RNW Staff

Following two consecutive victories in the California 8 Hours, Audi Sport customer racing achieved a fourth and a seventh position at Laguna Seca, USA, marking a successful debut of the 2019 generation of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 sports car in this series.

The new Porsche 911 GT3 R scored a place on the podium at its first outing in the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Works drivers Romain Dumas (France) and Sven Müller (Germany) as well as Porsche Young Professional Mathieu Jaminet (France) finished the eight-hour race at Laguna Seca (USA) in third place. Over long stretches, the trio driving the No. 911 vehicle of the American customer team Park Place Motorsports even looked on course for a win. The identical car fielded by the customer team Wright Motorsports had also led the race only to retire early with a technical defect.

The two BMW M6 GT3s finished in fifth and eighth positions in the “California 8 Hours”, the second of five races in the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Augusto Farfus (BRA), Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Chaz Mostert (AUS) from the BMW Team Schnitzer crossed the finishing line in Laguna Seca (USA) in fifth place after 326 laps. They had recorded the same result at the season-opener in Bathurst (AUS). The Walkenhorst Motorsport drivers Nick Catsburg (NED), Mikkel Jensen (DEN) and Christian Krognes (NOR) secured eighth place in Laguna Seca.

The Bohemia Energy racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Jiří Písařík / Josef Kral / Matteo Malucelli) opened its 2019 European Championship account in commanding fashion with a victory at the Hankook 12H MUGELLO. Matteo Malucelli took the Ferrari over the line to complete 330 laps of the 5.245km Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello and cement Scuderia Praha’s second victory at the fifth running of the event.

Sebastian Vettel praised Ferrari for its turnaround after the team locked out the front row of the grid for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. “Obviously we are both much happier with the car this weekend,” said Vettel. “The credit really goes to the team, both of us we didn’t feel very happy with the car […]

Charles Leclerc admits some satisfaction at scoring his first Formula 1 pole by beating Sebastian Vettel. “Yeah, extremely happy,” he said of his emotions. “Obviously, in the last race, I was not very happy with my qualifying. I did some mistakes in Q3 and I really worked hard to try and not do the same […]

Sainz finished less than a second off pole position and less than a tenth behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, who qualified fifth in the first non-Ferrari and non-Mercedes car. “Congratulations to all the team, because we got both cars in Q3, which is something that hasn’t happened for a long time at this […]

Ferrari has clarified its stance on team orders, confirming Charles Leclerc is allowed to finish in front of his team mate. “Charles is allowed to go as fast as he can, he is allowed to try to go for pole, he is allowed to try to stay ahead and we’re not stopping him doing that,” […]

Leclerc gets his first pole position Full Results: 1. Charles Leclerc Ferrari1:27.866 13 2. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.294s 13 3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.324s 15 4. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.390s 15 5. Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.886s 12 6. Kevin Magnussen Haas 0.891s 15 7. Carlos Sainz McLaren 0.947s 17 8. Romain Grosjean Haas 1.149s […]

Leclerc fastest in FP3 – Full Results 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.569 15 2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.169s 16 3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.820s 12 4 Romain Grosjean Haas 1.249s 14 5 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1.341s 12 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1.386s 15 7 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1.390s 9 8 Carlos Sainz McLaren 1.396s […]

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari has more pace yet to “unleash” as he targets putting pressure on Formula 1 rivals Mercedes in Bahrain. “We hope to be in better shape and much closer than Melbourne,” Vettel said. “Today the result was good and we were probably on a different strategy to other people so I wouldn’t […]

Lando Norris believes he can perform better in qualifying this weekend but says it will be difficult for McLaren reach Q3 for the second race in a row. “I feel a bit more confident in general just because of my driving, not because we’re loads quicker, as a team. So I feel like maybe I […]

Mario Farnbacher’s new qualifying lap record has given Honda Team Motul pole position for tomorrow’s California 8 Hours after a thrilling Pole Shootout at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca earlier today (March 29).

The two American Porsche customer teams Wright Motorsports and Park Place Motorsports have achieved respectable starting positions for the eight-hour race at Laguna Seca. Matt Campbell (Australia) posted the fifth quickest time at the pole shootout in the 500+hp Porsche 911 GT3 R with the starting number 912. In the identical No. 911 car, Porsche Young Professional Mathieu Jaminet (France) achieved eight place.