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DANIEL KEILWITZ AND MAXIME MARTIN TO DRIVE PROSPORT ASTON MARTIN IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

December 7, 2018 RNW Staff

The first of the two PROsport Performance driver pairings for the ADAC GT Masters 2019 has been confirmed: Aston Martin works driver Maxime Martin (32, BEL) and ex-champion Daniel Keilwitz (29, GER) will be competing for Christoph Esser’s team in one of two Aston Martin Vantage GT3s. As official race partner of Aston Martin Racing, PROsport Performance will be fielding two new Aston Martin Vantage GT3s in the ADAC GT Masters as well as two Aston Martin Vantage GT4s in the new ADAC GT4 Germany. The opening weekend of the 2019 ADAC GT Masters (27th – 29th April) will be hosted by Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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FORMER INDIANAPOLIS 500 CHAMPION ALEXANDER ROSSI TO JOIN ACURA TEAM PENSKE DRIVER LINEUP IN 2019

December 7, 2018 RNW Staff

Acura Team Penske announced today that IndyCar Series championship contender and 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi will join the team for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship endurance events at the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Rossi, a five-time race winner in the IndyCar Series, will share the No. 7 Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype International (Dpi) with fulltime Acura Team Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor.

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SIXTIES HEROES THEME FOR 2019 CASTLE COMBE AUTUMN CLASSIC

December 7, 2018 RNW Staff

The early details of the 2019 event include a celebration of 50 years of Formula Ford at the Wiltshire track, an all-Alfa Romeo race and displays to mark 60 years of Marcos.

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CLASSIC DATE FOR 2019 SET IN SILVER STONE

December 6, 2018 RNW Staff

Next summer’s Silverstone Classic is now confirmed for the weekend of 26-28 July.

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EQUIPE PRE ‘63 CLASSIC RACE SERIES SET FOR BUMPER 2019

December 6, 2018 RNW Staff

Formulated to recreate the spirit of 1950s clubman motorsport, Equipe Pre ‘63 certainly captured the imagination of drivers and spectators alike this year – its inaugural season. It features a wide spread of marques including Aston Martin, Austin-Healey, Jaguar, Lotus, MG and Morgan, and among the many immaculately-prepared cars already to contest the series are a number of genuine ex-works examples. In addition to the Silverstone and Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuits, 2019 competitors will do battle at the perennially popular UK club venues of Donington, Oulton Park and Snetterton.

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RADICAL AUSTRALIA CUP PREPARES FOR 11th SEASON IN 2019

December 6, 2018 RNW Staff

The 2019 Radical Australia Cup calendar has been unveiled with an exciting six round championship to highlight the eleventh season of the popular one-make prototype Series that just recently saw a change in management along with the signing of a new Category Management Agreement with the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

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PASIN LATHOURAS REPRESENTS THAILAND IN “FIA GT NATIONS CUP” SHOWDOWN

December 5, 2018 RNW Staff

Pasin Lathouras was pleased to be back on track last weekend to drive for “Team Thailand” in the inaugural FIA GT Nations Cup extravaganza in Bahrain.

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NOVA RACE 2019 MOTORSPORT SEASON TO BE FULLY FOCUSED ON THE UP-AND-COMING GT4 CLASS

December 5, 2018 RNW Staff

Motorsport-wise 2018 was a multifaceted year for Nova Race: the Italian outfit took part to its domestic GT series as well as to the most appealing rounds of Michelin Le Mans Cup and Creventic 24h Series, jockeying amid categories as different a LMP3, GT3 and GT4. As 2019 looms, the team will go back to its origins, focusing mainly on GT4 and its fleet of G55 Ginettas, albeit the Audi R8 LMS Ultra and the LMP3 may again appear in hand-picked meetings. Once the main race programme choice was made, the team executives started to feel the relentless ‘gravity pull’ of the best GT4 showcases: the European championship and France’s FFSA GT, both run by Stefan Ratel’s SRO organization.

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Dennis Lind is new Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver

December 5, 2018 RNW Staff

Sant’Agata Bolognese 3 December 2018 – For the 2019 season, Lamborghini Squadra Corse will have a new factory driver. Dennis Lind from Denmark will be an official Lamborghini driver, along with Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli, Marco Mapelli, Giovanni Venturini, and new acquisitions Phil Keen and Franck Perera.

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BENTLEY MOTORSPORT ANNOUNCES EXPANDED ENDURANCE PROGRAMME FOR 2019

December 4, 2018 RNW Staff

Bentley Motorsport will enter both the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Intercontinental GT Challenge in 2019 with a four-car Pro-class entry in the season’s longest and largest race, 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

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THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET MOVING IN THE DESERT: BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT IN LINE-UP FOR 2019 24-HOURS OF DUBAI

December 4, 2018 RNW Staff

BWT Mücke Motorsport aim to move mountains in the desert! The illustrious Berlin-based team are going to contest the famous 24-Hours of Dubai for a second time. The team will fight for a top result in their kfzteile24 Audi R8 LMS at Dubai’s Autodrome with a crack squad of drivers at the wheel of their orange racing car – Audi Sport’s Markus Winkelhock, Ford works driver Stefan Mücke plus Mike David Ortmann, Ricardo Feller and Andreas Weishaupt (10th – 12th January 2019).

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O’Brien joins Johnson aboard new-look Balfe-run McLaren GT4

December 4, 2018 RNW Staff

O’Brien fell just two points shy of the Drivers’ title during a debut campaign that saw he and Charlie Fagg finish third in the standings with Tolman Motorsport. Now the 24-year-old is remaining at the wheel of a 570S GT4 for his sophomore British GT season, albeit in the Pro/Am ranks with Balfe.

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30,000+ FANS CELEBRATE NISSAN’S MOTORSPORT PAST AND FUTURE

December 3, 2018 RNW Staff

While heavy cloud cover meant more than 30,000 fans could not see Mount Fuji, fans did get to see more than 60 years of Nissan’s incredible racing history and gain insight into its exciting future at the 2018 NISMO Festival.

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SEVEN EVENTS, 76 RACES: SUPERB SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR 2019 ADAC GT MASTERS

December 3, 2018 RNW Staff

ADAC GT Masters with strong package of motorsport racing in 2019. The new ADAC GT4 Germany, the ADAC TCR Germany, the ADAC Formula 4 and the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland will all compete under the banner of the ADAC GT Masters next year. The programme will deviate slightly from the norm for the first two meetings only. Overall, fans have got seven events and 76 races to look forward to. Teams can enrol in any of the four ADAC series from 3rd December onwards, and the season opens on the weekend of 27th – 29th April in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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KCMG FLY THE FLAG FOR HONG KONG AT BAHRAIN WITH THE NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3

December 3, 2018 RNW Staff

KCMG has completed its debut year campaigning the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 with a strong showing the FIA GT Nations Cup held at the Bahrain International Circuit.

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POSITION TWO FOR AUDI SPORT IN THE GT4 INTERNATIONAL CUP

December 3, 2018 RNW Staff

Audi R8 LMS GT3

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FIA GT NATIONS CUP TRIUMPH FOR TEAM TURKEY

December 1, 2018 RNW Staff

Team Turkey has won the inaugural FIA GT Nations Cup after a hugely exciting and successful event at Bahrain International Circuit.

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PAUL MILLER RACING ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF 2018 CHAMPION MADISON SNOW

December 1, 2018 RNW Staff

Following an incredibly successful season in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, GTD champion Madison Snow will not return to Paul Miller Racing in 2019 to defend his title. The young racer will leave his hobby of sports car racing to focus on his current role in the family business, a role which he has held for the last four years. Snow leaves Paul Miller Racing after three seasons with the team and co-driver Bryan Sellers. Together, Snow, Sellers, and Paul Miller Racing celebrated three wins, thirteen podiums, and twenty top-five finishes.

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PHOENIX RACING AND SAINTELOC JUNIOR TEAM ON TOP IN COMPETITIVE GT4 INTERNATIONAL CUP QUALIFYING

December 1, 2018 RNW Staff

Phoenix Racing and Sainteloc Junior Team shared top honours in qualifying for this weekend’s GT4 International Cup contest, setting up an action-packed Saturday in Bahrain as the category’s heavyweights go head-to-head.