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WEC Sao Paulo: Toyota dominates second practice with 1-2

The two Toyotas led the way in second free practice for Sunday’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round as the top four cars were separated by five-hundredths of a second.

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DTM Norisring: Rast wins mixed-weather opening race

Rene Rast came out on top of a mixed-weather first race at the Norisring today, calling the conditions exactly right to win for Schubert Motorsport and BMW.

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DTM Norisring: Rast wins Bavarian weather lottery

Rene Rast came out on top of a mixed-weather first DTM race at the Norisring, calling the conditions exactly right to win in his Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3.

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Live: Watch the 2024 Spa 24 Hours

Grasser Racing's #163 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 will start the race from pole position after factory driver Franck Perera topped the final qualifying session on Saturday.

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Grasser Racing's #163 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 will start the race from pole position after factory driver Franck Perera topped the final qualifying session on Saturday.

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WEC Spa: Jota Porsche claims maiden outright win in crash-delayed race

Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre.

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WEC Spa: Jota Porsche claims maiden win in crash-delayed thriller

Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer car victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre.

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Pin in LMGT3 switch with Iron Dames Lamborghini for 2024 WEC

Pin will join Iron Dames regulars Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy aboard the #85 entry after contesting the full WEC in 2023 with the Iron Lynx-affiliated Prema LMP2 squad now running Lamborghini's single SC63 LMDh in the Hypercar class. She took a best finish of third, alongside Lambo factory drivers…

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IMSA ace Spinelli joins factory Lamborghini driver roster for 2024

The 27-year-old Florida-based Italian joins Sandy Mitchell, Marco Mapelli, Franck Perera, Leonardo Pulcini and Jordan Pepper among Lamborghini’s GT3 ranks.

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Iron Lynx Lamborghini reveals GTD Pro line-up for Daytona before Hypercar debut

The Italian squad will contest the five long-distance races on the IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar that comprise the Endurance Cup.

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Iron Lynx Lamborghini reveals GTD Pro lineup for Daytona before Hypercar debut

The Italian squad will contest the five long-distance races on the IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar that comprise the Endurance Cup.

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"No silly games" - DTM drivers hope team orders don't play any role in finale

The three drivers that have a realistic shot at the 2023 DTM title all represent different manufacturers, raising the possibility of external interference in the final two races on Saturday and Sunday.

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DTM Lausitzring: Aitken scores first win as Preining handed penalty

Emil Frey Ferrari driver Aitken led nearly the entire race from pole position, save for the pitstop phase, beating the SSR Performance Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti by 2.3s after one hour of racing at the 4.35km circuit.

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DTM Lausitzring: Aitken scores first win, disaster for Preining

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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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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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DTM Oschersleben: Perera puts Lamborghini on pole, Aitken second

Perera set a lap of 1m21.370s in his SSR Performance Lamborghini Huracan GT3 on the DTM’s first visit to Oschersleben since 2015, beating Aitken's Emil Frey Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 to pole by just 0.018s in a closely-contested qualifying.

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Six reasons to watch DTM in 2023 after ADAC takeover

Gerhard Berger’s decision to shut down the ITR and sell the brand rights of the DTM at the end of last year came as a shock to many, including those that were part of the championship. However, it has brought the DTM under the umbrella of ADAC, Germany’s premier automobile…

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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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Sebring 12H Hr 6: WTR Acura leads Cadillacs at half distance

At the start of the fourth hour, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac V-Series R Scott Dixon had a 30s lead over the BMW of Philipp Eng, the Porsche 963s of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr but half an hour later, Eng went off at Turn 3.

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Lamborghini drivers Bortolotti, Perera join SSR Performance in DTM

Factory Lamborghini drivers Mirko Bortolotti and Franck Perera will contest the 2023 DTM season with SSR Performance.

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Lamborghini driver Mitchell gets shot in GTWCE Pro car with K-PAX

Lamborghini factory driver Sandy Mitchell will contest the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in an all-Pro lineup for the first time this year with series returnee K-PAX Racing.

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Mitchell gets shot in GTWCE Pro car with K-PAX Lamborghini

Lamborghini factory driver Sandy Mitchell will contest the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in an all-Pro lineup for the first time this year with series returnee K-PAX Racing.

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How Mercedes scrambled to get DTM cars repaired after Norisring carnage

The opening DTM race at the Norisring last weekend was marred with crashes, forcing more than half of the field to retire from the race with severe damage to their cars. Here’s how Mercedes was able to ensure its entire fleet of AMG GT3s was repaired in time for the…

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