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Australian GT have introduced the last of their calendars for the 2020 season, with the unveiling of a new approach to the Trophy Series program, a schedule which will see ten events offered between February and November, with teams given the option to go for ‘six of the best’, allowing them the ability to ‘drop’ rounds as they compete across the season to card their points tally from their best six results.

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TEAM GMB, HATANO AND KUROIWA JOIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA’S GT4 CLASS

December 28, 2019 RNW Staff

Team GMB will make its GT World Challenge Asia debut in 2020 after lodging a full-season GT4 entry.

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CLOSE TO 80 ENTRIES ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR THE 15th ANNUAL 24H DUBAI

December 28, 2019 RNW Staff

There’s less than three weeks to go before the 15th edition of the Hankook 24H DUBAI gets underway, and more than 70 entries are already confirmed for the event.

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ERA MOTORSPORT ANNOUNCES IMSA ROLEX 24 LINEUP

December 28, 2019 RNW Staff

LMP2 sports car racing team Era Motorsport will make their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut next week at Daytona International Speedway. IMSA’s Roar Before the 24 will open the 2020 race season as the first official test of the year, featuring over 40 cars from four classes, and Era Motorsport will run the No. 18 Oreca 07-Gibson with team principal and driver Kyle Tilley, and drivers Dwight Merriman, Nicolas Minassian and Ryan Lewis.

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TIMO BERNHARD: “IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP”

December 28, 2019 RNW Staff

Timo Bernhard (38, GER) has helped shape the sports car scene as a driver for some 20 years, achieving enormous success wherever he competed – in the 24-hour at the Nürburgring, in the ALMS, at Le Mans and in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the WEC – he triumphed everywhere. Since 2016, he has also been involved in the ADAC GT Masters with Küs Team75 Bernhard and began driving for his outfit in 2018. He achieved his maiden victory in the Super Sports Car League this year at the Nürburgring but has just announced his intention to end his career as a professional racing driver.

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TOM BLOMQVIST TO CONTEST THE 2020 SEASON WITH R-MOTORSPORT

December 20, 2019 RNW Staff

R-Motorsport will field newcomer Tom Blomqvist as the outfit embarks on the new 2020 season. The 26-year-old Briton will compete for the team from Niederwil in Switzerland in both the Endurance Cup and the Sprint Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe. Tom is the son of legendary Swedish rally ace, Stig Blomqvist, who notched up seven wins in his native Sweden and won the 1984 World Rally Championship.

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WINS AND TITLES FOR PORSCHE MOTORSPORT IN 2019

December 20, 2019 RNW Staff

With many major wins in 2019, Porsche has added another chapter to its tradition-steeped history. The world champion title in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the title in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, victory in the overall classification of the fiercely-contested Intercontinental GT Challenge and, last but not least, the successful debut of the factory squad in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship have made the 2019 motor racing season one of the most successful in the company’s history. The titles and triumphs of the past year once again underline that Porsche’s extensive commitment to motorsport upholds the brand’s tradition as consequently as it sets the standards of modern sports car development.

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ADAC GT MASTERS WITH CAPACITY GRID FOR 2020

December 19, 2019 RNW Staff

The ADAC GT Masters will have a capacity grid in 2020, as 23 outfits have already taken the early opportunity to secure their place in the ADAC GT Masters, entering 39 super sports cars for the 2020 season. According to the regulations, a maximum of 34 vehicles from the 39 cars registered will be allowed a place on the grid. The ADAC GT Masters will open the 2020 season in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on the weekend of 24th-26th April.

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STRONG SEASON FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING

December 19, 2019 RNW Staff

Thanks to its teams Audi Sport customer racing in 2019 clinched 578 trophies, including 237 victories, in more than 750 races around the globe. For the first time, four models were fielded – the Audi RS 3 LMS as well as the GT2, GT3 and GT4 versions of the Audi R8 LMS.

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CORVETTE RACING CONFIRMS ENDURANCE LINEUP FOR LONG-DISTANCE IMSA EVENTS

December 19, 2019 RNW Staff

Corvette Racing will turn to a new face alongside a familiar one as part of the team’s endurance lineup for the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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JOB VAN UITERT TO JOIN UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2020 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES AND LE MANS 24 HOURS

December 18, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are pleased to announce that Job van Uitert will join their LMP2 team for the 2020 European Le Mans Series and, pending an entry invitation, the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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WORLD CLASS CIRCUITS AND GREAT DESTINATIONS ON 24H SERIES EUROPE AND CONTINENTS CALENDARS FOR 2020

December 18, 2019 RNW Staff

“Good things come to those who wait,” the saying goes. And that certainly can be said about the finalised calendar of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook for the 2020 season. World class circuits and great destinations are the ingredients of the eight-round calendar, taking teams and drivers from the United Arab Emirates via Italy, Belgium, Portugal, France, and Spain to the United States of America. Following requests from teams, two popular venues are making their return on the 24H SERIES calendar: Circuit Paul Ricard in the south of France and the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. All the other venues are state-of-the-art facilities as well. Once again, there are two separate series: the 24H SERIES Continents and the 24H SERIES Europe.

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COREY LEWIS RETURNS TO COMPLETE PAUL MILLER RACING LAMBORGHINI “DREAM TEAM”

December 18, 2019 RNW Staff

American Lamborghini expert Corey Lewis will return to Paul Miller Racing’s endurance racing line-up for 2020 – putting the team’s 2018 championship-winning “dream team” back together.

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The 2019 ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON IN FACTS AND FIGURES

December 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Once again, the 13th season of the ADAC GT Masters threw up a whole range of exciting, interesting facts and figures. A quick look at the statistics shows precisely why the Audi pairing of Kelvin van der Linde (23, ZA) and Patric Niederhauser (28, CH, both HCB-Rutronik Racing) were the ones to beat in the Super Sports Cars League, but other drivers and teams also did extremely well in 2019.

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BRUNO SPENGLER SWITCHES FROM THE DTM TO THE NORTH AMERICAN IMSA SERIES IN 2020

December 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Bruno Spengler (CAN) will swap the BMW M4 DTM for a BMW M8 GTE next season, when he will race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. This move sees Spengler bring the curtain down on a dazzling DTM career, which has spanned 15 years and 195 races and produced a host of highlights. The Canadian’s greatest success came in 2012, when he won the Drivers’ Championship in the BMW Bank M3 DTM.

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LEXUS LC TO COMPETE IN THE 2020 24 HOURS OF NÜRBURGRING

December 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Lexus LC will race in the 48th 24 Hours of Nürburgring Endurance Race, which will take place in Nürburgring, Germany from May 21 to 24, 2020.

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OLLIE WILKINSON RECRUITED TO BECOME A McLAREN PROFESSIONAL DRIVER

December 16, 2019 RNW Staff

Ollie Wilkinson will take the biggest step of his young racing career so far by becoming a McLaren Professional Driver, after being recruited by the Customer Racing division of the world-famous British manufacturer.

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HANSON NOW SECOND IN LMP2 TITLE RACE AFTER MAIDEN WEC VICTORY

December 16, 2019 RNW Staff

Phil Hanson heads in to the New Year and the second half of his first full FIA World Endurance Championship season placed second in the LMP2 Driver’s standings after scoring his maiden WEC victory last weekend (14 Dec).

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REBELLION RACING ENDS THE YEAR WITH A PODIUM AT THE 8 HOURS OF BAHRAIN

December 16, 2019 RNW Staff

After achieving the pole position in qualifying session, REBELLION Racing crossed the finish line of the FIA WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain in third position of the general classification.

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SOME GREAT PERFORMANCES IN A COMPLICATED BAHRAIN WEEKEND FOR COOL RACING

December 15, 2019 RNW Staff

For that last 2019 meeting, Cool Racing would have preferred to end up with a top three/four result, nevertheless, the 8 hours of Bahrain being the longest race of the WEC season so far, was also the longest race of the new Swiss team in world endurance racing. The main objective was therefore to gather information and experience, especially at night, to go to the chequered flag and bring the car back without making any mistakes. These objectives were fulfilled, since Oreca #ANA42 takes the points of 7th LMP2.

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