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PODIUM PACE GOES UNREWARDED FOR K-PAX RACING AT MONZA

April 25, 2023 RNW Staff

K-PAX Racing had to endure disappointment at the opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup when a technical problem ruled the team out of a likely podium finish.

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TEAM PARKER RACING ENJOYS HAT TRICK OF PODIUM VISITS TO OPEN PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB SEASON

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

Team Parker Racing opened the 2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge GB season at its home circuit, Donington Park at the weekend (April 22/23), claiming three overall podium finishes.

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HEART OF RACING TO ENTER THE FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

Reigning IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class champion team, Heart of Racing [HoR], will make its FIA World Endurance Championship [WEC] debut at Spa-Francorchamps, in Belgium, this weekend.

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THRILLING PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB SEASON OPENER SEES ROBERTS THE EARLY CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche Sprint Challenge GB arrived at Donington Park for the first weekend of the 2023 season. As part of a three-year agreement starting this year, it runs exclusively on the TOCA package. On six race weekends, the championship will race in support of the British Touring Car Championship, four of those – including the season-opener – also alongside Carrera Cup GB.

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SMALLEY SHARES PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB SEASON OPENING SPOILS WITH DE HAAN

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single-marque GT racing championship in the UK – got its 21st season underway at Donington Park, the shorter 1.98-mile National circuit hosting two races on Sunday 23 April. In the year’s first race, 16-year-old newcomer Robert de Haan (Richardson Racing) became the youngest overall race winner in championship history. Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2022 / 2023 Junior Adam Smalley (Duckhams Yuasa Racing with Team Parker) drove to the second win of his Porsche racing career in round two.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ONE-TWO FOR ROWE RACING AT MONZA

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

ROWE Racing made a dream start to the 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season with a one-two finish for the BMW squad launching the new campaign at Monza. The #98 machine of Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann and Nick Yelloly started the opening Endurance Cup race from pole and was never under serious pressure for the win. For much of the three-hour run it was perused by fellow BMW squad Team WRT, only for both of the Belgian squad’s cars to hit problems before the chequered flag.

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WYLIE CLAIMS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB PRO-AM PODIUM AT DONINGTON

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

Ross Wylie, from Thornhill near Dumfries, got his Porsche Carrera Cup GB campaign off to a flying start at Donington Park last weekend (22-23 Apr). Ross swept his Glenturret Porsche Carrera Cup car to third place in the Pro-Am category in the opening race and fourth in the second – denied a second podium by a mere 0.647secs.

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GRASSER RACING SECURES PODIUM IN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON OPENER

April 24, 2023 RNW Staff

GRT celebrated a successful start to the 2023 season last weekend in Italy. For the Austrian Lamborghini team, the opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Powered by AWS was up at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on April 22 and 23. On the iconic circuit just outside Milan, 55 entries took to the first test of strength in the prestigious endurance series. For Grasser Racing, the race debut with the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 proved a success with a podium in the Silver Cup.

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PK CARSPORT RETURNS TO GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES PRO AM WINNING WAYS

April 23, 2023 RNW Staff

PK Carsport, the 2022 Fanatec GT2 European Series champions, returned to their race-winning ways with new driver duo Peter Guelinckx and Stienes Longin bagging their first win of the season at Monza.

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A WIN AND A STACK OF PODIUMS FOR B-QUIK ABSOLUTE AT TSS SEASON OPENER IN BURIRAM

April 23, 2023 RNW Staff

It was a very hot but at the same time very rewarding weekend at Buriram’s Chang International Circuit as B-Quik Absolute Racing kicked off the 2023 TSS The Super Series season with a win, a stack of podiums and a big helping of championship points as the defence of the Drivers’ and Teams’ titles got underway.

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HASSID AND BELTOISE TAKE GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES PRO AM WIN AT MONZA

April 22, 2023 RNW Staff

Reigning Fanatec GT2 European Series Am champion Henry Hassid and new teammate Anthony Beltoise got their 2023 Pro-Am campaign off to the best possible start with their first victory of the season at Monza.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING SET FOR SPA SPECTACLE

April 22, 2023 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing takes on a record Hypercar field at one of the motorsport’s most spectacular circuits when the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) makes its last stop before Le Mans, at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on 29 April.

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INTHRAPHUVASAK MAKES GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA RETURN WITH ABSOLUTE RACING

April 21, 2023 RNW Staff

2019 runner-up Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak makes his Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS return this season alongside Alessio Picariello in the second of Absolute Racing’s new Porsche 911 GT3 Rs.

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TSS THE SUPER SERIES READY TO KICK OFF THE 2023 SEASON IN BURIRAM

April 20, 2023 RNW Staff

TSS The Super Series by B-Quik is all ready to kick off the 2023 season at a very hot and dry Buriram’s Chang International Circuit over the next three days, 21-23 April.

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K-PAX RACING SET FOR GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON OPENER

April 20, 2023 RNW Staff

K-PAX Racing is set for the opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season, taking place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy this weekend (April 22/23).

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STRONG AUDI PRESENCE IN 2023 GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE

April 20, 2023 RNW Staff

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS will remain a central pillar in European GT racing in 2023 with a comprehensive program of Audi Sport customer racing teams. A total of 23 Audi R8 LMS cars in the three categories GT3, GT2 and GT4 are registered for various race series that are part of the platform of promoter SRO.

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EIGHT BMW M4 GT3s AT GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON OPENER AT MONZA

April 20, 2023 RNW Staff

More M Power than ever before: A record contingent of eight BMW M4 GT3s will take to the grid for this weekend’s opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS (GTWC) at Monza (ITA). Never before have so many of BMW M Motorsport’s top GT3 cars started a race together. In the battle for overall victory in race one of the Endurance Cup, BMW M Team WRT and ROWE Racing will each run two works-assisted BMW M4 GT3, driven by a total of twelve BMW M works drivers. They include nine-time motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi (ITA), who will contest all of this season’s GTWC races with his iconic number 46, beginning with a home outing in Italy.

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TORO VERDE GT EXPANDS PORSCHE PROGRAMME WITH TWO CAR SPRINT CHALLENGE GB ENTRY

April 18, 2023 RNW Staff

Toro Verde GT is excited to announce it will be making its debut in the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB, expanding its racing efforts with a two-car line-up for the 2023 season.

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GRT READY FOR GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON OPENER AT MONZA

April 18, 2023 RNW Staff

Two Lamborghinis for a déjà vu the Italian way. A new chapter begins for the Grasser Racing Team from April 21 to 23. At the season opener of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, the squad from Austria will celebrate their race premiere with the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2. The third generation of the GT3 machine from Lamborghini Squadra Corse follows in the footsteps of its ancestors at a historic venue in Monza. GRT will start the new era with two cars on the legendary Grand Prix circuit next weekend. The number 58 entry will be driven by Ricky Capo, Sam Neary and Fabrizio Crestani. There is a driver change in the sister car. In the number 85, Kay van Berlo shares the cockpit with Clemens Schmid and Benjamin Hites.

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GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES GRID SET FOR STELLAR START TO SEASON THREE AT MONZA

April 18, 2023 RNW Staff

Season three of the Fanatec GT2 European Series is ready to go green for round one at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy this weekend, 21-23 April, with a host of new teams, cars and drivers ready to battle for the 2023 titles.

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