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STRAKKA RACING ANNOUNCES MATT GREENWOOD AND ESTEBAN MUTH TO ITS JUNIOR DRIVING ROSTER

June 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Strakka Racing is pleased to announce it has signed up Britcar Dunlop Endurance Champion Matt Greenwood and Belgian Kart Cup Champion Esteban Muth to its Junior Driver Development Programme.

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BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE RETURNS TO ACTION WITH PACKED 27-GRID FOR MISANO CONTEST

June 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe returns to centre stage next weekend (28-30 June) when a 27-car grid will contest a pair of one-hour races at Misano World Circuit.

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THE NEW MERCEDES-AMG GT3 PREMIERS AT THE NURBURGRING

June 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG is further expanding its programme for Customer Racing Teams and introduces the new Mercedes-AMG GT3. The car is a consequent further development of the globally successful customer racing car from Affalterbach. Next to its new looks, it comes with numerous optimisations that are taking the characteristics of the current GT3, appreciated by drivers and teams, to a new level. At the same time, they contribute to further reduction of the running costs and allow for the motorsport involvement of the Customer Racing Teams to be set up in an even more effective and profitable way. The new race car will be shown in public for the first time during the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. After an intense test and trial phase, delivery of the new Mercedes-AMG GT3 to the teams will start at the end of 2019. In 2020, the tenth anniversary of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing, the car enters its first season of competition.

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ALL-CHINESE AUDI R8 LMS GT4 SQUAD LINES UP FOR NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

June 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing has entered an Audi R8 LMS GT4 for this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hours, with four drivers from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR preparing to take on one of the world’s most prestigious 24 hour races on June 22 to 23. He Xiaole, Li Fei, Sunny Wong and Andy Yan represent the rising force of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR in international motorsports and have, between them, a wealth of experience across multiple disciplines.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING HEADS TO HISTORIC SUZUKA WITH 4-CAR MERCEDES-AMG ENTRY

June 20, 2019 RNW Staff

Craft-Bamboo Racing showed strong pace in the opening 2 rounds of the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia season, which saw Craft-Bamboo Racing scoring a victory and podiums at the opening round of the season in Malaysia and two pole positions in Thailand, the first time in the team’s history. Craft-Bamboo Racing heads to Japan with the aim of fighting for victory, and no stone has been left unturned in the preparation for rounds 5 and 6 at the famous historic track, the Suzuka Circuit.

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PORSCHE PRODIGIES ESTABLISH THRILLING CARRERA CUP GB TITLE BATTLE

June 20, 2019 RNW Staff

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, arrives in Cheshire amid a fascinating title fight between Porsche prodigies new and old. 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) more than doubled his championship lead over 26-year-old title hopeful Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) following a weekend at Croft made doubly challenging by extreme weather changes. However, both drivers are coming under increasing pressure from Porsche GB 2014 / 2015 Scholar and former champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing), who now sits third in the title race.

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ASTON MARTIN ALL SET FOR VANTAGE GT4 DEBUT IN NÜRBURGRING 24H

June 20, 2019 RNW Staff

Aston Martin takes on its second 24-hour race in as many weekends when it contests another landmark GT racing event in the 2019 calendar – the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours (N24) – staged on the world famous Nürburgring Nordschleife (22-23 June), with four Vantage GT4 machines.

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A GUIDE TO MULTI-CLASS RACING AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

June 19, 2019 RNW Staff

It is said that taking overall victory at the Total 24 Hours of Spa is the toughest task in GT racing. But there is one group of people who might disagree: the winners of the race’s ultra-competitive class battles

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KCMG AIMING HIGH FOR NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS

June 19, 2019 RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) returns to the Nordschleife with two Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 cars for its maiden Nürburgring 24 Hours (20-23 June), where it aims to repeat the success it had in the ADAC Qualification Race in May.

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PORSCHE AIMS TO DEFEND ITS TITLE IN THE EIFEL WITH THE NEW 911 GT3 R

June 19, 2019 RNW Staff

The Porsche customer team Manthey-Racing tackles the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring on 22/23 June as the title defenders. After last year’s victory with the Porsche works drivers Richard Lietz (Austria), Patrick Pilet, Frédéric Makowiecki (both France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain), the experienced squad from Meuspath are now aiming for the seventh overall victory. In the top SP9 category for GT3 cars, seven Porsche 911 GT3 R vehicles have been entered under the four customer teams Manthey-Racing, Frikadelli Racing, IronForce by Ring Police and Falken Motorsport. A total of 45 race cars from Porsche are on the entry list.

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LEXUS RETURNS TO TAKE ON THE 24 HOURS OF NüRBURGRING

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Lexus will compete in the annual 24 Hours of Nürburgring, with its LC coupe tackling ‘The Green Hell’ for the second consecutive year.

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DOUBLE PODIUM POTENTIAL FOR DS TECHEETAH IN BERN

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

The eleventh round of the 2018/2019 ABB FIA Formula E championship takes place in Bern, Switzerland on 22 June 2019. DS TECHEETAH enters the last European round of Season Five as championship leaders for both Drivers’ and Teams’ as well as the leaders of the voestalpine European races.

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PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAM PROJECT 1 DECLARED CLASS WINNERS AT LE MANS

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

The Porsche customer team Project 1 has won the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (France). The No. 56 Porsche 911 RSR fielded by the squad from the German town of Lohne had initially crossed the finish line in second place at the 87th edition of the endurance classic.

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BMW TEAMS READY FOR THE NEXT GT HIGHLIGHT ON THE NURBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Just a few days after the 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA), the next classic race is approaching this coming weekend: the 24 Hours Nürburgring (GER). Six BMW M6 GT3s are racing in the top SP9 class and numerous BMW works drivers are competing on the Nordschleife. The aim is to battle for the 20thBMW overall win in the ‘Green Hell’. A total of 45 BMW race cars have been registered for the 24-hour race – including the current BMW M4 GT4 and BMW M240i Racing customer racing cars and many other BMW models competing for privateer teams from all around the world. On Thursday, the event programme includes a tribute to Charly Lamm from the BMW M Motorsport family, following his death at the start of the year.

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RICCARDO AGOSTINI HEADS TO IMOLA AIMING TO CONSOLIDATE HIS ITALIAN GT SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

The Italian GT Sprint heads this weekend to Imola for the second round of the season, where Riccardo Agostini aims to show well again. The Italian driver started his series’ campaign at Vallelunga taking the first pole position of his GT3 career and claiming a second place and one victory, sharing the duties with Alessio Rovera aboard of a Mercedes car fielded by team Antononelli Motorsport.

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NISSAN E.DAMS’ BUEMI SET FOR HOME RACE IN SWITZERLAND

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Nissan e.dams aims to continue its recent points scoring spree when the ABB FIA Formula E Championship kicks off a home race weekend for team driver Sebastien Buemi in Switzerland.

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EXCITING GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES RACES & DIFFERENT WINNERS AT JARAMA

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

It was a under glorious sun and in front of over 10,000 spectators that the competitors of the series organized by Race Ready with the support of the SRO Motorsport Group took part in the races of the circuit nearby Madrid.

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WILL OWEN FINISHES DIFFICULT 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Will Owen finished 14th in his third year racing the 24 Hours of Le Mans with United Autosports after unexpected mechanical issues.

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24 HOURS OF LE MANS CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF BENTLEY

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff

The world’s greatest motorsport event, the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend hosted a series of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Bentley Motors, the world’s most sought-after luxury car brand.

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INDIGO’S MERCEDES-AMG OUT FRONT AS BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO SUZUKA

June 17, 2019 RNW Staff

The legendary Suzuka International Circuit hosts the first of Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia’s back-to-back Japanese rounds this weekend (June 22/23) when 28 supercars tackle the world’s only figure-of-eight race track.

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