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JAXON EVANS AND JULIEN ANDLAUER NAMES AS 2019 PORSCHE JUNIORS

November 23, 2018 RNW Staff

Porsche continues its successful sponsorship initiative for talented youngsters in 2019: Jaxon Evans from New Zealand will tackle next season’s Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. All rounds of the high-calibre one-make cup are run as support to Formula 1. In a selection process, the 22-year-old beat ten other international candidates and is now ready to take the next step in his career. For Julien Andlauer (France), 2019 marks his second year as a Porsche Junior.

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ANTONIO FELIX DA COSTA: “WITH THE BMW iFE.18 WE’VE CREATED SOMETHING VERY EXCITING”.

November 22, 2018 RNW Staff

On 15th December, the opening race in Ad Diriyah (KSA) sees the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team get its first season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship underway. BMW works driver António Félix da Costa (POR) has known the series from Season 1. Now, together with BMW i Andretti Motorsport, he opens a new chapter. In an interview he talks about the impressive development of Formula E and the new challenges with the BMW iFE.18 in Season 5.

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BATTLE FOR THE AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP TITLE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE IN SEPANG

November 22, 2018 RNW Staff

The battle for the 2018 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup GT3 championship title goes down to the wire this weekend with a double-header season finale at Malaysia’s 5.54km Sepang International Circuit. Four drivers remain in contention for the title – points leader Bhurit Bhirombhakdi of Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing, ProMax Team’s Andrew Haryanto, The Bend Motorsport Park’s Yasser Shahin and Sun Jingzu of Absolute Racing, with the winner receiving a one-of-a-kind production Audi R8.

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SIGNIFICANT BLANCPAIN GT SERIES PRESENCE AT BAHRAIN GT FESTIVAL

November 22, 2018 RNW Staff

The GT racing season will end in spectacular fashion on 30 November-1 December when the inaugural Bapco Bahrain GT Festival brings the curtain down on a thrilling year of competition.

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CATALUNYA, THUXTON AND CROFT HEADLINE FINALISED 2019 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB GB CALENDAR

November 21, 2018 RNW Staff

Celebrating the end of a successful season and looking ahead to 2019 was the theme of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB ‘Night of Motorsport’, held for a second year at the home of a very different type of horsepower, Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire.

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MAGNUS RACING ANNOUNCES IMSA SWITCH TO LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 EVO, ANDY LALLY CONFIRMED FOR 2019

November 21, 2018 RNW Staff

Heading in to the 10th year of professional competition, Magnus Racing will join forces with Lamborghini Squadra Corse for the upcoming 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Looking to recapture the same fortune that saw the team win multiple endurance championships, as well as victories at the Rolex 24 at Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, the switch to the Italian manufacturer and the new Huracán GT3 EVO present a renewed opportunity for all involved. Additionally, the team is proud to reveal the continuation of full-season drivers John Potter and Andy Lally for the season.

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ALEX LYNN – SHANGHAI WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW

November 21, 2018 RNW Staff

It was great to lead the Shanghai 6 Hours round of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing, and we were really encouraged by our performance over the whole weekend. Unfortunately, Maxime Martin and I were denied a podium for our #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE at the last gasp, but we go into the winter extremely positive about our pace.

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THREE QUESTIONS FOR MARO ENGEL

November 21, 2018 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport celebrated a double podium in the FIA GT World Cup which took place within the framework of the Macau Grand Prix weekend. The number 888 Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Maro Engel (GER) finished second ahead of last year’s winner Edoardo Mortara (SUI) in P3 in a hotly contested GT3 race. Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers have now featured on the podium of the prestigious race in Macau for the fifth year in succession.

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B-QUIK RACING SET FOR ACTION PACKED SEASON FINALE IN SEPANG

November 21, 2018 RNW Staff

B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) is all set to wrap up the on track season this coming weekend at Sepang Circuit with Henk J. Kiks and Daniel Bilski entering the final round of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup while our Young Driver Programme will take part in the Sepang 1000 Km.

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DS TECHEETAH ANNOUNCES TATIANA CALDERÓN AS TEST DRIVER FOR THE AD DIRIYAH E-PRIX IN-SEASON TEST

November 20, 2018 RNW Staff

DS TECHEETAH is delighted to announce that Tatiana Calderón will drive the DS E-TENSE FE19 at the in-season test on Sunday 16 December in Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, following the inaugural E-Prix in the Kingdom..

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TEAM ASIA NEW ZEALAND JOIN JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY

November 20, 2018 RNW Staff

Jaguar has today announced further details of Team Asia New Zealand, who will compete in the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY, the world’s first international championship for production-based electric cars. Simon Evans, brother of Panasonic Jaguar Racing driver, Mitch Evans, will compete in the championship, which begins on 15 December in Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will be the official support race to ABB FIA Formula E, and will take place on the same city street circuits at 10 rounds of the championship.

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TAN WEATHERS THE STORM IN SHANGHAI TO MAINTAIN WEC TITLE CHALLENGE

November 20, 2018 RNW Staff

Weiron Tan and his Jackie Chan DC Racing x JOTA Sport team-mates Jazeman Jaafar and Nabil Jeffri fought through challenging conditions in last weekend’s 6 Hours of Shanghai (16-18 November) to tally a fifth consecutive top four finish that keeps them firmly in title contention in the fiercely-disputed FIA World Endurance Championship.

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MORE ACTION FOR NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 IN FIA GT NATIONS CUP

November 20, 2018 RNW Staff

The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 did battle on the streets of Macau last weekend but the season is not over for 2018 with the KCMG team set to contest the FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain.

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BLACK FALCON TAKES 24H COTA USA WIN

November 19, 2018 RNW Staff

The Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#3, Yelmer Buurman / Mike Skeen / Scott Heckert / Bret Curtis) has taken victory at the 2018 Hankook 24H COTA USA, and PROsport Performance (#85, Charles Putman / Charles Espenlaub / Joe Foster / Adam Christodoulou) has secured the GT Championship of the Continents in the team’s debut A6 campaign with the Mercedes-AMG GT3.

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AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER TEAMS WITH VICTORIES IN DUBAI AND AUSTRALIA

November 19, 2018 RNW Staff

In preparation for the FIA GT Nations Cup up-and-coming Belgian drivers Charles Weerts and Mike den Tandt got to know the Audi R8 LMS in Dubai and won the Gulf Sportscar Championship opening round in it.

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REBELLION RACING FINISHES P4 AND P5 AT THE 6 HOURS OF SHANGHAI

November 19, 2018 RNW Staff

The fifth meeting of the FIA Super Season WEC took place this weekend in Shanghai. For this last race of the year, Team REBELLION Racing was determined to make an impression. The three free practice sessions was the drivers’ opportunity to record as much information as possible for Sunday’s race. In the last session, both REBELLION R-13s achieved the two best times on the board. The highly competitive qualifying session in this LMP1 class, where the gaps have tightened thanks to the latest EoT review, allowed the R-13s to get the third and fifth fastest times of the session under bright sunshine (the meeting’s last one).

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A GROUP EFFORT: THE 2018 BLANCPAIN GT SERIES TEAMS’ CHAMPIONS IN THEIR OWN WORDS

November 19, 2018 RNW Staff

A truly memorable championship battle should always keep people guessing. In this respect, the 2018 Blancpain GT Series campaign was one to savour. With the final championship standings confirmed, we took the opportunity to speak with this season’s title-winning team managers..

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Great success for the Lamborghini World Final at Vallelunga

November 18, 2018 RNW Staff

Sant’Agata Bolognese/Rome, November 18, 2018 – Lamborghini held a great celebration at Vallelunga. On the Roman circuit, the 2018 season came to an end with the sixth edition of the World Final. With an exciting final sprint, Giacomo Altoè and Daniel Zampieri became world champions in the PRO class, with the Antonelli Motorsport team. Altoé […]

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Lamborghini World Final kicks off at Vallelunga and proclaims first winners

November 17, 2018 RNW Staff

Sant’Agata Bolognese/Rome, November 17, 2018 – The sixth edition of the Lamborghini World Final kicked off today at Vallelunga and proclaimed the first four winners. All the best protagonists of the one-make series for the cars of the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese came back into action on the Roman track that until yesterday hosted the […]

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Lamborghini Urus ST-X Concept: the first Super SUV for racing

November 17, 2018 RNW Staff

Sant’Agata Bolognese/Rome, 17 November 2018 – During the 2018 World Finals, Lamborghini Squadra Corse unveils the Urus ST-X Concept, the racing version of the first Super SUV in the brand’s history. The vision is a car conceived for an innovative single-brand championship that combines race circuit and off-road track. The new format will debut in 2020 in Europe and the Middle East on specially prepared FIA-approved circuits, with an “arrive and drive” formula designed to offer driver-customers a complete package including car and technical support during the race weekends.

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