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Team REBELLION Racing is proud to announce the entry of a second REBELLION R-13 car for the two last races of the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

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TEAM PARKER RACING CONFIRMS THREE-STAR BENTLEY MOTORSPORT ACADEMY LINE UP

February 4, 2020 RNW Staff

Team Parker Racing is delighted to announce that Frank Bird, Nicolai Kjærgaard, and Euan McKay have been selected to become the first-ever members of the Bentley Motorsport Academy.

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ASTON MARTIN PARTNERS WITH PACIFIC D’STATION RACING FOR SUPER GT

February 3, 2020 RNW Staff

Aston Martin will return to the Japanese Autobacs Super GT Championship in 2020 for a renewed assault on the GT300 class with its partner team PACIFIC D’station Racing and the Vantage GT3.

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MERCEDES-AMG TEAM CRAFT-BAMBOO BLACK FALCON FINISHES P5 IN THE BATHURST 12 HOUR

February 3, 2020 RNW Staff

After a flawless team effort at the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour, Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo BLACK FALCON completes another successful but challenging weekend at the Australian endurance classic. Making its debut in the highly competitive 36 car field, the new-for-2020 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Mercedes-AMG factory drivers Maro Engel, Luca Stolz and Yelmer Buurman at the wheel fought at the front all race long, and led the race on several occasions, displaying their highly competitive pace.

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PODIUM AND CLASS VICTORY FOR McLAREN 720S GT3 ON BATHURST 12 HOUR DEBUT

February 3, 2020 RNW Staff

The McLaren 720S GT3 enjoyed a memorable first weekend racing at the world-famous Mount Panorama circuit in Australia with Customer Racing team 59Racing. The Australian team scored both a second place overall finish and class win with a pair of entries in the 2020 running of the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, Australia’s premier GT endurance race.

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ERIN VOGEL AND MICHAEL COOPER TO RACE McLAREN 570S GT4 WITH FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS

February 3, 2020 RNW Staff

After making her Pirelli GT4 America debut at Sonoma Raceway last summer, Erin Vogel will compete in the series for her first full season SRO program, returning to Flying Lizard Motorsport to run in the SprintX championship. Joining her in the two-driver championship will be four-time sports car racing champion Michael Cooper, and the pair will pilot a McLaren 570S GT4.

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KCMG QUALIFIES STRONG FOURTH FOR 2020 BATHURST 12 HOUR

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) began the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour weekend with strong speed, qualifying fourth in the #18 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.

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IGTC’S BIGGEST-EVER BATHURST ENTRY READY TO KICK OFF 2020 DOWN UNDER

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

22 cars representing nine full-season manufacturers head to Mount Panorama in Australia this weekend for the opening round of 2020’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign: the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (January 31 – February 2).

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BATHURST 12 HOUR QUALIFYING MARKED BY HIGHS AND LOWS FOR R-MOTORSPORT

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

R-Motorsport’s qualifying at Bathurst was a roller-coaster of disappointment tinged with optimism. While Jake Dennis, Scott Dixon and Rick Kelly made it through into the pole shootout for the top ten starting positions, their team-mates’ race weekend ended prematurely. 25-year-old Marvin Kirchhöfer was involved in an accident in Q2 which badly damaged the team’s #62 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. He was uninjured but could not continue, and Luca Ghiotto and Olli Caldwell were left on the sidelines because of the damage.

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MATT CAMPBELL SECURES FIRST POLE POSITION FOR PORSCHE AT BATHURST

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

An ideal qualifying for the Porsche customer team Absolute Racing at the opening round of this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge: Porsche works driver Matt Campbell (Australia, No. 911) turned the fastest lap of the day (2:03.554 minutes) in qualifying for the Bathurst 12 Hour, thus handing Porsche its first pole position at the Mount Panorama Circuit. In the identical, 500+hp Porsche 911 GT3 R, Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium, No. 1) secured the fifth grid spot for Earl Bamber Motorsport (EBM) on Saturday.

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BATHURST 12 HOUR HOSTS OPENING ROUND OF THE AUSTRALIAN ENDURANCE SEASON

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

The opening round of the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship gets underway this weekend as part of the annual Bathurst 12 Hour event, with registered teams competing in the GT3 Pro-Am and Silver categories, the Invitational MARC II cars and GT4.

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LIBERATI RETURNS TO BATHURST TARGETING PODIUM

January 30, 2020 RNW Staff

Following the brilliant last year’s debut when he secured the seventh overall position, Edoardo Liberati returns this weekend to Bathurst 12 Hour, first round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Once more the Rome-based racer will contest the Australian event driving a KCMG-run Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 car, sharing the duties with Swiss Alexandre Imperatori and Brazil’s João Paulo de Oliveira in an all-Pro crew.

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RECORD NINE FULL-SEASON MANUFACTURERS NOW CONFIRMED AS FERRARI COMMITS TO IGTC

January 30, 2020 RNW Staff

Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli will feature a record-breaking nine full-season manufacturers in 2020 after Ferrari reconfirmed its commitment to the world’s only global GT3 series ahead of this weekend’s season opener at Bathurst.

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AMAC MOTORSPORT RETURNS FOR THIRD GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA SEASON WITH LAMBORGHINI

January 30, 2020 RNW Staff

Australian squad AMAC Motorsport will compete in GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS’s GT3 Am Cup category for a third consecutive season this year.

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PR1/MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS FINISHES SECOND IN THE ROLEX 24

January 29, 2020 RNW Staff

PR1/Mathiasen finished first in round one of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup and second in the LMP2 class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener at the 58th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 started on pole position after setting the fastest lap time of 01:37.446 during qualifying.

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MAZDA DRIVES TO SECOND PLACE IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Two Mazda RT24-Ps battled over 24 hours of racing at Daytona International Speedway to record the company’s best overall finish at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

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ERA MOTORSPORT EARNS PODIUM SUCCESS AT IMSA DEBUT IN DAYTONA

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Era Motorsport, the little sports car team that could, raised eyebrows this weekend at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The premier sports car racing series in North America began its 2020 season with the 24 hour long endurance race, and newly formed team Era Motorsport not only persevered, but put on an impressive performance to secure a third place finish in the No. 18 Oreca 07 in the LMP2 prototype class.

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FIVE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R AIM FOR A SUCCESSFUL START TO THE IGTC SEASON AT BATHURST

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche launches its Title Defence Mission in the Intercontinental GT Challenge at Bathurst, Australia. In 2019, the sports car manufacturer claimed the IGTC titles in the manufacturers’ and drivers’ classifications. The gruelling twelve-hour race (January 31 to February 2) traditionally marks the start of the most important championship for GT3 sports cars. In the race at Mount Panorama, five Porsche 911 GT3 R face strong opposition from vehicles from ten other manufacturers. Last year, Porsche won the long-distance event at Bathurst for the first time in its history thanks to the customer squad EBM (Earl Bamber Motorsport).

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CANTO, DENYER AND TALBOT SPEARHEAD TROFEO MOTORSPORT’S BATHURST 12 HOUR ASSAULT

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

After an Am-Cup podium in 2017 and two outright top ten finishes at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in three years, Trofeo Motorsport returns to the mountain this year with a new-look team to challenge for their maiden assault on the Silver category in the stunning #29 Lamborghini Huracan GT3.