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SHELDON VAN DER LINDE MAKES BIG STATEMENT AT DTM OPENER IN OSCHERSLEBEN
Sheldon van der Linde made an impressive start to the DTM season in Oschersleben: the defending champion from the Schubert Motorsport team was the top driver after the two free practice sessions on Friday. The South African set the fastest lap time of 1:21.960 minutes in his BMW M4 GT3 and was the only driver … Continue reading
JONES, FLACK LEAD FRIDAY SURFERS PARADISE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA SHOOTOUT
A CLUTCH lap late in the day has delivered Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship leader Harri Jones the fastest time in practice on the streets of Surfers Paradise. Leaving his run late in the day, Jones’ 1m11.7935s flyer was not only enough to put him on top of the charts, it stands as … Continue reading
LOCAL HERO CLEMENS SCHMID WITH FASTEST TIME OF THE DAY IN THE DTM
Tyrolean Clemens Schmid with the Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini and South African Sheldon van der Linde with the Schubert Motorsport BMW set the pace in the two free practice sessions on Friday, the opening day of DTM Red Bull Ring powered by REMUS. The lap time of 1m 28.565s set by local hero Schmid in … Continue reading
PORSCHE DRIVER THOMAS PREINING STARTS DTM WEEKEND IN THE ARDENNES WITH THE FASTEST TIME OF THE DAY
With Thomas Preining (AUT, KÜS Team Bernhard) and local hero Laurens Vanthoor (BEL, SSR Performance) a Porsche driver came out on top in each of the two DTM free practice sessions at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Friday. Preining’s time of 2m 17.786s in second free practice was the fastest time of the day among DTM’s … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING FASTEST ON WEC’S FUJI RETURN
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s challenge for home victory got underway with an intense and productive first day of practice for the 6 Hours of Fuji as the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) returned to Japan for the first time since 2019. The GR010 HYBRID Hypercar made its Japanese debut during two 90-minute free practice sessions at … Continue reading
RAIN DANCES IN THE DTM AT THE NORISRING
Rainy start of DTM Norisring powered by BMW M: on Friday, the first of three event days during the DTM summer highlight in Nuremberg, drivers completed most of their laps on a wet surface. Fastest driver of the day in DTM was Austrian Thomas Preining with the KÜS Team Bernhard Porsche, who posted a time … Continue reading
HOT DTM ACTION IN IMOLA AS NICO MULLER LEADS THE WAY IN FREE PRACTICE
It could hardly have been closer: from the fastest driver of the day, Nico Müller (SUI, Team Rosberg, Audi), down to Canadian Mikaël Grenier, who ended up in 22nd place with the Mercedes-AMG run by the GruppeM Racing team, the lap times of the DTM drivers in second free practice at the 4.909 kilometres long Autodromo … Continue reading
DTM PRACTICE DAY PROMISES SUSPENSE AT LAUSITZRING
Not just the temperatures were aestival, the on-track action was hot, too. At the end of the practice day at Lausitzring Turn 1 powered by Autohero, the lap times of the four fastest DTM drivers with three different brands at the 4.601 kilometres long track were eight hundredths of a second apart. Fastest driver of … Continue reading
SSR PORSCHE GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE IN THE RACE FOR THE GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP
Porsche teams led the way on Friday morning, dominating the first free practice session of the final round of this season’s German GT Championship at the Nürburgring. Works driver and title contender Mathieu Jaminet (27/F, SSR Performance) set the fastest time of the 45-minute session, ahead of two fellow Porsche racers. Jaminet, who shares the … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING STAYS ON TOP IN BAHRAIN
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing remained on top in Bahrain when practice for the final race of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) began under lights. After securing the Hypercar World Championship thanks to a one-two victory in last Saturday’s six-hour race, the battle for drivers’ honours takes centre stage for the season finale, the 8 … Continue reading
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