Pure Rxcing (pronounced ''Pure Racing'') is a Lithuanian

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team that currently competes in the

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class of the

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. Founded in 2022 by race mechanic and engineer Edgar Kochanovskij, it is the inaugural champion of the

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category.

History

Having worked as a mechanic and engineer in motorsport for several years, Edgar Kochanovskij formed his own racing team, Pure Rxcing, in late 2022. The team made its competitive debut in the

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at the 2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi.

GT World Challenge Europe

2023

In 2023, Pure Rxcing entered the

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fielding the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with support from German squad Herberth Motorsport in the Bronze Cup class.

Alex Malykhin Aliaksandr Malykhin (; ; born 17 August 1987), also known as Alexander Malykhin or simply Alex Malykhin, is a Belarusian racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Manthey Pure Rxcing under a Kittitian rac ...

would serve as the team's bronze-graded driver, being joined by

Ayhancan Güven Ayhancan Güven (born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Born in 1998 in Istanbul, Ayhancan grown up with the racing background of his father. He's ...

for the Sprint Cup,

Klaus Bachler Klaus Bachler (born 27 July 1991, in Unzmarkt) is an Austrian racing driver. He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship and ADAC GT Masters with Porsche. He won the 2007 Formula Lista Junior championship season. Racing record Com ...

and

Joel Sturm Joel Sturm (born 29 November 2001) is a German racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Manthey Pure Rxcing. Early career GT4 Having begun his career in karts at the age of eight, Sturm progressed into rac ...

in the Endurance Cup and Marco Seefried for the

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. The team would win twice, including their debut race at

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, and Malykhin was crowned Bronze Cup champion.

2024

Pure Rxcing returned to the Endurance Cup in 2024 with an unchanged car and lineup, but would instead take on the Pro class, with Kochanovskij stating they had "nothing more to achieve" in Bronze.

Asian Le Mans Series

2023–24

For the winter campaign following its maiden season, Pure Rxcing pursued the

, continuing the collaboration with Herberth and Porsche. Bachler, Malykhin and Sturm had a successful season with two wins and three podiums, which ultimately gave them the championship ahead of Triple Eight JMR by two points.

2024–25

In the wake of his FIA WEC successes,

was upgraded from bronze to silver rating by the

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, which led Pure Rxcing to switch focus to

. The team partnered up with

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for a go at the

, fielding the No. 91

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for Malykhin,

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and Harry King.

FIA World Endurance Championship

2024

In January of 2024, the team announced that they would compete in the

's new

class. Pure Rxcing would field the No. 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with technical support from

Manthey Racing Olaf Manthey (born 21 April 1955 in Bonn) is a German former race car driver, and current owner of Porsche team Manthey Racing. Manthey's career as a driver began in 1974. In the 1980s, he won two races of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. Re ...

, signing usual trio

, and

to drive the car for the full season. Pure Rxcing would have a historic season with two wins and six podiums to win the championship in their debut season.

Racing record

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.

References

External links

{{ELMS LMP2 teams Auto racing teams established in 2022 Lithuanian auto racing teams FIA World Endurance Championship teams GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup teams