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Setback in title fight

Mario Farnbacher has seldom experienced such a helter skelter of good and bad times as in the Canadian Bowmanville race. The 24-year-old and his teammate Alex Riberas dominated the entire weekend in the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Toronto. However, a broken wheel suspension dashed all hopes for a second win of the season…

Third place for an impressive performance

Mario Farnbacher put up a fierce fight for the lead in an exciting race. For over six hours, the German and his two teammates Alex Riberas and Ian James dueled with their fellow contestants. But in the end, the 24-year-old’s fantastic performance wasn’t quite enough to recover the lead and the Team of Alex…

No happy ending for Mario

The fourth round of the VLN had hardly started, before it came to an abrupt end for Mario Farnbacher.  A fault in the power train of the Lexus RC F GT3 meant early retirement from the race and the 24-year-old from Lichtenau couldn’t even take the wheel. Dense fog and heavy rain dominated the…

In second place in the standings

With a fourth place in the American sports car championship race in Detroit, Mario Farnbacher has successfully defended second in the overall rankings. The 24-year-old and his teammate Alex Riberas drove a successful hot pursuit on the street circuit situated on the doorstep of the US metropolis.

 “We can be satisfied with the weekend”,…

Class victory in the Nürburgring 24h

Hopes fulfilled: Mario Farnbacher has achieved his goal of reaching the Top 15 after his second participation in the Nürburgring 24h. In a nerve-racking race, dominated by difficult conditions, Farnbacher brought home a fifteenth place and captured the victory in the highly competitive SP7 class.

Ready for Nürburgring 24h

Mario Farnbacher is eagerly anticipating the start of this year’s “ADAC Zurich 24h Race”. Europe’s biggest car race sees the 24-year-old driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for the Black Falcon Team TMD Friction. Farnbacher is taking part in the Eifel endurance classic for the second time and is aiming for a class victory.

Class victory as a birthdays present

At the third round of the VLN Endurance Championship Mario Farnbacher had even two reasons to celebrate: At his 24th birthday the German together with his brother Dominik claimed the victory in the SPX-Class of the race. In the overall classification the two brothers covered 13th position in the strong field of 160 cars.

Prestigious victory in Laguna Seca

The third race of the American sports car championship brought home a historical win for Mario Farnbacher. He and his teammate Alex Riberas celebrated a brilliant start-finish-victory in Laguna Seca, California. The triumph was also the first race victory for the newly developed Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Aim is a Podium finish in Laguna Seca

Third round and with that the third chance for Mario Farnbacher to claim a podium success. The German, who in the 2016 campaign is away with the new developed Porsche 911 GT3 R, wants to continue with his upwards trend in the American SportsCar Championship. The 23-year-old has some good memories about the track in the US-State of California.

Solid start into the VLN Endurance Championship

Mario Farnbacher covered 16th position in the opener for the VLN Endurance Championship on the Nürburgring. Technical problems just before the start of the race as well as a time penalty prevented the German from a possible top-10 overall finish and a victory in the class for prototypes. Mario Farnbacher and his brother Dominik…