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TONI FORNE TO FIGHT FOR AM CLASS VICE-CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS AT BLANCPAIN GT ENDURANCE CUP SEASON FINALE

September 24, 2019 RNW Staff

The Girona native will contest the fifth round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup to take place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Forné is completing a remarkable 2019 season stepping onto the class podium at the 24 hours of Spa and now aims for another podium finish behind the wheel of the Raton Racing by Target-entered Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2019 with his teammates Constantini and Lenz.

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BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB SET FOR TITLE SHOWDOWN IN BARCELONA

September 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Champions will be decided when the 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club reaches its conclusion at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend.

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AUDI SPORT ASIA TEAMS CHASE VICTORIES AT BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA FINALE

September 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer teams are set to contest the sixth and final stop of the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia with three strong Audi R8 LMS driver-line ups. The mix of local and international talent enters the season-closing double-header hoping to make their wealth of experience at the Shanghai International Circuit count.

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OVERALL TITLES UP FOR GRABS AS BLANCPAIN GT SERIES GETS SET FOR ULTRA-CLOSE SEASON DECIDER

September 24, 2019 RNW Staff

As the Blancpain GT Series prepares to conclude its 2019 season with a three-hour Endurance Cup race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, there is one question on everybody’s lips: who will leave the Spanish venue with a championship to their name?

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LAST LAP TRAFFIC DRAMA AT SPA COSTS NIELSEN RACING FIRST ELMS VICTORY

September 23, 2019 RNW Staff

After four hours of wheel to wheel combat, it came down to the very last lap of the penultimate round of the European Le Mans Series at Spa Francorchamps. Leading with a margin of two seconds across the line with a lap to run, Tony Wells found himself at the mercy of lapped traffic mid-lap and with it lost momentum was powerless to defend his position.

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CLARKE AND FLANNAGAN DECLARED CHAMPIONS OF THE FIRST FERRARI CHALLENGE UK SERIES

September 23, 2019 RNW Staff

With the Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell championship titles claimed by Jamie Clarke and Toby Flannagan, the successful first season for the Ferrari Challenge UK has drawn to a close. The final act of the British national series, held at Silverstone, went right down to the wire and had lots of twist and turn.

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ANOTHER 1-2 FINISH BY THE LIGIER JS P3s GIVES LIGIER THE LM P3 TITLE IN THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

September 23, 2019 RNW Staff

The sun was shining at Spa, a complete contrast to the pouring rain last year!

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SHOWDOWN AT THE SACHSENRING: TITLES TO BE DECIDED AT ADAC GT MASTERS FINALE

September 23, 2019 RNW Staff

Five competitions, eleven races and 14 title outcomes still to be decided – the grand finale of the ADAC GT Masters and its four support series at the Sachsenring (27 to 29 September) promises to be a pulsating affair. In the ADAC GT Masters itself, the drivers’ championship was already wrapped up at the previous event. The two races in Saxony will now settle the matter of which is the best team and who is the top Junior contestant in the ADAC GT Masters. The new drivers’ champions Patric Niederhauser (27, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (23, ZA, both HCB-Rutronik Racing) will not be basking in the glory just yet, as their Audi outfit is still battling for the team crown. The Pirelli Junior class is also still being fiercely contested between eleven drivers, and no wonder: for the Junior champions in the past three years, this particular title has been the springboard to a works contract.

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KEIHIN NSX-GT’s TSUKAKOSHI WINS SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT SUGO

September 21, 2019 RNW Staff

The qualifying for the “SUGO GT 300km RACE,” Round 7 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at Sportsland SUGO (one lap: 3,704m) in Miyagi Prefecture on September 21. In the GT500 class qualifying, the No. 17 KEIHIN NSX-GT driven by Koudai Tsukakoshi and Bertrand Baguette won their second straight pole position after Round 6. In the GT300 class, the No. 61 SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT driven by Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi won their second straight SUGO class pole.

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DISAPPOINTING END TO PROMISING RACE FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS MICHELIN LE MANS CUP TEAM AT SPA

September 21, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports finished 11th (#23) and 14th (#22) in today’s Michelin Le Mans Cup race at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium.

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FAUST SALOM AIMS FOR HIS RESULT OF THE GT CUP OPEN SEASON AT HOME ROUND

September 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Faust Salom heads to Barcelona for the fifth event of the 2019 GT Cup Open season in which the Spaniard is back to drive the Teo Martín Motorsport-run McLaren 570S at his home round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Salom, who will be racing in front of his crowd of family, friends and sponsors, expects to deliver his best performance of the season in the GT Cup Open.

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WILL OWEN PREPARED FOR SPA IN NEW ORECA CHASSIS

September 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Will Owen heads to the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium this weekend for the penultimate round of the European Le Mans Series with United Autosports in their new No. 32 ORECA 07 LMP2.

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RATON RACING BY TARGET FIELDING TWO CARS IN THE GT OPEN AT BARCELONA

September 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Raton Racing by Target is set for the sixth and penultimate round of the International GT Open, hosted this weekend at the Montmeló circuit. In Spain the team led by Roberto Tanca doubles again, fielding a second OPPO backed Lamborghini Huracán GT3 car for Christoph Lenz and newcomer Franck Perera.

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FIVE-WAY BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA GT3 TITLE BATTLE TO BE SETTLED IN SHANGHAI

September 21, 2019 RNW Staff

One of five crews will be crowned Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia champions this weekend when the 2019 campaign concludes at China’s grand prix venue: the Shanghai International Circuit.

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AUSTRALIAN ENDURANCE TITLE TO BE SETTLED AT SANDOWN

September 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Australian GT returns to action this weekend at a venue for which GT competition is synonymous – Sandown International Raceway in Melbourne’s south-east.

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PORSCHE TACKLES THE WORLDS TOUGHEST ROAD RACE WITH TOP TEAMS

September 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Four Porsche 911 GT3 R racers will tackle the 2019 FIA GT World Cup in Macau (China) on 17 November. The customer squads Rowe Racing and Absolute Racing each field two 500+hp GT3 vehicles at the world’s toughest road race. World sports car champion Kévin Estre (France) and his works driver colleagues Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) take on the special challenge at the high-speed street circuit. Alexandre Imperatori from Switzerland rounds off the line-up at Macau.

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PORSCHE TACKLES THE WORLDS TOUGHEST RACE WITH TOP TEAMS

September 18, 2019 RNW Staff

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Porsche Carrera Cup GB grid swells as winner takes all in 2019 title fight

September 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, returns to the ToCA package with a grid of 21 (8 Pro, 6 Pro-Am, 7 Am) following an annual blue riband weekend on the international stage. With just two weekends and four rounds of the 2019 season remaining, Silverstone could see the overall championship decided. Both Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) and Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) needing nothing less than victory to keep Porsche GB Junior Dan Harper (JTR) from being crowned 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion.

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WILKINSON DETERMINED TO BOUNCE BACK IN THE GT OPEN AT BARCELONA

September 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Ollie Wilkinson returns to International GT Open action this weekend (21-22 September) and heads back to Barcelona – the circuit where he first made his series debut just two years ago – eager to bounce back from a disappointing last home round with a return to the podium at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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TOUGH WEEKEND AT HOCKENHEIMRING FOR BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT

September 17, 2019 RNW Staff

The stage was set at the Hockenheimring as 18,000 spectators watched on under bright blue skies. BWT Mücke Motorsport hoped to achieve a great deal in the ADAC GT Masters during the penultimate race meet of the season at the Formula 1 track in south-west Germany. The well-proven driver pairings of Nikolaj Rogivue and Stefan Mücke in the BWT Audi R8 LMS #26, Jeffrey Schmidt and Christopher Haase in the BWT Audi R8 LMS #25 and Mike David Ortmann and Markus Winkelhock in the kfzteile24 Audi R8 LMS #24 fought hard to secure decent positions for the long-established Berlin-based outfit.

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