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Trofeo Abarth Selenia Europa, an international racing platform on the tracks that have made motoring history like Monza, Nürburgring and Spa Francorchamps, will begin on the French Dijon track on 12 May.
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2013 Trofeo Abarth Selenia Europa gets under way © Abarth[/caption]
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With an Audi RS 5 DTM at the front of the field, the new DTM season started at Hockenheim with 87,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) in attendance. After 42 spectacular laps with plenty of on-track action and gripping overtaking maneuvers the opening round ended in a disappointment for Audi. With Timo Scheider and Mike Rockenfeller in positions six and eight, only two Audi drivers scored points.
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AUTO TEST Audi RS 5 DTM #23 (Audi Sport Team Abt), Timo Scheider © Audi[/caption]
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Aston Martin Racing was delighted to start a new relationship with Horsepower Racing last week, when the team found itself without a car just days before the opening round of the 2013 Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship at Donington Park, UK.
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Horsepower Racing calls in the power of AMR © Aston Martin[/caption]
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CIRCUIT ZOLDER, Belgium – Round Two of the 2013 FIA GT Series takes to the track at Zolder in Belgium this weekend and it’s going to be a very special event for one of the NISMO Athletes. 2012 GT Academy Europe winner, Wolfgang Reip, is from Brussels and this will be his first-ever home race and the first opportunity to show his family and friends what he can do in the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.
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Wolfgang Reip, is from Brussels and this will be his first-ever home race and the first opportunity to show his family and friends what he can do in the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 © Nissan[/caption]
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April 15 – MONZA, Italy – The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 is a car that likes a bit of room to stretch its legs. At Monza – the Cathedral of Speed – there is plenty of room for that, albeit shared with 59 other cars racing in the Blancpain Endurance Series.
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The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 © Nissan[/caption]
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After a two-week hiatus, Formula One fires up again as China and the Shanghai International Circuit play host to the third round of the 2013 FIA F1 World Championship.
The tenth year of the Chinese Grand Prix sees teams arriving at the expansive SIC paddock with as many questions as answers generated by the first two grands prix of 2013.
Uppermost in many minds is the perennial early-season issue of tyre degradation. In recent years race strategies here have been on the cusp between two and three stops, leading to out-of-sequence racing and grands prix that remain tense right up until the closing laps.
The 2012 GT season saw McLaren GT customer teams claim 38 podium finishes, with half of these on the top step. The 2013 season, which started in Asia over the weekend with the Malaysian Super Series, has continued this winning streak with the 12C GT3 claiming a brace of victories with new customer team Clearwater Racing. This was the competitive debut for the enhanced 2013-specification 12C GT3, and these results mark the first victories for McLaren GT, and the 12C GT3, outside Europe.
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McLaren 12C GT © McLaren[/caption]
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