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Ex-Supercars driver takes Bathurst 12-hour for Mercedes

Former Supercars racer Maro Engel's Team GMR has claimed the Bathurst 12-hour for Mercedes, overcoming an hour-long delay after a rival's car burst into flames.

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Who will be driving HRT’s two Ford Mustang GT3s in DTM 2026?

While one Ford Mustang cockpit in the DTM is all but decided, there are several contenders for the second seat

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Ex-F1 driver Logan Sargeant joins Bahrain WEC rookie test

Sargeant continues to deepen his involvement sportscar racing after being dropped from F1 midway through 2024

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Sargeant joins Bahrain WEC rookie test with Proton Ford

Logan Sargeant continues to deepen his involvement sportscar racing after being dropped from F1 midway through 2024

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Why satisfaction of Ford Mustang's debut Le Mans podium matched 2016 GTE Pro win

An LMGT3 class podium on the new Mustang GT3's Le Mans 24 Hours bow was an "equivalent" achievement to the Ford GT's debut win in 2016, its car builder says.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Toyota back on top in FP2 after qualifying disaster

Sebastien Buemi went quickest in the two-hour FP2 night session on Wednesday in the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with a time half a second up on his nearest rival.

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Ford "a long ways away" from WEC podium contention with torque sensor setbacks

Ryan Hardwick and Giorgio Roda, the bronze-graded drivers in the Proton Competition team that runs the Mustang in the WEC, both identified inexperience with the driveshaft-mounted sensors that enable power outputs to be regulated and help to uphold the Balance of Performance as the main element hampering Ford's efforts.

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Ford "a long way" from WEC podium contention with torque sensor setbacks

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Manthey EMA completes DTM line-up with Bathurst winner Guven

Guven will take the place of Dennis Olsen at last year’s championship-winning squad following the Norwegian’s decision to leave the Porsche fold and join Ford’s factory stable in GT racing.

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Ford signs former Audi drivers to expanded Mustang GT3 works roster

Following the end of its successful factory-supported GT programme, Audi stalwarts Mies and Vervisch will join previously-announced quartet Mike Rockenfeller, Harry Tincknell, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller on the Blue Oval's Multimatic-run assault on the IMSA Sportcar Championship's GTD Pro class.

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DTM Hockenheim: Porsche’s Preining closes in on title with Saturday win

Preining didn’t put a foot wrong all day, claiming pole position in his Manthey EMA Porsche before leading every lap outside of the pitstop cycle to bag a maximum haul of 28 points.

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DTM Red Bull Ring: Van der Linde takes first win of 2023 in wet-dry contest

The Abt Audi driver recorded his first triumph since 2021, finishing almost two seconds clear of Laurin Heinrich, who led the first phase of the race from pole position.

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DTM Lausitzring: Bortolotti fends off Feller to win, grab points lead

Although Bortolotti held the lead from pole position at the start, he was unable to pull away from the chasing pack as he did at the Nurburgring a fortnight ago, with 20kg of success ballast on his Lamborghini keeping Feller in the hunt.

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DTM Nurburgring: Bortolotti triumphs in rain-affected opener

SSR Performance’s Bortolotti was unchallenged in the hour-long opening contest at the former German Grand Prix venue, resisting two safety cars periods and a brief rain shower to take the chequered flag by 1.1s over Winward Mercedes’ Lucas Auer. Championship leader Thomas Preining completed the podium in third.

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The tactical moves that have injected new life into Asia's GT scene

Big grids of GT3 machinery may be nothing out of the ordinary in Europe, but the sight of 36 cars assembling for the GT World Challenge Asia round at Fuji in June marked an important achievement for a championship that was forced into hibernation for two seasons during the worst…

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DTM Norisring: Van der Linde leads BMW 1-2 in chaotic Saturday race

Having qualified on pole position in his Schubert Motorsport BMW, van der Linde was unfazed by two safety cars as he led virtually every lap of the race en route to a fifth career win in the DTM.

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DTM Zandvoort: Feller dominates as Audi scores first win of 2023

With Audi having been handed a 20kg weight reduction overnight, Feller was able to take pole position in a red-flagged qualifying and then lead every lap en route to a second career win at the Dutch venue.

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DTM Zandvoort: Engel beats BMW duo van der Linde, Wittmann to pole

Having already topped the two practice sessions on Friday, Engel was also unbeaten in the 20-minute pole shootout on Saturday morning as he clinched the top spot with a time of 1m32.585s.

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DTM Zandvoort: Engel beats van der Linde, Wittmann to pole

Having already topped the two practice sessions on Friday, Engel was also unbeaten in the 20-minute pole shootout on Saturday morning as he clinched the top spot with a time of 1m32.585s in his Landgraf Mercedes AMG GT3.

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DTM Oschersleben: Engelhart leads Porsche 1-2-3-4 in Sunday's race

Preining had looked set for a third career victory in the DTM having led the race comfortably from pole position until the final 10 minutes, when his Manthey EMA team was found to have not correctly completed the pitstop procedure.

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DTM Oschersleben: Preining on pole as Porsche dominates Sunday qualifying

Manthey EMA driver Preining topped the 20-minute session with a time of 1m21.347s, beating the similar Porsche 911 GT3 R of Toksport WRT driver Tim Heinemann by 0.055 seconds to pole in a somewhat anticlimactic end to qualifying.

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DTM Oschersleben: Perera delivers Lamborghini's maiden win

Apart from a brief period shortly after his pitstop, SSR Performance driver Perera was never threatened at the front of the field as he started his first full season in the DTM with a fine four-second victory.

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Mercedes leads the way in official DTM test at Spielberg

Following its takeover of DTM from ITR, the ADAC organised two days of testing in Austria on Saturday and Sunday to help teams gear up for the new season.

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Mercedes leads the way in official DTM test in Austria

Following its takeover of DTM from ITR, the ADAC organised two days of testing in Austria on Saturday and Sunday to help teams gear up for the new season.

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Wright on defending Rolex 24 honors, expansion to two cars

Wright Motorsports enters the 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona defending its GTD win from 2022, but has doubled in strength to run two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs.

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