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LIND, BURDON, WARD AND VANNELET CLAIM POLES FOR BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA SEPANG SEASON OPENER

FFF Racing Team by ACM’s Dennis Lind and Absolute Racing’s Josh Burdon claimed a pole position apiece during today’s Blancpain GT Series Asia qualifying session at Sepang, while there were also GT4 poles for Russell Ward (GruppeM Racing) and Gilles Vannelet (Team iRace.Win). Q1: Lind holds off Ye An early red flag to retrieve Hiroaki … Continue reading → ...

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MONTOYA GIVES ACURA FIRST IMSA PROTOTYPE POLE AT LONG BEACH

April 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Juan Pablo Montoya knows a thing or two about racing at Long Beach, as evidenced by his recent induction into the track’s Motorsports Walk of Fame. His latest accomplishment came Friday afternoon with the Acura Team Penske driver scoring his first career IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Pole Award and the first pole for Acura’s … Continue reading → ...

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WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC ON FRONT ROW AT LONG BEACH

April 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Cadillac V-Performance Racing team Whelen Engineering with drivers Felipe Nasr and Eric Curran will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach on the front row in second position. Under near perfect weather conditions of 70-degrees and sunshine, the three Cadillac DPI-V.R race cars took to the 1.97-mile, … Continue reading → ...

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HAND TAKES GTLM POLE WITH RECORD LAST LAP AT LONG BEACH

April 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Joey Hand saved his best for last in qualifying for Saturday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach. On his final lap of the 15-minute qualifying session, Hand threw down a new track record lap for the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn Long Beach street … Continue reading → ...

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AT LONG BEACH

April 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Today’s qualifying session for Saturday’s BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach saw Connor DePhillippi qualify the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE in the seventh starting position with a time of 1:18.153 minutes around the temporary Long Beach street circuit. DePhillippi will co-drive with Alexander Sims in tomorrow’s race. Jesse Krohn, co-driving with … Continue reading → ...

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PORSCHE 911 RSR STARTS FROM THE FIRST GRID ROW AT LONG BEACH

April 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

For the first time this season, the Porsche 911 RSR starts from the front grid row on Saturday. Up until the very last lap of the gripping qualifying for round three of the IMSA SportCar Championship, Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium), who shares the #912 Porsche 911 RSR with Earl Bamber (New Zealand), defended the fastest time … Continue reading → ...

Le Mans

WILL OWEN KICKS OF SECOND YEAR WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS IN FRANCE

April 14, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Will Owen is back to racing this weekend for the first round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series. Owen will kick off his second year racing for American/British based team, United Autosports in the #32 Ligier JSP217 at the Paul Ricard circuit for the 4 Hours of Castellet 2018. Owen arrived in France several … Continue reading → ...

FORMULA 1

Williams Chinese Grand Prix Practice

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

We know where we are and we know there’s a lot of work to be done. So far, it’s looking quite good. We are not the fastest car, but the way we work is good.

Crash videos

10 Minutes Of Motorsport Crash Compilation Best of 1998 – new Mistake On Limit and Fail

April 13, 2018 RNW Staff

SPORTSCAR

LAZARUS TOPS FRIDAY’S GT OPEN FREE SESSIONS AT ESTORIL

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Daiko Lazarus Racing made a stunning comeback to the GT Open, as the two Lamborghini Huracans each topped one of the two sessions of free practice today at Estoril. Fabrizio Crestani (in the car shared with local star Miguel Ramos) was fastest in the morning with a time of 1.38.420, while young Brit Toby Sowery, … Continue reading → ...

Regulations and Schedules

LAMBORGHINI DRIVER BORTOLOTTI STARTS ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON WITH BEST TIME

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

The winter break is over as the ADAC GT Masters got its twelfth season underway with first practice in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Lamborghini driver Mirko Bortolotti (28, I, ORANGE1 by GRT Grasser) set best time in the session. Bortolotti, who produced fast lap times at Oschersleben and was outstanding during official testing at the … Continue reading → ...

RALLY

Karting experience helped Lappi

April 13, 2018 RNW Staff

Esapekka Lappi believes his experience of go-karting helped him tackle the twisty asphalt roads and claim stage wins at the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse last weekend.

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WORLD CHAMPION PIER GUIDI LINES UP IN THE GT OPEN AT ESTORIL

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

The 2018 International GT Open season kicks off at Estoril. Three Ferrari 488 GT3s from two brand new teams are due to start. Five constructors will be battling it out in three categories: Pro, Pro-Am and Am. The Ferrari cars will be racing in the Pro and Pro-Am classes. Pro. The most prestigious class includes a … Continue reading → ...

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ASTON MARTIN CONFIRMS TWO-CAR ENTRY FOR ADAC ZURICH 24-HOUR RACE

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Aston Martin will return to the ADAC Zurich 24-Hour race, staged on the world famous Nürburgring Nordschleife (May 10-13), with a two-car entry featuring all six of its 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship factory GTE Pro drivers. The British manufacturer will enter a V12 Vantage GT3 in the SP9 category for Maxime Martin (B), Marco … Continue reading → ...

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AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS READY TO FIGHT AT LONG BEACH

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports has made it to the west coast for the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, the third round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. After almost a month between their battle at Sebring and now, the crew of AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports is confident their #52 Ligier JS P217 will be a … Continue reading → ...

Le Mans

FOUR FERRARI CREWS ON TRACK AT PAUL RICARD

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

This weekend, the 2018 season of the European Le Mans Series gets underway with the 4 Hours of Castellet. JMW Motorsport. The reigning champion team will be back with a trio of new drivers: Britain’s Liam Griffin, who has also competed in the FIA WEC and in last year’s British GT; Alex MacDowall, the 2016 champion … Continue reading → ...

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Record-breaker Anttila

April 13, 2018 RNW Staff

When Miikka Anttila crossed the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse start podium alongside Jari-Matti Latvala he became the most experienced competitor in WRC history.

FORMULA 1

2018 Chinese Grand Prix – Friday

April 13, 2018 RNW Staff

Lewis ends both practice sessions on top of the timesheets

GT World Challenge Europe

EMIL FREY LEXUS RACING PREPARES FOR SECOND BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ROUND

April 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Following the difficult start into the Blancpain GT Series with the Sprint Cup at Zolder last weekend, the racing circus continues for the Emil Frey Lexus Racing team with the first race of the Endurance Cup at Monza next week. The drivers of the Lexus RC F GT3 #14, Albert Costa Balboa and Christian Klien, … Continue reading → ...