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PORSCHE TACKLES THE WORLDS TOUGHEST RACE WITH TOP TEAMS

Four Porsche 911 GT3 R racers will tackle the 2019 FIA GT World Cup in Macau (China) on 17 November. The customer squads Rowe Racing and Absolute Racing each field two 500+hp GT3 vehicles at the world’s toughest road race. World sports car champion Kévin Estre (France) and his works driver colleagues Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) take on the special challenge at the high-speed street circuit. Alexandre Imperatori from Switzerland rounds off the line-up at Macau.

Porsche Carrera Cup GB grid swells as winner takes all in 2019 title fight

Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, returns to the ToCA package with a grid of 21 (8 Pro, 6 Pro-Am, 7 Am) following an annual blue riband weekend on the international stage. With just two weekends and four rounds of the 2019 season remaining, Silverstone could see the overall championship decided. Both Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) and Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) needing nothing less than victory to keep Porsche GB Junior Dan Harper (JTR) from being crowned 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion.

TOUGH WEEKEND AT HOCKENHEIMRING FOR BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT

The stage was set at the Hockenheimring as 18,000 spectators watched on under bright blue skies. BWT Mücke Motorsport hoped to achieve a great deal in the ADAC GT Masters during the penultimate race meet of the season at the Formula 1 track in south-west Germany. The well-proven driver pairings of Nikolaj Rogivue and Stefan Mücke in the BWT Audi R8 LMS #26, Jeffrey Schmidt and Christopher Haase in the BWT Audi R8 LMS #25 and Mike David Ortmann and Markus Winkelhock in the kfzteile24 Audi R8 LMS #24 fought hard to secure decent positions for the long-established Berlin-based outfit.

AFTER VICTORY AT HOCKENHEIM GRT GRASSER RACING LIMBER UP FOR ADAC GT MASTERS SHOWDOWN

Things are hotting up in the ADAC GT Masters 2019, and Orange1 by GRT Grasser are right at the heart of the action. At the Hockenheimring last weekend, their three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs came away with another big points haul. Christian Engelhart and Mirko Bortolotti in the number 63 car continued their current successful run with a victory in the first race of the weekend. On Sunday, the number 82 pairing of Rolf Ineichen and Franck Perera secured a further podium, this time for third.

FERRARI CHALLENGE UK TITLE DECIDER THIS WEEKEND AT SILVERSTONE

 The Ferrari Challenge UK season will come to a dramatic conclusion on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit this weekend, as both the Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell titles remain up for grabs. Jason Baker still leads the way in the Trofeo Pirelli class, but following his maiden win at Croft, Jamie Clarke will be full of confidence going in to the final two races as he hopes to steal the title away from Baker. The Coppa Shell class has provided action-packed, unpredictable racing throughout the season, with 5 different winners from 5 races showcasing the competitiveness of the class. Toby Flannagan, Gary Redman and Richard Guy remain separated by only 5 points, with a number of other drivers still in the hunt. With two races to go, it really is all to play for. The drivers will be pushing their 488 Challenge cars to the limit as the curtains close on a debut season that has provided dramatic and competitive racing.

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