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      <title><![CDATA[65th edition of Spa 24 hours will be biggest and best ever]]></title>
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Spa-Francorchamps. Always a great place for a race, but the 2013 Total 24 Hours of Spa is set to be the biggest and best ever, on and off the race track.

From 24-28th July the 65th anniversary of this most evocative of endurance GT tests will see an expected 70 cars powering down to Eau Rouge in a blur of colour, noise and unparalleled variety. This will be mirrored by a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/65th-edition-of-spa-24-hours-will-be-biggest-and-best-ever/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SMP Racing's debut in endurance racing taking shape]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For their debut on the international GT scene, SMP Racing is doing things right. Once again, the team had four Ferrari 458 Italias entered in the Blancpain Endurance Series race at Silverstone (two in Pro-Cup and two in Pro-Am Cup) this past weekend.  Meanwhile, the team was also present at Spa-Francorchamp with the World Series by Renault circus as well as the Nürburgring for the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/smp-racing-s-debut-in-endurance-racing-taking-shape/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blancpain Endurance: Rule Brittania for Aston Martin]]></title>
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Darren Turner, Frédéric Makowiecki and Stefan Mucke took a conclusive victory in the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Series today for Aston Martin Racing, after an action packed race at Silverstone featuring a massive field of 57 GT3 supercars.

It was a well-judged victory after intense battles throughout the three-hour race where the AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3 benefitted ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/blancpain-endurance-rule-brittania-for-aston-martin/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aston Martin Racing take BES pole at Silverstone]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aston Martin Racing will start from pole position for the second round of the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series at Silverstone later this afternoon. During an intense and ultra-competitive three-part qualifying session held in warm and sunny conditions, Frédéric Makowiecki set a best lap of 2m01.140s to claim the top spot.

The Frenchman, who shares the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 with ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/aston-martin-racing-take-bes-pole-at-silverstone/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nissan and Aston Martin star on Silverstone Saturday for the Blancpain Endurance event]]></title>
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Track action at the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Series roared in to life today with three sessions completed under warm and sunny skies on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. A huge 58 car field of spectacular GT3 supercars glinted in the Northamptonshire sunshine as the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series title battles began once more after a six-week break since the first ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/nissan-and-aston-martin-star-on-silverstone-saturday-for-the-blancpain-endurance-event/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Silverstone showdown for colossal GT3 BES grid]]></title>
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After a stunning start to the 2013 racing season at Monza last month, the Blancpain Endurance Series arrives at Silverstone with the form book and predictions blowing away in the famous Northamptonshire wind after a sensational season opener in April. Yet again a superb field of 60 GT3 cars are on the bulging entry list for the second round of the series which takes place on ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/silverstone-showdown-for-colossal-gt3-bes-grid/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 23:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cyndie and the Green Hell]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nürburg, Germany, 2013-05-20 – Cyndie Allemann has fearlessly raced at 200 mp/h at Indianapolis, tackled the most prestigious race in the world namely the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and fought her way in the hectic Japanese Super GT field. But last weekend, her racing career took another dimension when she finally met the Green Hell itself for a full endurance race. Indeed, she made her ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/cyndie-and-the-green-hell/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ADAC Nürburgring: First overall win 24 hour for Mercedes-Benz]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 41st ADAC Zurich 24h Race will make it into the motor-racing record book as the shortest but one of the most eventful editions in the history of the legendary endurance race. 

In front of a huge crowd around the Nordschleife, 180 cars went out on the track on the Whitsun weekend to battle it out in the 24h race that was won – for the first time – by a Mercedes-Benz team, in the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/adac-n-rburgring-first-overall-win-24-hour-for-mercedes-benz/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Black Falcon scores first Mercedes' Nurburgring 24 Hours victory]]></title>
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The Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 team were the overall winners in the rain-shortened Nurburgring 24 Hours. Using their Dunlop tires, drivers Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards and Nicki Thiim, they were able to fend off their main rivals for the win. 

The 41st event on historic German circuit had a short list of probable favorites including Aston Martin and BMW ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/black-falcon-scores-first-mercedes-nurburgring-24-hours-victory/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Podium for BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS at the Nürburgring 24 Hours]]></title>
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Nürburgring (DE), 20th May 2013. The BMW Z4 GT3 has claimed its first podium finish at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (DE): Maxime Martin (BE) brought the number 25 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS car home in second. As well as Martin, Yelmer Buurman (NL), Andrea Piccini (IT) and Richard Göransson (SE) were also in action over the course of the eventful race. 

After 88 laps of the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/podium-for-bmw-sports-trophy-team-marc-vds-at-the-n-rburgring-24-hours-435229/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aston Martin in top ten at Nürburgring 24 Hours at twenty-hour mark ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nürburgring – At the twenty-hour mark of the 41st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring Aston Martin is in the top ten with its sights set on climbing the order during the final four hours.

Aston Martin’s Bilstein-liveried #007 V12 Vantage GT3, which was leading the race for the majority of yesterday, led the 170-plus strong grid of cars from the front at the restart of the red flagged ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/aston-martin-in-top-ten-at-n-rburgring-24-hours-at-twenty-hour-mark/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[17 hours in: BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS running second  at Nürburgring]]></title>
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Nürburgring (DE), 20th May 2013. With 17 hours of the Nürburgring 24 Hours (DE) behind them, the number 25 BMW Z4 GT3 – with Maxime Martin (BE), Yelmer Buurman (NL), Andrea Piccini (IT) and Richard Göransson (SE) at the wheel – is currently second. The race had previously been suspended for more than nine hours due to heavy rain and poor visibility caused by thick fog. The red flag ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/17-hours-in-bmw-sports-trophy-team-marc-vds-running-second-at-n-rburgring/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aston Martin leads Nürburgring 24 Hours with red flag due to weather]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Nürburgring, 19 May 2013 – Aston Martin leads the 41st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring at the 15-hour mark of the race, which was red flagged at around five and a half hours (approximately 2030hrs CET on Sunday 19 May) due to heavy rain and fog on the Nordschleife.

The race, due to restart at approximately 0800hrs CET on Monday 20 May, has been led by Aston Martin’s Bilstein ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/aston-martin-leads-n-rburgring-24-hours-with-red-flag-due-to-weather/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW drivers impress in the rain at Nürburgring six hour mark]]></title>
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Nürburgring (DE), 19th May 2013. The first few hours of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (DE) have been a turbulent affair. BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS has made a good start to the endurance classic. As night fell over the Nordschleife, the team had established itself in the leading group with both BMW Z4 GT3s.

The number 26 car, with drivers Bas Leinders (BE), Markus ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/bmw-drivers-impress-in-the-rain-at-n-rburgring-six-hour-mark/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strong start to Aston Martin’s Nürburgrin​g 24 Hours charge]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nürburgring – A strong start for Aston Martin to the 41st ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hours (N24) saw the Aston Martin Racing V12 Vantage Bilstein GT3 lead after four-hours – the length of a standard VLN race.

The #007 Vantage GT3 started the 24-hour endurance race from the front row of the grid after five-times N24-winner and Aston Martin Racing works driver Pedro Lamy (PT) completed ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/strong-start-to-aston-martin-s-n-rburgrin-g-24-hours-charge/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Audi customers at Nürburgring on grid positions one and three]]></title>
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 Ingolstadt/Nürburg, May 18, 2013  The quickest Audi customers have completed their preparations for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring with a very good qualifying result on the first three rows of the grid. The team of Ernst Moser is particularly happy: In the Eifel, the squad with the Audi R8 LMS ultra of Frank Stippler is at the very front, whereas Mike Rockenfeller in the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/audi-customers-at-n-rburgring-on-grid-positions-one-and-three/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marc VDS head for Nürburgring 24 Hour with sights set on success]]></title>
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Gosselies, Belgium - 14 May 2013: BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS will arrive at the Nordschleife in competitive shape for the world famous 24 Hours of Nürburgring event.  Two BMW Z4 GT3 machines are entered, #25 for Yelmer Buurman, Richard Göransson, Maxime Martin and Andrea Piccini and #26 also with Göransson, joined by Bas Leinders, Henri Moser and Markus Palttala.

The team ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/marc-vds-head-for-n-rburgring-24-hour-with-sights-set-on-success/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Audi customers aim for victory at the Nürburgring]]></title>
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Ingolstadt, May 8, 2013  Eight Audi R8 LMS ultra cars, five teams and a single aim: the next success for an Audi at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The prerequisites, however, are different than they were a year ago, as the Audi customer teams will now be competing with their own sponsors and driver squads  supported by Audi Sport customer racing.
 
In May 2012, Audi ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/audi-customers-aim-for-victory-at-the-n-rburgring/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kessel Racing take amazing Blancpain Endurance win at Monza]]></title>
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The Ferrari 458 Italia of Kessel Racing claimed victory in the first round of the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza this afternoon after a thrilling race to open the brand new season.

In second place was the #11 ART Grand Prix McLaren MP4-12C of Andy Soucek/Antoine Leclerc and Mike Parisy. Rounding out the PRO Cup podium was the #69 Gulf Racing McLaren MP4-12C of Nico ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/kessel-racing-take-amazing-blancpain-endurance-win-at-monza/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exceptional entry to open Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza]]></title>
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The world’s best supported and most competitive GT competition, the Blancpain Endurance Series bursts in to life at the mythical Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza this weekend, 13-14 April. Since its inaugural season in 2011, the Blancpain Endurance Series has been a notable success story in motorsport, attracting large, quality and diverse grids.

61 potent GT3 cars, entered by some of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/endurance/news/exceptional-entry-to-open-blancpain-endurance-series-at-monza/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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