and subsequently ruined a potential race win, while the #3 Ligier JS P320 of Jim McGuire, Andrew Bentley and Duncan Tappy had a tough opening race after an early drive through penalty. A post-race penalty for the second-place finishers ultimately promoted the #22 crew to third place at the end of the weekend.

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COOL RACING SHOWS BLISTERING PACE ACROSS 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET WEEKEND

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

In the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, COOL Racing got its 2020 European Le Mans Series campaign underway with a fourth-place finish, bringing home a strong haul of points. After French driver Nicolas Lapierre put the #37 Oreca 07 sixth on the grid, he and team-mates Antonin Borga and Alexandre Coigny ran a smooth and error-free race to secure its third top-five finish since making its debut in the LMP2 class last year. Coigny also picked up a trophy for the top bronze-graded driver. The Swiss team will now look ahead to Spa-Francorchamps on 9 August.

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KEEPER TOM’S GR SUPRA WINS OPENING SUPER GT ROUND

July 19, 2020 RNW Staff

The Takanokono Hotel FUJI GT 300km RACE, round 1 of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series was held on the afternoon of July 19 at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4,563m × 66 laps). That rain that had been reared never fell and the opening round of the 2020 season was held under fair skies. In the GT500 class, the No. 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra (Ryo Hirakawa/Nick Cassidy) started from pole position and ran on to win unchallenged. This was a victory for the GR Supra GT500 in its debut race. In the GT300 class as well, victory went to the GR Supra-based car No. 52 SAITAMATOYOPETGB GR Supra GT (Hiroki Yoshida/Kohta Kawaai) for the team’s first win ever.

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