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IMSA SEBRING 12 HOURS QUALIFYING ROUND UP
Meyer Shank Racing on Sebring Pole Meyer Shank Racing driver Trent Hindman won the Motul Pole Award for Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3. Hindman was the only driver to go below the two-minute mark with a fast lap flyer of 1:59.917-seconds. The pole … Continue reading
HISTORIC SEBRING POLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 1000 Miles of Sebring from pole position after a clean sweep of the front row in qualifying for the sixth round of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The team maintained its perfect record in WEC qualifying this season, with the #8 TS050 HYBRID of World Championship leaders … Continue reading
SMP RACING WILL START FROM FOURTH AND FIFTH POSITIONS IN THE 1000 MILES OF SEBRING
In the qualification of the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship season, SMP Racing car No.17 (Egor Orudzhev / Stephane Sarrazin / Sergey Sirotkin) showed the third result, while the BR1 sport prototype of the Russian team No.11 (Mikhail Aleshin / Vitaly Petrov / Brendon Hartley) became the fifth. The best lap … Continue reading
PORSCHE TACKLES THE SEBRING 1,000 MILES FROM POLE POSITION
Porsche has secured the best possible starting position for the 1,000-mile race at Sebring in today’s qualifying. The defending world champions, factory drivers Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark), planted their number 92 Porsche 911 RSR on pole position. Piloting their ca. 510-hp race car with starting number 91, Richard Lietz (Austria) and Gianmaria … Continue reading
RECORD-SETTING TIME AS TeamTGM SECURES FIRST EVER POLE POSITION AT SEBRING
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge champions TeamTGM got the Sebring event weekend off to a fast start after Owen Trinkler piloted the No. 46 JKTGFoundation.org / Camp Boggy Creek Mercedes-AMG GT4 to the MOTUL pole with a fast lap time of 2:10.521-seconds. The time is a new track record by over one second. Trinkler will lead … Continue reading
TONY BATES GRABS POLE IN SCORCHING AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP QUALIFIER
The searing heat of the Australian sun did nothing to cool the intensity of competition as the 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup season got underway with qualifying for Saturday’s opening round one. With ambient temperatures at the 3.219km Adelaide Street Circuit hitting 40 degrees centigrade and track temperatures even higher, it was experienced Australian … Continue reading
HABUL READY FOR BATHURST 12 HOUR AFTER QUALIFYING
SunEnergy1 Mercedes-AMG of Kenny Habul will start from 20th position in tomorrow’s Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12-hour after one of the tightest qualifying sessions in the event’s history. Just 1.4 seconds separated the top 20 cars for the annual event at Mt Panorama which gets underway at 5.45am tomorrow, local time. Habul clinched the Intercontinental GT Challenge … Continue reading
MARCIELLO AND MERCEDES-AMG CLAIMS POLE FOR THE BATHURST 12 HOUR
Mercedes-AMG will start tomorrow’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli season opener from pole position thanks to a combination of Raffaele Marciello’s rapid lap and R-Motorsport’s exclusion from the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Top-10 Shootout. Jake Dennis initially claimed the Allan Simonsen Pole Position Award for winning the Shootout but was prevented from starting higher … Continue reading
R-MOTORSPORT DRIVER JAKE DENNIS SETS BEST TIME IN QUALIFYING FOR THE BATHURST 12 HOURS
In what is destined to be the final race for the Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3, the prestigious Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hours at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst (Australia), R Motorsport are due to start from third place. Although Jake Dennis set the fastest lap in the decisive Top Ten shootout, he and co-drivers … Continue reading
GOOD STARTING POSITION FOR PORSCHE AT THE BATHURST 12 HOUR
Porsche will tackle the 12-hour race in Bathurst (Australia) from the fourth grid row. Porsche Young Professional Matt Campbell set the seventh quickest time in the Top 10 shootout on the Mount Panorama Circuit. The young Australian tapped virtually the full potential of the Porsche 911 GT3 R, which he shares with factory driver Dirk … Continue reading
