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1AIM VILLORBA CORSE NEARS THE PODIUM AT THE 4 HOURS OF BARCELONA

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

1AIM Villorba Corse made a brilliant season debut and the team almost reached the podium in the 4 Hours of Barcelona, first round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series. The Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio took a fourth place with Italian drivers Alessandro Bressan and Damiano Fioravanti and their Greek teammate Andreas Laskaratos on the #18 Ligier JS P320 powered by Nissan of the LMP3 class.

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A P2 TO START THE 2021 ELMS SEASON FOR PANIS RACING

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The French team showed up in Spain at the beginning of the week for the official tests followed by the highly awaited first race of the season in the European Le Mans Series championship, around the 4.675-kilometre Barcelona-Catalunya track.

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GARAGE 59 CLINCHES GT3 VICTORY AS GT WORLD CHALLENGE PRO-AM CHAMPIONS MAKE PERFECT START

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Aston Martin Racing partner team Garage 59 got their 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (GTWC) Pro-Am class title defence off to the perfect start with victory at Monza for Alexander West (SWE), works driver Jonny Adam (GB) and Chris Goodwin (GB).

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COOL RACING TAKES VICTORY IN ELMS SEASON OPENER

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

COOL Racing secured victory in the LMP3 class in the opening race of the 2021 European Le Mans Series and a podium in the LMP2 Pro-Am category.

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ACTION-PACKED GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES MONZA FINALE FALLS THE WAY OF AUDI AND KTM

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

PK Carsport’s Pro-Am duo Peter Guelinckx and Bert Longin bounced back from their frustrating result on Saturday to claim victory in the second Fanatec GT2 European Series race at Monza (18 April).

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Di FOLCO DOMINATES SECOND LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE RACE AT MONZA

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Imperiale Racing’s Alberto Di Folco produced an utterly dominant performance to take a lights-to-flag victory in the second Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race of the weekend at Monza. The experienced Italian, driving solo, beat the Leipert Motorsport duo of Noah Watt and Sebastian Balthasar by just over eight seconds, while Raúl Guzman and Glenn van Berlo (Target Racing) completed the podium in third.

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RLR MSPORT SNATCHES MICHELIN LE MANS CUP WIN IN DRAMARIC BARCELONA ROUND

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

RLR MSport snatched victory in the opening round of the 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (16-17 April).

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ENCOURAGING START TO 2021 SEASON FOR COOL RACING

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Returning duo Maurice Smith and Matt Bell scored a good haul of points during the Michelin Le Mans Cup opener in Barcelona. Onboard the #69 Ligier JS P320, the pair rose through the order from seventh on the grid to fight for a place on the podium. Bell was running second before his final pit stop when an unfortunately timed Full Course Yellow period allowed others to pass him, bringing the car home fourth.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS BEGIN MICHELIN LE MANS CUP SEASON WITH A DOUBLE PODIUM FINISH IN BARCELONA

April 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports scored a double podium at the opening round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup as Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews finished second and John Schauerman and Wayne Boyd finished third in Barcelona, Spain.

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THREE NLS CLASS WINS IN SEASON OPENER FOR MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT

April 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In the delayed season opener of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS), the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Teams score multiple class achievements. With first place in the SP9 Am class (13th place overall) by the #9 GetSpeed Performance entry, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 got its season at the Nordschleife off to a successful start in the 45th NIMEX DMV 4h-Rennen. The Mercedes-AMG GT4 also continues its successful streak in the NLS: after four hours of racing, BLACK FALCON Team TEXTAR (P1 for #140 and P2 for #141) secures a 1-2 in the merged SP4T and SP8T classes. The #162 Schnitzelalm Racing entry adds another victory in the SP10 class. Following the cancellation of the first round due to the weather, the customer teams now racked up relevant initial mileage in testing to be perfectly sorted for the season highlight, the ADAC Total 24h race (3-6 June).

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS McLAREN WINS AT MONZA ON GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES DEBUT

April 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports’ Charlie Fagg and Bailey Voisin claimed an impressive victory in the team’s maiden GT4 European Series race at Monza. The #23 McLaren came out on top in a drama-filled season opener.

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AUDI AND LAMBORGHINI CELEBTRATE VICTORIES AT INAUGURAL GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES RACE

April 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

High Class Racing and SVC Sport Management celebrated victory in an action-packed inaugural Fanatec GT2 European Series race at Monza (17 April). Despite losing out at the Variante del Rettifillo on the opening lap to the fast-starting #5 Speed Factory Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS of Michael Vergers, pole-sitter Anders Fjordbach responded immediately at the first […]

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MAX WEERING TAKES FIRST LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE WIN IN DRAMATIC MONZA OPENER

April 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Max Weering stayed out of trouble to claim his and Johan Kraan Motorsports’ maiden Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race victory in what turned out to be an action-packed season opener at Monza. Weering started eighth on the grid and had been running fourth in the closing minutes but profited from tyre dramas for the three cars in front of him to come out on top. Compatriots Milan Teekens and Maxime Oosten made it a Johan Kraan Motorsport one-two with second place ahead of Leipert Motorsport’s Noah Watt and Sebastian Balthasar.

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MARKUS WINKELHOCK TO COMPETE IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS WITH CAR COLLECTION MOTORSPORT

April 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Experienced Swabian duo for Car Collection Motorsport in the ADAC GT Masters: former Formula 1 driver Markus Winkelhock (40/Berglen-Steinach) will head the line-up for the racing team from Hesse, sharing his Audi R8 LMS with returnee Florian Spengler (33/Ellwangen) in the German GT championship. The new season in the ADAC GT Masters begins next week […]

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ADAC GT MASTERS KICKS OF NEW SEASON WITH OFFICIAL TEST

April 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Curtain up for the 2021 ADAC GT Masters: The German GT championship enters its season with the official pre-season test at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben next week (20th/21st April). Around 30 GT3 sports cars will line up for the first showdown for the upcoming seven race weekends. All the news on the new season will […]

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HENRIQUE CHAVES READY FOR DEBUT IN BIGGEST EUROPEAN STAGE

April 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Next weekend Henrique Chaves will start the GT World Challenge Europe season, in the historic Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.

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18 AUDI R8 LMS CARS AT THE SEASON OPENER AT MONZA

April 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Audi Sport customer racing has never been so strongly represented in the European racing series of promoter SRO (Stéphane Ratel Organization) as in the 2021 season. A total of nine of the brand’s customer teams will field three different types of race cars in three racing series at the inaugural weekend at Monza from April 16 to 18. Eight Audi R8 LMS GT4 cars will compete in the GT4 European Series, three GT2 versions in the new GT2 European Series and seven GT3 versions in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

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1AIM VILLORBA CORSE SET FOR BARCELONA 4 HOURS

April 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The 2021 season of 1AIM Villorba Corse kicks off from the Montmelò circuit. The new project involving the team led by Raimondo Amadio is ready for the first round of the European Le Mans Series, the 4 Hours of Barcelona, which will take place on the Catalan circuit on April 16-18. The Italian team will line up the LMP3 Ligier JS P320 powered by Nissan with Italian drivers Alessandro Bressan and Damiano Fioravanti and their Greek teammate Andreas Laskaratos.

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OVER 30 CARS ON THE GRID FOR LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE SEASON OPENER AT MONZA

April 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

More than 30 cars will line up on the grid for the opening round of the 2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season opener, which takes place at Monza in the north of Italy this weekend. Of those entries, a total of 15 rookie drivers will contest the 13th season of Super Trofeo Europe, which consists of 12 races across seven months and five countries.

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JACK AITKEN LOOKS AHEAD TO HIS FIRST GT RACE AT MONZA

April 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Jack Aitken will be embarking on a new challenge this weekend, as he makes his GT racing debut at the “Temple of Speed”: the famed Monza circuit in Italy for the opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS series.

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