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MIYATA TAKES HIS FIRST SUPER GT POLE POSITION IN THE WEDSSPORT ADVAN GR SUPRA
Qualifying for the Takanokono Hotel FUJI GT 500km RACE, Round 2 of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place on May 3rd (Mon., holiday) at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GT500 class Pole Position was won by Ritomo Miyata in the No. 19 WedsSport ADVAN GR Supra (Yuji Kunimoto/Ritomo Miyata). The GT300 class … Continue reading
HISTORIC FIA WEC HYPERCAR POLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a historic first-ever Hypercar pole position as the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) began its new era with the new GR010 HYBRID locking out the front row in qualifying for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The #7 Hypercar of World Champions Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López will … Continue reading
KEEPER TOM’S GR SUPRA TAKES SUPER GT POLE AT OKAYAMA
The official qualifying for the opening round of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, the “Takanoko Hotel OKAYAMA GT 300km RACE,” was held on April 10 at the Okayama International Circuit (one lap 3,703 m) in Okayama Prefecture. The SUPER GT qualifying is run in a knock-out style format, and in the GT500 class the … Continue reading
PAUL MILLER RACING SEEKING SECOND SEBRING WIN
The Total lubricants-backed Paul Miller Racing team has notched a sixth-place start for the 69th annual 12 Hours of Sebring in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s all-new GTD qualifying format. Consisting of two parts, the new qualifying format has separate sessions to set grid order and score championship points for the GTD class in 2021. … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC ON POLE AT SEBRING
Pipo Derani drove the Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R to pole position for tomorrow’s 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts to run at Sebring International Raceway. In this afternoon’s 15-minute qualifying session, Derani, who together with teammates Felipe Nasr and Mike Conway led every practice session on … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES THIRD AND FOURTH FOR THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
BMW Team RLL will start tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Twelve Hours of Sebring from the second row of the GTLM grid following third and fourth place qualifying efforts from Connor De Phillippi and Jesse Krohn this afternoon. De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE third with a time of 1:55.062 minutes around … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FIFTH AT SEBRING, FRONT ROW START FOR WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS
Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.), Matt Campbell (Australia), and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will start from the third row in GTLM for tomorrow’s 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. MacNeil had the wheel of the red-white-and-blue WeatherTech Racing Porsche RSR for the 15-minute qualifying session. In his first ever GTLM qualifying drive, he … Continue reading
HONDA’S FARNBACHER STORMS TO KYALAMI 9 HOUR POLE
Team Honda Racing will start the 2020 Kyalami 9 Hour from pole position after Mario Farnbacher set a new qualifying lap record ahead of tomorrow’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli championship showdown. The German, who shares the NSX GT3 with Renger van der Zande and Bertrand Baguette, beat home favourites Jordan Pepper (Bentley Team … Continue reading
KEEPER TOM’S GR SUPRA TAKES SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT FUJI
The qualifying for the Takanokono Hotel FUJI GT 300km RACE, 8th and final round of the 2020 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture on November 28 (Sat). In the GT500 class, the pole position was taken by Yamashita in the No. 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra (Ryo Hirakawa/Kenta … Continue reading
SMP RACING DEFEATS AF CORSE TO SECURE FERRARI ONE-TWO IN PAUL RICARD 1000 km QUALIFYING
SMP Racing will lead a Ferrari one-two in tomorrow’s Circuit Paul Ricard 1000km after producing a dazzling display under the lights in this evening’s qualifying session. The action began just as the sun was setting at the French venue and saw both full-pro Ferrari crews rise to the challenge of rapidly changing conditions. The SMP line-up … Continue reading
