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PODIUM SUCCESS FOR SCHEIDER, JENSON AND BMW TEAM SCHNITZER AT ADAC GT MASTERS OPENER

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté 0

BMW works driver Timo Scheider (GER) and BMW Motorsport Junior Mikkel Jensen (DEN) started the 2018 season of the ADAC GT Masters with podium success. The BMW Team Schnitzer duo initially crossed the finish line in fourth place at the wheel of the #42 BMW M6 GT3 in the race on Saturday in Oschersleben (GER).

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES SEVENTH AT LONG BEACH

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R of drivers Felipe Nasr (BRA) and Eric Curran (USA) showed impressive race pace on Saturday but saw the chances of victory evaporate after contact from a competitor late in the race.

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ESM RETURNS TO PODIUM AT LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Strong strategy, fast pit stops, and commanding passes from the Tequila Patrón ESM squad earned the team a second place finish Saturday afternoon at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s BUBBA burger SportsCar Grand Prix at Long Beach. Scott Sharp and Ryan Dalziel piloted the Nissan Onroak DPi to a second place finish, earning the No. 2 car’s first podium of the 2018 season.

Blancpain sprint

BOSI AND MARCIELLO SEAL BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA RACE 2 VICTORY AT SEPANG

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Brice Bosi and Raffaele Marciello sealed a routine victory in Blancpain GT Series Asia’s second 60-minute race of the weekend at Sepang earlier today, while debutants Team iRace.Win took the GT4 spoils thanks to Ringo Chong and Gilles Vannelet.

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TWIGG/D’ALBERTO TAKE AUSTRALIAN GT VICTORY AT THE BEND

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Max Twigg and Tony D’Alberto have claimed the maiden CAMS Australian GT Championship race at The Bend Motorsport Park.

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BARBOSA, ALBUQUERQUE GIVE CADILLAC SECOND CONSECUTIVE LONG BEACH VICTORY

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté 0

A Cadillac DPi-V.R. won Saturday’s BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach, but it wasn’t the one fans may have expected coming into the weekend.

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AUDI DRIVERS HOFER AND ELLIS WIN ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON OPENER

April 14, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Two ADAC GT Masters newcomers caused a major upset in the season opener at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. The Audi pairing of Max Hofer (18, AUT) and Philip Ellis (25, GB, both Phoenix Racing) driving an R8 LMS secured a lights-to-flag victory from pole position in the first competitive outing of the twelfth season of the Super Sports Car League. Finishing in the runner-up spot at the end of a thrilling race were the Lamborghini duo of Mirko Bortolotti (28, ITA) and Andrea Caldarelli (28, ITA, both ORANGE1 by GRT Grasser), just 0.245 seconds behind the winners.

Blancpain sprint

NIEDERHAUSER AND BASTIAN DENY FFF RACING IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA SEPANG THRILLER

April 14, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Nico Bastian and Patric Niederhauser won Blancpain GT Series Asia’s opening race of the season at Sepang earlier today after staging a masterclass in defensive and offensive driving with FFF Racing Team by ACM’s Martin Kodric and Dennis Lind.

FORMULA 1

2018 Chinese Grand Prix – Saturday

April 14, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport to start Chinese Grand Prix from second row

News

RNW Exclusive – Patrick Dussault Interview

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Patrick Dussault is a talented young driver currently competing in Porsche GT3 Cup Platinum Canada. Following a successful open-wheel career that lead him to go race in England, Patrick has moved on to sports car racing. Dussault is very focused when it comes to racing and is excited to see what motorsports have in store for him. He is currently racing for Lauzon Autosports. RNW Chief Editor, Charles Côté, recently talked with Patrick about his journey and what is to come in 2018.

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GT POWER IN THE “GREEN HELL”: BMW M6 GT3 LINE-UP CONFIRMED FOR THE 24H NURBURGRING

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

BMW is once again represented with a strong contingent at this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER). The majority of those alternating at the wheel of the two BMW M6 GT3s fielded by ROWE Racing, with works support from BMW Motorsport, will be drivers from the GT works programmes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. A total of five BMW M6 GT3s will line up in the “Green Hell”. As well as ROWE Racing, FALKEN Motorsports will also run one car, while Walkenhorst Motorsport fields two BMW M6 GT3s. Among those in action at the wheel of the car in the livery of Premium Technology Partner Shell will be Augusto Farfus (BRA).

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FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE ADAC GT MASTERS OPENER AT OSCHERSLEBEN

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The tension is rising two days before the ADAC GT Masters enters its twelfth season at Oschersleben. Here are the key facts about the first race of the year at the weekend (April 13th – 15th).

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ESM AIMS FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS ON THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The streets of Long Beach California come alive for this weekend’s BUBBA burger SportsCar Grand Prix at Long Beach as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship begins the first of three consecutive sprint races on the 2018 calendar. Twelve Hours of Sebring race winners and Round 2 champions of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup, Tequila Patrón ESM is ready to get back on track for Round 3 of the IMSA Championship.

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THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO CELEBRATES IT TENTH EDITION AND THE HURACAN EVO’S DEBUT

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The Sepang round, which will officially kick off the 2018 edition of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia on April 14-15, and the Monza one, which will open the European series the following week, will inaugurate the tenth season of the one-make series for the racecars of Sant’Agata Bolognese.

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EXPLORING NEW TERRITORIES: NAVARRA HOSTS THE NEXT ROUND OF THE 24H GT SERIES

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Action in the 24H GT SERIES powered by Hankook continues with the inaugural Hankook 12H NAVARRA (20-22 April, 2018). Opened in 2010, the ‘Circuito de Navarra’ in Los Arcos in the Spanish Navarra region is a new venue for the CREVENTIC SERIES powered by Hankook. For the Hankook 12H NAVARRA, running from noon till midnight on Sunday, 22 April, over 20 GT3, GT4, silhouette cars, specials and Porsche Cup cars are expected on the grid. The Hankook 12H NAVARRA is the second round of the European Championship in the 24H GT SERIES powered by Hankook.

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GROUPE NATIONAL ADDS LOCAL FLAVOUR TO 24 HOURS OF SPA

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Since the Total 24 Hours of Spa became a GT contest at the beginning of this century, organisers SRO Motorsports Group have reserved a place for Belgian teams and drivers wishing to compete in what is effectively the country’s most popular race. Enter ‘Groupe National’.

Formula E

MS&AD ANDRETTI FORMULA E SET TO ELECTRIFY THE STREETS OF ROME

April 12, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship heads to Europe this Saturday, 14th April, for the first Rome (ITA) E-Prix. BMW works drivers António Félix da Costa (POR) and Tom Blomqvist (GBR) return to the cockpits of the MS&AD Andretti cars. Blomqvist was behind the wheel of the BMW iFE.18 in Maisach (GER) last Tuesday and completed the roll-out for the car, which BMW will be using for the works entry in Season 5 of Formula E.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING READY TO SPRINT IN LONG BEACH

April 11, 2018 Charles Côté 0

This weekend will see the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship make the rapid transition from the second longest race of the year (Sebring 12 Hour) to the shortest one as the series heads to Long Beach for the 100-minute BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach.

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING LONG BEACH BOUND

April 11, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Mustang Sampling Racing will return to race action this weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship stages round three of the 2018 season with a visit to California for the BUBBA burger Grand Prix of Long Beach.