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LP RACING AUDIS TAKE A BRACE OF GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES PRO-AM POLES AT THE RED BULL RING

The Fanatec GT2 European Series field of 2023 served up one of the closest qualifying sessions in the championship’s short history at the Red Bull Ring this afternoon, ahead of the second round of the season in Austria this weekend. At the end of the two incredibly close sessions to set the grids for Saturday’s … Continue reading

FRONT ROW LOCK OUT FOR MERCEDES-AMG IN NURBURGRING 24 HOURS QUALIFYING

The Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Teams got themselves into an ideal initial position in Top Qualifying for the ADAC TotalEnergies 24h Nürburgring. With a faultless opening lap and a time of 8m 09.058s, Raffaele Marciello (SUI) emerged as the fastest driver with the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team BILSTEIN entry and secured pole position as a result. This … Continue reading

THIRD GRID ROW FOR THE BEST PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAM AT THE 24 HOUR CLASSIC

The fastest Porsche 911 GT3 R heads into this year’s 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife from position six. In the individual time trial of the final top qualifying session, Nico Menzel set a lap time of 8:11.211 minutes at the wheel of Falken Motorsports’ GT3 car. The German shares the customer racer from Weissach with … Continue reading

FARFUS QUALIFIES 11th AS THE HIGHEST PLACED BMW DRIVER FOR THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

In Friday’s Top Qualifying for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (GER), Augusto Farfus (BRA) was the best-placed BMW M4 GT3 driver for ROWE Racing. The Brazilian set a personal best of 8:11.921 minutes in car #99 securing eleventh position on the grid. Pole position went to Mercedes driver Raffaele Marciello (ITA). Two more BMW M … Continue reading

THREE POLE POSITIONS IN THREE CLASSES FOR PORSCHE AT LAGUNA SECA

On the back of the first-ever win for the Porsche 963 at the previous round in Long Beach, the new hybrid prototype from Weissach has now notched up its first pole position: in qualifying at Laguna Seca, factory driver Matt Campbell dominated the qualifying in Laguna Seca at the wheel of the No. 7 car … Continue reading

BMW M TEAM RLL QUALIFIES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AT LAGUNA SECA

BMW M Team RLL will start tomorrow’s IMSA MOTUL Course de Monterey from the seventh and eighth GTP class positions. With a qualifying time of 1:15.648 minutes around the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Laguna Seca circuit, Connor De Phillippi will start the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 seventh. He will co-drive with Nick Yelloly, the duo … Continue reading

MEYER SHANK RACING SECURES THIRD STARTING POSITION AT LAGUNA SECA

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian will start from the second row after setting the third-quickest lap in qualifying for Sunday’s Motul Course de Monterey, the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Colin Braun took on qualifying duties for the first time of the season, driving the No. 60 MSR Acura ARX-06 co-driven by … Continue reading

PAUL MILLER RACING FIFTH ON THE GRID AT LAGUNA SECA

Fresh off of back-to-back victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Grand Prix of Long Beach, Paul Miller Racing will roll off P5 for the Course de Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Madison Snow set a lap time of 1:25.260 aboard the No. 1 Quartz Engine Oil-backed BMW M4 GT3 machine. He and … Continue reading

WEATHERTECH RACING TO START THIRD AT LAGUNA SECA

WeatherTech Racing will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N from third on the GTD Pro grid at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca tomorrow. Daniel Juncadella (Spain) had the wheel of the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Mercedes-Benz of Billings, Montana support for the 15-minute qualifying session. … Continue reading

MARCIELLO AND MIES SHARE OVERALL POLE POSITION FOR GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT CUP OPENER

Two of the most experienced drivers on the Fanatec GT Europe grid shared the spoils in qualifying for tomorrow’s Sprint Cup opener at Brands Hatch, with Raffaele Marciello and Chris Mies earning a pole position each at the British track.   Marciello will start Sunday’s opening contest from P1 after keeping his nerve in a … Continue reading

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