GRT Grasser Racing Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/grt-grasser-racing/ Motorsports news from around the world Sun, 28 May 2023 18:49:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.3 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-web-optmizedbig-Rm1-32x32.jpg GRT Grasser Racing Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/grt-grasser-racing/ 32 32 152545424 GRT IMPRESS IN DTM SEASON OPENER https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-impress-in-dtm-season-opener/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-impress-in-dtm-season-opener/#respond Sun, 28 May 2023 18:49:18 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-impress-in-dtm-season-opener/ Grasser Racing’s performance at the DTM in Oschersleben this weekend made for a great start to the season. From 26th to 28th May, around 35,000 spectators enjoyed best summer weather in the Magdeburger Börde region to see the first round of the iconic championship live. The fans of the Austrian Lamborghini Team were not disappointed. Clemens Schmid impressed in every way on the DTM premiere of the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 with fifth place on Sunday. With this result, the Austrian was the best-placed of the five Lamborghini drivers in the field of 27 GT3 cars. Team-mate Mick Wishofer had a strong showing on his DTM debut with fourth place in Qualifying on Saturday. In the races though he was out of luck.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-impress-in-dtm-season-opener/feed/ 0 204357 GRT ALL SET FOR THE DTM DEBUT OF THE NEW LAMBORGHINI HURICAN GT3 EVO2 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-all-set-for-the-dtm-debut-of-the-new-lamborghini-hurican-gt3-evo2/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-all-set-for-the-dtm-debut-of-the-new-lamborghini-hurican-gt3-evo2/#respond Mon, 22 May 2023 18:51:02 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-all-set-for-the-dtm-debut-of-the-new-lamborghini-hurican-gt3-evo2/ Anticipation is half the pleasure, but Steve McQueen once taught us: Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting. For GRT, the long wait is finally over this weekend. From May 26 to 28, the Lamborghini Squadra Corse supported Team from Austria will kick off the 2023 DTM season. The races at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben mark the first of eight stops on this year’s calendar of the legendary championship. For Grasser Racing, the season opener does not only mean the next chapter of their DTM journey. The two Austrians Clemens Schmid and Mick Wishofer will also complete the DTM premiere of the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 sporting the colours of GRT.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-all-set-for-the-dtm-debut-of-the-new-lamborghini-hurican-gt3-evo2/feed/ 0 204285 AN AUSTRIAN NATIONAL SQUAD IN THE DTM: GRT SIGNS MICK WISHOFER AS TEAMMATE TO CLEMENS SCHMID https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/an-austrian-national-squad-in-the-dtm-grt-signs-mick-wishofer-as-teammate-to-clemens-schmid/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/an-austrian-national-squad-in-the-dtm-grt-signs-mick-wishofer-as-teammate-to-clemens-schmid/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:49:21 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/an-austrian-national-squad-in-the-dtm-grt-signs-mick-wishofer-as-teammate-to-clemens-schmid/ The bull from Styria will be wearing red-white-red in the DTM in 2023. The Grasser Racing Team from St. Margarethen near Knittelfeld will take on the prestigious racing series this season with two Austrians. In addition to the Tyrolean Clemens Schmid, the second Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 of the racing outfit supported by Lamborghini Squadra Corse will be driven by Mick Wishofer from Vienna. The newcomer in the number 19 car will make his debut in the legendary championship at the official DTM test in Spielberg on April 15 and 16.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/an-austrian-national-squad-in-the-dtm-grt-signs-mick-wishofer-as-teammate-to-clemens-schmid/feed/ 0 203781 GRT EXTENDS POINTS SCORING STREAK IN SUNDAY’S DTM RACE AT IMOLA https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-extends-points-scoring-streak-in-sundays-dtm-race-at-imola/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-extends-points-scoring-streak-in-sundays-dtm-race-at-imola/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:49:08 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-extends-points-scoring-streak-in-sundays-dtm-race-at-imola/ GRT was presented with a challenging Sunday at the Lamborghini home race in Imola. After his spectacular fightback to a podium finish on the previous day, Mirko Bortolotti achieved a hard-fought tenth place in the second race. Clemens Schmid and the Lamborghini factory driver had taken P5 and P10 in qualifying with the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO despite carrying extra weight. In a turbulent race, Mirko Bortolotti’s points result proved to be the maximum for Grasser Racing. In the driver standings, the Italian is in second position after three of eight race weekends. GRT is currently in fourth place in its debut year in the DTM.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-extends-points-scoring-streak-in-sundays-dtm-race-at-imola/feed/ 0 201526 GRT SHINES AT LAMBORGHINI HOME RACE IN THE DTM https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-shines-at-lamborghini-home-race-in-the-dtm/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-shines-at-lamborghini-home-race-in-the-dtm/#respond Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:49:34 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-shines-at-lamborghini-home-race-in-the-dtm/ Forza GRT! The Austrian Lamborghini team celebrated their best result to date in the legendary racing series in Saturday’s DTM race at Imola. In a fiercely contested heat battle at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Mirko Bortolotti and Clemens Schmid kept their cool until the chequered flag and took third and sixth place. Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti made up no less than 13 positions in the field of 28 GT3 cars driving the #63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. Clemens Schmid had a strong start into the day with fourth place in qualifying and subsequently scored the first points of his DTM career in the race. In the overall standings, Mirko Bortolotti and Grasser Racing remain in second place.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-shines-at-lamborghini-home-race-in-the-dtm/feed/ 0 201506 GRT ARRIVES IN IMOLA CHASING THEIR FIRST WIN IN THE DTM https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-arrives-in-imola-chasing-their-first-win-in-the-dtm/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-arrives-in-imola-chasing-their-first-win-in-the-dtm/#respond Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:49:21 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-arrives-in-imola-chasing-their-first-win-in-the-dtm/ The third round of the 2022 DTM season is preparing a special kind of home fixture for GRT this coming weekend. For the Austrian Lamborghini team, the home races of Lamborghini in the prestigious GT3 series are on the agenda from 17 to 19 June. On the iconic Grand Prix circuit of Imola, GRT wants to build on its successful start to the season with their four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs. Mirko Bortolotti and his compatriot Alessio Deledda will compete as local heroes in Italy alongside their teammates Rolf Ineichen and Clemens Schmid.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-arrives-in-imola-chasing-their-first-win-in-the-dtm/feed/ 0 201474 GRT EXTENDS POINTS RUN IN THE DTM https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-extends-points-run-in-the-dtm/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-extends-points-run-in-the-dtm/#respond Sun, 22 May 2022 18:49:09 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-extends-points-run-in-the-dtm/ Sunday’s DTM race at the Lausitzring brought GRT the next precious points haul in the fiercely contested championship. In the second race of the weekend, Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti finished sixth in the field of 29 GT3 cars, as he had done the day before. For the Lamborghini team from St. Margarethen in Austria, this means the successful continuation of their points run in the DTM. In all four races so far, the squad has made it into the top-six with the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. In the drivers’ standings, Mirko Bortolotti is in second place after two of eight stops in the 2022 DTM season. GRT holds second place in the team standings as well.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-extends-points-run-in-the-dtm/feed/ 0 201244 GRT MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL IN SATURDAY’S DTM RACE AT THE LAUSITZRING https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-maximise-their-potential-in-saturdays-dtm-race-at-the-lausitzring/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-maximise-their-potential-in-saturdays-dtm-race-at-the-lausitzring/#respond Sat, 21 May 2022 18:50:56 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-maximise-their-potential-in-saturdays-dtm-race-at-the-lausitzring/ The second stop of the DTM 2022 presented GRT with a tremendous challenge this Saturday. At the Lausitzring, the Austrian Lamborghini team not only had to master the infamous Turn 1. For both crews and drivers of the four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs, the assessment of the Italian GT3 machine within the regulations also provided an increased level of difficulty. However, the team did not let the tricky task upset them in the first race this weekend. Mirko Bortolotti made the most of sixth place in the field of 29 GT3 cars.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-maximise-their-potential-in-saturdays-dtm-race-at-the-lausitzring/feed/ 0 201192 GRT ARRIVES TO THE LAUSITZRING FOR ROUND TWO OF THE 2022 DTM AS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-arrives-to-the-lausitzring-for-round-two-of-the-2022-dtm-as-championship-leader/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-arrives-to-the-lausitzring-for-round-two-of-the-2022-dtm-as-championship-leader/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 10:48:59 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-arrives-to-the-lausitzring-for-round-two-of-the-2022-dtm-as-championship-leader/ The 2022 DTM season got off to an almost perfect start for GRT in Portimão. After a pole position and two podiums by Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti, the squad led by team principal Gottfried Grasser surges on with the first races in Germany this coming weekend. For the third and fourth race of this year’s DTM championship, the crews of the four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO will travel from Grasser Racing’s headquarters in Styria to the Lausitzring. On this familiar track, Mirko Bortolotti, Clemens Schmid, Rolf Ineichen and Alessio Deledda will be looking to build on their form from the first round of the season.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-arrives-to-the-lausitzring-for-round-two-of-the-2022-dtm-as-championship-leader/feed/ 0 201108 GRT TAKES OVER THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN THE DTM https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-takes-over-the-championship-lead-in-the-dtm/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/grt-takes-over-the-championship-lead-in-the-dtm/#respond Sun, 01 May 2022 18:49:34 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/grt-takes-over-the-championship-lead-in-the-dtm/ Successful debut weekend for GRT in the DTM. The Lamborghini team from Austria departs from the season opener at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve with the championship lead in their bag. Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti claimed another top result on Sunday carrying the success ballast of the previous day’s podium. After second place in qualifying, he steered the number 63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO to a commanding third place in the race. In the standings, the Italian and GRT are leading the drivers’ and team standings with 35 points. The next stop of the DTM 2022 will be at the Lausitzring from 20th to 22nd May.

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