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BLANCPAIN GT SERIES WEEKEND ROUNDUP: CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD

Rarely is a Blancpain GT Series race won with the kind of dominant performance that Bentley Team M-Sport produced during Saturday’s Circuit Paul Ricard 1000kms. The #107 Continental GT3’s eventual margin of victory – more than 37 seconds at the chequered flag – is the biggest seen at the event and was the culmination of a stellar showing by drivers Jules Gounon, Steven Kane and Jordan Pepper.

LUCAS AUER IN VANGUARD OF FIVE ADAC GT MASTERS AUSTRIAN DRIVERS AT RED BULL RING

No Austrian driver has been able to secure victory in their ADAC GT Masters home fixture at the Red Bull Ring since 2011. Five local heroes are keen to finally bring an end to this long spell without a win in the third round of the Super Sports Car League this weekend (June 7th-9th). The squad from the Alps will be beefed up by former DTM driver Lucas Auer (24, A), who is returning to race in the series in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 prepared by Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing.

THE ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE RED BULL RING: HIGH-SPEED RACING IN THE ALPS

The ADAC GT Masters will hold its races at the fastest track of the year this weekend (June 7th – 9th) when 31 supercars will contest the third round of the year at the Red Bull Ring. Audi drivers Patric Niederhauser (27, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (22, ZA, both HCB-Rutronik Racing) travel to Austria as overall leaders but their rivals, including a strong contingent of Austrian drivers and teams who want to shine in front of their home crowd, intend to challenge them for the top position.

GRT GRASSER RACING IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ENDURANCE CUP TOP 10 AT LE CASTELLET

GRT Grasser Racing left the Circuit Paul Ricard on Saturday with mixed feelings. In the third round of the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Le Castellet in France, the crews of the two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs did not have the best of weekends, despite their strong pace. Lamborghini works driver Mirko Bortolotti and his team-mates Rolf Ineichen and Christian Engelhart in the number 63 car still finished the race with a respectable P7 in a field of 49 GT3 sports cars.

HCB-RUTRONIK RACING: NEWCOMERS CREATE A STIR IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

They are currently the top team in the ADAC GT Masters. Newcomers HCB-Rutronik Racing head the driver’s standings in the Super Sports Car League with Patric Niederhauser (27, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (22, ZA) after the first two race weekends. We take a look behind the scenes of the outfit based in Remchingen near Karlsruhe, who also top the team rankings after four of this season’s 14 races.

VILLORBA CORSE BACK TO THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

Scuderia Villorba Corse is getting back on track in France for a prestigious double commitment during the weekend of June 1-2. The Italian team is back in action at Le Castellet and Le Mans with its “maximum deployment of forces in an increasingly eclectic operation which represents one of the strengths of Villorba Corse, involved in several national and international series also thanks to SVC The Motorsport Group”, says Raimondo Amadio, Team principal.

CADILLAC RACING TEAMS TO DEFEND PERFECT RECORD IN DETROIT

The Belle Isle street circuit is located in the middle of the Detroit River and within view of General Motors headquarters. A GM powered race car has won every IMSA race since the series returned to the Motor City in 2007. Last year, Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr took the win in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R and were the first to celebrate by taking a dip in Scott Fountain. Nasr and new teammate Pipo Derani have a win a Sebring to their credit this year and currently lead the IMSA WeatherTech DPi points.

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