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Mercedes reveals 19-driver factory roster for GT racing in 2024

Although it hasn’t signed a like-for-like replacement for its previous star Raffaele Marciello, who has switched to rival brand BMW, multiple new names will campaign the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in factory capacity across a wide variety of championships this year.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #35 Jules Gounon

A prolific winner in Mercedes GT3 cars on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond in 2023, Jules Gounon’s second straight GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup title capped a year in which he also claimed a third straight Bathurst 12 Hour win.

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How a rookie pairing snared Britain's biggest GT prize

“It was a big choice from him because he could have had a lot more experienced factory drivers, but in the end, he went with me, gave me the opportunity and I think his trust in me just grew and grew.”

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Corvette signs Juncadella for 2024 WEC, IMSA enduros

The 32-year-old Spaniard is one of four new drivers to have been added to the American marque’s works pool for the first season of competition for the all-new Corvette Z06 GT3.R, along with Earl Bamber, Charlie Eastwood and Nico Varrone.

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Mercedes enters four factory drivers for FIA GT World Cup return in Macau

Marciello and Engel will be joined in the event on the bill of the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix on 18/19 November by Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon.

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The tricky questions that could impact the Spa 24’s modern king

The Spa 24 Hours has seen plenty of change since its first iteration in 1924, one year after the inaugural around-the-clock event at Le Mans, and not just to its famous undulating ribbon of tarmac. The event formed part of the SportsCar World Championship in 1953 and 1981, but for…

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IMSA Indianapolis: Tandy pounces on Nasr error to lead Porsche 1-2

The #7 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 of Matt Campbell started on pole and led the field to the green flag.

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IMSA CTMP: Blomqvist/Braun win for MSR Acura after huge Cadillac crash

The sixth round of America’s premier sportscar series boasted a 34-car entry for a 2h40m race around the 2.45-mile track that was formerly known as Mosport.

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IMSA CTMP: Blomqvist takes pole in Acura 1-2 ahead of Cadillacs

Blomqvist lapped the challenging Canadian road course in 1m05.653s, just 0.081s ahead of the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport ARX-06 of Ricky Taylor.

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IMSA CTMP: Blomqvist takes pole in Acura 1-2, ahead of Cadillacs

Blomqvist lapped the challenging Canadian road course in 1m05.653s, just 0.08s ahead of the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport ARX-06 of Ricky Taylor.

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Spa 24 Hours: BMW takes first win since 2018

They completed a third victory for the German team after its 2016 and ’20 wins with BMW and Porsche respectively in the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe by 11.1s over the second-placed Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes shared by Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy.

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Porsche 911 Carrera Cup Crash From 2015 Immortalized In 1:43 Scale Model

The unlikely collision took place at Navarra in 2015, and it's recreated here with impressive detail.

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Engel calls for better standards from lapped cars after "lottery" Nurburgring 24H

The 2016 Nurburgring 24 Hours winner had qualified second in the #3 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3, but hopes of victory for the car he shared with Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella were ended by damage sustained in contact with the #115 Porsche Cayman GT4 in the Stefan Bellof-S section of the…

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IMSA Laguna Seca: Ganassi Cadillac holds off Tandy Porsche for victory

Cadillac became the first manufacturer to win twice in IMSA's new GTP era, as the Ganassi squad followed up Action Express's victory after late carnage at Sebring by just 3.8s over the second of the Porsche Penske Motorsports 963s that started on the front row in the hands of Mathieu…

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IMSA Laguna Seca: Ganassi Cadillac holds off Porsche for victory

At the drop of the green, the two Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 of Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet locked up at Turn 2. Both Campbell and Jaminet ran wide, allowing the fast-starting Colin Braun (Meyer Shank Racing Acura) to get into the lead, followed by Pipo Derani (Action Express Racing…

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Can Marciello translate European success to British GT?

“I’m convinced, without fail, I have the best driver in GT racing with me.” It’s quite a statement to make about your team-mate, but John Ferguson has every reason to believe just that about the driver he’ll be racing alongside in this season’s British GT3 Championship, which kicks off at…

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How Jules Gounon defied numerous full stops to reach GT3 stardom

So hectic was Mercedes factory driver Jules Gounon’s racing schedule in February that he only spent one day at home.

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The national series enjoying a Super Touring-esque boom

There are numerous reasons for Super Touring being upheld as the British Touring Car Championship’s zenith over 20 years on. Close racing between cars that looked and sounded different, while bearing a similarity with those you might find in the supermarket car park, is surely a factor.

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Aron in race return as part of 18-driver Mercedes factory GT3 roster

Aron has mostly focused on his Prema management duties since finishing sixth in the 2018 European F3 season.

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How an in-form GT star defied numerous full stops to reach stardom

So hectic was Mercedes factory driver Jules Gounon’s racing schedule in February that he only spent one day at home.

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Mercedes reveals 18-driver factory line-up for GT3 racing

Aron, who has mostly focused on his Prema management duties since finishing sixth in the 2018 European F3 season, will compete in GT World Challenge Europe, the GT Masters series and the Nurburgring 24 Hours as a Mercedes junior driver.

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Why three UK series occupying the same turf are thriving

The UK is blessed with an abundance of championships and series that cater for a huge variety of machines, perhaps none more so than with GT racing. Three key championships – British GT, GT Cup and the British Endurance Championship – are not only surviving but thriving, despite occupying a…

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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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Bathurst 12 Hour: SunEnergy1 Mercedes wins after dramatic late crash

The SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes defended its Bathurst 12 Hour crown despite Jules Gounon being spun by fellow Mercedes driver Maro Engel inside the last hour.

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Mercedes drivers react to wild Bathurst clash

There was understanding between drivers, but frustrations levelled at race officials, following the all-Mercedes clash that decided the outcome of the Bathurst 12 Hour.

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