WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKING TO CLOSE TITLE GAP AT LAGUNA SECA
Whelen Engineering Racing will be looking to battle back into IMSA title contention in Sunday’s Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
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R-MOTORSPORT PLEASED WITH DEBUT BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON
R-Motorsport’s first season in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe ended with the team’s guest appearance at Hungary’s Hungaroring. The Swiss outfit has had a very eventful, roller-coaster of a year in this hotly contested championship.
LAMBORGHINI DUO CALDARELLI AND MAPELLI CROWNED BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CHAMPIONS
Orange1 FFF Racing Lamborghini duo Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli are the inaugural Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe drivers’ champions after emerging victorious from a gripping season-long battle with the Black Falcon squad and its #4 Mercedes-AMG crew.
SIXTH PLACE FOR HENRIQUE CHAVES AT SILVERSTONE
Henrique Chaves ended the second race of the fifth International GT Open’s round, staged in Silverstone, in sixth after a contact from another driver that spun the Teo Martín Motorsport’s McLaren 720S GT3.
WILKINSON & TURNER DENIED GT OPEN HOME SUCCESS AT SILVERSTONE
BRDC Rising Star Ollie Wilkinson and Optimum Motorsport team-mate Darren Turner were cruelly denied a home race podium result at Silverstone this afternoon, capping a weekend to forget on the sole UK leg of the International GT Open series.
HENRIQUE CHAVES REASSUMES GT OPEN TITLE FIGHT
Henrique Chaves will be back to racing next weekend, continuing the 2019 International GT Open title fight at Silverstone, where will be held the season’s fifth round.
THE LIGIER JS2 R RUN BY NORDSCHLEIFE RACING ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL FIRST OUTING IN THE 24H SERIES
The Ligier JS2 R had its first 24-hour race in the 24H BARCELONA with Nordschleife Racing. It was a successful baptism of fire for the Ligier JS2 R and the team. Equipped with its endurance kit and shod with slick tyres, the car showed off its overall performance by fighting in the top 20 and […]
AUSTRALIAN GT PREPARES FOR DEDICATED GT4 EVENTS IN 2020
The promoters of the CAMS Australian GT Championship have revealed they are looking at a push towards increasing the size of the GT4 fields in Australia after a recent survey uncovered more than a dozen cars in the country, with more on the water due to arrive in coming weeks.
RATON RACING BY TARGET TO FIELD A CAR FOR JIATONG/GIAMMARIA AT SILVERSTONE IN THE GT OPEN
More than one month from the second consecutive podium achieved at the 24H Spa-Francorchamps, team Raton Racing by Target hits the track this coming weekend at the Silverstone venue for the fifth of seven International GT Open rounds.
CLEAN SWEEP FOR B-QUIK RACING IN BANGSAEN
A perfect weekend by the beach for B-Quik Racing after we emerged from the Bangsaen Grand Prix 2019 with a clean sweep to our name, claiming two remarkable wins from the two event-headlining Super Car GT3 races.
BLANCPAIN GT WEEKEND ROUNDUP: NURBURGRING
Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe was back in action last weekend at one of the continent’s most historic venues. A pair of sprint races at the Nürburgring have set up a thrilling finale in Hungary, where class titles will go to the wire in Pro, Silver Cup and Pro-Am.
BMW WORKS DRIVERS AUGUSTO FARFUS AND JOEL ERIKSSON TO COMPETE IN THE BMW M6 GT3 AT MACAU
Two BMW works drivers will line up at this year’s FIA GT World Cup on 16th and 17th November in Macau (CHN): Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Joel Eriksson (SWE). Farfus will once again take the wheel of the BMW M6 GT3 of BMW Team Schnitzer at the world-famous ‘Guia Circuit’, where he won last year. Eriksson will compete in the FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3.
GRAHAM RAHAL REJOINS ACURA TEAM PENSKE FOR PETIT LE MANS
IndyCar Series veteran driver Graham Rahal will return to compete for Acura Team Penske in next month’s Motul Petit Le Mans. Rahal will once again team up with Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor in the Acura Team Penske No. 7 DPi for the 10-hour endurance race at Road Atlanta. Rahal will step in for fellow IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi, who will be racing in Australia at the Bathurst 1000.
FIRST PODIUM FOR REBELLION RACING AT THE 4 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE
Team REBELLION Racing achieved its first podium of the season, crossing the finish line of the 4 Hours of Silverstone in third position overall. The sister car N. 1 ended fifth.
WILKINSON RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN HOME SOIL AT SILVERSTONE
Ollie Wilkinson, who was recently crowned the 200th International GT Open race winner, returns to home soil for the series’ sole UK outing at Silverstone, 7-8 September, in the Optimum Motorsport-run Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
PODIUM NUMBER THREE FOR GRT GRASSER RACING IN THE BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
Onto the home straight in the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe: GRT Grasser Racing Team were contesting the penultimate race weekend of the season at the Nürburgring. With one podium appearance and a points finish, Gottfried Grasser’s outfit once again did him proud. Much of the credit for the result has to go to the pit crew. In the pit lane, the field is as tight as on the race track, and every last tenth of a second counts.
K-PAX RACING DUPLICATES OPENING PERFORMANCE AT WATKINS GLEN
K-PAX Racing brought its best to the 10th round of Blancpain GT World Challenge America Sunday, contesting for the win on multiple occasions with both its second-generation Bentley Continental GT3s at Watkins Glen International. The team managed to add to its podium total for the weekend, finishing second and third in the finale.
DOUBLE VICTORY FOR TEAM PANOZ RACING AT WATKINS GLEN
Team Panoz Racing achieved podiums across the board and extended Championship statuses at Watkins Glen International this weekend, with two wins and a second-place finish. Ian James in the #50 Panoz Avezzano bought home a win in the Sprint Race 1, but it was the #51 Panoz Avezzano, driven by Am pair Preston Calvert and Mathew Keegan in the Sprint-X Am category, who bought home a second-place in Sprint-X Race 1, followed by a win in Sprint-X Race 2.
CETILAR RACING CLAIMS THE LMP2 P6 IN FIA WEC 4-HOURS OF SILVERSTONE
Everyone was happy at Cetilar Racing, at the end of the Silverstone race that marked the debut of the all-Italian team in the FIA WEC Championship. A race that Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi completed in the best way. After 4 hours, their #47 Dallara powered by AF Corse finished sixth in the LMP2 class, at the edge of the top 10 overall.
SILVERSTONE ONE-TWO FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing started the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season in perfect style with a one-two victory in an eventful 4 Hours of Silverstone.
