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CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE AT ROAD ATLANTA FOR MEYER SHANK RACING

October 5, 2018 RNW Staff

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After ten races and thousands of miles of racing, it all comes down to the season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans weekend for the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) Acura NSX GT3. Ten tough hours of day into night racing will determine the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTD championship this Saturday.

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BHURIT BHIROMBHAKDI SEIZES AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN SHANGHAI

October 5, 2018 RNW Staff

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Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing driver Bhurit Bhirombhakdi thundered to his fourth victory of the 2018 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup season, winning round seven at the 5.451km Shanghai International Circuit and soaring to the top of the championship leaderboard with three races remaining. Second was KCMG’s Alex Au, the 2013 Am Cup champion making his presence felt on his return to the series, with ProMax Team’s Andrew Haryanto claiming the final podium place.

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DS TECHEETAH ANNOUNCE DRIVERS JEAN-ÉRIC VERGNE AND ANDRÉ LOTTERER

October 5, 2018 RNW Staff

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“It is with great pleasure that we have now officially begun our partnership with DS and embarked on our first year as DS TECHEETAH. We’re also delighted to announce that reigning World Champion, Jean-Éric Vergne and his outstanding team-mate from Season Four, André Lotterer will both continue with the team this season. With Jean-Éric and André as our Drivers and James Rossiter and Zhou Guanyu as our Development Drivers this year, we believe that we have an incredibly strong driver line-up and we are incredibly excited to go racing, said DS TECHEETAH Team Principal, Mark Preston.

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HOME RACE BECKONS FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

October 5, 2018 RNW Staff

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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing heads to Japan next weekend determined to deliver a result to celebrate for its home fans in the 6 Hours of Fuji, the fourth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

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VITAL SPEED MOTORSPORTS BRINGS SOLID LINE-UP FOR CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS

October 5, 2018 RNW Staff

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The Portland-based Vital Speed Motorsports team will field a solid driving lineup with their latest GT3 entry for the California 8 Hours sports car spectacular set for Oct. 26-28 at legendary WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR IMSA SEASON FINALE AT PETIT LE MANS

October 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) and Daniel Serra (Brazil) are ready for the season finale IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans to run October 13.

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Rosario and Zhang to become first all-female crew in Blancpain GT Series Asia history

October 4, 2018 RNW Staff

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> AMG Driving Academy Team LSH Motorsport duo confirmed for Ningbo Diana Rosario and Naomi Zhang will become the first all-female crew ever to contest a Blancpain GT Series Asia round next weekend when the championship’s 2018 campaign concludes at Ningbo in China. The Mercedes-AMG GT4 run by Craft-Bamboo Racing made its first outing in […]

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BLANCPAIN GT SERIES WEEKEND ROUND UP: BARCELONA

October 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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The 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup has been ultra competitive since the green flag waved at the opening race more than five months ago. On Sunday it concluded with a typically close-fought contest at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where class and overall honours were finally decided.

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AUDI UNVEILS E-TRON FE05 FOR NEW FORMULA E SEASON

October 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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On December 15, a new era in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship will begin in Ad Diriyah (Saudi Arabia): Thanks to the electric cars’ greater range, the drivers will compete with only one race car for the first time. Audi now unveils the newly developed Audi e-tron FE05, with which Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi will again make a bid for the titles.

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DATE FOR LAGUNA SECA CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS COMPLETES 2019 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE CALENDAR

October 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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With the 2019 edition of the Laguna Seca California 8 Hours set for March 30-31, the calendar for the fourth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge is now complete. For the first time in its history, the only global championship reserved for GT cars will race on all five continents.

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SAAVEDRA, OWEN, AND GUTIERREZ TO DRIVE FOR AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN AT PETIT LE MANS

October 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports has announced their driver lineup of Sebastian Saavedra, Will Owen, and Jose Gutierrez for the Motul Petit Le Mans, the final round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.

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TITLE SHOWDOWN IN THE GT4 CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUP AT ZANDVOORT

October 3, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Zandvoort in the Netherlands is to play host to the final race weekend of the 2018 GT4 Central European Cup season from 5 to 7 October. With the championship still up for grabs following the penultimate round of the season at the Slovakiaring, the title battle will be decided at the undulating circuit on the Dutch North Sea coast.The drivers and teams in the GT4 Central European Cup will return to the track for the first time in six weeks. Fifteen cars and a total of seven different GT4 models will be competing for honours around the 4.320 km circuit – tension and excitement are a guarantee.

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The 2019 Factory Drivers of Lamborghini Squadra Corse

October 3, 2018 RNW Staff

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Lamborghini Squadra Corse announces its Factory Drivers for the 2019 season. The confirmed drivers are Mirko Bortolotti (2017 Blancpain GT Series champion and winner of the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona), Andrea Caldarelli (2017 Blancpain GT Series champion), Marco Mapelli (record-holder at Nürburgring-Nordschleife with the Aventador SVJ), and Giovanni Venturini (2017 GT Open champion), who will compete in the most prestigious international championships at the wheel of the new Huracán GT3 EVO, presented at Nürburgring on 15th September.

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NORMAN NATO TO REPLACE ANTONIO GIOVINAZZI AT ESM

October 2, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Frenchman and European Le Mans Series sports car racing driver Norman Nato has signed with Tequila Patrón ESM to replace Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi at this month’s 21st Motul Petit Le Mans at Road America.

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LE MANS 24 HOURS PODIUM CONFIRMED FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS

October 2, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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It has been confirmed that United Autosports finished third in the 2018 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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NEW EVOLUTION OF THE AUDI R8 LMS FOR CUSTOMER RACING

October 2, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Audi Sport customer racing presents its fourth new model in just four years: Following on from the radically new second-generation Audi R8 LMS (2015), the Audi RS 3 LMS TCR touring car (2016) and the Audi R8 LMS GT4 sports car (2017), the evolution of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show on October 2, 2018. Michael-Julius Renz, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH, and Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing, revealed the model with the international exhibition visitors looking on. The new version of the model, successful worldwide in sprint and endurance racing, is tailored closely to the customer requirements regarding technology and operating costs.

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NEW AND OLD FACES ABOARD THE NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 IN BARCELONA

October 2, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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New and old faces were behind the wheel of the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 at the final round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for GT Sport Motul Team RJN.

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TONI FORNE TAKES SIXTH PLACE FINISH IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES PRO-AM CLASS IN BARCELONA

October 1, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Toni Forné delivered a strong performance at his home round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which played host to the final round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Forné made his comeback to the series sharing the driving duties of the Car Collection Motorsport with Dimitri Parhofer and Frank Stippler.

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THE CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS TO FEATURE TOP GT4 COMPETITORS

October 1, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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This year’s championship-winning Pirelli World Challenge GTS drivers and teams are among the GT4 class entries set for the California 8 Hours sports car spectacular, the final event on the Intercontinental GT Challenge, on Oct. 26-28 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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LEXUS RC F GT3 CLAIMS THIRD PLACE FOR EMIL FREY RACING IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ENDURANCE CUP

October 1, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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The Lexus RC F GT3 completed its first full season of Blancpain GT racing on Sunday, sealing an excellent third place in the series’ Endurance Cup competition for Emil Frey Lexus Racing.

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