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💪 GLOBAL GROWTH: The Mustang Challenge Le Mans Invitational was a “shot in the arm” for Ford Performance in the expansion of its Mustang single-make series globally according to Chris Ward, who is eying further markets beyond the U.S. and Australia. ➡️ sportscar365.com/imsa/mustang-c…



🚗 FERRARI EVO DETAILS: Ferrari Races incorporated several aerodynamic-related changes needed for its car to comply with FIA World Endurance Championship LMGT3 regulations into its new 296 GT3 Evo. ➡️ sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/col…



🔎 INSIGHT: Sportscar365 takes a deeper look into how Lamborghini Squadra Corse claimed its long-awaited first CrowdStrike 24Hours of Spa victory with its longtime factory driver Mirko Bortolotti. (Sportscar365+) ➡️ sportscar365.substack.com/p/insight-bort… #IGTC #GTWorldEurope



🪙 GT2 CHANGES: Stephane Ratel is hopeful SRO's overhaul of the GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli for next year, which will introduce a Silver class and also permit Gold and Platinum-rated drivers for the first time, will provide a significant boost to the grids. ➡️ sportscar365.com/sro/gt2/ratel-… #GT2


💬 TEAM FUTURE: SCHERER SPORT PHX plans to “completely change to Porsche at one point" according to its managing director, adding that the team will continue to race the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II but not publicly committing to a timeline. ➡️ sportscar365.com/industry/scher… #24hNBR




⏱️ IMOLA ACTION: United Autosports driver Ben Hanley set the fastest time in the opening Free Practice session for the European Le Mans Series round at Imola. ➡️ sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/ha… #ELMS



🔎 GENESIS' OUTLOOK: Genesis Magma Racing's testing plans ahead of the GMR-001’s 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship debut will not include running outside Europe, with team principal Cyril Abiteboul saying such plans could not be made to work from a “logistical perspective." ➡️ sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/gen… #WEC


🇮🇹 FERRARI POLE: Dragon Racing captured pole position in qualifying for the 24H SERIES' first visit to Paul Ricard since 2021. ➡️ sportscar365.com/other-series/2… #24HSeries


🚨 NEWS: Jonathan Diuguid and Travis Law have both been promoted to larger roles in Team Penske, effective immediately, filling positions that were vacated amid the team’s NTT IndyCar Series firings in the build-up to the Indianapolis 500. ➡️ sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/diu… #IMSA #WEC


🗞️ NEWS: Zagame Autosport has revealed plans to step up to GT World Challenge Aust powered by AWS with a newly-acquired Ferrari 296 GT3 and is targeting a debut in this year's Hampton Downs season finale in early November. ➡️ sportscar365.com/sro/australian… #GTWorldAustralia


🏆 MAIDEN VICTORY: Jordan Pepper converted pole position to take his maiden DTM race win with a lights-to-flag display during Race 1 at the Norisring, less than a week after he was part of Lamborghini Squadra Corse's breakthrough CrowdStrike 24Hours of Spa victory. ➡️ sportscar365.com/other-series/d… #DTM



💪 MICHELLE'S BACK: Michelle Gatting will make her first race appearance since suffering a foot injury during the 24 Hours of Le Mans test day, rejoining the Iron Dames lineup for Sunday’s European Le Mans Series race at Imola. ➡️ sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/ga… #ELMS


🏆 PORSCHE VICTORY: Klaus_Bachler, Manuel Lauck, Joerg Dreisow and Mark Wallenwein won the Michelin 12H Paul Ricard for Proton Huber Competition after fending off RedAnt Racing in a tightly contested closing phase to the race. ➡️ sportscar365.com/other-series/2… #24HSeries
