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ULRICH TAKES DOUBLE POLE, ROSINA AND GUELINCKX SPLIT PRO-AM HONOURS IN GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES SPA QUALIFYING
Christoph Ulrich put in a strong qualifying performance to take a double pole position in Am ahead of the penultimate rounds of the 2021 Fanatec GT2 European Series at Spa-Francorchamps tomorrow (25 July). Ulrich’s form in the Sportec Motorsport KTM X-Bow leaves the current Am class championship leader in the best possible position to extend … Continue reading
THIRD STRAIGHT FIA WEC POLE POSITION FOR PORSCHE
Porsche takes up round three of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) from pole position on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. In the ca. 515 PS 911 RSR, works driver Kévin Estre from France turned the fastest qualifying lap on the high-speed circuit in 1:45.412 minutes. With this third consecutive top qualifying time, the Porsche … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING LOCKS OUT MONZA FRONT ROW
World Champions TOYOTA GAZOO Racing locked out the front row after a dramatic and incident-packing qualifying session for the 6 Hours of Monza. José María López, who shares the #7 GR010 HYBRID with Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi, took pole position with a lap of 1min 35.899secs. He was fastest in every session at the … Continue reading
DOUBLE FIA WEC FRONT ROW FOR FERRARI AT MONZA
The top two Ferraris will start from second on the grid in the LMGTE Pro and Am classes at the 6 Hours of Monza, the third round of the FIA WEC World Championship. In the Pro class, Alessandro Pier Guidi and in the Am, François Perrodo, were the fastest 488 GTEs in qualifying on the … Continue reading
FIFTH ON THE GRID FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT LIME ROCK PARK
The No. 1 Total lubricants-backed Lamborghini team notched a fifth-place position on the grid for today’s Northeast Grand Prix and Lime Rock Park. Madison Snow had the honors for the first qualifying session, determining the starting position for the No. 1 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO, setting the fifth-fastest time around the 1.5-mile ‘bullring’ circuit. The … Continue reading
YAMAMOTO IN THE STANLEY NSX-GT TAKES SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT MOTEGI
The qualifying for the MOTEGI GT 300km RACE, Round 4 of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Twin Rings Motegi in Tochigi Pref. on July 17 (Sat). In the GT500 class, the No. 1 STANLEY NSX-GT (Naoki Yamamoto/Tadasuke Makino) won pole position. In the GT300 class, Yasuda in the No.11 GAINER TANAX … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING QUALIFIES THIRD AT LIME ROCK PARK
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will start tomorrow’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Northeast Grand Prix third on the grid. The second practice session of the day was interrupted by rain and lightning causing IMSA to stop the session. Once practice was restarted there was just 16-minutes left to run. … Continue reading
ROSENBERGER TAKES FIRST OUTRIGHT GT2 EUROPEN SERIES POLE AT MISANO
Kris Rosenberger scored a maiden pole position before Bert Longin won through in a thrilling all-Audi battle at the front of the field set up two hard-fought Fanatec GT2 European Series races at Misano tomorrow (3 July). Whilst the battle for pole in the first part of qualifying was settled early on, the fight for … Continue reading
POLE POSITION FOR PAUL MILLER RACING IN WEATHERTECH 240
Madison Snow backed up the No. 1 Total lubricants-backed Paul Miller Racing team’s podium finish in last week’s race with a pole position for Friday’s IMSA WeatherTech 240 race. Snow set a time of 1:59.380 to claim his fourth pole position in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO in mixed conditions. While most of the field, … Continue reading
GILBERT/ KORTHOFF MOTORSPORTS IN LEARNING MODE IN IMSA GTD DEBUT
Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports made its on track debut in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition on Thursday, qualifying 12th in challenging conditions for Friday’s WeatherTech 240 at Watkins Glen International. Guy Cosmo and Shane Lewis share the No. 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, which took to the track for the first time in sanctioned competition on Thursday as … Continue reading
