MAZDA DOUBLES DOWN WITH SECOND STRAIGHT IMSA VICTORY
Mazda Team Joest scored its second-straight one-two finish in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship on Sunday afternoon at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.
ABARTH AND ALFA ROMEO JOIN THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC PARTY
Few car companies can boast such rich sporting heritages as either Abarth or Alfa Romeo – so it is no surprise that both legendary Italian marques will have a major presence at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (26-28 July), the planet’s biggest retro racing festival where the cars are the stars.
BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE TITLE HOPEFULS SET FOR CRUCIAL ZANDVOORT CONTEST
Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe will stage its third doubleheader event of the 2019 season next weekend (12-14 July) when Zandvoort makes a popular return to the calendar..
VAN GISBERGEN RETURNS TO AUSTRALIAN GT AT THE BEND
Shane van Gisbergen will make it three Red Bull Holden Racing team stars on the grid for the second round of the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship this weekend at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia, the former GT endurance race winner joining Liam Talbot at the wheel of the Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3.
SMP RACING REACHES TARGET IN THE FIA WEC
The SMP Racing team has successfully completed the FIA WEC 2018-2019 Super Season, achieving the highest possible result. The Russian team ran two BR1 prototypes of the LMP1 category, developed by the Russian company BR Engineering and the Italian Dallara. The SMP Racing drivers through the season were Vitaly Petrov, Mikhail Aleshin, Sergey Sirotkin, Egor Orudzhev, Matevos Isaakyan, Stéphane Sarrazin, Jenson Button and Stoffel Vandoorne.
AUDI READY FOR FORMULA E TITLE RACE IN NEW YORK
As in the previous four seasons, the title race in Formula E will again be decided on the last weekend. Before the two races in New York City (July 13/14), Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler and Lucas di Grassi are in second place in the teams’ and drivers’ championships..
PORSCHE 911 RSR SCORES FIFTH STRAIGHT IMSA WIN
The Porsche GT Team has set a new record in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) won round six at Bowmanville (Canada) in the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR and thus notched up the fifth win in a row for Porsche – a feat that no other manufacturer in the GTLM class has managed by now. Their works driver colleagues in the ca. 510 hp No. 911 sister car, Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain), rounded off the outstanding team result with third place.
LATE CHARGE TO FOURTH FOR WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING AT CTMP
Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr combined to give Whelen Engineering Racing a fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The result sees the duo remain firmly in the DPi points fight with only three races remaining as the team looks to defend its 2018 IMSA Championship.
MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING CADILLAC SIDELINED IN FINAL LAPS AT CTMP
After running sixth with 10 minutes remaining in Sunday’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, a late clutch issue sidelined the Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac in the closing laps of the seventh IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race of the season.
CONSISTENCY PROVES PIVOTAL FOR HEINRICHER RACING WITH SIXTH PLACE FINISH AT CTMP
Bia Figueiredo and Katherine Legge secured a sixth-place finish for the No. 57 Caterpillar Acura NSX GT3 in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Acura on Sunday.
CORVETTE RACING IN CANADA: TOUGH DAY BUT CORVETTES BACK IN ONE PIECE
Corvette Racing arrived at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park hoping one of its most successful tracks would result in some badly needed winning momentum. Unfortunately, the team came up short in the effort for its 12th class victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on Sunday.
BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES P2 AND P4 AT CTMP; TURNER MOTORSPORT BMW M6 GT3 WINS GT DAYTONA CLASS
BMW Team RLL finished second and fourth in today’s two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix presented by Acura. John Edwards and Jesse Krohn scored the runner-up finish after starting from the pole position, finishing 1.778 seconds behind the winning Porsche 911 RSR. The result was the first podium of the season for the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE and moves BMW back to second place in GTLM class manufacturer points standings. Tom Blomqvist and Connor De Phillippi finished fourth in the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE, less than nine seconds behind their teammates.
Il messinese Schillace vince lo Slalom di Castelbuono
– Il messinese Emanuele Schillace, campione italiano Slalom Under 23 in carica, ha vinto al fotofinish un’incredibile undicesima edizione dello Slalom Città di Castelbuono, kermesse automobilistica con validità per la Coppa AciSport quinta zona per la specialità, per il Campionato automobilistico siciliano Slalom by AciSport e per lo Challenge Palikè 2019.
WEATHERTECH RACING NINTH AT CTMP
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) finished ninth in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix presented by Acura to run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP).
PODIUM FINISH IN CANADA FOR MEYER SHANK RACING
The No. 86 SiriusXM Canada / AutoNation Acura NSX GT3 of Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher took home their second straight IMSA WeatherTech podium after finishing second in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Acura on Sunday.
FOUR IN A ROW FOR SCUDERIA PRAHA AT 24H PORTIMA
The Bohemia Energy racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Jiří Písařík / Josef Kral / Matteo Malucelli) has taken its fourth consecutive win of this year’s 24H SERIES powered by Hankook in commanding fashion at the Hankook 24H PORTIMAO.
