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HONDA’S FARNBACHER STORMS TO KYALAMI 9 HOUR POLE

December 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Team Honda Racing will start the 2020 Kyalami 9 Hour from pole position after Mario Farnbacher set a new qualifying lap record ahead of tomorrow’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli championship showdown.

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K-PAX RACING COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FIRST SEASON IN EUROPE IN 2020

December 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

K-PAX Racing turned its successful GT World Challenge America team into global operation by setting its sights to Europe in 2020. There, the multi-championship winning team stateside would stack its two-car Bentley Continental GT3 program up against some of GT3 racing’s most elite, featuring a season of firsts with an expanded operation simultaneously covering two continents.

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MEYER SHANK RACING COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FIRST TEST WITH THE ACURA ARX-05

December 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

It’s been a busy two months for Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with the team having claimed its second consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the Acura NSX GT3 following the season finale at Sebring International Raceway in November.

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2021 KYALAMI 9 HOUR CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER 3-4

December 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Next year’s Kyalami 9 Hour – which once again stages the final round of 2021’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign – will take place on December 3-4.

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NEW CIRCUITS AND INITIATIVES FOR 2021 GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA

December 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will stage 12 one-hour races across six events in as many months next season as part of a new look calendar that, for the first time, includes rounds at Motegi and Zhuhai. Separate 40-minute ‘GT Sprint Asia’ races for single drivers will also bring together GT2, GT3, GT4 […]

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HHC MOTORSPORT JOIN FORCES WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES CAMPAIGN

December 9, 2020 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that they will bring on board the team from HHC Motorsport to strengthen their GT team.

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SRO MOTORSPORTS GROUP AND ADAC GT MASTERS STRENGTHEN COOPERATION

December 5, 2020 RNW Staff 0

There will be no clash of dates next year between three of the world’s top GT series. The ADAC and Stéphane Ratel’s SRO Motorsport Group have aligned their calendars for 2021 to make it possible for teams and drivers to contest the Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli, the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and the International German GT Championship in the ADAC GT Masters. Also, the ADAC and SRO intend to go on working together and intensify cooperation in other areas.

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PORSCHE INTENDS TO DEFEND ITS IGTC TITLE AT THE SEASON FINALE IN SOUTH AFRICA

December 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Porsche heads to the final round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) with a very clear goal: The sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart is eager to defend its titles at the nine-hour race in Kyalami. The customer squads GPX Racing and Dinamic Motorsport will each field a 500+hp Porsche 911 GT3 R in the Pro-category at the South African racetrack close to Johannesburg. In the Pro-Am class, the Hack Racing team campaigns the identical model of the GT3 racer from Weissach.

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FAREWELL TO BMW TEAMS RBM AND SCHNITZER, BMW TEAM RMG NOW INVOLVED IN THE GT3 DEVELOPMENT

December 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The international motorsport landscape is currently undergoing a raft of changes – and as a result, this also applies to the works-based BMW Motorsport team line-up. Therefore, the long collaboration with the iconic BMW Teams RBM and Schnitzer will not continue. BMW Team RMG will be working with BMW Motorsport to develop the new BMW M4 GT3 in the coming season.

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24 HOURS OF SPA AND SRO SPA SPEEDWEEK SET FOR SPECTACULAR COMEBACK IN 2021

December 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Work is well underway to ensure that next year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa and SRO Spa Speedweek provide spectators with an unforgettable return to the legendary Ardennes venue, including activities both on and off the circuit.

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KYALAMI 9 HOURS PLAYS HOST TO INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE TITLE DECIDER

December 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Three manufacturers and nine driver crews will battle for Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli title honours at the season-closing Kyalami 9 Hour next weekend (December 10-12).

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BULLITT RACING SIGNS UP 1 McLAREN AND 2 MERCEDES FOR GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES

December 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

After several podiums in 2019, Bullitt racing is back to GT4 South European Series, this time for a full season with two Mercedes-AMG GT4 and the surprise Mclaren 570S.

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HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ANNIVERSARY SEASON FOR MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT

December 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Founded ten years ago, the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Programme also remains on course for success in its anniversary season. In spite of various races being cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation, the international AMG Customer Racing Teams were again able to rack up numerous victories and titles, seamlessly continuing their successful streak from the record years 2018 and 2019. In 320 races with participation of Customer Racing cars from Affalterbach this year, there were 69 overall wins and 169 class wins. In the course of the season, a total of 97 customer teams ran the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and the Mercedes-AMG GT4 all over the world – more than ever before in the ten-year history of the programme. With their achievements at the race track, the teams and drivers collected more than 25 championship titles for the Mercedes-Benz performance and sports car brand.

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JIM McGUIRE TO RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES LMP3 TEAM ALONGSIDE TAPPY AND BENTLEY

December 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Jim McGuire, Duncan Tappy and Andrew Bentley will return to the team for the 2021 European Le Mans Series.

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JUAN PABLO MONTOYA JOINS MEYER SHANK RACING

December 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) has finalized its 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship lineup and is pleased to announce that Juan Pablo Montoya has signed with the team to compete in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds in the No. 60 MSR Acura ARX-05 Prototype.

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THREE TITLES COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING EUROPE’S CUSTOMER TEAMS

December 1, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The new-for-2020 GR Supra GT4 made an immediate impact in its first year of racing. In its debut season, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe’s latest customer race car competed in 84 races, earning 25 class podiums, 11 class wins and its first title: Wilfried Cazalbon and Caesar Gazeau secured the Am Cup title at the FFSA GT – GT4 France season finale at Paul Ricard on 22 November.

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HANSON CAN NOW REFLECT ON PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR

November 30, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Such has been the frenetic pace of this year’s condensed motor racing year due to the worldwide COVID virus, Phil Hanson is only now able to reflect on what has been an unbelievably successful and history-making 2020. In terms of this year’s truncated season Phil, from Sunningdale, Berkshire, achieved his three, pre-season goals in stunning style. Having only turned 21-years-old two months earlier, Phil won the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time – the pinnacle of sportscar racing for a driver. Phil’s victory in the United Autosports entered Oreca earned him the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 title – becoming the youngest-ever WEC champion in his first full WEC season – with still a race remaining.

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RAYBRIG NSX-GT IN DRAMATIC LAST LAP SUPER GT VICTORY

November 30, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The Takanokono Hotel FUJI GT 300km RACE, Round 8 of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the Fuji Speedway (one lap 4,563m×65 laps) in Shizuoka Prefecture on November 29 (Sun). In the GT500 class, the No. 100 RAYBRIG NSX-GT (Naoki Yamamoto/Tadasuke Makino) won the race, and in doing so won the series Drivers and Team titles as well. In the GT300 class, the SAITAMATOYOPET GB GR Supra GT (Hiroki Yoshida/Kohta Kawaai) won the race from pole position, while the class title went to the No. 56 Realize Nissan Automobile Technical College GT-R (Kiyoto Fujinami/Joao Paulo de Oliveira).

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KEEPER TOM’S GR SUPRA TAKES SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT FUJI

November 28, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The qualifying for the Takanokono Hotel FUJI GT 300km RACE, 8th and final round of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture on November 28 (Sat). In the GT500 class, the pole position was taken by Yamashita in the No. 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra (Ryo Hirakawa/Kenta Yamashita). In the GT300 class, Kawaii in the SAITAMATOYOPET GB GR Supra GT’s (Hiroki Yoshida/Kohta Kawaai) that took his first pole position. These two cars will start tomorrow’s race from the front position in their respective class grids at 13:00.

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DANIEL SCHNEIDER AND ANDY MEYRICK TO RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2021 LE MANS CUP

November 27, 2020 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are happy to confirm that Daniel Schneider and Andy Meyrick will rejoin the team for their second season in the Michelin Le Mans Cup in 2021.

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