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TIMO BERNHARD: “IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP”

RNW Staff — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 20:02:00 +0000

Timo Bernhard (38, GER) has helped shape the sports car scene as a driver for some 20 years, achieving enormous success wherever he competed – in the 24-hour at the Nürburgring, in the ALMS, at Le Mans and in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the WEC – he triumphed everywhere. Since 2016, he has also been involved in the ADAC GT Masters with Küs Team75 Bernhard and began driving for his outfit in 2018. He achieved his maiden victory in the Super Sports Car League this year at the Nürburgring but has just announced his intention to end his career as a professional racing driver.

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FOUR PORSCHE GT3 R TO TACKLE THE 24 HOURS PF SPA

RNW Staff — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:15:03 +0000

Four Porsche 911 GT3 R race cars will contest the 70th running of the 24 Hours of Spa. Regarded as one of Europe’s major long-distance classics alongside the 24-hour races of Le Mans and the Nürburgring, Spa marks round two of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and the fourth race of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Porsche supports four customer teams with works drivers and engineers at the race on 28-29 July. Tackling the event are the two Porsche teams from the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Manthey-Racing and Herberth Motorsport, as well as the KÜS Team75 Bernhard and Black Swan Racing squads. Six current works drivers as well as the former factory driver and the current head of Porsche Customer Racing, Marc Lieb, form the driver crews in the four ca. 500 hp customer racers. For the marathon race in Belgium, 68 cars from 13 marques are entered. In addition to the 64 vehicles that comply with the FIA GT3 regulations, four other vehicles are registered, including three Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.

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TIMO BERNHARD: FROM NORDSCHLEIFE RECORD TO THE SPRINTTRACK

RNW Staff — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:14:17 +0000

Timo Bernhard (37, GER, KÜS Team75 Bernhard) has had a busy few months, making his debut in the ADAC GT Masters, driving a Porsche 911 RSR in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, setting a new lap record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife at the wheel of a Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo and preparing for the 24 Hours of Spa with his own team.

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FORTY THREE PORSCHES TAKE ON GERMANY’S BIGGEST RACE

Charles Côté — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:08:47 +0000

Porsche will be represented by a large fleet of vehicles at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring: 43 Porsche 911 and Porsche Cayman race cars will tackle Germany’s biggest automobile race on the 24.38-kilometre combination of the Grand Prix circuit and the Nürburgring-Nordschleife on 12-13 May.

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PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS READY TO TACKLE THE ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON

David Martin-Janiak — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:23:32 +0000

The time of tests and preparation is over: From 13 to 15 April, the Porsche customer teams KÜS Team75 Bernhard, Precote Herberth Motorsport and IronForce by Ring Police will take off into the new ADAC GT Masters season at Oschersleben. Four Porsche 911 GT3 R racers will be fielded on the 3.696-kilometre circuit in Saxony-Anhalt. … Continue reading → ...

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TIMO BERNHARD: “LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW ROLE IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS”

Charles Côté — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:33:23 +0000

On the move from the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) to join the ADAC GT Masters, sports car star Timo Bernhard (36, DEU) will line up in the Super Sports Car League for the first time this year. In this interview, the two-time Le Mans winner and FIA World Endurance Champion, who recently won the Nations Cup in the Race of Champions, talks about his goals for the season and his role as Team Principal. The ADAC GT Masters season will get under way in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on the weekend of 13th – 15th April.

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SPORTS CAR WORLD CHAMPION TIMO BERNHARD TO CONTEST 2018 ADAC GT MASTERS

David Martin-Janiak — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 09:08:22 +0000

The ADAC GT Masters is about to welcome a celebrity newcomer in the shape of Timo Bernhard. This year’s FIA World Endurance Champion and Le Mans winner has decided to make his personal debut in the 2018 Super Sports Car League.

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THE PORSCHE GT3 R PURSUIT RACE CONTINUES AT SPA

David Martin-Janiak — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:33:09 +0000

During the night, the Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by KÜS Team75 Bernhard launched an impressive charge through the field at the long-distance marathon in Spa-Francorchamps. The 500 hp 911 driven Kévin Estre (France), Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) had fallen back to position 28 after a penalty.

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