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FERDINAND HABSBURG TO RACE IN THE GT OPEN WITH DRIVEX MERCEDES AMG

Drivex is set to field two Mercedes AMG GT3 cars in the opening round at Estoril next weekend. The full-season International GT Open Mercedes AMG GT3 in the hands of Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair will be joined by another “silver arrow” in Portugal. Not many racers will ever compete alongside their manager but Ferdinand Habsburg (AUT) and his manager double-World Champion Jamie Campbell Walter (GBR) will contest International GT Open at Estoril together in a Drivex Mercedes AMG GT3.

ByKOLLES RACING REVEALS ITS PLANS IN PREPARATION OF THE START OF THE 2018/19 WEC SEASON

Following a very satisfying test of the Enso CLM P1/01 Nismo at the WEC Prologue in Paul Ricard last week, with a high number of laps completed without technical issues and confirming the significant gains in both performance and reliability, ByKOLLES Racing will now focus on fine-tuning before the first race in Spa Francorchamps on the 05th of May as outlined below:

PREPARATION OF THE NEW BMW iFE.18 FORMULA E ENTERS THE NEXT PHASE

TechLab for BMW iNEXT”: This tag-line was prominently featured on the new BMW i Motorsport race car for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. This car completed its historic first appearance on the BMW and MINI Driving Academy site in Maisach, near Munich (GER). It was powered by the completely new BMW drivetrain, which was created specifically for the special challenges of motor racing. It was the result of close collaboration between engineers from BMW i production development and from BMW Motorsport. BMW works driver Tom Blomqvist (GBR) was behind the wheel of the first fully-electric racing car in the history of the BMW Group.

TWO CAR KTM ASSAULT ON THE BEND AND AUSTRALIAN GT

After battling at the front of the GT4 field during the opening round of the Australian GT Championship on the streets of Melbourne as part of the Australian Grand Prix weekend, M-Motorsport returns for the second round of the season with a two-car assault on the opening endurance round with Glen Wood, David Crampton and Trent Harrison returning to the team for AGT’s maiden event at the new ‘The Bend Motorsport Park’ in South Australia.

PORSCHE TARGETS SECOND WIN OF THE IMSA SEASON

Following the season-opening rounds at the long distance classics of Daytona and Sebring in Florida, the IMSA SportsCar Championship now heads to California. Coming up on April 14 is the 100-minute event at Long Beach, the shortest race of the year. On the 3.167-kilometre street circuit, the Porsche GT Team fields two Porsche 911 RSR racers against three other automobile manufacturers in the strongly represented GTLM class.

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