VICTORY FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AT SEBRING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing conquered the 1000 Miles of Sebring to extend its advantage in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a one-two victory in the sixth round of the 2018-2019 season.
HACKETT TAKES MAIDEN AUSTRALIAN GT VICTORY
Peter Hackett claimed his maiden Australian GT victory at the Australian Grand Prix during race three of the 2019 season-opener, leading home a Mercedes-AMG 1-2-3 having taken title rival Max Twigg late in the race as they came up to lap the ailing Dale Paterson, the pair crossing the line nose to tail with race two winner Kenny Habul third after an outstanding drive from the rear of the field.
VICTORY AT SEBRING: PORSCHE GT TEAM FURTHER EXTENDS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Scoring a win at the 1,000-mile race in Sebring (USA), Porsche has increased its lead in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC). Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) and Richard Lietz (Austria) finished round six of the WEC in Florida in first place with the No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR. Their works driver colleagues, Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark), achieved fifth place in the ca. 510-hp sports car from Weissach. After the sixth of this season’s eight races, the duo in the No. 92 car holds a clear championship lead. In the manufacturer’s classification, Porsche has succeeded in further extending its top position. In the GTE-Am class, the Dempsey Proton Racing squad notched up its second straight win.
SMP RACING CELEBRATES THIRD PLACE FINISH AT SEBRING
On Saturday 16 March, SMP Racing drivers Mikhail Aleshin, Vitaly Petrov and their co-driver Brandon Hartley took the third place of the podium during the 8 hour race, the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Sebring, Florida. The Russian car No.11 of the highest LMP1 class became the best among non-hybrid cars of this championship.
VALIANT PERFORMANCE GOES UNREWARDED FOR ASTON MARTIN AT SEBRING
Aston Martin Racing’s new Vantage GTE demonstrated front-running pace and mechanical reliability in one of endurance racing’s toughest environments; the famous Sebring Raceway.
“BMW M MOTORSPORT SUPER WEEKEND” – PART ONE: BMW TEAM MTEK CLAIMS PODIUM FINISH AT SEBRING
The first part of the “BMW M Motorsport Super Weekend” – featuring FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races – is completed. In the sixth round of the WEC Super Season, BMW Team MTEK finished second and seventh in the LM GTE Pro class respectively with its two BMW M8 GTEs. It was the first podium finish for the team since WEC’s Fuji (JPN) round.
STRONG SEBRING RUN GOES SOUTH FOR TeamTGM
In racing there are high highs and low lows and TeamTGM experienced just that for the Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 on Friday.
IMSA SEBRING 12 HOURS QUALIFYING ROUND-UP
Meyer Shank Racing on Sebring Pole
“BMW M MOTORSPORT SUPER WEEKEND” AT SEBRING: COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED TO THE FIRST OF TWO RACES
The “BMW M Motorsport Super Weekend” at Sebring (USA) is in full swing. Thursday and Friday saw the qualifying sessions for the BMW M8 GTE in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2019. The countdown is underway for the first of the two endurance races at the Sebring International Raceway. The sixth race of the WEC Super Season starts at 16:00 local time for BMW Team MTEK.
HABUL TAKES AUSTRALIAN GT VICTORY IN RACE TWO AT AGP
After a tough opening day on his Australia GT debut at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, US-based Kenny Habul bounced back in fine form to claim a lights to flag victory in race two after getting the jump on pole-sitter Fraser Ross off the start on the run to turn one.
ANSTONE RACING CONFIRMS FULL-SEASON BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ENTRY
Anstone Racing will become a full-season Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia entrant in 2019 after confirming Xu Wei and Naoki Yokomizo as its Pro-Am pairing.
TWIGG AND ROSS ON TOP EARLY IN THE AUSTRALIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP AT ALBERT PARK
Day one of the opening round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship delivered a tantalising taste of what the new season has to offer. Two 20-minute qualifying sessions preceded the opening race of the event with Fraser Ross delivering a fairy tale result on the competition debut of the new McLaren 720S GT3.
SILVERSTONE CLASSIC PROPELS PIONEERING DEMENTIA RESEARCH
The Silverstone Classic is proud to announce that Alzheimer’s Research UK has been appointed as the Official Charity Partner to the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival for the next three years.
HONDA CONFIRMS BAGUETTE, FARNBACHE AND VAN DER ZANDE FOR CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS
Honda will make its Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli debut at the California 8 Hours on March 28-30 with a JAS Motorsport-prepared NSX GT3 Evo shared by Bertrand Baguette, Mario Farnbacher and Renger van der Zande.
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).
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 Bruni (Italy) will take up round six of this year’s Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC) from eighth on the grid. In the GT-Am category, customer teams Dempsey Proton Racing (#77) and Project 1 (#56) locked out the first grid row.
