BULLITT RACING TO ENTER GT4 SES’ PORTUGUESE ROUNDS
The Malaga-based racing team will make its first appearance in the GT4 South European Series with its competitive Mercedes machinery.
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MERCEDES-AMG TO GO ON ‘TITLE SAFARI’ DURING THE KYALAMI 9 HOUR
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is heading into the fifth and final race of the season in the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli (IGTC) as the leader in the drivers’ and manufacturers’ standings. This year’s season finale of the series (21-23 November) is held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit for the first time. The track in South Africa is to become the venue for a crowning season end for Mercedes-AMG: the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach having won the drivers’ championship and having become runner-up in the final manufacturers’ standings last year, the double with both titles is the goal this time. In total, seven Mercedes-AMG GT3 will be racing at the 4.522 kilometres long track, three of which with extended works support.
THREE CHAMPIONS LINE UP FOR NO-HOLDS-BARRED PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB FINALE
Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, travels to Kent for a no-holds-barred season finale with the 2014, 2018 and 2019 champions as part of a bolstered grid of over 20 cars. While the Pro and Am category titles may have been decided, fierce battles still rage in the Pro-Am, Rookie and Team categories.
BLANCPAIN GT WEEKEND ROUNDUP: BARCELONA
There was only one way that Orange1 FFF Racing could snatch the Endurance Cup title on Sunday afternoon: they had to win. With a 24-point deficit to the leading SMP Ferrari crew, they also needed Miguel Molina, Mikhail Aleshin and Davide Rigon to finish no higher than 10th at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. FFF drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli knew that this was a long shot.
30 CARS CONFIRMED FOR REVIVED KYALAMI 9 HOUR
A provisional entry list comprising 30 GT3 cars has been revealed by Kyalami 9 Hour organisers ahead of Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli’s season finale in South Africa on November 21-23.
WORLD CHAMPION PORSCHE AIMS TO DEFEND FIA WEC SERIES LEAD IN JAPAN
Porsche heads to round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji (Japan) as the leader of all GTE-Pro classifications. After claiming a one-two result at the season-opener from Silverstone (Great Britain), the successful works squad is aiming to again finish on the podium with the two Porsche 911 RSR racers. In the GTE-Am category, the customer teams Project 1, Gulf Racing and Dempsey Proton Racing field a total of five Porsche 911 RSR in last year’s spec.
HCB-RUTRONIK RACING: FROM NEWCOMERS TO DOUBLE ADAC GT MASTERS TITLE WINNERS
They came, they saw, they conquered. Following the title win by Patric Niederhauser (27, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (23, ZA, both HCB-Rutronik Racing) in the drivers’ classification earlier, HCB-Rutronik Racing also clinched victory in Sunday’s race at the Sachsenring and with it, the team championship title. As a result, the outfit from Germany’s south-west achieved the double to round off their first season in the Super Sports Car League. “What an amazing season,” said Team Principal, Fabian Plentz. “The team really deserve this title. They’ve worked incredibly hard to achieve success.”
UNITED AUTOSPORTS BEGIN FLY AWAY FIA WEC RACES WITH FUJI NEXT ON CALENDAR
United Autosports will contest the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship this weekend as the team prepare to race at Fuji Speedway, Japan.
ORANGE1 BY GRT GRASSER ARE ADAC GT MASTERS CHAMPIONS RUNNERS-UP
Although the outcome of the ADAC GT Masters drivers’ championship had already been decided at the Hockenheimring, there was still plenty at stake on the last weekend of the season at the Sachsenring. 25,000 spectators came through the gates to witness a racing spectacular in which several contenders would be battling it out for the team title. Despite the customary heroic endeavours of the entire crew and the two driver pairings Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart, Franck Perera and Rolf Ineichen, Orange1 by GRT Grasser fell agonisingly short of winning the team championship. Meanwhile, in the drivers’ classification, Bortolotti and Engelhart clinched the runner-up spot after two intense and thrilling races. Perera and Ineichen finished the campaign in tenth place. The duo of Michele Beretta and Marco Mapelli, who were not present this weekend, took P18 in the drivers’ championship.
CETILAR RACING PREPARES FIA WEC ASSAULT AS THE WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS THIS WEEKEND TO FUJI
Cetilar Racing team is all set for the second round of the FIA WEC Championship, scheduled this weekend (4th/5th/6th October) at the historical Fuji circuit. After making their debut taking a sixth-place finish in the LMP2 class at Silverstone, Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi – sharing the AF Corse-powered Dallara #47 – are ready for the first of the Asian races.
SMP RACING CREW TAKES SECOND PLACE IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ENDURANCE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
SMP Racing drivers took part in the final round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, which took place at the Spanish Barcelona circuit. The crew of Mikhail Aleshin finished in fifteenth position and was classified second in the teams’ standings out of 33 teams from around the world fighting for the title.
CHAMPIONS NIEDERHAUSER AND VAN DER LINDE VICTORIOUS IN ADAC GT MASTERS FINALE
It could hardly have been a more clear-cut outcome. Newly crowned champions Patric Niederhauser (27, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (23, ZA) have now secured the ADAC GT Masters team championship for series newcomers HCB-Rutronik Racing with a comfortable win on the last Sunday of the 2019 campaign. Jimmy Eriksson (28, SWE) and Daniel Keilwitz (30, GER, both Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing) in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 were second. Third place went to Max Hofer (20, AUT) and Christopher Mies (30, GER, both Montaplast by Land-Motorsport) in another Audi R8 LMS. P3 overall was enough for Hofer to clinch the Pirelli Junior classification for young drivers. “It’s great to finish the season with a victory,” said Kelvin van der Linde. “The team title is a well-deserved reward for the whole team. Their commitment is reflected in the great successes we have had on the track.”
ORANGE1 FFF RACING MAKES BLANCPAIN GT SERIES HISTORY AT CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA
Orange1 FFF Racing captured a brace of Blancpain GT Series and Endurance Cup crowns today when its #563 Lamborghini took a sensational victory in the season-deciding race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
PORSCHE GB JUNIOR HARPER CROWNED YOUNGEST EVER PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPION
The penultimate weekend of Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, saw 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) declared as provisional 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion. Porsche GB Junior Harper needed to score just a handful of points during the Silverstone National weekend to move the title out of the reach of rivals Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) and Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) – a seventh place finish in a dramatic race one was enough to crown the teenager as the youngest champion in the history of the championship.
SULTANOV BEATS MOLLER TO WIN BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB FINALE IN BARCELONA AS 2019 CHAMPIONS CROWNED
Murod Sultanov beat recently-crowned Blancpain GT Sports Club Overall champion Jens Reno Moller in an enthralling final race of the 2019 season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
ADAC GT MASTERS WITH SEVEN EVENTS AND STRONG PROGRAMME AGAIN IN 2020
The ADAC GT Masters is going for continuity once more with seven meets and an attractive and fan-friendly support programme planned for the 2020 calendar. As is by now the tradition, the 14th season of the ADAC GT Masters will open at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on the weekend of 24th-26th April 2020 and finish at the Sachsenring, 2nd-4th October 2020. In conjunction with the Super Sports Car League, the ADAC GT4 Germany, the ADAC TCR Germany, the ADAC Formula 4 and the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland will hold races in Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and the Netherlands next year. Entrants in the ADAC GT Masters will again compete for prize money totalling 500,000 euros plus additional prizes of equipment in 2020.
PURPOSEFUL START TO CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDING BLANCPAIN WEEKEND FOR AL HARTHY IN BARCELONA
Oman’s number one racing driver Ahmad Al Harthy heads into the final day of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season in Spain this morning with just one goal squarely in his sights – winning the coveted Pro-Am championship crown for a second time.
REMENYAKO WINS ACTION PACKED BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB SATURDAY RACE ONE IN BARCELONA AS MOLLER SEALS TITLE
Denis Remenyako made a late pass on James Sofronas to win a gripping Blancpain GT Sports Club Saturday race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, while Jens Reno Moller clinched the overall drivers’ title.
DONTJE AND GOTZ SECURE A FIRST WIN OF THE ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON FOR MERCEDES-AMG
Indy Dontje (26, NL) and Maximilian Götz (33, GER, both Mann-Filter Team HTP) claimed a first win of the season for Mercedes-AMG at the Sachsenring. In the penultimate race of the campaign, Dontje and Götz were on unbeatable form, completing a lights-to-flag victory by a margin of 31 seconds. The runner-up spot went to Max Hofer (20, AUT) and Christopher Mies (30, GER, both Montaplast by Land-Motorsport), a result that was enough to see Hofer win Saturday’s Pirelli Junior class. Kelvin Snoeks (32, NL) and Mick Wishofer (19, AUT, both Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing) finished third in another Mercedes-AMG GT3. “We’ve done it at last,” exclaimed a jubilant Indy Dontje. “It’s been a really great day today: pole position, a good race and the fastest lap – what more could anyone want?”
STEPHANE RATEL OUTLINES FURTHER 2020 SEASON PLANS FOR SRO MOTORSPORTS GROUP
Stephane Ratel has provided further detail on SRO Motorsports Group’s 2020 plans ahead of this weekend’s season-ending Blancpain GT Series event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
