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”,…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Mario Farnbacher’s first podium finish of the 2016 season draws closer: in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 23-year-old narrowly missed a position amongst the top three and had to settle for fourth. Almost up to the very end of the eventful race, the Franconian and his two team colleagues Ian James and Alex…
Mario Farnbacher is looking forward with tremendous optimism to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring (19th March). During test runs on the airfield circuit, the 23-year-old collected important information for the Florida endurance classic. In addition to his American sports car championship commitments, Farnbacher will be driving the Lexus in the 2016…
At the 24 hours race in Daytona Mario Farnbacher experienced the longest three minutes of his racing career. Together with his team mates Ian James, Alex Riberas and Wolf Henzler the 23-year-old was on the way for a top-result at North Americas most popular endurance race, when a three minutes time penalty thwarted all…