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Friday 26 August - News of the day

26 Aug. 2022 • 19:00

24H Series Poulsen Motorsport will debut its BMW M4 GT3 at the 24H of Barcelona from September 9 to 11. The team received the car a short time ago. Christopher Nygaard, Kristian and Roland Poulsen will be back in action for the first time since 2016. The fourth man of the crew will be Alfred Nilsson.

WEC / IMSA The Porsche 963 LMDh continues to test ahead of its racing debut. 14,000 km have been completed since the first drive.

ELMS Salih Yoluc (#34 Oreca / Racing Team Turkey) dominated the Bronze Drives Collective Tests this afternoon. He set a lap of 1'38''653, ahead of John Falb (#47 Oreca / Algarve Pro Racing) and Rodrigo Sales (#24 Oreca / Nielsen Racing). Terrence Woodward (#51 Ligier JS P320 / Team Virage) and Andrew Haryanto (#18 Porsche 911 RSR-19 / Absolute Racing) set the best lap time in LMP3 and GTE. All the timesheets can be found HERE.

GTWC Côme Ledogar will not drive for Dinamic Motorsport any more this season in GT World Challenge Europe. Alessio Picariello has been called to replace him at the next meeting in Hockenheim.

F1 Audi has begun its recruitment for the Formula 1 programme that will be launched in 2026. Just visit the Audi Job Portal.

GTWC Barwell Motorsport has been upgraded from Gold to Silver for the last two GT World Challenge Europe meetings (Hockenheim, Barcelona). Mark Lemmer's British team has changed the line-up of its Lamborghini Huracan GT3. Alex MacDowall, who has been present since the beginning of the season, stays with Sam De Haan and Patrick Kujala. Charlie Fagg will be the third man in Barcelona, replacing Patrick Kujala. Fagg drove the Lamborghini during the Spa 24 Hours test in early July.

Endurance Live will be joined tonight by Kévin Estre, official Porsche driver, and Pierre-Brice Mena, GPX Martini Racing team principal. The show can be seen here from 8.30pm.

GTWC Beechdean AMR confirms its withdrawal from the last two Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe rounds. The British team will focus on its return to British GT at the Donington finale in October where an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will start. The drivers will be announced at a later date. Beechdean AMR is planning a full British GT programme for next season.

IGTC Andretti Autosport will team up with Vital Speed Motorsports for the Intercontinental GT Challenge round at Indianapolis (7/9 October) where a Ferrari 488 GT3 will be entered. Jarett Andretti - son of John Andretti - will be in the driver's seat with Ryan Briscoe and Jeff Westphal.

Mitjet International Olivier Panis resumes racing this weekend in Barcelona. The former F1 driver is entered in the Mitjet International as a replacement for the Tone, unavailable for the Spanish meeting. Let us recall that his son Aurélien co-manages VPS Racing with Matthieu Vaxiviere and Raphaël Serrano. Olivier Panis will share the wheel of a Mitjet 2.0 with Louis Rousset, 2021 champion.

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