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RUMP AND PICARIELLO SHARE BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA GT3 POLES AT TEAM STUDIE STAR ON HOME SOIL IN SUZUKA
Martin Rump and Alessio Picariello secured Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia pole positions for Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute and Craft-Bamboo Racing at Suzuka earlier today, while BMW Team Studie’s Takayuki Kinoshita and Sunako Jukuchou topped the GT4 times on home soil. GT3: RUMP AND PICARIELLO SHARE THE SPOILS Rump’s #12 Audi starts the weekend’s … Continue reading
PORSCHE TACKLES THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS FROM THIRD ON THE GRID
The best Porsche customer team takes up the 24-hour classic on the Nürburgring from position three on the grid. At the Top Qualifying session, Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) lapped the 25.378 kilometre racetrack in the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by Manthey-Racing in 8:11.567 minutes. With this, he and his teammates Earl Bamber (New … Continue reading
PIRES AND SILVA SHARE GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES POLE AT JARAMA
ABM Grand Prix’s Mariano Pires will start this weekend’s first GT4 South European Series race from Overall and Pro-Am Cup pole position after dominating a Q1 at Jarama this afternoon. Team Virage’s Nicholas Silva posted the best lap time in Q2, while Tockwith Motorsport’s Marmaduke Hall and Edward Moore took the GTC honours as Team … Continue reading
HARPER TAKES DOMINANT PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB POLE AT CROFT
18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) overcame challenging slippery conditions to take a commanding pole position at Croft. The current championship leader topped Saturday’s qualifying session with a lap time more than 1.2secs faster than his closest rivals – Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) in P2 and George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing) … Continue reading
PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING COMPLETE FOR LARBRE COMPETITION AHEAD OF 2019 LE MANS 24 HOURS
Larbre Competition was satisfied with the running it completed during practice and the three qualifying sessions ahead of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. Drivers Erwin Creed, Romano Ricci and Nicholas Boulle worked through the team’s programme according to plan during practice and qualifying, where the aim was to create the best car set-up and … Continue reading
TDS RACING IN 24 HOURS OF LE MANS LMP2 POLE POSITION
Following both qualifying sessions of Thursday and after scrutineering, #28 Oreca07 will start the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 pole position. Last night at the end of Qualifying 3, TDS Racing was already very happy to have set their first FIA WEC pole position, since Graff on pole then, does not take … Continue reading
CETILAR RACING COMPLETES 24H LE MANS QUALIFYING
Cetilar Racing completed yesterday the 24 Hours of Le Mans qualifying, taking the 25th overall place over 62 cars and the 17th of the LMP2 category, as well as making a great job to improve the setup of the car looking forward the Saturday’s race. The last two sessions held yesterday were very fruitful for … Continue reading
SMP RACING TAKES THIRD AND FIFTH IN QUALIFYING FOR THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
This weekend, June 15-16, the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the final round of the FIA WEC 2018-2019 Superseason will take place in France. On Wednesday and Thursday, there were qualifying sessions, according to the results of which positions on the starting grid are determined. The fastest time set by a crew during … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START LE MANS ON THE SEVENTH ROW
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Rob Smith (Essex, UK) will start the 24 Hours of Le Mans from the 13th grid position in LMGTAM on Saturday, June 15. The Le Mans practice week started on Wednesday under questionable weather conditions of rain and cold. Further hindering the track … Continue reading
LE MANS POLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
World Champions TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 87th Le Mans 24 Hours from pole position after taking the top two grid spots in a close qualifying at the Circuit de la Sarthe on Thursday evening. Kamui Kobayashi, in the #7 TS050 HYBRID he shares with Mike Conway and José María López, earned his second-ever … Continue reading
