Mario Farnbacher marked his first start for AMG-Team Riley Motorsports with an impressive third-placed finish at the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona. The 24-year-old German put together a flawless performance at Daytona International Speedway in Florida together with his teammates Jeroen Bleekemolen, Ben Keating and Adam Christodoulou to finish third in the GT Daytona…
Mario Farnbacher starts the 2017 season facing a completely new challenge. After changing to the AMG-Team Riley Motorsports, the race car driver from Ansbach begins the new year in a new cockpit. So he has a lot to learn by the end of January, in order to be well-prepared for the 24 Hours of…
Mario Farnbacher will return to the North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) in 2017, this time driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for AMG-Team Riley Motorsports. The 24-year-old German is set to partner up with full-season drivers Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen, with British driver Adam Christodoulou joining the trio for the first round at the Rolex…
The Farnbacher Racing crew had been full of confidence going into the final round in their Lexus RC F GT Prototype on the back of their historic win at the previous VLN round. But the season finale of the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft ended in disappointment for Mario Farnbacher and his team even before it had…
Mario Farnbacher’s last race in 2016 is scheduled for the upcoming weekend. After his victory at the beginning of October, the 24-year-old is once more at the start of the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft. The tenth race of the season focusses on final testing of parts for the new car. This last VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft race means…
A race full of premieres: thanks to a flawless performance, Mario Farnbacher secured his first overall victory of the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft. The success with the Lexus RC F GT Prototype also marks the first overall win for the Japanese manufacturer at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Faced with wet weather conditions, Mario Farnbacher started ninth on the…
Due to the later disqualification of an opponent, the points for the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s last race were redistributed. This reallocation meant a subsequent withdrawal of the North American Endurance Cup title for Mario Farnbacher, because a title rival gained a position and thus overtook the young man from Ansbach in the ratings.
An eventful season with many ups and downs comes to an end for Mario Farnbacher. After a historical victory in Laguna Seca and an impressive third place in Watkins Glen, the 24-year-old finished the Petit Le Mans and some tough duels successfully and was able to bring home first place in the North American…
The eighth run of the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft season came to an unfortunate end for Mario Farnbacher. A fire during the pit stop forced the 24-year-old from Lichtenau to retire from the race after just two hours. We’re not at all happy with this race outcome”, summarized Farnbacher, understandably upset. Up to the incident, the…
The eleventh round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, ended in bitter disappointment for Mario Farnbacher. A strong showing throughout the race by the 24-year-old German and his Spanish teammate Alex Riberas came to nothing with the Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R running out…