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FLYING LIZARD RETURNS FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE 25 HOURS OF THUNDERHILL

December 3, 2019 RNW Staff

Flying Lizard Motorsports is returning to Willows, California next month to compete in their fifth consecutive NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by HAWK Performance. The reigning champions of the last four years have put together a last minute effort to defend their title, entering an Audi R8 GT4 in the GT Challenge class.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING’S ERIC CURRAN LEAVES DPi RACING ON A WINNING NOTE

December 2, 2019 RNW Staff

After capturing a pair of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship titles and back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Eric Curran is stepping away from his role as a Daytona Prototype international driver for Whelen Engineering Racing. But Curran, who scored the 2016 and 2018 IMSA WeatherTech driver championships for Whelen Engineering Racing, has no plans of slowing down.

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BALFE MOTORSPORT CONTINUES McLAREN ASSOCIATION WITH DUAL GULF 12 HOURS ENTRY

December 2, 2019 RNW Staff

Balfe Motorsport will travel to Abu Dhabi in December for a two-car entry in the prestigious Gulf 12 Hours with a pair of McLaren 570S GT4 machines, the first time the UK brand has entered the car in the race.

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AUDI SPORT DRIVER LINEUP COMPLETE FOR 2020

December 2, 2019 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer racing is taking on a challenging international program with a strengthened driver squad. Two new signings will complement the Audi Sport GT driver lineup in strategic commitments and customer programs next year.

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ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2020 GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES

December 1, 2019 RNW Staff

The full-season entry process for the 2020 GT4 European Series has officially opened today.

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SNOW AND SELLERS REUNITE FOR PAUL MILLER RACING FOR 2020

November 30, 2019 RNW Staff

The 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD title-winning duo of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers will reunite in 2020 aboard the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini for a full-season assault.

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GERRY KRAUT AND SCOTT ANDREWS JOIN UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2020 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP CAMPAIGN

November 30, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are pleased to announce that Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews will join their Michelin Le Mans Cup team for the 2020 season.

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AYHANCAN GUVEN IS THE NEW PORSCHE JUNIOR IN THE 2020 SUPERCUP

November 30, 2019 RNW Staff

Porsche Motorsport supports another talented young driver for the coming season: Ayhancan Güven from Turkey will contest the international Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2020 as a Porsche Junior. At the three-day selection process in Portimão in Portugal, the 21-year-old beat eleven other candidates, who had been nominated by their respective national Porsche one-make cups. Güven travelled to the shootout as the reigning champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup France.

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WILL OWEN TO RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR ELMS TITLE CHALLENGE

November 27, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are happy to confirm that Will Owen will return to their European Le Mans Series LMP2 team for the 2020 season.

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LAST GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES TITLES AWARDED AT ESTORIL

November 26, 2019 RNW Staff

The first GT4 South European Series’ season came to an end at the Autodromo do Estoril this Sunday with two intense races under difficult weather conditions. The pair Miguel Cristóvão/Francisco Abreu was once again untouchable in a day that celebrated Veloso Motorsport as Team Champions and Francisco Carvalho as Am Cup class Champion.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS TAKE DELIVERY OF TWO BRAND NEW LIGIER JS P320s

November 25, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are happy to confirm they have taken delivery of the first two brand new Ligier JS P320s.

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B-QUIK RACING SIGNS OFF THE SEASON WITH DOUBLE PODIUM IN SEPANG

November 25, 2019 RNW Staff

B-Quik Racing has wrapped up its best ever season on track with trips to the podium in both of the races that comprised the final round of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup 2019, which was held at Sepang international Circuit last weekend.

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GT3 LAP RECORD UNDER FIRE AT MOUNT PANORAMA

November 25, 2019 RNW Staff

The final event of the 2019 Australian GT season will see a number of Australia’s leading GT3 teams contest the inaugural Pirelli AGT SuperSprint for just under four hours of track action on one of the greatest circuits in the world – Bathurst’s iconic Mount Panorama.

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YASSER SHAHIN CLINCHES 2019 AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP TITLE

November 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Yasser Shahin is the 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup champion as the world’s first and only one-make series for full-spec GT3 cars took a final bow at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit today. The Bend Motorsport Park driver kept his cool in the searing heat, his fifth-place finish in round 10 enough to secure him the title. Ensport Motors by Absolute Racing’s Vincent Floirendo took the Challenger Trophy championship on his memorable return to motorsport, while China’s Sheng Yanwen took the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup GT4 title for his FEA team.

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PORSCHE CLAIMS INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE MANUFACTURES’ AND DRIVERS’ TITLES WITH WIN IN SOUTH AFRICA

November 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Porsche has won the manufacturers’ title for the first time in the Intercontinental GT Challenge. At the final round of the world’s most important championship for GT3 vehicles in Kyalami (South Africa), the Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by Frikadelli Racing drove to victory. In a chaotic nine-hour race, works driver Nick Tandy (Great Britain) as well as the Porsche Young Professionals Dennis Olsen (Norway) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) dominated the action when it mattered. Porsche earned the decisive points thanks to third place for the GPX Racing squad with drivers Kévin Estre (France), Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Richard Lietz (Austria). The drivers’ championship title also went to Porsche: Dennis Olsen secured the crown with his second victory of the season after winning the season-opening round at Bathurst (Australia).

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PRO-AM VICTORY FOR STRAKKA RACING AT KYALAMI 9 HOURS

November 24, 2019 RNW Staff

For the second consecutive race, Strakka Racing took the spoils in the Pro-Am class as Christina Nielsen, Dominik Baumann and Adrian Henry D’Silva were victorious in their #43 Mercedes-AMG GT3 at the Kyalami 9H. In the final race of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge and Strakka’s last outing for the year, there was disappointment for the #44 Pro after the crew were forced into retirement at the three-hour mark.

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STORMY END TO THE SEASON FOR R-MOTORSPORT AT KYALAMI

November 24, 2019 RNW Staff

The final race of the year also turned out to be one of the most spectacular for R-Motorsport in 2019. The southern hemisphere summer temperatures gave way to torrential rains that made the Kyalami 9 Hour in South Africa a daunting challenge. Despite the difficult conditions, both of the cars entered by the team from Niederwil (Switzerland) saw the chequered flag, finishing tenth and 14th respectively.

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WEATHER CONDITIONS KEEPS THING INTERESTING IN GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES QUALIFYING

November 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Stephen Pattrick (#33 Bullitt Racing – Mercedes AMG GT4) and César Machado (#23 ABM Grand Prix – Ginetta G55 GT4) secured pole positions for the two final races of the GT4 South European Series at Autódromo do Estoril in Portugal. Pattrick gave Bullitt Racing its first-ever pole in the series in the first qualifying session, while Machado claimed his second consecutive pole in the second session.

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MISSED CHANCE FOR AUDI SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA

November 23, 2019 RNW Staff

The 9 Hours of Kyalami in South Africa provided a new setting with a highly varied endurance racing competition for the finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC). Audi Sport customer racing missed its chance of clinching a sixth title in this racing series, as several setbacks repeatedly caused both Audi R8 LMS to lose ground and in the end forced them to settle for positions four and eleven. In the manufacturers’ classification, Audi placed third.

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BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT TRIUMPH IN DIRIAH

November 23, 2019 RNW Staff

Two pole positions and one win was the fantastic result which BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver Alexander Sims (GBR) secured at the season opener of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Diriyah (KSA). In the second race, on Saturday, Sims celebrated a commanding victory from first place on the grid – the first in his Formula E career. With 35 points, Sims also took the lead in the driver’s standings. Maximilian Günther (GER) drove a magnificent recovery race from ninth on the grid and finished the race in second place, but a retrospective time penalty saw him drop down into 11th place.

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