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WEBSTER TAKES PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB BRANDS HATCH POLE POSITION
Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) secured the final pole position of the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB season at Brands Hatch, the 2014 champion and former Porsche GB Scholar ended Saturday’s session ahead of Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance). Wet conditions made the 2.4-mile Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit incredibly challenging, some drivers sliding off the … Continue reading
IMSA PETIT LE MANS QUALIFYING ROUND UP
Nasr Captures Petit Le Mans Pole for Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering Racing driver Felipe Nasr captured his first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole position in qualifying for the season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on Friday. The team has shown strong pace in the practice sessions leading up to the … Continue reading
HARPER HEADS TRICKY PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB FRIDAY PRACTICE AT BRANDS HATCH
Newly crowned Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion – 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) – topped Friday Practice as the championship’s final weekend got underway in Kent. Despite slippery weather conditions, Porsche GB Junior Harper mastered the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit to end the day ranked ahead of Josh Webster … Continue reading
FERRARI ON THE FRONT ROW FOR THE 6 HOURS OF FUJI
James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi will start out from the first row of LMGTE Pro class on occasion of the 6 Hours of Fuji, second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, due to get underway tomorrow at 11:00 local time. LMGTE Pro. The Ferrari 488 GTE crew concluded the session in second place … Continue reading
FIRST WEC POLE POSITION FOR THE NEW PORSCHE 911 RSR
The new Porsche 911 RSR will take up round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji (Japan) from pole position. Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) and Richard Lietz (Austria), the winners of the season-opener at Silverstone (Great Britain), turned the fastest lap in the number 91 vehicle. The ca. 515 hp No. 92 sister car … Continue reading
HARPER CLOSES IN ON PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB TITLE WITH POLE AT SILVERSTONE
On a weekend that could see 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) secure the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship title, the teenager stormed to his sixth pole position of the season. A closely contested qualifying on Silverstone’s fast National circuit saw championship contender Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) occupying the … Continue reading
RUMP’S AUDI AND KAMIMURA’S PORSCHE SHARE BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA POLE POSITIONS AT SHANGHAI
All five championship contenders will start in the top-seven positions later today at Shanghai following qualifying for 2019’s Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia season finale. Weiron Tan and Martin Rump must win both races this weekend to stand any chance of stealing the crown. And it was the latter who ensured Audi Sport Asia Team … Continue reading
KEIHIN NSX-GT’s TSUKAKOSHI WINS SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT SUGO
The qualifying for the “SUGO GT 300km RACE,” Round 7 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at Sportsland SUGO (one lap: 3,704m) in Miyagi Prefecture on September 21. In the GT500 class qualifying, the No. 17 KEIHIN NSX-GT driven by Koudai Tsukakoshi and Bertrand Baguette won their second straight pole position after Round … Continue reading
IMSA LAGUNA SECA QUALIFYING ROUND UP
BMW Team RLL Qualifies First and Third at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca BMW Team RLL looks poised to continue its success at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with a strong 1-3 qualifying effort this afternoon in preparation for tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. Setting a new GTLM class qualifying record of 1:21.557 minutes around the … Continue reading
KEIHIN NSX-GT WINS SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT AUTOPOLIS
The official qualifying for the AUTOPOLIS GT 300 km RACE, Round 6 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the AUTOPOLIS Circuit (lap = 4.674 km) in Oita Pref. on September 7. In the GT500 class, the No. driven by Koudai Tsukakoshi and Bertrand Baguette ran the fastest times in both Q1 … Continue reading
