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JASON BELL HEADS TO ROAD AMERICA WITH GLOBAL MOTORSPORTS GROUP

After making the switch to the Global Motorsports Group (GMG) race team just before the last event at Lime Rock Park, Jason Bell heads north to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the next rounds of the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge program. Piloting an Audi R8 GT4 LMS, Bell will look to get back to his podium winning ways from the beginning of the season as he becomes more accustomed to his new outfit.

GP of Road America: Weekend Preview

By PWC Series Staff Tight GT and GTS Overall Series Point Battles Highlight This Weekend In Pirelli World Challenge Doubleheader at Road America Vilander, Hargrove 2 points apart in GT; Sofronas, Aschenbach 12 in GTS ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTS Overall point battles have become extremely close with the North […]

LEXUS RC F GT3 READY FOR MISANO DEBUT IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

Emil Frey Lexus Racing are looking to extend the run of success for the RC F GT3 with their debut appearance at the Misano circuit in Italy this weekend, contesting two Sprint Cup races in the Blancpain GT Series. With points scored at Silverstone and a sensational victory at the last meeting at Paul Ricard in France, the team are in second place in the overall championship and sixth in the Sprint Cup.

UNITED AUTOSPORTS ACHIEVES FINE TOP-FIVE PLACING AT LE MANS

While United Autosports recorded a fine LMP2 top-five in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours that finished this afternoon (17 Jun) the Anglo-American team also endured massive disappointment. Having achieved an amazing fourth in class and sensational fifth overall on its twice-around-the-clock French race début last year, the Leeds-based outfit this time around took the chequered flag in fifth in LMP2 courtesy of Juan Pablo Montoya (COL)/Hugo De Sadeleer (CH)/Will Owen (US) who brought their Ligier JSP217 sports-prototype home ninth overall. But a podium for this car with less than two hours to run had looked a distinct possibility while the “sister” United Ligier of Filipe Albuquerque (POR)/Phil Hanson (GB)/Paul Di Resta (GB) had also seemed destined for a class podium too but crashed out of the race with less than five-hours remaining.

PODIUM CLEAN SWEEP FOR AUDI CUSTOMERS AT CIRCUIT HERO DOUBLE-HEADER IN ZHUHAI

It was a perfect weekend in southern China for Audi R8 LMS customers as they filled all six GT3 podium spots in rounds three and four of Circuit Hero at Zhuhai International Circuit. On Saturday, Adderly Fong of Zun Motorsport led home Julio Acosta of JY Racing and Max Wiser of Tianshi Racing Team (TSRT), only for Wiser to triumph ahead of Acosta and Fong in Sunday’s race. In the GTC class, there were yet more podiums for the Audi R8 LMS with TSRT’s David Chen and Zun Motorsport’s Shaun Thong twice climbing the steps in Zhuhai. 

STRONG PACE BUT NO REWARD: BMW M8 GTE FINISHES 12th IN ITS LE MANS DEBUT

Mixed emotions for BMW M Motorsport after its return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA). The pair of BMW M8 GTEs were able to match the pace of the GTE Pro front-runners over the course of the 86th edition of the endurance classic, with both running in the top-three for long stretches of the race. While car #82 – driven by Augusto Farfus (BRA), Alexander Sims (GBR) and António Félix da Costa (POR) – had to retire from ninth following an accident in the early hours on Sunday, the #81 BMW M8 GTE made it to the finish after 332 laps. Martin Tomczyk (GER), Nick Catsburg (NED) and Philipp Eng (AUT) finished 12th.

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