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JONATHAN HUI REVEALS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PLANS WITH McLAREN

Hong Kong racing driver Jonathan Hui (HKG) has confirmed a full-season entry in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS (GTWC Europe) Endurance Cup for his fifth consecutive season in the highly competitive European championship. The 2021 GTWC Europe Endurance Cup Pro-Am champion is looking to get back to the top of the championship standings, teaming up with Chris Froggatt (GBR) and Eddie Cheever III (ITA) for his 2023 season assault. The team will be competing for Bronze category honours in the brand new #93 Sky Tempesta Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, aiming to maximise points at each of the 5 rounds of this year’s race calendar.

EUROPEAN RACE DEBUT FOR THE PORSCHE 963 AT PORTIMAO

The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team heads to round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC with high hopes. After the opening round in Sebring (USA), the team will compete with the new Porsche 963 for the first time on a European racetrack in Portugal. The hybrid prototype, which was built in accordance with the LMDh regulations, contests the Hypercar class in the WEC. Porsche customer teams fight for victory in the GTE-Am category with six 911 RSR.

IT’S FINALLY TIME: FIRST DTM MOMENT OF TRUTH AT THE RED BULL RING

This weekend finally sees the first moment of truth of the 2023 DTM. The Red Bull Ring in Austria will be the arena for the official test and media days on 15 and 16 April. All teams and drivers will have the opportunity to find the optimum tuning for their racing cars in competition conditions ahead of the season start at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (26 – 28 May). Almost 13 hours of free practice in six sessions are scheduled over the two days. And fans are also getting a free ride: Admission is free, enabling spectators to follow the race action from the Steiermark Tribüne (Styria stand). Entrance to the paddock is also free, allowing a look behind the scenes, including autographs and selfies with the drivers.

MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING AIMS AT GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE TITLE DEFENCE

A three-hour endurance race at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza with its long heritage marks the start of the new Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season on 23rd April. For the season-opening event in the north of Italy, the seven customer sport teams have set themselves high goals and want to confirm the successful achievement of the past year. In 2022, Mercedes-AMG Team AKKODIS ASP won the teams’ title in the Endurance and overall standings during the season finale in Barcelona. Already having won the overall championship, Raffaele Marciello (SUI) also secured the trophy for the best endurance racing driver.

IMSA SPRINT DEBUT FOR THE PORSCHE 963 ON THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH

The Porsche Penske Motorsport switches from long distance to sprint mode with the Porsche 963 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: next up on the calendar is the Long Beach event – which is the shortest race of the season at just 100 minutes long. In the US state of California, the two factory hybrid prototypes in the GTP category face their first street course. Four Porsche customer teams take on the competition in the GTD-Pro and GTD classes with five Porsche 911 GT3 R.

WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS SPRINTS INTO THE GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH

With the first two endurance races of 2023 complete, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship heads into its first of seven sprint races of the year, beginning with this weekend’s Grand Prix of Long Beach. In Saturday’s 100-minute race, the Wright Motorsports No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R, driven by Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman, will make its street-racing debut, as downtown Long Beach, California transforms from a waterfront city to a professional motor racing circuit.

SEBRING PODIUM PROPELS BMW TEAM RLL TO LONG BEACH FOR ROUND THREE OF THE 2023 IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP

Following a second place overall, and GTP class finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 18th, BMW M Team RLL has now prepared both BMW M Hybrid V8 racing cars for the shortest race of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar season. The April 15th, 100-minute Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will be held on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary circuit that sets a concrete-lined stage for an always challenging event.

WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS REVELS IN VICTORY AT SONOMA RACEWAY

The SRO America 2023 season began for Wright Motorsports last weekend at Sonoma Raceway. The Porsche customer team celebrated multiple visits to the podium including a win in the headlining series, the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS. Team veterans Charlie Luck and Jan Heylen concluded the weekend with two top-five finishes in their new No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 R, while newcomers Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer won the opening round, followed up by a third-place finish in the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R.

PREMIERE FOR HAUPT RACING TEAM IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

The ADAC GT Masters field is growing: Haupt Racing Team is the latest newcomer to the series and will field a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. In Estonian Ralf Aron (24) and Switzerland’s Alain Valente (26), two talented youngsters line up for the team of Hubert Haupt, who adds the ADAC GT Masters to his DTM programme. The new ADAC GT Masters season gets underway on 10th June as part of the “Festival of Dreams” at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg.

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