Day: March 6, 2019

Corvette and Mercedes drivers announced

Jens Jensen

Callaway Competition Corvette and MANN-FILTER Team HTP Mercedes have announced their drivers for the upcoming 2019 season in ADAC GT Masters. There are changes to three of the four seats in the two cars. Marvin Kirchhöfer will stay in the Callaway Competition Corvette #77, while he will be joined by Markus Pommer. Pommer was actually driving for HTP in 2018, but had a few seasons in an Audi at Aust Motorsport prior to that. Kirchhöfer has a history at HTP too, but that was back in the 2017 season. MANN-FILTER…

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Fifth season for Mikkel O.

Jens Jensen

Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen will once again race in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. The young Danish driver has signed with the Italian Dinamic Motorsport outfit, so he will be present in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for the fifth season in a row, with the past two seasons being full seasons. Pedersen will have a brand new 2019 model at his disposal, which is a big upgrade from the previous season. He got a new car for the 2017 season, but continued in that one throughout the 2018 season. The…

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Nielsen will get three more races

Jens Jensen

Christina Nielsen will get three more races on her 2019 schedule, which has had a lot of blank spaces so far. The rapid Dane was called in as reserve at Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura #57 at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January, since Jackie Heinricher unfortunately had a back injury, which couldn’t heal before the race. The collaboration with the team went so well, since they have signed her up for the three remaining Michelin Endurance Cup, which is the 12 Hours of Sebring, 6 Hours…

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16 cars in the World RX

Jens Jensen

The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy has announced their 2019 full season entries. The list consists of 16 drivers on 9 teams. So that’s basically status quo on the number of drivers, but with a big change amongst the teams. GC Kompetition will enter a total of four cars – two in the main team with team boss Guerlain Chicherit being joined by Anton Marklund in the two Renault Megane cars. The junior team will consist of Guillaume de Ridder and Cyril Raymond, who will have a…

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Glickenhaus will return to the Nürburgring in 2019

Stefan Schneider

The Scuderia James Glickenhaus will return to the Nürburgring in 2019 with the SCG003C for a final appearance this season – to race in VLN 1 in March, plus the Nürburgring 24 Hours Qualification race in May, and the Nürburgring 24 Hours main race in June. The team had shared this intention already back in 2018, yet they now confirmed the plan with more details. And they have also some more of their exciting future plans. The car, which in former years had appeared in yellow-, black/carbon-, and white liveries,…

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