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The M4 GT3, which replaces the venerable M6 that has been in service since 2016, was due to make its debut on the Nurburgring Nordschleife in June however this was postponed after a technical fault prompted Sheldon van der Linde to crash in follow. The automobile had beforehand appeared on the official Spa 24 Hours check day,

For a lot of sportscar drivers, the upcoming producer inflow into the highest courses at Le Mans poses a possible career-making alternative. Manufacturing facility BMW GT driver Nick Yelloly makes no bones about his want to race the Munich marque’s LMDh automotive that can debut in 2023, not least as a result of his solely

Based mostly on the Emira highway automobile, which was debuted in July on the firm’s Hethel check monitor by 2009 Formulation 1 world champion Jenson Button, the race mannequin is powered by a three.5-litre Toyota V6 engine and might be eligible for GT4 championships together with GT4 European Collection, British GT, ADAC GT4, DTM Trophy

When strapped right into a Maserati MC12, Michael Bartels was some of the prolific drivers of the GT1 period, amassing 4 drivers’ titles between 2006 and 2010, and tallying three victories within the Spa 24 Hours between 2005 and 2008. However his profession additionally straddled one other well-known period, the German having made his sportscar

The Bahrain ProAm 1000 set for 11 December is the brainchild of the British-based Driving Drive Occasions organisation that has run the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi since 2012. The 1000km occasion will probably be open solely to novice and pro-am driver line-ups racing GT3 and GT4 equipment, as properly vehicles from one-make sportscar

Second place aboard their Audi R8 LMS GT3 within the second of the 2 races on the British venue on Sunday was greater than sufficient to present Vanthoor and Weerts the crown with two rounds left to run at Valencia subsequent month. The Belgian duo moved as much as the runner-up spot on the ultimate

Race chief Ollie Wilkinson was tagged by Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes driver Raffaele Marciello on the Dingle Dell righthander with roughly 4 minutes of the one-hour race left on the clock. The McLaren 720S GT3 that Ben Barnicoat had propelled into the lead on the opening lap turned sharp left into the obstacles and ended

Barnicoat topped the instances in Saturday’s opening qualifying session aboard the McLaren 720S GT3 he shares with Ollie Wilkinson to seize pole for the primary of the 2 races on Sunday. It was the primary time McLaren has certified on the entrance of the sphere since 2016 when Alvaro Parente took the highest spot in

The invitational races on the three.Eight-mile road Guia Circuit have historically attracted wholesome entries from aspiring Formulation 1 drivers searching for to win the distinguished Macau Grand Prix, and from GT producers fielding works-supported GT3 automobiles. The ultimate spherical of the WTCR championship can also be historically held in Macau. Nevertheless, with all worldwide arrivals

Autosport has discovered that Ray Mallock Restricted is engaged on a Continental growth automobile for Bentley constructed to the eGT rules, which have been launched to events by the FIA as early as final December. The Bentley check automobile exploits a route into eGT permitting a producer to take an current GT3 contender and match

The Williams F1 reserve suffered fractures to his collarbone and vertebra in a violent multi-car accident within the opening laps of the GT World Problem Europe blue ribband spherical, when his stricken Emil Frey Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo was hit by unsighted vehicles over the crest at Raidillon. Talking for the primary time at size for

Championship organisers SRO Motorsport Group have in the present day confirmed the marque will enter the invitational class of the brand new GT2 sequence, with an look coming at Paul Ricard on 1-Three October this 12 months, forward of a full season as a homologated marque in 2022. The well-known Brabham identify returned to motor

Vosse described the occasions that led as much as the WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 with Dries Vanthoor on the wheel losing the lead to the Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi with just 10 minutes to go as “loads of enjoyable”. “All of us wish to win and I

The #34 machine that South African van der Linde shared with David Pittard and Marco Wittmann had run third within the early laps after a bullish begin from Pittard, however dropped again down the order with a puncture. Nonetheless by dusk the crew had been again in rivalry for a podium, just for an engine

Andrea Piccini, a winner of the race as a driver with the Phoenix Audi squad in 2012, described Pier Guidi’s drive over the final half hour to haul the Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo he shared with Nicklas Nielsen and Come Ledogar back into the lead as “unbelievable”. “We all know we had a

Pier Guidi went across the outdoors of the WRT Audi pushed by Dries Vanthoor in moist circumstances on the quick Blanchimont left-hander to reclaim the lead that the Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo he shared with Nicklas Nielsen and Come Ledogar had held for a lot of the double-points spherical of the GT World

Having secured most bonus factors for the GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup by advantage of main after each six hours and 12 hours, the #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 pushed by Alessandro Pier Guidi, Come Ledogar and Nicklas Nielsen continued to go the sector with six hours to run. Each the Iron Lynx automotive and

His accidents, which additionally embrace a minor lung contusion, had been sustained when his Emil Frey Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo was involved in a multi-car incident within the opening hour of the double-points spherical of the GT World Problem Europe. The fractured vertebra was described as secure and Aitken is hoping to be discharged from

Defending race winner Vanthoor was sharing the #47 KCMG Porsche 911 GT3 R with Nick Tandy and Maxime Martin. Nonetheless, simply past the 16-hour mark, Porsche introduced that Vanthoor had been pressured to withdraw from the rest of the race, leaving team-mates Tandy and Martin to finish the race as a duo. Vanthoor subsequently tweeted

Alessandro Pier Guidi, Come Ledogar and Nicklas Nielsen as soon as once more earned most factors for main the GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup blue riband after 12 hours, having carried out so earlier within the race for main after the six-hour mark. The occupants of the #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 suffered a setback

Marciello and Juncadella each went quickest after they have been on the wheel of the #88 ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 of their respective classes, whereas Gounon was third quickest within the ultimate 15-minute phase of qualifying for the double-points spherical of the GT World Problem Europe. Their common time of 2m18.433s put them 4 tenths away

4-time collection champion Adam, who returned to British GT this season to companion Andrew Howard after the pandemic prompted the withdrawal of the TF Sport entry he was due to race in 2020, has scored two podiums from the primary three rounds in Beechdean’s Aston Martin Vantage GT3 . Reuniting with workforce boss Howard for

The second technology R8 LMS was launched in 2015 and obtained its first ‘Evo’ package 4 years later, primarily aimed toward enhancing drivability for novice drivers in addition to a extra sturdy transmission system. The discharge of the Ingolstadt marque’s revised mannequin, the Audi R8 LMS Evo II, comes as rival marque BMW plans to

Frikadelli had deliberate to run two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs for the Intercontinental GT Problem season opener on 31 July-1 August within the Belgian Ardennes. Dennis Olsen, Frederic Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet had been set to share driving duties within the #three automobile, whereas 2019 winner Michael Christensen, Thomas Preining and Julien Andlauer had been set

Ten vehicles have been eradicated within the first 30 minutes of the two-hour race after three multi-car crashes depleted the sphere. Manufacturers Hatch winner Michael Igoe was tagged on the first nook by Nick Jones after which hit by Leo Machitski, bringing out the primary of 4 security vehicles. Two GT4 crashes in fast succession

She died on the age of 51 after a protracted battle in opposition to most cancers. A local of close by Adenau, Schmitz was an immensely well-liked determine on the Nurburgring who turned the primary feminine winner of the Nurburgring 24 Hours in 1996 earlier than taking a second victory the next yr. She was

However the numerous profession of Nelson Piquet Jr, who completed second to GP2 rival Lewis Hamilton within the 2008 German Grand Prix, has entered a brand new chapter because the Brazilian returns to GT racing within the Lamborghini Tremendous Trofeo North America collection with ANSA Motorsports. The inaugural Method E champion in 2014-15 has targeted

Tandy and Vanthoor, who mixed with Earl Bamber to win the Belgian basic with Rowe Racing final 12 months, will likely be joined by 2016 Spa winner Maxime Martin behind the wheel of KCMG’s #18 Porsche 911 GT3 R. The Rowe squad is just not defending its Spa victory as Hans-Peter Naundorf’s squad has switched

Rowe’s #98 machine completed a detailed second in what was the shortest-ever operating of the German endurance basic final weekend, less than nine seconds behind the winning Manthey Racing Porsche in a three-and-a-half hour dash to the flag. The sister #1 M6 that had began on pole and led when the race was resumed after

Again in March, it was introduced the Suzuka IGTC fixture deliberate for 20-22 August had been scrubbed from the IGTC schedule for a second year in a row owing to the continued results of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the moment, the championship stated the 10-hour race would get replaced with a brand new occasion within the