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BMW M Team RLL will compete for a second consecutive IMSA weekend in California, this time in Monterey at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. The No. 25 MOTUL BMW M4 GT3 will be driven by Connor De Phillippi and John Edwards, the pair still looking for their first podium finish of the season.

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JACK AITKEN SCORES TOP FIVE IN ADAC GT MASTERS DEBUT

April 26, 2022 RNW Staff

British-Korean driver Jack Aitken picked up a top-five finish and valuable points from his first outing in the ADAC GT Masters championship with Emil Frey Racing at Oschersleben. Despite the familiarities of the team and its Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO, Jack arrived at Oschersleben with limited experience of the circuit, situated between the main cities of Berlin and Hanover, having only driven in the official pre-season test days a fortnight ago. Also new to the circuit and championship was the Emil Frey Racing team itself, but the pace in the car throughout the opening day’s free practice sessions was a good omen ahead of qualifying.

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR LAGUNA SECA

April 26, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Daniel Juncadella (Spain) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship Presented by Motul, April 29-30.

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GRT AND LAMBORGHINI ALL GEARED UP FOR THE DTM 2022 SEASON OPENER IN PORTIMAO

April 25, 2022 RNW Staff

The past months of relentless work and intensive preparations have all been dedicated to this one moment: Next weekend, from 29 April to 1 May, the eagerly awaited DTM adventure begins for GRT in Portugal with the first of eight events. At the season opener on the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, the Lamborghini team from Austria will face the toughest GT3 series in the world for the first time. A field of 29 GT3 cars from six manufacturers will meet for the first test of strength. The week in Southern Europe has more than its share of challenges for the newcomers to the DTM. In the run-up to the race action, the crews of the four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs are scheduled for the second official test days.

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DANIEL HARPER ENJOYS RETURN TO THE NURBURGRING PODIUM

April 25, 2022 RNW Staff

Daniel Harper and the BMW Junior Team narrowly missed out on a great race victory as they secured their first podium finish of 2022 in the Nürburgring Endurance Series on Saturday (23rd April).

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TEAM GMB READY SET FOR LONG AWAITED GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA FULL SEASON GT4 ASSAULT

April 25, 2022 RNW Staff

Japanese squad Team GMB will finally make its Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS debut this season.

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AUDI DRIVERS FELLER/OWEGA WITH IMPRESSIVE OPENING SUCCESS IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS AT OSCHERSLEBEN

April 23, 2022 RNW Staff

A superb performance in front of packed stands in Oschersleben: after a dominant display, reigning champion Ricardo Feller (21/CH) and Jusuf Owega (20/Cologne) won the first race in the German GT Championship with the #29 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. The Audi duo also marked a first: the pair won the first race in Germany to take place with eco-friendly fuel. This year, all supercars in the ADAC GT Masters will be running on fuel developed specially by Shell, using 50% sustainable components. In perfect, sunny conditions, Lamborghini works drivers Franck Perera (38/F) and Arthur Rougier (22/F) from Emil Frey Racing finished behind them in second place. Joel Sturm (20/Brühl) and Sven Müller (30/Bingen) from Allied-Racing claimed third position in the #22 Porsche 911 GT3 R. Jusuf Owega celebrated his first ADAC GT Masters win and also topped the Pirelli Junior standings: “The team provide me with a rocket. All I had to do was get in and put my foot down.”

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TOP-THREE NLS LOCK-OUT FOR BMW

April 23, 2022 RNW Staff

The BMW M4 GT3 has celebrated a top-three lock-out at the second race of the season in the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). The four-hour race on the Nordschleife (GER) concluded with a spectacular finale between Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Max Hesse (GER). The result of a tight and enthralling battle was only confirmed in the closing metres. Farfus crossed the finish line in the ROWE Racing #99 BMW M4 GT3 ahead of the BMW Junior Team. The Brazilian shared the car with Connor De Phillippi (USA), who had secured pole position. Third place in the race went to the #34 BMW M4 GT3 from Walkenhorst Motorsport.

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FIVE MERCEDES-AMG GT3s IN THE 2022 ADAC GT MASTERS

April 21, 2022 RNW Staff

On 22nd and 23rd April, two 60-minute races in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben get the new ADAC GT Masters season underway. Including the season finale at Hockenheimring on 23rd October, the prestigious sprint race championship will be in action again at seven circuits in Germany, Austria and The Netherlands. Like in the previous year, Mercedes-AMG will be represented by three Customer Racing Teams. MANN-FILTER Team LANDGRAF is expanding its involvement by an additional car and will be running two Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the championship in 2022. Spanish outfit Madpanda Motorsport and the newly formed Drago Racing Team ZvO will be making their respective debuts in GT Masters during the opening round in the Saxony-Anhalt region. Drago Racing Team ZvO will hit the track with two Mercedes-AMG GT3s, one of them will compete as a performance car under the name Mercedes-AMG Team ZvO.

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BRSCC CLUB MEETING SILVERSTONE MAZDA MX-5 PHOTO-SHOOT

April 21, 2022 RNW Staff

Back in March I was at Silverstone to see and photograph the BRSCC Mazda MX-5 cars. It’s always enjoyable and close racing.

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20 AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACE CARS IN THE ADAC RACING SERIES

April 21, 2022 RNW Staff

The ADAC GT Masters and its support series on the same platform are already entering their 16th season in 2022. Audi Sport customer racing has been involved in the top-class GT3 series since the beginning of the customer racing program and has already won it five times with its teams, most recently last year. With the ADAC Racing Weekend there is a second attractive motorsport stage of the Munich-based automobile club. No fewer than ten GT race cars with the four rings are competing in the current season.

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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB ENTERS MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY SEASON

April 20, 2022 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, enters its milestone 20th season in 2022 with a capacity grid packed with racing talent. Adding to the excitement, the 2022 season welcomes the latest generation of 911 racing car – the 510 hp ‘Type 992’ 911 GT3 Cup. 2022 also marks the arrival of Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2022 / 2023 Junior Adam Smalley who follows in the footsteps of 2020 / 2021 Junior and 2020 champion, Harry King.

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TWO STRONG TEAMS FROM AUDI SPORT AT THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

April 20, 2022 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer racing is concentrating its efforts on two teams in the sporting competition for the sixth overall victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Audi Sport Team Car Collection and Audi Sport Team Car Collection will each field an Audi R8 LMS on behalf of the brand from May 25 to 29. In addition, private GT3 race cars strengthen the line-up.

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NTE/SSR RESUMES IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP AT LAGUNA SECA WITH CONWRIGHT AND HOLZER

April 20, 2022 RNW Staff

After missing the Long Beach Grand Prix due to a tire blowout in the team’s race transporter, professional sports car racing team NTE/SSR is back on track and ready to resume the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship next week at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The Lamborghini racing team will contest in their third event of the year, racing the No. 42 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo with drivers Jaden Conwright and Marco Holzer.

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JACK AITKEN ON TOP STEP IN IMPRESSIVE ELMS LMP2 DEBUT

April 19, 2022 RNW Staff

Jack Aitken enjoyed an outstanding debut in prototype sportscar racing as he scored victory in the Pro/Am class and finished sixth overall in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet.

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FRUSTRATING START TO ELMS SEASON FOR OMAN RACING AT PAUL RICARD

April 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Circuit Paul Ricard front-row qualifier Ahmad Al Harthy didn’t have the opportunity to battle as intended for an opening round GTE podium during the European Le Mans Series curtain-raiser on Sunday, 17th April, when team-mate Sam De Haan was barged into retirement on the very first lap.

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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS KICKS OFF SRO AMERICA SEASON WITH PODIUM FINISH

April 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Flying Lizard returned to the Pirelli GT4 America and GT America powered by AWS this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, starting the new season off with another podium finish at their home track. The Sonoma-based squad raced a pair of Aston Martin Vantage GT4 cars in the two series with team newcomers Elias Sabo and Andy Lee, competing in four races on Saturday and Sunday.

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BACK-TO-BACK SONOMA SWEEPS FOR K-PAX RACING

April 18, 2022 RNW Staff

If there was a word Andrea Caldarelli wanted to use to describe the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS season-opener at Sonoma Raceway, he hoped it was going to be “fun.” Caldarelli, who longs for the fierce battles that the series offers, got what he asked for – a highly heated finale, where he helped the team chase down a sweep of the first two rounds.

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THE ADAC GT MASTERS ALL SET TO START THE 2022 SEASON IN OSCHERSLEBEN

April 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Here we go! After the shortest winter break so far, the ADAC GT Masters returns to action from 22nd to 24th April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben near Magdeburg. The high-class field of super sports cars in the German GT Masters will kick off season 16 with a premiere: The ADAC GT Masters will be the first German racing series to use an environmentally-friendly fuel in the 600-hp cars from five different manufacturers. In doing so, the ADAC GT Masters is taking on a pioneering role.

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ENEOS X PRIME GR SUPRA WINS IN SUPER GT AT OKAYAMA

April 17, 2022 RNW Staff

The opening round of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, the OKAYAMA GT 300km RACE took place on April 17th the Okayama International Circuit (one lap 3,703m×82laps). Over the circuit were clear skies and on the track the competition was intense. Both in the GT500 class race and the GT300 class the winners were the same as last year, with the No. 14 ENEOS X PRIME GR Supra (Kazuya Oshima/Kenta Yamashita) winning the GT500 race and the No. 56 REALIZE NISSAN MECHANIC CHALLENGE GT-R victorious in the GT300 class.

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