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SPINELLI AND WEERING COMPLETE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE CLEAN SWEEP AT IMOLA_6249ec5280688.jpeg

Loris Spinelli and Max Weering completed back-to-back Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe victories for Bonaldi Motorsport in a second race which was punctuated by three full course yellow periods. The #61 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 started second on the grid and maintained that position until the final stages when Spinelli passed race-leader Dmitry Gvazava (#9 Target Racing).

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TEAM WRT TAKES SEASON OPENING GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE VICTORY AT IMOLA

April 3, 2022 RNW Staff

Team WRT struck the first blow in the battle for the 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS title with victory in today’s Endurance Cup opener at Imola, ensuring that the new Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 enjoyed a perfect competitive debut.

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SAELENS AND LONGIN SEAL DEBUT GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES PRO-AM WIN FOR PK CARSPORT AT IMOLA

April 3, 2022 RNW Staff

Stienes Longin and Nicolas Saelens clinched their maiden Fanatec GT2 European Series outright and Pro-Am victory on their series debut on Sunday, converting their first pole position into the first win of the season for the PK Carsport Audi at Imola.

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SPINELLI AND WEERING CLAIM VICTORY IN LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE SEASON OPENER AT IMOLA

April 2, 2022 RNW Staff

Bonaldi Motorsport’s Loris Spinelli and Max Weering kicked off the 2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season in the best possible way as they strolled to victory in the first 50-minute encounter of the weekend at Imola. The Italian/Dutch combination, at the wheel of the #61 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, held the advantage either side of the mandatory pit-stop to beat Jean-Luc D’Auria and Stéphane Tribaudini (VS Racing) by 17.981s.

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HASSID TAKES FIRST AM AND OUTRIGHT GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES WIN FOR LP RACING

April 2, 2022 RNW Staff

Henry Hassid put in a blistering debut Fanatec GT2 European Series performance to seize the first race honours of the 2022 season at Imola, claiming both the outright and Am class honours for LP Racing.

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LACHENAUER AND BOWERS TAKE GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RACE ONE WIN AT IMOLA

April 2, 2022 RNW Staff

Racing Spirit of Léman made a flying start to the GT4 European Series season with Konstantin Lachenauer and Gus Bowers taking a controlled victory in the opening race at Imola. Allied Racing defied the odds to finish second and win Pro-Am, while Team Fullmotorsport kick-started its Am class title defence with another win.

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TIM HEINEMANN JOINS RING-RACING FOR 2022 DTM TROPHY

April 1, 2022 RNW Staff

Three years DTM Trophy, three years Ring-Racing, three years with Toyota: the team from Boxberg near the Nürburgring will also be participating in the 2022 DTM Trophy and is again relying on Toyota for its campaign. New in the team, however, is the driver. Tim Heinemann, who concluded the inaugural season in the talent pool on the DTM platform by winning the title after a commanding performance in 2020, will be driving the Toyota Supra in the 14 sprint races of the 2022 season. The DTM Trophy gets its third season underway at DEKRA Lausitzring Turn 1 from 20 till 22 May.

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AUDIS ON TOP IN GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES QUALIFYING AT IMOLA

April 1, 2022 RNW Staff

The Audi R8 LMS GT2s of LP Racing and PK Carsport were the stars of the opening Fanatec GT2 European Series qualifying sessions of the season this afternoon at Imola in Italy, with both Elia Erhart and Nicolas Saelens coming out on top of the first and second sessions respectively.

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GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES SET FOR STORMING SECOND SEASON

March 31, 2022 RNW Staff

The Fanatec GT2 European Series launches into its second season of competition at Imola, Italy, this weekend (1-3 April).

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JACK AITKEN BEGINS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CAMPAIGN AT IMOLA

March 31, 2022 RNW Staff

British-Korean racer Jack Aitken will begin his quest for a first GT3 title this weekend in the opening GT World Challenge Europe round of the season at Imola.

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MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT FINALISES HIGH QUALITY LINE UP FOR 2022 DTM SEASON

March 31, 2022 RNW Staff

For its mission title defence in DTM, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport can build on a first-class line-up again in 2022. Together with the teams, Mercedes-AMG has completed the last details and has finalised a powerful line-up for the upcoming season: in the 16 races of the renowned sprint series, four customer teams are participating with eight Mercedes-AMG GT3s. In the process, the driver line-up is like a “who is who” of GT3 racing: next to reigning champion Maximilian Götz, brand ambassador Maro Engel (both GER) will be behind the wheel as well. Moreover, like last year, Mercedes-AMG Drivers Lucas Auer (AUT), Maximilian Buhk (GER) and Arjun Maini (IND) will be on the grid again. With Mikaël Grenier (CAN), David Schumacher and Luca Stolz (both GER), three well-known names will be taking on their first full DTM season. The opening round of the eight scheduled events will be held at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão/Portugal from 29th April until 1st May.

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IMOLA KICKS OFF THE 2022 LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE SEASON FOR OREGON TEAM

March 30, 2022 RNW Staff

Oregon Team hits the track at Imola this coming weekend, in the first out of six double Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe rounds.

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AM CLASS CHAMPIONS AMAC MOTORSPORT CONFIRM GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ENTRY

March 30, 2022 RNW Staff

AMAC Motorsport will contest all six Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS rounds this year with ‘reigning’ Am class champions Andrew Macpherson and Ben Porter.

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2018 CHAMPION PETER MANGION MAKES PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB RETURN WITH TORO VERDE GT

March 30, 2022 RNW Staff

Toro Verde GT is very happy to announce that Peter Mangion will round out its four-car entry in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB for the 2022 season, with the 2018 Am class champion making his return to the series.

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IMOLA TO HOST THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE SEASON OPENER AND THE DEBUT OF THE HURACAN ST EVO2

March 30, 2022 RNW Staff

The iconic Italian circuit of Imola will host the opening round of the 2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season, the 14th edition of the one-make GT championship and first for the all-new Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2. Thirthy-seven cars are set to fight at the Grand Prix venue across all four classes, with action aplenty guaranteed.

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TITLE DEFENCE WITH 24 AUDI CUSTOMER RACE CARS IN SRO RACE SERIES

March 30, 2022 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer racing is again one of the most important brands in the pan-European GT platform of promoter SRO (Stéphane Ratel Organization) in 2022. Eleven customer teams with a total of 24 race cars from Audi Sport will compete in the season opener of the SRO racing series at the Imola circuit from April 1–3. Audi will compete as defending champion in the GT3 race series Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS as well as in the GT2 European Series and the GT4 European Series.

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MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT GOING INTO GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP WITH TITLE AMBITIONS

March 29, 2022 RNW Staff

Following promising test days at Circuit Paul Ricard in France, Mercedes-AMG will be starting the new Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season from 1st till 3rd April. A three-hour race at Imola’s Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari will be the season opener of the high-class GT series with another four endurance races to follow in the course of the season. Seven Customer Racing Teams will be bringing a total of eleven Mercedes-AMG GT3s to the grid that are, among others, to secure the title defence in the global manufacturers’ standings. In the past three years, Mercedes-AMG had managed to decide this intercontinental championship in its favour.

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NEW RULES HELPING TO BOOST THE 2022 GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES

March 29, 2022 RNW Staff

The GT4 European Series continues to go from strength to strength, with a full-season entry list boasting 50 cars and guaranteeing healthy and competitive grids across the entire 2022 season.

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WEATHERTECH RACING SWITCHING TO MERCEDES-AMG FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE IMSA SEASON

March 29, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing is making a shift to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the remainder of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

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JONATHAN HUI LAUNCHES GTWCE TITLE DEFENCE WITH SKY TEMPESTA RACING

March 29, 2022 RNW Staff

Hong Kong driver, Jonathan Hui, has confirmed that he will continue to race with Sky Tempesta Racing for a fourth consecutive season at the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS championship (GTWC) in 2022. In 2021, Hui became the first driver from Hong Kong to secure a GT World Challenge Europe championship by winning both the teams’ and drivers’ Endurance Cup Pro-Am championship titles. He will be looking to continue to extend this run of incredible success, this year making the switch to a brand new Mercedes-AMG GT3.

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