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KCMG PREPARES FOR FINAL RACE BEFORE NÜRBURGRING 24 HOUR QUALIFYING EVENT

April 25, 2019 RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) returns to the Nordschleife with two Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 cars for its final VLN Endurance Championship event ahead of the qualifying race for the Nürburgring 24 Hours.

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RISING GT STAR SECURES SUPPORT FROM THE REIGNING CHAMPION

April 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Melbourne teenager Ryan How was a sensation during the opening round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship at Albert Park, the 17-year old Audi driver mixing it in amongst the outright cars in his 2011 model R8 LMS GT3 – despite the fact that he was contesting the Trophy Series division – on a weekend where he dominated the class, winning all four races.

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ANTONELLI MOTORSPORT READY TO KICK-START INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN AND GT CUP OPEN EUROPE CHALLENGE

April 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Team Antonelli Motorsport is ready to kick the season off in France, as the first out of seven events of the International GT Open calendar will be held this coming weekend (April 27th and 28th) at the Paul Ricard track.

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MOTORSPORT WITH ELECTRIC DRIVE: DOUBLE WORLD PREMIERE FOR THE NEW VOLKSWAGEN ID. R

April 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Volkswagen has presented the continuously developed version of the ID. R, the fully electric race car. The racing flagship of the future fully electric product family from Volkswagen is to set a new lap record for electric vehicles on the 20.832-kilometre-long Nordschleife. In order for driver Romain Dumas to undercut the until-now best time of 6:45.90 minutes, Volkswagen Motorsport has consistently and continuously developed the ID. R. On 25 April, the ID. R is to complete its first test on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Virtually speaking, the ID. R will already drive its first laps from today; for the first time, a race car will also be presented at the same time in a near-reality computer simulation that can be downloaded free of charge.

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37 CARS CONFIRMED FOR 2019’S SUZUKA 10 HOURS

April 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Suzuka 10 Hours organisers, Mobilityland, have announced a 37-strong provisional entry list for round four of this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge on August 23-25.

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FERRARI AND MERCEDES-AMG REVEAL DRIVER NOMINATIONS FOR MAIDEN BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CAMAPIGN

April 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Ferrari and Mercedes-AMG have each revealed an impressive selection of drivers for the inaugural season of Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe, which is set to launch its five-round campaign at Brands Hatch on 4/5 May.

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RICCARDO AGOSTINI EXTENDS ITALIAN GT PROGRAMME WITH ANTONELLI MOTORSPORT

April 24, 2019 RNW Staff

The podium of the Italian GT opener in Monza, showed the great strength of the Riccardo Agostini and Alessio Rovera pair.

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IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT: WHO WILL WIN THE ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON OPENER

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

The cards in the ADAC GT Masters are being shuffled afresh as the search for the 2019 champion gets under way after the most exciting year ever in series history. This weekend’s season opener at Oschersleben (26th – 28th April) will soon show who has made the most of the winter break and who can get the new season off to a flying start. There are plenty of contenders in the frame for victory, as 19 teams with supercars from Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes AMG and Porsche will challenge for the win in the first two opening rounds of the season.

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LEGGE AND NIELSEN TO PAIR IN ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE AT MID-OHIO FOR HEINRICHER RACING

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship heads into Round Three of competition for the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio next weekend. Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen will combine to drive the No. 57 Caterpillar Acura NSX GT3 of Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing.

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RATON RACING BY TARGET ALL SET FOR TWO-CAR PUSH AS THE INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN GETS UNDERWAY AT PAUL RICARD

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

Raton Racing by Target is set for the first out of seven rounds of the 2019 International GT Open that starts this coming weekend at the Paul Ricard Circuit, in France.

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THE HISTORY BEHIND BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

The new Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe will make its debut over the first weekend of May, with Brands Hatch launching a five-round calendar that will take the sprint racing series to venues across the continent.

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NISSAN E.DAMS SET TO ELECTRIFY THE “CITY OF LIGHT”

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

After a solid points haul in Rome, the Nissan e.dams team heads to Paris this week with its sights set on challenging for victory in the “City of Light.”

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STARWORKS MOTORSPORTS CONFIRMS PARKER CHASE FOR REMAINDER OF IMSA SEASON

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

Following the completion of the first two endurance races of the season, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship begins its string of sprint races next week with the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. Parker Chase, previously confirmed for the 2019 IMSA endurance races with Starworks Motorsports in the No. 8 Audi R8 LMS, is now locked in for the remainder of the season, pending sponsor commitments.

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TWO OUT OF TWO FOR SAINTELOC’S GUILVERT AND MICHAL AT GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES NOGARO OPENER

April 23, 2019 RNW Staff

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B-QUIK RACING ENJOYS PERFECT START TO NEW THAILAND SUPER SERIES SEASON

April 22, 2019 RNW Staff

An awesome weekend in the relentless heat of Malaysia’s Sepang Circuit for B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) which finished with a double podium for our Audi entries in both the Super Car GT3 races and that was capped off with an inch perfect victory by Henk Kiks and Daniel Bilski in Race 2 in our brand new #26 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo.

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FORMULA E PARIS: CHAMPIONSHIP MORE THRILLING THAN EVER

April 22, 2019 RNW Staff

On Saturday (April 27), Paris marks the second stop on Formula E’s European tour. With seven winners in seven races and extremely small gaps in the standings, the championship has never before been as fiercely contested. For the round held in the French capital, Daniel Abt, Lucas di Grassi and the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team are setting their sights on returning to the podium..

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SAINTELOC RACING’S MICHAL AND GUILVERT WINS GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES NOGARO OPENER

April 22, 2019 RNW Staff

Saintéloc Racing’s Fabien Michal and Gregóry Guilvert won the inaugural GT4 South European Series’ opening race of the season at Nogaro yesterday.

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THAILAND SUPER SERIES ROUND TWO WIN AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD FOR HENK KIKS AND DANIEL BILSKI

April 21, 2019 RNW Staff

B-Quik Racing’s Henk Kiks and Daniel Bilski have taken their 2019 Audi R8 LMS GT3 to a memorable overall victory in round two of Thailand Super Series. The win follows on from their third place finish in Saturday’s round one and catapults the pair into overall series lead. The team’s Audi R8 LMS ultra entry of Shaun Thong and Sandy Stuvik battled well all weekend to take podiums in both races. The FIA silver-graded pair now sit third in the overall championship.

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SAINTELOC’S MICHAL AND GUILVERT GIVE AUDI GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES DOUBLE POLE AT NOGARO

April 21, 2019 RNW Staff

Saintéloc Racing’s Fabian Michal and Grégory Guilvert claimed the Pro Am Cup pole positions during yesterdays GT4 South European Series qualifying session at Circuit Paul Armagnac, while there were also Am Cup and GTC poles for Alex Van Straaten/Rémi Van Straaten (Alpine A110 GT4 / Mirage Racing) and Marmaduke Hall/Edward Moore (Ginetta G50 / Tockwith Motorsport).