NIELSEN RACING AIMING HIGH IN BARCELONA
With just 27 points covering the top six runners in the European Le Mans Series, it’s game on for Nielsen Racing as they prepare for the fourth round of the championship this weekend in Barcelona.
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THE NEW PORSCHE 911 RSR FACES THE COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME AT OFFICIAL WEC TESTS
The new Porsche 911 RSR (2019 model year) will meet rival vehicles in the GTE-Pro class for the first time at the prologue of the FIA World Endurance Championship on 23 and 24 July in Barcelona, Spain. At the official tests prior to the start of the 2019/2020 FIA WEC season, Porsche, as the reigning world manufacturers’ champions, will run two of the new ca. 515 hp racing vehicles from Weissach. The new Porsche 911 RSR was unveiled at the beginning of July at Goodwood in Great Britain. In the GTE-Am category, the customer squads Project 1, Gulf Racing and Dempsey Proton Racing will field a total of five 2018-spec Porsche 911 RSR racers.
PAUL MILLER RACING AIMS TO BOUNCE BACK AT LIME ROCK PARK
Paul Miller Racing heads to Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park this weekend with added motivation to put the 1st Phorm/Total Lubricants Lamborghini in victory lane.
WILL OWEN RACING INTO THE NIGHT IN BARCELONA
Will Owen returns to the Europeans Le Mans Series with United Autosports in the LMP2 class for the 4 Hours of Barcelona.
SECOND PART OF 2019 ELMS SEASON STARTS THIS WEEKEND FOR OREGON TEAM AT BARCELONA
“The championship starts now. After two positive races and a long break, we are set to be back on-track to confirm the good showings of the first part of the season.” For Jerry Canevisio, the leader of Oregon Team alongside Giorgio Testa, the 4 Hours of Barcelona race marks a turning point.
JAN MAGNUSSEN GOING FOR THE OVERALL WIN AT LIME ROCK PARK
Jan Magnussen and teammate Antonio Garcia know their way to the podium at Lime Rock Park – their aim for this weekend’s Northeast Grand Prix is to climb onto the top step as a duo.
PORSCHE GT TEAM TARGETS OVERALL VICTORY AT LIME ROCK
Porsche tackles round seven of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Lime Rock (USA) holding a 24-point lead in the manufacturers’ classification. After scoring five straight wins, the Porsche GT Team now wants to build on this record. With the two prototype classes absent from the Lime Rock event on 19/20 July, the main focal point will be on the two ca. 510 hp Porsche 911 RSR fielded by the works team. In the GTD category, the customer squads Park Place Motorsports, Wright Motorsports and Pfaff Motorsports aim to claim a podium spot each with their Porsche 911 GT3 R racing cars.
THREE YOUNG LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO CHAMPIONS AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
The 71st edition of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the grand classic of endurance racing and pinnacle of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup championship, will take place on 27 and 28 July. To strengthen the crews of its customer teams in the Silver Cup class, Lamborghini Squadra Corse is adding a trio of young champions to the lineup: Giacomo Altoè, Andrea Amici and Corey Lewis.
BENTLEY SPEED 8 DEBUT ICES BENTLEY BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC
For the first time in history, one of Bentley’s stunning 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Speed 8 prototypes will race on home UK soil when it debuts on track at this month’s magical Silverstone Classic (26-28 July).
BLANCPAIN GT WEEKEND ROUNDUP: ZANDVOORT
The Blancpain GT Series returned to Zandvoort last weekend after an absence of almost four years, with a capacity 28-car field tackling the undulating 4.3km layout amid the dunes of the North Sea coastline.
CORVETTE RACING AT LIME ROCK: GETTING BACK ON TRACK
The longest-running program in IMSA history visits the shortest venue on the calendar this weekend as Corvette Racing heads to Lime Rock Park with the rest of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
ANDRE LOTTERER TO BE THE SECOND DRIVER IN THE PORSCHE FORMULA E TEAM
Now that André Lotterer has signed up for the second Porsche Formula E cockpit, the driver pairing for the 2019/2020 season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship has been decided: Neel Jani and André Lotterer will be the regular drivers for the Porsche works team’s maiden season in Formula E.
BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB RETURNS TO SRO SPEEDWEEK AT SPA FOR PENULTIMATE 2019 RACE
The 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club championship reaches it penultimate round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium for the blue-riband event, the SRO Speedweek.
RLR MSport LOOKS TO MAINTAIN UPWARD TRAJECTORY IN ELMS BARCELONA NIGHT RACE
The ELMS returns to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the first time in ten years and, in another first, the series will race into the night.
MEYER SHANK RACING HEADS TO LIME ROCK PARK CARRYING IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Meyer Shank Racing drivers Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher have extended their GTD championship lead after a podium finish at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The pair now head to the shortest track on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule for the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.
TeamTGM RETURNS TO LIME ROCK PARK TO DEFEND 2018 VICTORY
As the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season hits the halfway mark, TeamTGM returns to Connecticut in pursuit of another race victory in the Lime Rock Park 120.
SUPERB DOUBLE PODIUM FOR LAMBORGHINI ACE MIDDLETON AT ZANDVOORT
Highly rated young GT racer Stuart Middleton made a very welcome return to the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe podium at Zandvoort in The Netherlands over the weekend, 13th/14th July, with third place in round five and second in a rain-hit sixth round – just missing the win by a mere 0.4 seconds.
LAMBORGHINI TASTE GT OPEN VICTORY AND SCORE THREE BLANCPAIN GT PODIUMS IN SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND
Emil Frey Racing duo Albert Costa and Giacomo Altoè reclaimed the joint lead of the International GT Open championship with their second victory of the season in the first race at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Meanwhile, in the sixth round of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe season at Zandvoort, Lamborghini took three podiums in the two races in the Netherlands, with FFF Racing’s Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli remaining firmly in title contention Saturday in Austria’s Styrian Mountains was a dominant day for the Costa/Altoè partnership, who fought to victory from fifth on the grid to win.
TWO PODIUM FINISHES FOR GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM AT ZANDVOORT
For GRT Grasser Racing, the Zandvoort weekend was the third of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe season after Brands Hatch and Misano. The team arrived at the circuit set amid the North Sea dunes with two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs – the number 63 to race in the Pro class and the number 19 in the Silver Cup. The weekend turned out to be a successful one for GRT Grasser Racing, with two podium finishes, an outcome that puts the team in an upbeat mood as they now prepare for the standout fixture on the race calendar in just two weeks’ time (25th – 28th July), namely the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
