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PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB EVOLVES FOR BLOCKBUSTER SEASON

April 13, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche Sprint Challenge GB enters its fourth season in 2023 with a revised package and the busiest grid yet. The one-make championship for the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport delivers 18 races with national television coverage. It now joins the TOCA package on six weekends, where it runs in support of the British Touring Car Championship and alongside Porsche Carrera Cup GB.

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PORSCHE CARRERA GB ENTERS EXCITING 21st SEASON

April 13, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single-marque GT racing championship in the UK, enters its 21st season in 2023 with an exciting mix of returnees and talented newcomers. The championship continues with the latest generation of 911 racing car – the 510 hp ‘Type 992’ 911 GT3 Cup – while 2023 also marks Carrera Cup GB 2022 / 2023 Junior Adam Smalley’s second year with the support of Porsche, a season in which he guns for title glory.

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AN AUSTRIAN NATIONAL SQUAD IN THE DTM: GRT SIGNS MICK WISHOFER AS TEAMMATE TO CLEMENS SCHMID

April 13, 2023 RNW Staff

The bull from Styria will be wearing red-white-red in the DTM in 2023. The Grasser Racing Team from St. Margarethen near Knittelfeld will take on the prestigious racing series this season with two Austrians. In addition to the Tyrolean Clemens Schmid, the second Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 of the racing outfit supported by Lamborghini Squadra Corse will be driven by Mick Wishofer from Vienna. The newcomer in the number 19 car will make his debut in the legendary championship at the official DTM test in Spielberg on April 15 and 16.

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PAUL MILLER RACING BRINGS MASSIVE MOMENTUM INTO LONG BEACH

April 13, 2023 RNW Staff

Paul Miller Racing head into the first sprint round of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship not only as the most recent 2023 winners—at Sebring International Raceway in March—but as defending two-time race winners of the Long Beach Grand Prix.

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DANIIL KVYAT UNVEILED AS LATEST ADDITION TO LAMBORGHINI FACTORY DRIVER ROSTER

April 13, 2023 RNW Staff

Former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat has been announced as an official Lamborghini Squadra Corse Factory Driver, carrying out extensive testing of the firms’ LMDh prototype this year before making his race debut in 2024 with Lamborghini Iron Lynx in the WEC and IMSA Championships.

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JONATHAN HUI REVEALS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PLANS WITH McLAREN

April 13, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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LOOKING FORWARD: THE 2023 K-PAX RACING SEASON PREVIEW

April 12, 2023 RNW Staff

Popular motorsport outfit K-PAX Racing is closing in on the start of its 2023 season, as the team finalises testing and preparations for its Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS campaign.

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EUROPEAN RACE DEBUT FOR THE PORSCHE 963 AT PORTIMAO

April 12, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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

April 12, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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AL HARTHY AIMING TO CONVERT PERFORMANCE INTO PODIUM AS FIA WEC ARRIVES IN PORTUGAL

April 12, 2023 RNW Staff

Oman Racing’s Ahmad Al Harthy makes a welcome return to race action in Europe later this week as the FIA World Endurance Championship arrives in Portugal, for the hotly anticipated second round of the 2023 season – the 6 Hours of Portimao.

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KCMG TARGETS STRONG NLS 3 RESULT AHEAD OF NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

April 12, 2023 RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) is looking to convert its potential into a podium this weekend in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS), as it looks to build momentum ahead of next month’s Nürburgring 24 Hours.

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REVISED CLASS STRUCTURE LEADS REGULATION CHANGES FOR 2023 GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON

April 11, 2023 RNW Staff

The opening round of the 2023 Fanatec GT Europe season is just a week away, with Monza set to host a three-hour Endurance Cup race on 21-23 April.

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

April 11, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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AMR CUSTOMER TEAMS AIMING HIGH IN PORTIMAO AND LONG BEACH

April 11, 2023 RNW Staff

Aston Martin’s multiple championship-winning Vantage returns to action in the world’s two most prestigious sportscar series – the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) and the North American-based IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – this weekend, with four of AMR’s key partner teams all competing.

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

April 11, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS SPRINTS INTO THE GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH

April 11, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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

April 10, 2023 RNW Staff

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.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING PREPARED FOR PORTIMAO

April 7, 2023 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims to maintain its dominant start to the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season when it competes in Europe for the first time this year, at the 6 Hours of Portimão.

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B-QUIK ABSOLUTE ANNOUNCES RAZANAKOTO AND ASAVASANGSIDHI FOR TSS SUPER CAR GT4

April 7, 2023 RNW Staff

B-Quik Absolute Racing is pleased to announce Iaro Razanakoto and Chanon Asavasangsidhi as the driver line up for the #88 Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport for a full year programme in Thailand Super Series (TSS) – Super Car GT4.

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SUN AND CHENG RETURN TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA WITH ABSOLUTE RACING AND AUDI SPORT ASIA

April 6, 2023 RNW Staff

Two of Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS’s most experienced drivers, Sun Jingzu and Franky Cheng Congfu, are returning to the series with Absolute Racing and Audi Sport Asia.

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