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British teenager Phil Hanson is quickly making his mark in endurance sportscar racing having arrived in the category in an unconventional way. His first foray into motorsport came at the exceptionally “old” age of 15, karting for two years, before opting to go GT racing and then straight in to sports-prototype racing, in LMP3 late 2016 then LMP2 the following year. His rise has been remarkable: the youngest Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 champion (2016-17), youngest overall finisher in the history of the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours (2017), youngest European Le Mans Series outright race winner (2018) and now the youngest ever overall Asian Le Mans Series champion (2018-19).

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BEN BETTENHAUSEN JOINS TECHSPORT RACING FOR 2019 SRO AMERICA TCA SEASON

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

A new season of sports car racing for SRO America begins this season at Circuit of the Americas and newcomer Ben Bettenhausen will make his full season debut in the TCA class with 2018 Team and Manufacturer champions, TechSport Racing in the No. 95 Subaru BRZ tS.

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PRECISION PERFORMANCE MOTORSPORTS SECURES CONOR DALY AND BRANDON GDOVIC FOR 2019 SUPER TROFEO SEASON

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

After a successful team debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class earlier this year at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Precision Performance Motorsports has begun the preparations for their multi-car Super Trofeo North America campaign for 2019. Conor Daly and Brandon Gdovic have been announced as the team’s first entry, running the No. 46 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO in the Pro/Pro class.

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McLAREN CUSTOMER RACING STRENGTHENS PROFESSIONAL GT DRIVER INITIATIVE WITH THREE-TIER GT PROGRAMME

February 28, 2019 RNW Staff

Ahead of the 2019 season, McLaren Customer Racing continues to broaden its offering for customer teams racing globally, while further strengthening its professional driver programmes with the formation of the McLaren Young Professional category. The addition of three new Factory Drivers have also been confirmed for the 2019 season with Álvaro Parente, who recently campaigned the 720S GT3 on its competitive debut, announced alongside American Michael Cooper and Canadian Kuno Wittmer. The 2019 race programme for the McLaren Automotive Driver Development Programme drivers has also been confirmed..

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AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP’S 2019 SEASON SET FOR LAUNCH AT ADELAIDE 500

February 28, 2019 RNW Staff

The eighth season of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup will blast off the starting blocks this weekend at the Superloop Adelaide 500 in South Australia where the new 2019 evolution of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 will make its eagerly-anticipated Cup and Australia debut. The weekend’s double header marks the start of a 10-race, five-circuit season over which the all-privateer line-up will vie for the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup titles.

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JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY MAKES ITS HONG KONG DEBUT WITH LOCAL STAR DARRYL O’YOUNG ANNOUNCED AS JAGUAR VIP DRIVER

February 28, 2019 RNW Staff

The Saudi Arabia eTROPHY race witnessed the first motorsport battle with men and women competing together on track in the inaugural race. Round two saw Katherine Legge become the first female driver to win a race during an ABB FIA Formula E weekend in Mexico.

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PANIS-BARTHEZ COMPETITION SIGNS KONSTANTIN TERESCHENKO FOR 2019 ELMS SEASON

February 27, 2019 RNW Staff

Ahead of its fourth season in European Le Mans Series with two cars entered in LMP2 category, the French team has just signed Konstantin Tereschenko as his second driver on the Ligier JS P217 #24. The 24-year-old Russian is joining Timothé Buret awaiting the announcement of the third and last driver of the crew.

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CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: DOING THE DOUBLE

February 27, 2019 RNW Staff

Corvette Racing confirmed today its participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 1,000-mile race at Sebring International Raceway, one day prior to the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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Algarve Pro Racing win the 4 Hours of Sepang and United Autosports win the 2018/19 Asian Le Mans Series!

February 26, 2019 RNW Staff

Champions crowned and four invitations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans confirmed!

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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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