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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO PORTLAND FOR ROSE CUP RACES

July 12, 2018 RNW Staff

Twelve years have passed since Flying Lizard last raced at Portland International Raceway in the American Le Mans Series, and this weekend, the sports car team will return to the Oregon track for the Pirelli World Challenge Rose Cup Races for rounds seven and eight of the GTS SprintX Championship.

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STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP FOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UK’S FAVOURITE RACE SERIES AT THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC

July 12, 2018 RNW Staff

As befits a brilliant birthday bash, the MSA British Touring Car Championship’s 60th anniversary celebrations at next weekend’s Silverstone Classic (20-22 July) will be encrusted with diamonds.

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F1: Technical Leadership Announcement

July 12, 2018 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport today announced a planned transition of its senior technical leadership which will see the baton handed on to the next generation of leaders within the Team for 2019 and beyond.

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AUDI CUSTOMER TEAMS TO TAKE ON CONTRASTING CHALLENGES IN THAILAND AND JAPAN

July 12, 2018 RNW Staff

Audi customer teams will be back out in force this weekend at two very different race tracks. Audi Sport customer racing Asia driver pool member Adderly Fong will make his debut at rounds five and six of the Thailand Super Series at the Bangsaen Grand Prix beachside street race alongside Daniel Bilski with B-Quik Racing. Phoenix Racing Asia, meanwhile, resumes its Super Taikyu campaign in Japan with its triple Audi R8 LMS GT3 squad in a five-hour endurance race at the challenging mountain-top Autopolis circuit.

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DOUBLE-HEADER TO THE FINISH: SEASON 4 OF THE FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP ENDS WITH TWO RACES IN NEW YORK

July 11, 2018 RNW Staff

Season finale of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship on the streets of Brooklyn (USA): This weekend, the Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix brings to a close the fourth season of Formula E for the MS&AD Andretti Formula E team. The two races on Saturday and Sunday are also the last races before the new Gen2 car makes its debut in Season 5. Set against the impressive Manhattan skyline, the race is one of the highlights of the season and also the home event for the MS&AD Andretti Formula E Team. BMW works driver António Félix da Costa (POR) and Stéphane Sarrazin (FRA) will again be at the wheel of the two Andretti ATEC-003.

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IN PROFILE: ALEX FONTANA, BUILDING A FUTURE IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

July 11, 2018 RNW Staff

The announcement that Emil Frey Jaguar Racing will compete at the 70th edition Total 24 Hours of Spa brought the number of brands contesting the Belgian endurance classic to 13.

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R-MOTORSPORT BACK AT THE BATHURST 12 HOURS

July 11, 2018 RNW Staff

Today R-Motorsport announced its entry of two Aston Martin Vantage GT3s. The Swiss team also plans to debut the brand new Aston Martin V8 GT3, a derivative of this year’s GTE which is currently being run in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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Tales from the paddock – Lucas Auer

July 11, 2018 RNW Staff

The 2018 DTM season reaches the halfway mark next weekend at Zandvoort. Lucas Auer looks back on the first half of the season and talks about the challenges posed by Circuit Zandvoort

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PHOENIX RACING ASIA JOINS BENTLEY MOTORSPORT FAMILY

July 11, 2018 RNW Staff

Bentley Motorsport has signed one of Asia’s leading racing outfits, Phoenix Racing Asia, as its latest partner team to campaign the new Continental GT3. Together, Bentley Motorsport and Phoenix Racing Team Asia will contest the Blancpain GT Asia Series starting with the Shanghai round later this year.

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2018 British Grand Prix – Friday

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport show promising pace on the eve of a challenging weekend

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Customer Racing: VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring:Sixth place and a class win for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport inthe

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is celebrating the next success in the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft: in the fourth round of the season at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, Patrick Assenheimer and Christian Hohenadel (both GER) with the #13 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by AutoArena Motorsport finished sixth overall and thus secured another top ten result in the Green Hell for the performance brand from Affalterbach. Stefan Karg, Fidel Leib and Moritz Oberheim (all GER) secured victory in the SP10 class with the #163 Mercedes-AMG GT4 #163 run by the BLACK FALCON Team IDENTICA.

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2018 British Grand Prix – Saturday

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

Lewis storms to his 50th pole position with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

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2018 British Grand Prix – Sunday

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport score 30 points in front of an incredible crowd in Silverstone

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JASON BELL HEADS WEST TO PORTLAND

July 10, 2018 David Martin

Global Motorsports Group driver Jason Bell is heading west to Portland, Oregon for the next round of the Pirelli World Challenge. Set to take on the Portland International Raceway, Bell will be shooting for the race win as he pilots a brand new Audi R8 GT4 LMS after an incident at Road America destroyed his primary car.

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ALIANZA MOTORSPORTS CONGRATULATES FORTY7 MOTORSPORTS FOR CANADIAN VICTORY

July 10, 2018 David Martin

Competing in the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda this past weekend at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) in Bowmanville, Ontario, Forty7 Motorsports Featuring Alianza drivers Anthony Simone and Rodrigo Pflucker showed great speed, but ran into some bad racing luck on Sunday.

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FIVE MANUFACTURES CHASING INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE POINTS IN LONGEST RACE OF THE YEAR

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

The Total 24 Hours of Spa is the second round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The Belgian endurance classic will have 68 cars at the start, representing 13 manufacturers. Of those, the five manufacturers entered for the full four-round Challenge have announced their nominated cars, which will be eligible to score points in the Belgian endurance classic.

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TIMO SCHEIDER: “I’LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO WIN THE ADAC GT MASTERS”

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

In an interview, ex-DTM star Timo Scheider (39, GER, BMW Team Schnitzer) delivers an interim summary of his debut ADAC GT Masters season. He tells us about his role as mentor to the BMW Juniors and outlines his objectives for the remaining races of the 2018 Super Sports Car League.

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AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS TAKES 9TH PLACE IN CANADA

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

What looked to be a very promising weekend for AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports turned to be riddled with obstacles at the seventh round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship resulting in a 9th place finish.

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PAUL MILLER RACING EXTENDS IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN CANADA

July 10, 2018 RNW Staff

Paul Miller Racing produced another outstanding race performance this weekend at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, extending the championship points lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class. The No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 finished in fourth place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, awarding drivers Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow their sixth consecutive top-five finish of the 2018 season.

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SAM BIRD & DS VIRGIN RACING “READY FOR CHALLENGE” OF FORMULA E TITLE-DECIDER

July 9, 2018 RNW Staff

British racing driver Sam Bird and his DS Virgin Racing team say they are ‘ready for the challenge’ as they head to New York City this weekend, fighting for both the teams’ and the drivers’ championship in Formula E’s seaso

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