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FOUR PORSCHE 911 GT3 R AT THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST STREET RACE

There will be four Porsche 911 GT3 R at the starting line of the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (China) from 15 to 18 November. The Manthey-Racing team will be using two of the vehicles – each with around 500 hp – driven by Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium). Two-time Le Mans winner Bamber will be joining the race in a car that has been given a particularly special look: an eye-catching red and gold design that’s inspired by the Chinese year of the dog. Two more cars will be prepared by customer team Craft Bamboo Racing, for Porsche Young Professional Mathieu Jaminet (France) and Chinese local hero Darryl O’Young.

2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Friday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport top the timesheets on Friday in Brazil In the morning, Lewis came home in P3 with Valtteri in P6 Valtteri set the fastest time in FP2 with Lewis in P2 Driver Chassis No. FP1 FP2 Valtteri Bottas F1 W09 EQ Power+/06 23 Laps 1:09.679 P6 SuperSoft, SuperSoft 48 Laps 1:08:846 P1 Medium, […]

Brazilian Grand Prix – FP2 results

POS Driver Team Time Laps 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:08.846 47 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.003s 41 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.073s 42 4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 0.318s 43 5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.493s 26 6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 0.566s 42 7 Romain Grosjean Haas 0.923s 44 8 Charles Leclerc Sauber 1.097s 44 […]

ROAD TO DAYTONA: SUCCESSFUL FIRST TEST FOR ALESSANDRO ZANARDI IN THE BMW M8 GTE

BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) has successfully completed his first test in the BMW M8 GTE in preparation for the 24-hour race at Daytona (USA) in January. This week, BMW M Motorsport and Zanardi spent three days testing at Miramas in the south of France. Although rain meant the conditions were not ideal, Zanardi was still able to get plenty of laps under his belt with the BMW M8 GTE. In total, he drove almost 700 kilometres over the course of the three days.

AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING IN MACAU WITH 14 RACE CARS

At the street race in Macau from November 15 to 18, customer teams from Audi Sport customer racing will compete with both touring cars and GT3 sports cars for the first time. The race in the heart of the city is a classic on the international motorsport calendar. Audi has celebrated six victories in total there since 1996 – two in touring car racing and four with the Audi R8 LMS GT3 sports car.

MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING HEADING TO MACAU WITH A TOP LINE-UP FOR FIA GT WORLD CUP

For Mercedes-AMG, the legendary Macau Grand Prix is the grand finale of a successful GT season. At the Guia Circuit, three Mercedes-AMG GT3 will be out from 15-18 November with a top line-up to defend the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles in the FIA GT World Cup. Last year’s winner Edoardo Mortara, racing under the Swiss flag, has starting number 1. 2015 race winner Maro Engel (GER) will be racing the #888 while the #999 will have freshly-crowned Blancpain GT Series champion Raffaele Marciello (ITA) behind the wheel. Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing will be running all the three cars from Affalterbach.

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