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Nürburgring GT3 and GT4 briefs

Supporting the GT1 World Championship at the Nürburgring are the ADAC GT Masters and the Dutch and European GT4 Cups. The Nürburgring was the place for news on the 2011 ADAC GT Masters season as well as the debut of the Camaro and Lotus Evora in GT4.[...]

Lamborghini Takes On Nürburgring After Series Of Victories

Following a streak of wins in the past weeks, the raging bulls are on their way to the historic Nürburgring, Germany, for the next rounds of the FIA GT1 World Championship and the ADAC GT Masters on 26-29 August. Former Formula One driver Ricardo Zonta and Frank Kechele will get back behind the wheel of the #25 Lamborghini Murciélago 670 R-SV after securing the GT1 victory in Spa-Francorchamps three weeks ago. Meanwhile, Peter Kox and Albert von Thurn und Taxis are looking to extend their lead in the ADAC GT Masters Drivers’ Championship after claiming a double victory at the Lausitzring in the #24 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4.[...]

Kox And Hayek Victorious In Hungary

In the searing Hungarian heat, Peter Kox and Marc A. Hayek returned to race-winning form at the penultimate 2010 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo race weekend at the Hungaroring on 21-22 August 2010. The Blancpain Reiter Engineering duo secured victories in both rounds 14 and 15 to close the gap between them and their title rivals in the Pro and Pro-Am Drivers’ Standings.[...]

Lamborghini Heads East With Title Fights In Full Swing

Fresh from the latest three rounds at the infamous Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the raging bulls are back with more wheel-to-wheel racing for rounds 13, 14 and 15 of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series at the challenging Hungaroring, near Budapest, Hungary. The title battle is heating up between Mirko Venturi and Fabio Babini for Pro Drivers’ honours, while Pro-Am drivers are as eager as ever to close the gap to standings leader Eugenio Amos. VIP guest drivers Norbert Michelisz from the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), as well as FIA GT3 European Championship pilots Csaba Walter and Stéphane Lémeret will try their hands in the 570 hp Lamborghini Super Trofeo race cars on 21-22 August 2010.[...]

Sales launch for the SLS AMG GT3

Interested teams can now order the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The gullwing model for the racetrack is being delivered on time for the coming motorsport season, starting in February 2011. The sales price is €334,000 (net)/€397,460 (incl. 19% VAT). Developed in accordance with the GT3 regulations of the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), the SLS AMG GT3 is designed as a customer sports car for sprint and endurance races.[...]

Record-Breaking Victory For Lamborghini at MMER

Coming off the back of its victory in the FIA GT1 World Championship at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, Lamborghini has secured another significant victory by winning the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race (MMER) in Sepang, Malaysia, on 8 August 2010. Peter Kox, Christopher Haase and local driver Tunku Hammam Sulong raced the #2 GT-class Arrows Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 to the overall honours with more laps completed in the 12-hour event than ever before.[...]

Competition Gets Fierce In The Super Trofeo at Spa

As the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo enters the second half of its season, the on-track battles have become even more intense, and this was clearly demonstrated at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 29-31 July 2010. Black Bull Swiss Racing drivers Mirko Venturi and Tommaso Maino came out on top, securing two victories and enough points to put the team tied top of the Teams’ Standings.[...]

Kox And Hayek Storm To Super Trofeo Pole At Spa

Having missed the last three rounds of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, Peter Kox made an impact on his return to the series on 29 July 2010 at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. The sportscar veteran stormed to pole position in the closing stages of qualifying to put the #24 Blancpain Reiter Engineering Super Trofeo race car at the head of the field for round 10 tomorrow.[...]

Bulls To Tame Infamous Spa-Francorchamps

The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series will travel to the historic circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 29-31 July 2010, for rounds 10, 11 and 12. As the second half of an ultra competitive season begins, Super Trofeo entrants will be pushing their 570 hp four-wheel drive Lamborghini Super Trofeo race cars to the limit on the Belgian track in an attempt to secure as many points as possible.[...]

A lap around Spa with Lamborghini ace Peter Kox

The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series travels to the world-class Spa-Francorchamps circuit, a favourite for racing drivers and fans alike, for rounds 10, 11 and 12 on 29-31 July 2010. Peter Kox, 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner, will compete at Spa in the #24 Lamborghini Super Trofeo race car, along with his Blancpain Reiter Engineering team-mate Marc A. Hayek. We turn to Kox to provide us with a first-hand insight of what it is like to drive a 570 hp, four-wheel drive Lamborghini Super Trofeo around his beloved track.[...]

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