Manthey & SRR DTM liveries revealed
Two teams from the DTM grid, Manthey Racing and SSR, have revealed their liveries for the season.
Manthey’s pair of Porsche, for Thomas Preining and Dennis Olsen will compete in ‘Grello’.
And SSR Performance’s trio of Huracan GT3 EVO 2s (featured) for Mirko Bortolotti, Franck Perera and Alessio Deledda will compete in green with blue, green and red highlights to ensure they can be easily identified.
RTR Projects confirms GT2 effort
Czech squad RTR Projects has confirmed an entry for its debut Fanatec GT2 European Series season with the new KTM X-Bow GT2.
Its #89 will be driven by Jan Krabec, who joins the GT2 grid after a two-year hiatus in racing. Prior to that, the Czech driver proved his potential in ADAC GT4, achieving an outright win a Sachsenring in 2019 and numerous podiums across the 2020 season.
Although joining the GT2 Am class for his first term with RTR, Krabec, already has a strong affiliation with KTM. Having raced in the X-BOW Battle series in his rookie years, Krabec also claimed some notable 24H Series race wins and podium performances in the KTM GT4.
Joining the GT2 family for the first time this year, RTR Projects are firmly established KTM specialists racing across Europe in series including the Carbonia Cup, ADAC GT4 Germany and the 24H Series, in addition to domestic championships.
The all-Czech crew is now set for its Fanatec GT2 European Series debut at Monza, Italy, 21-23 April.
Lewandowski signs with GetSpeed for World Challenge
Andrzej Lewandowski has been confirmed at GetSpeed for the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe season.
The Polish driver is set to share the cockpit of the #2 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with American Lance Bergstein and Briton Aaron Walker in the Endurance Cup as part of the Pro-Am class. The vehicle will be judged in the Pro-Am.
Lewandowski won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo twice. In 2018 he won the Am classification of the International GT Open.
Brown to race FW07 at Long Beach
United Autosports co-owner Zak Brown is set to compete on the support bill in this weekend’s Grand Prix of Long Beach race meeting, in the 1980 F1 World Championship-winning Williams FW07 prepared by United’s historic racing team.
He will race in the F1 Historic Challenge, which will run in support of the IndyCar and IMSA races on the world-famous street circuit in California.
Images courtesy of GetSpeed, Manthey, SSR, United Autosports & RTR
