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JR III RACING TO CONTEST FIRST IWSC ENDURANCE EVENT AT PETIT LE MANS
Adding to the team’s growing resume, Jr III Racing will join the LMP3 entry list for Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta November 10-13th. Ari Balogh, Garett Grist and Spencer Pigot will pilot the No. 30 Airbnb Ligier JS P320 in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship season finale.
BASZ AND MICHELOTTO SECURE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO TITLE WIN WITH VS RACING IN MISANO
VS Racing’s Karol Basz and Mattia Michelotto claimed a resounding victory in the season-ending Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals at Misano Adriatico, winning both of the 50-minute races from pole position. The success comes just one week after VS Racing wrapped up the International GT Open championship title, which caps off a sensational season for the team.
YIFEI YE SIGNS AS PORSCHE MOTORSPORT ASIA PACIFIC SELECTED DRIVER
At the Night of Champions in Shanghai, following the finales of both Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Presented by AximTrade and Porsche Sports Cup China, Chinese racer Yifei Ye was announced as the 2022 Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Selected Driver.
B-QUIK ABSOLUTE RACING MAKES WINNING START TO TSS 2021
A great start to the 2021 Thailand Super Series season with double podiums in both Super Car GT3 races for the B-Quik Absolute Racing Audi R8 GT3 EVOs, the No 1 shared by Sandy Stuvik and Philip Massoud and the No 26 with Daniel Bilski and Martin Rump, a performance capped off by a sensational race victory for the latter car this afternoon.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS FINISHES FOURTH IN BAHRAIN
United Autosports finished fourth at the end of the penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain yesterday.
THIRD PLACE FOR FERRARI IN BAHRAIN
The 6 Hours of Bahrain, the penultimate round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, ended with third place for the 488 GTE crewed by Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado. The final result was conditioned by the power reduction due to the Balance of Performance announced on the eve of the race. In the LMGTE Am class, no Ferrari crew made the podium for the first time this season.
HISTORIC HYPER CAR TITLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing made endurance racing history as the first World Champions of the Hypercar era with a one-two victory in the 6 Hours of Bahrain.
PORSCHE TAKES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD WITH ONE-TWO RESULT IN BAHRAIN
Facing difficult conditions, the Porsche GT Team has achieved its third win of the season in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. At the six-hour race in Bahrain, Frenchman Kévin Estre and Neel Jani from Switzerland in the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR narrowly beat their works driver colleagues Gianmaria Bruni from Italy and Austrian Richard Lietz. Thanks to the one-two result in the Kingdom of Bahrain on the Persian Gulf, Porsche has moved into the lead of the manufacturers’ championship before the final round of the season. In the GTE-Am class, the customer teams Dempsey-Proton Racing and Project 1 claimed podium steps with their ca. 515 PS nine-eleven cars.
POLE POSITION IN GTE AM FOR FERRARI IN BAHRAIN
Iron Lynx’s 488 GTE, qualified by Rino Mastronardi, took the first pole position for the Italian team in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Am class. The two AF Corse Ferraris in the Pro class will start from row two, with Miguel Molina recording the third-fastest time ahead of Alessandro Pier Guidi.
LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO REGIONAL TITLES DECIDED ON WORLD FINALS OPENING DAY AT MISANO
The Lamborghini Super Trofeo regional championship campaign reached its conclusion at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, with both the Europe and North America titles decided on the final day of the season in Italy. A total of 52 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo cars took to the circuit in the last races before the traditional World Finals begins on Saturday.
ESTRE AND JANI ON GTE PRO POLE IN BAHRAIN
Works driver Kévin Estre has planted the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR on pole position in qualifying for the six-hour race in Bahrain. In the close hunt for top times, the Frenchman only just outpaced his Italian brand colleague Gianmaria Bruni in the identical ca. 515 PS nine-eleven with the starting number 91. For Kévin Estre and Neel Jani, who currently rank second in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC, this is the fourth pole position from the fifth and penultimate race of the season. In the GTE-Am class, the best 911 RSR takes up the race from third place.
GRUPPE M COMMITS TO 2022 DTM WITH TO TWO CARS
Following a successful debut season, GruppeM Racing confirms that it will return to the DTM in 2022 with an expanded two-car entry.
IMOLA TO HOST 2022 GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON OPENER
Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will open its 2022 season with a three-hour Endurance Cup contest at Imola thanks to a new agreement between SRO Motorsports Group and the Italian circuit.
ANDY MEYRICK AND TOM GAMBLE TO JOIN UNITED AUTOSPORTS PETIT LE MANS LMP3 TEAM
United Autosports can confirm that Andy Meyrick and Tom Gamble will join their LMP3 team for the Motul Petit Le Mans in two weeks’ time.
THE DRIVERS ARE READY TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP
Who will German GT Champion in 2021? It doesn’t get any more tense than the title decider at the Nürburgring from 5th to 7th November. The leaders take an advantage of just four points into the final round, while a total of 13 drivers still have hopes of winning the title with Audi, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche […]
TITLE BATTLE BEGINS IN BAHRAIN FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s GR010 HYBRID Hypercar set the pace on its Bahrain debut during opening practice for the penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
NIELSEN RACING ARE MICHELIN LE MANS CUP CHAMPIONS
The long-term partnership between Tony Wells, Colin Noble and Nielsen Racing has seen plenty of success over the years in various categories, but Sunday (24 October 2021) at the season finale at Portimao saw them crowned Champions together as they secured the Michelin Le Mans Cup title.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS HEAD TO BAHRAIN FOR FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE HEADER FINALE
United Autosports make their way to Bahrain this week for the final two rounds of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship as the season ends with a double-header event in the Middle East, where the team will be hoping to defend their LMP2 championship title.
GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM BACK ON WINNERS’ ROW
Game, set and match for Team GRT Grasser Racing! The Austrian squad put their stamp on the ADAC GT Masters at the weekend in Hockenheim with a brace of victories and pole positions. At the legendary grand prix circuit in south-west Germany, Mirko Bortolotti and Marco Mapelli finally ended the long spell without a win in the Super Sports Car League for the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. The Lamborghini works drivers secured the first triumph in the ADAC GT Masters since 2019 for GRT Grasser Racing and Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
