OREGON TEAM CLAIM FOURTH LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE WIN OF 2021 AT SPA WITH GILARDONI AND PULCINI
Oregon Team pairing Leonardo Pulcini and Kevin Gilardoni extended their Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe points
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SUPER SATURDAY AT THE ROCKING AND RACING CLASSIC
Saturdays at The Classic are always very special and this year’s was one of the best in the festival’s history with 12 fiercely-fought retro races, record numbers of classic cars on display… plus a new outright lap record. It all added up to more than 15 hours of epic entertainment with reggae chart-toppers Aswad and acid jazz legends The Brand New Heavies sending everyone home happy.
FIRST GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES VICTORY FOR ALLIED RACING IN 2021, SAINTELOC RACING AND BORUSAN OTOMOTIV MOTORSPORT TAKE CLASS WINS AT SPA
Allied Racing’s Nicolaj Møller-Madsen and Joel Sturm bounced back from retirement in yesterday’s race with a win in race 2 at Spa. The #22 Porsche took control during the pit window and finished well ahead of the other Silver Cup runners.
DIFFICULT SUPER POLE FOR FERRARI AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS
The fight for Super Pole, which involved the twenty fastest cars in yesterday’s qualifying, saw the two Iron Lynx Ferraris take thirteenth and eighteenth place on the grid.
UNITED AUROSPORTS, CENTRI PORSCHE TICINO AND BORUSAN OTOMOTIV MOTORSPORT WIN GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RACE 1 AT SPA
The first of two GT4 European Series races at Spa-Francorchamps ended with wins for United Autosports (McLaren), Centri Porsche Ticino and Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (BMW). Charlie Fagg and Bailey Voisin led away the field at the start and were the first to cross the line after 21 laps of racing around the 7 km track in the Belgian Ardennes.
BEST PORSCHE 911 GT3 R TACKLES THE 24 HOURS OF SPA FROM NINTH PLACE
The two best-placed Porsche customer teams take up the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps tomorrow from positions nine and 20. In the Super Pole session on Friday evening, Porsche works driver Mathieu Jaminet turned the ninth fastest lap with GPX Racing’s 911 GT3 R. In the 20-minute shootout, the top 20 vehicles from Thursday’s qualifying competed against each other in individual time trials. The fastest time of two laps was counted. The 26-year-old Frenchman achieved a lap time of 2:18.729 minutes. For the race, Jaminet shares the cockpit with Earl Bamber from New Zealand and the Australian Matt Campbell.
WALKENHORST MOTORSPORT TO START THE 24 HOURS OF SPA FROM 5th AND 14th POSITIONS
Everything is ready for the classic endurance race in the Ardennes: Walkenhorst Motorsport secured a promising starting position for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) in Super Pole qualification on Friday evening. Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) claimed fifth place in the #34 BMW M6 GT3, Thomas Neubauer (FRA) finished the final qualifying session in the #35 BMW M6 GT3 in 14th place.
PIJIL/KROES HAND BONALDI MOTORSPORT FIRST LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE WIN OF THE YEAR AT SPA
Daan Pijl and Danny Kroes recorded the first Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe victory for Bonaldi Motorsport in the 2021 season after a superb drive from third on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps. Kroes made a strong start in the #33 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo to move into second place, while quick pit work allowed Pijl to leapfrog the polesitting #7 Novamarine – GSM Racing car of Kevin Rossel and Jonathan Cecotto for the win.
PAFFETT START IN THE DTM POSTPONED
Gary Paffett will not be able to start at the third DTM weekend in Zolder as planned. The two-time DTM champion lives in Great Britain and thus in a “red” classified Corona risk country and cannot enter Belgium without a ten-day quarantine. For various reasons, however, this is not possible for Gary Paffett. The Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport has asked the Belgian embassy for a special permit. However, there was no positive decision within the time limit necessary for the operational planning.
TWO FERRARIS IN SUPER POLE AT 24 HOURS OF SPA
In a session twice interrupted by the red flag and heavily affected by traffic, the two Ferraris of Iron Lynx qualified for Friday evening’s Super Pole, which will decide the starting grid for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
TWO PORSCHE 911 GT3 R WILL FIGHT FOR POLE POSITION AT SPA
In qualifying for the Spa 24 Hours, two 911 GT3 R racers fielded by Porsche’s customer teams have made it into the Super Pole. The final hunt for the 20 best grid spots will be held on Friday between 7.50 am and 8.20 am (CEST). After multiple qualifying sessions, GPX Racing’s 500+PS entry emerged as the fastest nine-eleven. Earl Bamber (New Zealand) as well as works drivers Matt Campbell (Australia) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) set an average time of 2:19.259 minutes in their individual 15-minute segments, which put them in eighth place. Bamber turned the fastest lap of all 911 GT3 R in 2:18.878 minutes. The 24-hour classic on the 7.004-kilometre Grand Prix circuit in Belgium’s Ardennes region takes off on Saturday at 4.30 pm.
MERCEDES-AMG LEADS THE CHARGE TO SUPER POLE IN 24 HOURS OF SPA QUALIFYING
Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP will chase its second successive Super Pole at the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa tomorrow evening after it’s #88 crew topped qualifying, while all nine brands contesting this year’s race will be represented in the deciding shootout.
SEVEN FERRARIS LINE UP AT 24 HOURS OF SPA
The first free practice session kicked off the long week of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the most eagerly awaited and important race of the Endurance Cup season of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS. Historically, this event is decisive for the title due to the double points awarded. Fifty-eight crews will start the race, divided into four classes – Pro, Silver Cup, Pro-Am and Am Cup – with seven of them driving the 488 GT3 Evo 2020.
MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT WELL PREPARED FOR THE SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS ANNIVERSARY RACE
The TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa got underway with a good first practice for Mercedes-AMG. In the 90-minute session, the teams with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 were able to run through their programme as planned in preparation for the season highlight. Four cars from Affalterbach ended up in the top ten. In the upcoming days, a total of 13 Mercedes-AMG GT3s will be competing for victory in the overall classification as well as for success in the classes. As a result, Mercedes-AMG has the largest car contingent of all the manufacturers. Next to the on-track activities, the performance and sports car brand is also attracting attention with a vehicle display at the occasion of the race: on display are the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.8 AMG that won its class and finished second overall 50 years ago as well as a car representing the special edition “50 Years Legend of Spa” consisting of three GT3 cars.
ERA MOTORSPORT JOINS IMSA SPRINT WEEKEND AT ROAD AMERICA
Era Motorsport is returning to sprint racing next weekend, joining the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at
PORSCHE MOTORSPORT GB LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR 2022 / 2023 JUNIOR
Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, will shortly begin its search for the next talented young driver to take up the role of Porsche GB Junior – one of UK motorsport’s most coveted opportunities.
JACK AITKEN GETS READY FOR HIS BIGGEST ADVENTURE OF THE YEAR
British-Korean driver Jack Aitken gets ready this week for the biggest motorsport adventure of his season so far: the legendary Spa 24 Hours.
OREGON TEAM SET FOR LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE ROUND AT SPA
Oregon Team is set for the fourth round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe that heads to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit this coming weekend. At one of the most historic track, the Italian squad aims high to prepare well the last part of the season.
32 ENTRIES CONFIRMED FOR IGTC’S 24 HOURS OF SPA SEASON OPENER
Season six of the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli finally blasts into action this weekend (July 29-August 1) at the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa where 32 entries – more than half the field – contest the global GT3 series’ season opener.
TWELVE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R TACKLE THE SPA 24 HOURS
With ten customer teams, twelve 911 GT3 R and a total of 40 racing drivers, seven of which are works drivers, Porsche is represented by an impressive line-up at the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race. Hardly any other manufacturer will have more racing cars on the grid of the endurance classic this coming weekend. The legendary event on the 7.004-kilometre “Ardennes rollercoaster” is considered one of the most important GT3 events in the world and counts towards two of this season’s championships: the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC). Porsche is aiming for a hat trick on the Belgian Grand Prix circuit. In 2019, works drivers Michael Christensen (Denmark), Kévin Estre (France) and Richard Lietz (Austria) claimed outright victory in the 911 GT3 R fielded by GPX Racing. Last year, another factory driver trio, Nick Tandy (Great Britain), Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium), won the highlight of the GT3 season, that time with the Rowe Racing squad.
