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GRT GRASSER RACING MAKE SUPERB CHARGE UP FIELD IN 24H DUBAI

January 13, 2019 RNW Staff

Their mission was never in any doubt. Conditions were perfect, and the start went absolutely according to plan. GRT Grasser Racing intended to win the 24 Hours of Dubai at the third attempt, but things turned out differently in the end. After 24 exciting hours filled with stress, Lamborghini works driver Mirko Bortolotti together with Christian Engelhart and Rolf and Mark Ineichen, crossed the finish line in fourth place, which sounds disappointing, considering original expectations, but in actual fact, the result was stunning and only made possible by a sensational charge up the field and a terrific team effort.

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NISSAN E.DAMS ON THE PACE BUT OUT OF LUCK IN MARRAKESH E-PRIX

January 12, 2019 RNW Staff

Nissan e.dams demonstrated strong pace but suffered ill-fortune in the second round of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Marrakesh today.

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VALUABLE FORMULA E POINTS EARNED FOR JAGUAR RACING

January 12, 2019 RNW Staff

The second race of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E season showed pace, performance but only delivered a couple of points for Panasonic Jaguar Racing in Marrakesh.

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FORMULA E DOUBLE PODIUM FOR THE AUDI E-TRON FE05

January 12, 2019 RNW Staff

Courtesy of customer team Envision Virgin Racing, Audi became the first manufacturer to achieve a double podium with the new generation of Formula E race cars. In the second round of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Marrakesh (Morocco), all four Audi e-tron FE05 cars finished in the points. In addition to positions two, three, seven and ten, the extra points for pole position and the fastest race lap also went to the Audi e-tron FE05.

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SIMS SCORES THE FIRST POINTS OF HIS FORMULA E CAREER IN MARRAKESH

January 12, 2019 RNW Staff

After victory in the season-opener, BMW i Andretti Motorsport continued to put on a strong performance in the second race of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship – but without the reward of a similar result this time. At the Marrakesh E-Prix, Alexander Sims (GBR) finished fourth to score the first points of his Formula E career, just missing out on the podium in a thrilling finale. António Félix da Costa (POR) retired after sliding into the tyre wall after contact with Sims. Sims lost two places but was able to continue racing.

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CAR COLLECTION MOTORSPORT AUDI WINS 2019 24H DUBAI

January 12, 2019 RNW Staff

German team Car Collection Motorsport is the winner of the 2019 Hankook 24H DUBAI. With the #88 Audi R8 LMS GT3, drivers Dirk Parhofer, Christopher Haase, Frédéric Vervisch and Rik Breukers racked up a total of 607 laps of the 5.390 metres long Dubai Autodrome to win the opening round of the 2019 Championship of the Continents in the 24H GT SERIES powered by Hankook. 20-year old Dutch hotshoe Rik Breukers drove the Audi across the finish line and said: “What a race! I am so happy for the team, for Audi and myself! I drove for nine and a half hours. It was tough, but this win is a great reward.”

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KCMG’S HONDA DRIVER ANDY YAN THANKS RESPONSE AFTER FIRE IN DUBAI 24H

January 12, 2019 RNW Staff

The KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) Honda enjoyed a strong start to the Dubai 24 Hour, but a fire during the night forced them into retirement. Driver Andy Yan thankfully managed to avoid injury and the cause of the fire is not yet known.

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THE 2019 24H DUBAI IS GO

January 11, 2019 RNW Staff

At 15.00 hrs today, the 2019 Hankook 24H DUBAI got underway at Dubai Autodrome as His Highness Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum and His Excellency Mohammed Khalfan Alrumaithi, Chairman of the General Authority of Sport, waved the flag of the United Arab Emirates to send off the 74-car field. The 14th running of the first international endurance race of the new calendar year marks the start of the Championship of the Continents in the 24H GT SERIES and the 24H TCE SERIES, both powered by Hankook.

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McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE WELCOMES TEO MARTÍN MOTORSPORT AS FIRST GT3 CUSTOMER TEAM IN EUROPE FOR 2019 SEASON

January 11, 2019 RNW Staff

The new McLaren 720S GT3 race car will campaign in Europe this season with Teo Martín Motorsport, the Spanish team now confirmed as the latest customer team to join the McLaren Customer Racing family. As part of a multi-car deal, Teo Martín Motorsport is the first team in Europe to announce plans to run the new 720S GT3, the first race car to be designed and built in-house by McLaren Automotive Customer Racing.

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“IT’S A DANCE”: HOW ALESSANDRO ZANARDI’S DIVER CHANGES WILL WORK AT THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA

January 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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FORD CHIP GANASSI RACING REVEAL SPECIAL HISTORIC LIVERIES FOR ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 10, 2019 RNW Staff

Reigning Rolex 24 At Daytona champions Ford Performance and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing will compete with two special liveries on their Ford GTs at the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway Jan. 26-27, 2019.

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GRT GRASSER RACING AIMING FOR MAIDEN DUBAI WIN

January 10, 2019 RNW Staff

While the GRT Grasser Racing headquarters in Austria are currently buried under snow, the team’s first major outing of the 2019 season is about to get underway some 5,000 kilometres to the south-east. On the weekend of 10th – 12th January, GRT will be competing in the top A6-PRO classification of the prestigious 24 Hours of Dubai. At the wheel of the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 will be Lamborghini works driver Mirko Bortolotti ably assisted by Christian Engelhart, Rolf Ineichen and Mark Ineichen.

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BORTOLOTTI SECURES 24H DUBAI POLE POSITION FOR GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM LAMBORGHINI

January 10, 2019 RNW Staff

For the second year running and for the third time in the event’s 14-year history, a Lamborghini will be on pole position for the Hankook 24H DUBAI. On his 29th birthday, Mirko Bortolotti gave himself and his teammates the best present by posting the fastest outright qualifying lap time of 1m57.446s in the GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (#63, Mirko Bortolotti / Christian Engelhart / Rolf Ineichen / Mark Ineichen). Bortolotti repeated his qualifying result at Dubai Autodrome from last year. “Again, it was hard work, but it shows that there is still plenty of speed in the old lady,” he laughed. The race in Dubai marks the final outing for the team’s current Lamborghini Huracán GT3, the new Evo version making its competition debut at the next event. Lamborghini enjoyed a clean sweep of the A6 class as Danish driver Dennis Lind put the Target Racing Huracán GT3 (#12, Dennis Lind / Giacomo Altoé / Timur Boguslavskiy / Stefano Constantini / Alex Autumn) on pole position in the A6-Am class.

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ALESSANDRO ZANARDI: FROM SPRINT TO MARATHON, FROM THE BMW M4 DTM TO THE BMW M8 GTE

January 10, 2019 RNW Staff

After his successful DTM guest appearance at Misano (ITA), the next highlight will soon be upon Alessandro Zanardi (ITA). In just over two weeks (26th/27th January), the BMW works driver will contest the 24-hours of Daytona (USA) in the BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE. For Zanardi this means the transition between totally different challenges: from sprint to endurance races, from the BMW M4 DTM to the BMW M8 GTE and from racing alone to a shared start with team-mates. Nevertheless, the DTM guest appearance in the BMW M4 DTM was the perfect test run for the “Road to Daytona”.

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PHIL HANSON: Q&A ON 2019-20 FIA WEC ANNOUNCEMENT

January 10, 2019 RNW Staff

Phil Hanson will race a United Autosports LMP2 Ligier in the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship. He looks ahead, and back, on his short but already highly-successful sports-prototype career.

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BRABHAM TO RETURN TO LE MANS

January 9, 2019 RNW Staff

Brabham Automotive is delighted to confirm the brand will return to international sports car racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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DS TECHEETAH ENTER THE MARRAKESH E-PRIX ON TOP OF THE STANDINGS

January 9, 2019 RNW Staff

After a great start to the 2018/2019 ABB FIA Formula E season where the newly formed DS TECHEETAH team left the first round with both drivers in the Top 5 and leading the Team’s Championship, the team has had a good rest over the holidays and is now fully charged and ready to hit the streets of Marrakesh, Morocco, on 12 January 2019.

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MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING TO START THE 2019 MOTORSPORT YEAR WITH A PAIR OF ENDURANCE HIGHLIGHTS

January 9, 2019 RNW Staff

In the Dubai 24-hour race, Mercedes-AMG is aiming at its fifth victory in the desert metropolis. The BLACK FALCON team already secured the overall win for the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach in the years 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. This year, the team is running the Mercedes-AMG GT3 with starting number 2 with last year’s race winners Abdulaziz Al Faisal (KSA), Hubert Haupt (GER) and Yelmer Buurman (NED), paired with their new teammate Saud Al Faisal (KSA). The sister car with starting number 3 that retired while on course for victory last year will have Khaled Al Qubaisi (KSA), Jeroen Bleekemolen (NED), Ben Keating (USA), Manuel Metzger (GER) and Luca Stolz (GER) as its drivers. Four additional Mercedes-AMG GT3s will be run by CP Racing, Hofor Racing, HTP Motorsport and MP Motorsport, among others with support from Mercedes-AMG Driver Bernd Schneider (GER).

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS CONFIRM 2019/2020 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME WITH LIGIER JS P217

January 9, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports have confirmed that they will enter the 2019/2020 FIA World Endurance Championship.

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JULIEN CANAL PARTNERS STEVENS AND BINDER AS PANIS-BARTHEZ COMPETITION COMPLETES ONE OF ITS ELMS lINE-UP

January 9, 2019 RNW Staff

For the upcoming European Le Mans Series season and the Le Mans 24 Hours (subject to ACO approval), the Ligier JS P217 # 23 line-up is now officially fully staffed. Julien Canal, with an impressive track record (3 wins at 24H of Le Mans , GTE AM and LMP2 World Champion in WEC…) joins his last year’s teammate, the Englishman Will Stevens, and the Austrian newcomer Rene Binder.

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