Pure Rxcing

Pure Rxcing

Founded	2022
Founder(s)	Edgar Kochanovskij (owner)
Base	Vilnius, Lithuania
Team principal(s)	Edgar Kochanovskij
Current series	Asian Le Mans Series European Le Mans Series FIA World Endurance Championship GT World Challenge Europe
Former series	Middle East Trophy
Current drivers	FIA World Endurance Championship: 92. Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Asian Le Mans Series: 91. Louis Delétraz Harry King Alex Malykhin
Noted drivers	Harry King Sven Müller Ayhancan Güven Marco Seefried
Teams' Championships	FIA World Endurance Championship : 2024 (LMGT3) Asian Le Mans Series : 2023–24 (LMGT3)
Drivers' Championships	FIA World Endurance Championship : 2024: Klaus Bachler, Alex Malykhin, Joel Sturm (LMGT3) Asian Le Mans Series : 2023–24: Klaus Bachler, Alex Malykhin, Joel Sturm (LMGT3)

Pure Rxcing (pronounced Pure Racing) is a Lithuanian sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMP2 class of the Asian Le Mans Series. ^[1] Founded in 2022 by race mechanic and engineer Edgar Kochanovskij, it is the inaugural champion of the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMGT3 category. ^[2]

History

Pure Rxcing's Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) at the Nürburgring

Having worked as a mechanic and engineer in motorsport for several years, Edgar Kochanovskij formed his own racing team, Pure Rxcing, in late 2022. ^[2] The team made its competitive debut in the 2022–23 Middle East Trophy at the 2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi. ^[1]

GT World Challenge Europe

2023

In 2023, Pure Rxcing entered the GT World Challenge Europe fielding the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with support from German squad Herberth Motorsport in the Bronze Cup class. Alex Malykhin would serve as the team's bronze-graded driver, being joined by Ayhancan Güven for the Sprint Cup, Klaus Bachler and Joel Sturm in the Endurance Cup and Marco Seefried for the 24 Hours of Spa. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The team would win twice, including their debut race at Monza, 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. ^{[7] [2]}

Asian Le Mans Series

2023–24

For the winter campaign following its maiden season, Pure Rxcing pursued the Asian Le Mans Series, continuing the collaboration with Herberth and Porsche. ^{[8] [9]} 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, Alex Malykhin was upgraded from bronze to silver rating by the FIA, which led Pure Rxcing to switch focus to LMP2. ^[10] The team partnered up with TF Sport for a go at the Asian Le Mans Series, fielding the No. 91 Oreca 07 for Malykhin, Louis Delétraz and Harry King. ^[11]

FIA World Endurance Championship

2024

In January of 2024, the team announced that they would compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship's new LMGT3 class. ^[1] Pure Rxcing would field the No. 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with technical support from Manthey Racing, signing usual trio Klaus Bachler, Alex Malykhin, and Joel Sturm to drive the car for the full season. ^[12] Pure Rxcing would have a historic season with two wins and six podiums to win the championship in their debut season.

Racing record

GT World Challenge Europe

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2023	Pure Rxcing	Bronze	911	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	Alex Malykhin Ayhancan Güven 1, 3 Klaus Bachler 2	MIS 1 21	MIS 2 21	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 22	VAL 1 19	VAL 2 19	1st	71.5

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Pts
2023	Pure Rxcing	Bronze	911	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Marco Seefried 3	MNZ 15	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 25	SPA 12H 21	SPA 24H 15	NÜR 26	CAT Ret	5th	69
2024	Pure Rxcing	Pro	911	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	LEC 8	SPA 6H 11	SPA 12H 6	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 20	MNZ 8	JED 14	19th	12

Asian Le Mans Series

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

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2023–24	Pure Rxcing	LMGT3	91	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	SEP 1 6	SEP 2 1	DUB 1	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 2		1st	76
2024–25	Pure Rxcing	LMP2	91	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	Louis Delétraz Harry King Alex Malykhin	SEP 1 3	SEP 2 8	DUB 1 1	DUB 2 1	ABU 2 2	ABU 2 2	6th	19

FIA World Endurance Championship

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

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
2024	Manthey PureRxcing	LMGT3	92	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	QAT 1	ITA 3	SPA 2	LMS 10	SAP 1	COA 2	FUJ 2	BHR 9	1st	139

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2024	Manthey PureRxcing	92	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	LMGT3	273	41th	14th
2025	CLX – Pure Rxcing	37	Oreca 07-Gibson	Tom Blomqvist Alex Malykhin Tristan Vautier	LMP2	358	32nd	14th

References

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