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The winter break is almost over. In eight weeks, BWT Mücke Motorsport will be embarking on their third season in the ADAC GT Masters. In the past two years, the illustrious Berlin-based outfit has notched up three race wins and a tally of six podium finishes. In the highly competitive Super Sports Car League, which is one of the world’s leading GT series, the team has raised its ambitions for the 2019 campaign.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING CONFIRMS 2-CAR ASSAULT IN THE ASIA GT FESTIVAL

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff

Craft-Bamboo Racing, an official performance team of Mercedes-AMG, confirms entry of a 2 car line-up for the inaugural Asia GT Festival at the Sepang International Circuit as part of the opening 2 rounds of the 2019 China GT Championship season.

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AUDI SPORT ABT SCHAEFFLER TO CELEBRATE FORMULA E MILESTONE

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff

A unique occasion in Formula E: Next Sunday (March 10), in Hong Kong, Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi will contest their 50th race for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. No other team has competed in all of the races with the same driver pairing since the electric racing series’ inaugural event in September 2014. At the round in Asia, Audi intends to extend its impressive track record.

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PAUL DI RESTA CONFIRMED FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS MAIDEN FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2019 LE MANS 24 HOURS

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are happy to confirm that Paul Di Resta will join their maiden FIA World Endurance Championship programme for the 2019/2020 season, as well as being part of their Le Mans 24 Hours driver line up.

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NISSAN E.DAMS READY FOR ASIAN LEG OF FORMULA E

March 4, 2019 RNW Staff

Nissan e.dams is set to contest the first of two ABB FIA Formula E Championship races taking place in Asia this season, when the series celebrates its 50th race this week in Hong Kong.

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AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP ROUND TWO WIN AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD FOR GEOFF EMERY

March 3, 2019 RNW Staff

Audi Sport Team Valvoline driver Geoff Emery has won round two of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup on the Adelaide Parklands Street Circuit, propelling him to the top of the GT3 championship leaderboard. Early leader, CTVS Racers by Absolute’s Alex Au, took a hard-earned second after an eventful race ahead of The Bend Motorsport Park’s Yasser Shahin in front of a record Adelaide 500 crowd of 91,500 people.

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FERRARI AND MERCEDES-AMG COMMIT TO GLOBAL BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE

March 2, 2019 RNW Staff

With the first round of the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge taking part at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend, SRO Motorsports Group is pleased to announce that Ferrari and Mercedes-AMG represented at all rounds of the full 18-event calendar will be competing for the inaugural Blancpain GT World Challenge title.

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TONY BATES TAKES LIGHTS-TO-FLAG VICTORY IN AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP SEASON OPENER

March 2, 2019 RNW Staff

In intense heat and on one of the world’s most challenging street circuits, Australian Tony Bates won the opening round of the 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup with a flawless run from pole to flag. Behind him, fellow countryman Yasser Shahin put in an electrifying performance, The Bend Motorsport Park driver surviving a late-race technical issue to claim second from a starting position of seventh.

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AUDI ROOKIE TO MAKE AUSTRALIAN GT DEBUT AT AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

March 2, 2019 RNW Staff

Melbourne’s Lee Partridge will make the debut of a lifetime at the Australian Grand Prix, the 18-year veteran of motorsport, who actually works full-time with Audi Sport customer racing Australia, will take the wheel of the Aussie Driver Search R8 LMS GT3 for the opening round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship on the streets of Melbourne.

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2019 Pre-Season Test 2, Day 4

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport completes a total of 1,190 laps during pre-season testing

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Final day of winter testing – Results

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

Final day of winter testing – Results

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TONY BATES GRABS POLE IN SCORCHING AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP QUALIFIER

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

The searing heat of the Australian sun did nothing to cool the intensity of competition as the 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup season got underway with qualifying for Saturday’s opening round one. With ambient temperatures at the 3.219km Adelaide Street Circuit hitting 40 degrees centigrade and track temperatures even higher, it was experienced Australian GT campaigner Tony Bates who sealed pole position with a lap of 1:21.574.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING CONFIRMS J-FLY RACING PARING JEFFERY LEE AND ALESSIO PICARIELLO FOR THE BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

Craft-Bamboo Racing, an Official Performance Team of Mercedes-AMG, confirms the J-Fly Racing pairing of Jeffrey Lee and Alessio Picariello as part of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia. The pair will share driving duties of the striking red, white and black #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3, running in the hotly contested GT3 pro-am class.

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FLORIDA FLING FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

Another one-two victory in Shanghai in November ensured TOYOTA led both the drivers’ and teams’ World Championships going into the four-month winter break and the team returns to action at Sebring determined to extend that advantage with a fifth win of the season.

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TOYOTA PRESENTS WORLD DEBUT OF GR SUPRA GT4 CONCEPT AT 2019 GENEVA MOTOR SHOW

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

Toyota presents the world debut of the new GR Supra GT4 Concept at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show on 5 March. It is a design and engineering study that explores how the newly launched fifth generation of the legendary Supra sports car might be developed as a competitive machine for international GT4 racing, accessible and affordable for privateer racers and small teams in line with Toyota’s worldwide support for grass-roots motorsport.

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BRITISH TEENAGER HANSON CONTINUES FAST ASCENT IN SPORTSCAR RACING

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

British teenager Phil Hanson is quickly making his mark in endurance sportscar racing having arrived in the category in an unconventional way. His first foray into motorsport came at the exceptionally “old” age of 15, karting for two years, before opting to go GT racing and then straight in to sports-prototype racing, in LMP3 late 2016 then LMP2 the following year. His rise has been remarkable: the youngest Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 champion (2016-17), youngest overall finisher in the history of the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours (2017), youngest European Le Mans Series outright race winner (2018) and now the youngest ever overall Asian Le Mans Series champion (2018-19).

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BEN BETTENHAUSEN JOINS TECHSPORT RACING FOR 2019 SRO AMERICA TCA SEASON

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

A new season of sports car racing for SRO America begins this season at Circuit of the Americas and newcomer Ben Bettenhausen will make his full season debut in the TCA class with 2018 Team and Manufacturer champions, TechSport Racing in the No. 95 Subaru BRZ tS.

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PRECISION PERFORMANCE MOTORSPORTS SECURES CONOR DALY AND BRANDON GDOVIC FOR 2019 SUPER TROFEO SEASON

March 1, 2019 RNW Staff

After a successful team debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class earlier this year at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Precision Performance Motorsports has begun the preparations for their multi-car Super Trofeo North America campaign for 2019. Conor Daly and Brandon Gdovic have been announced as the team’s first entry, running the No. 46 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO in the Pro/Pro class.