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R-MOTORSPORT TO CONTEST THE 2019 BLANCPAIN GT SERIES WITH A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SQUAD

February 26, 2019 RNW Staff

The R-Motorsport calendar is starting to look exceptionally busy. In addition to the challenge of the DTM, the racing team from Niederwil in eastern Switzerland has a comprehensive programme of GT racing to prepare for. Following their successful debut season in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, R-Motorsport will once again compete in one of the world’s toughest GT racing series. This year, the Swiss outfit will contest the entire Blancpain GT Series, including the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe sprint championship alongside the Endurance Cup for the first time. They will be fielding two Aston Martin Vantage V8 GT3s in each of the two championships. And for the standout fixture of the season, the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, they will be sending a third car into the fray.

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PARKER CHASE TO JOIN RENNTECH MOTORSPORTS FOR SRO AMERICA SEASON OPENER

February 26, 2019 RNW Staff

After winning the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Pro/Am title in 2018, 18 year-old champion Parker Chase is returning to the series this week for the season opening event at Circuit of The Americas with RENNtech Motorsports. The season will kick off with a double header race event at the Austin circuit, where Chase, a Texas native, will share the driving duties of the No. 89 Mercedes-AMG GT4 with Reinhold Renger in Pirelli GT4 America‘s East Pro/Am class.

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BRENDON HARTLEY JOINS MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING FOR SEBRING 12 HOURS

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff

The racing shoes of the retiring Christian Fittipaldi are large ones to step in to, but Mustang Sampling Racing has secured an outstanding addition for the driver line up in the 2019 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring as Brendon Hartley has been confirmed with the team.

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JODY FANNIN JOINS FIST – TEAM AAI GT FOR 2019 CHINA GT

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff

2019 is going to be a busy year for Jody Fannin as he expands his programme to include the China GT Championship with FIST – Team AAI and their BMW M6 GT3. He will share the car with Betty Chen in her debut season.

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GARAGE 59 SWITCHES TO NEW ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Aston Martin has announced that leading GT squad Garage 59 will join its burgeoning partner team ranks for 2019, significantly bolstering the presence of the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

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GUILLEM PUJEU MAKES SOLID PROGRESS WITH THE McLAREN 570S GT4

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Spaniard Pujeu completed the GT Open Open’s Winter Series at the Circuit Paul Ricard driving the brand-new Teo Martín Motorsport-run McLaren 570S GT4. Pujeu clocked extremely competitive lap times on day two.

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TIMOTHE BURET TO RACE PANIS-BARTHEZ COMPETITION LIGIER JS P217 IN THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Following the previous Stevens/Canal/Binder line-up announcement for the Ligier JS P217 #23, the team is now ready to run a two-car effort in the upcoming European Le Mans Series season.

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ARROWS CONFIRMS FIRST BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA FULL-SEASON GT3 CAMPAIGN WITH HONDA

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Arrows Racing’s Honda NSX GT3 is returning to Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia full-time this year with an Am Cup driver line-up comprising Philip Ma and Alex Liu.

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BENTLEY ADDS SIGNIFICANT FIREPOWER WITH SIX NEW DRIVERS FOR 24 HOURS OF SPA ASSAULT

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Bentley Motorsport has revealed an impressive driver line-up for this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa (25-28 July), where the British marque will add a further two cars to its regular roster as it chases the biggest prize in GT3 racing.

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TARGET SEE THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO MIDDLE EAST TITLE AT ABU DHABI

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff

The Target Racing team clinched the win in Race 1 at the Yas Marina circuit, staking its bid for the title in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East 2019. After a triple win in Dubai, Timur Boguslavskiy and Frederik Schandorff dominated Friday’s racing in Abu Dhabi, taking the pole in qualifying and winning the first heat of the weekend.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO TITLE TRIUMPH FOR TARGET IN ITS MIDDLE EAST SERIES DEBUT

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff

Timur Boguslavskiy and Frederik Schandorff have been crowned champions of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East, now in its third edition. After dominating the Dubai round, the crew of the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo no. 9 were untouchable at Abu Dhabi too, clinching the title for Target Racing on the team’s maiden season in the Middle East one-make series. Konrad Motorsport celebrated two title crowns: Axcil Jefferies and Ramez Azzam were victorious in the Pro-Am in car no. 29 while Vincent Schwartz secured the Am title behind the wheel of car no. 11. The Lamborghini Cup saw Gabriele Murroni take top honours with the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo no. 88, crowning his second season in the Super Trofeo Middle East.

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B-QUIK RACING TO JOIN OPENING BLANCPAIN GT ASIA ROUNDS

February 21, 2019 RNW Staff

B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) will contest the first two rounds of Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia 2019 with our soon-to-be-delivered new Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo. Henk Kiks and Daniel Bilski will share driving duties for both events.

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RAMOS-CRESTANI TO RACE SPS AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE MERCEDES AMG GT3 IN THE GT OPEN

February 20, 2019 RNW Staff

SPS Automotive Performance have announced today that it will run two Mercedes AMG GT3 in the 2019 International GT Open. Miguel Ramos and Fabrizio Crestani will join Valentin Pierburg and Tom Onslow-Cole.

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THE CASSELS: FAMILY TIME IN THE FAST LANE

February 19, 2019 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports driver Cameron Cassels is forging a new kind of family bonding in motorsports.

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GUILLEM PUJEU JOINS TEO MARTIN MOTORSPORT FOR McLAREN 570S GT4 PROGRAMME

February 19, 2019 RNW Staff

Spaniard Pujeu will contest the 2019 GT Open Cup season with an all-new Teo Martín Motorsport-entered McLaren 570S GT4. Teo Martín’s outfit is currently part of the McLaren’s Driver Development Program. Pujeu will race on iconic race tracks such as Monza, Spa-Francorchamps or Silverstone..

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WILKINSON & ELLIS COMMIT TO FULL 2019 INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN CAMPAIGN

February 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Upcoming sportscar ace Ollie Wilkinson will return to International GT Open with Optimum Motorsport this year, mounting a full season campaign in the all-new My Possible Self sponsored Aston Martin Vantage GT3 alongside experienced sportscar champion Bradley Ellis.

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH OUT FOR DURING THE 2019 BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

February 18, 2019 RNW Staff

In 2019 the Blancpain GT Series will visit some of Europe’s premier motorsport venues, contesting a 10-round championship split equally between the Endurance Cup and Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe.

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NISSAN E.DAMS KICKS OFF HONG KONG PREPARATIONS WITH MEXICO TEST

February 18, 2019 RNW Staff

Nissan e.dams today began its preparations for the next round of the ABB FIA Formula E championship in Hong Kong with the final day of season five in-season testing at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

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HAT-TRICK FOR AUDI: LUCAS DI GRASSI WINS IN MEXICO

February 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Hat-trick for Audi: For the third time in a row, the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team has won the E-Prix in Mexico City. In front of packed grandstands at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit, Audi driver Lucas di Grassi notched up his ninth Formula E victory with a spectacular photo finish after a breathtaking maneuver in the last second.

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ANTONIO FELIX DA COSTA FINISHES SECOND ON THE PODIUM FOR BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT IN MEXICO CITY

February 17, 2019 RNW Staff

António Félix da Costa (POR) finished a turbulent Mexico City E-Prix (MEX), the fourth race of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship season, in second place, to take his second podium of the season after his win in Ad Diriyah (KSA). In the dramatic final stage of the race, the BMW works driver benefitted from strong energy management and moved up from fifth to a podium spot on the final lap. Through no fault of his own, Alexander Sims (GBR) was involved in an accident, which resulted in the race being interrupted, and finished the race in 14th place.

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