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The Total lubricants-backed Paul Miller Racing team has notched a sixth-place start for the 69th annual 12 Hours of Sebring in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s all-new GTD qualifying format.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FIFTH AT SEBRING, FRONT ROW START FOR WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS

March 19, 2021 RNW Staff

Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.), Matt Campbell (Australia), and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will start from the third row in GTLM for tomorrow’s 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES THIRD AND FOURTH FOR THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 19, 2021 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL will start tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Twelve Hours of Sebring from the second row of the GTLM grid following third and fourth place qualifying efforts from Connor De Phillippi and Jesse Krohn this afternoon. De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE third with a time of 1:55.062 minutes around the Sebring International Raceway, 0.219 seconds ahead of Jesse Krohn’s 1:55.251-minute lap in the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE. Both BMWs were within only 0.317 seconds of the pole-winning Corvette. De Phillippi will co-drive with Bruno Spengler and Philipp Eng tomorrow, while Krohn will share the No. 24 M8 with John Edwards and Augusto Farfus.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC ON POLE AT SEBRING

March 19, 2021 RNW Staff

Pipo Derani drove the Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R to pole position for tomorrow’s 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts to run at Sebring International Raceway.

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AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER TEAMS READY FOR 2021 EUROPEAN SEASON

March 19, 2021 RNW Staff

Following last year’s first event at the Lausitzring and a date at Portimão, Audi Sport customer racing organized a joint test with customer teams for the third time. On the Vallelunga circuit north of Rome, up to 13 race cars with the four rings were on the road for three days. The test days served to prepare for the European season after teams in America, Asia and Australia have already clinched their first trophies since January.

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PORSCHE SPECIALISTS IN SECOND 911 GT3 R FOR KUS TEAM BERNHARD IN 2021 ADAC GT MASTERS

March 19, 2021 RNW Staff

Two young Porsche specialists complete the driving line-up for Küs Team Bernhard in the ADAC GT Masters: in Jannes Fittje (21/Langenhain) and Porsche Supercup runner-up Dylan Pereira (23/LUX), the racing team run by two-time Le Mans winner and FIA WEC world champion Timo Bernhard has acquired two talented young drivers for the German GT Championship, who already boast a wealth of experience at the wheel of the 911. The new ADAC GT Masters season kicks off from 14th to 16th May at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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PR1/MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS HUNGRY FOR A WIN AT THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2021 RNW Staff

After a disappointing result at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the #52 Oreca 07 LMP2 will be at full speed in Sebring for the 69th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, with drivers Ben Keating, Mikkel Jensen and Scott Huffaker. After starting from the pole at the Rolex 24 in January, a series of mechanical issues and repairs from contact the team finally had to abandon the race 40 minutes before the checkered flag.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING DRIVERS LOOK FORWARD TO TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2021 RNW Staff

After nearly two months away, Whelen Engineering Cadillac drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) are set to return to the track for the 69th annual IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts March 17-20 at Sebring International Raceway.

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MIDDLE EASTERN EVENT TO REPLACE CANCELLED SUZUKA 10 HOURS ON 2021 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CALENDAR

March 17, 2021 RNW Staff

Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli will visit the Middle East for the first time later this year following confirmation that the Suzuka 10 Hours cannot take place as originally scheduled on August 20-22.

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NIKLAS KRÜTTEN AND MATT BELL JOIN NICOLAS MAULINI AT COOL RACING FOR EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

March 17, 2021 RNW Staff

Niklas Krütten and Matt Bell will join Nicolas Maulini at COOL Racing for the 2021 European Le Mans Series. The trio will race together in the team’s new Ligier JS P320 LMP3 entry, spanning six rounds on Europe’s most famous circuits.

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ERA MOTORSPORT ENTERS SEBRING TWELVE HOUR WITH IMSA POINTS LEAD

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

Riding the momentum of January’s victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Era Motorsport has arrived at Sebring International Raceway for the 12 Hours of Sebring. Kyle Tilley, Dwight Merriman, and Ryan Dalziel are back in the No. 18 Oreca LMP2 sports car for the twelve-hour endurance event, the second round in the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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MIKE BENHAM AND ALEX KAPADIA COMPLETE RLR MSPORT’S 2021 ELMS LINE-UP

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

RLR MSport announced that it would retain Jakobsen for the 2021 season in September, having been mightily impressed by the Danish Formula 4 Champion’s talent, maturity and professionalism, and the Motul-powered team has improved its prospects further by signing Benham and Kapadia.

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MONTAPLAST BY LAND-MOTORSPORT LINES UP WITH CHRISTOPHER MIES AND RICARDO FELLER IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

One former champion, a race winner, and a fresh new look: armed with new and familiar weapons, Montaplast by Land- Motorsport is looking to have a say in the title race in the 2021 ADAC GT Masters. Former champion Christopher Mies (31/Heiligenhaus) and youngster Ricardo Feller (20/CH) will be at the wheel of the first Audi R8 LMS fielded by the team from Westerwald region in the German GT Championship. This season’s ADAC GT Masters kicks off from 14th to 16th May at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS GEARS UP FOR SECOND IMSA EVENT WEEKEND AT SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports continues its Sebring International Raceway expedition by preparing for the Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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BMW TEAM RLL READY FOR REDEMPTION AT 2021 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

The Sebring International Raceway has been a successful venue for BMW Team RLL. From 2010 through the 2020 season the team has totaled two victories, four second and three third place finishes at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring. Last year, with the race’s traditional March date delayed until November because of the Covid-19 pandemic, BMW Team RLL came within minutes of adding a third GTLM class victory before being punted out of the lead by an over-anxious GTD class competitor running into the rear of the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE with some 10 minutes remaining in the race. Only four months later, BMW Team RLL is ready for redemption.

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PAUL MILLER RACING BACK IN ACTION AT SEBRING

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team returns to Sebring International Raceway in pursuit of the team’s second victory at the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring.

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CADILLAC RACING ENTRIES READY FOR TWELVE AT SEBRING

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

Four Cadillac Racing DPi-V.R teams and race cars are ready for the 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts to run at Sebring International Raceway March 17-20.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO DEFEND TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING WIN

March 16, 2021 RNW Staff

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is just days away, and Porsche customer racing team Wright Motorsports has a busy race week in store. The team will field five entries between the four races of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Michelin Pilot Challenge, and the new Porsche Carrera Cup North America, closing out the […]

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR SEBRING TWELVE

March 15, 2021 RNW Staff

Matt Campbell (Australia) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will join Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.) for the 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to run at Sebring International Raceway March 17-20.