Dan Cammish (Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2015 / 2016 champion) and Josh Webster (Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2014 champion) led seven home drivers across the finishing line as round five of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup supported the 2017 British Grand Prix.
Eike Angermayr and Reinhard Kofler came from the back of the grid to win Race 2 of round four in this year’s GT4 European Series Northern Cup. The RYS Team KTM drivers made steady progress through the field and took the lead in the closing stages of the race.
Alessio Picariello of MGT by Absolute took his fourth Audi R8 LMS Cup victory of the season in Round 6 with a superb performance on the 5.6km Korea International Circuit. The 23 year-old Belgian took the chequered flag almost ten seconds ahead of second-placed driver, Cheng Congfu of FAW-VW Audi Racing Team.
Ekris Motorsport has claimed its third victory of the 2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup at the Slovakia Ring this evening. The #8 Ekris M4 GT4 of Ricardo van der Ende and Max Koebolt dominated the race from start to finish, finishing almost five seconds clear of the second placed car.
The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start from second and third places on the grid in Sunday’s six-hour race at the Nürburgring, round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The championship leading Le Mans winners, Earl Bamber (NZ), Timo Bernhard (DE) and Brendon Hartley (NZ) qualified on the front row.
Reigning Audi R8 LMS Cup champion Alex Yoong kept clean air between his Team Audi R8 LMS GT3 and an incident-filled Round 5 to win on the 5.6km Korea International Circuit. Crossing the line more than five seconds behind him was OD Racing Team’s Mitch Gilbert, who finished an impressive second from fifth on the grid carrying 20kg of success ballast, his fourth Cup podium in a row.
Scuderia Villorba Corse heads to the Slovakiaring for the fourth round of the GT4 European Series Northern Cup. In the event, to be held from July 14 to 16, the Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio is ready for the different fights that involve with their four Maserati GranTurismo MC
The stakes are high as the Audi R8 LMS Cup thunders towards the Korea International Circuit for its mid-season double header this weekend. Alessio Picariello of MGT by Absolute leads the championship after four rounds of action so far this season with two race wins and two second place finishes.
Weiron Tan showcased his impressive raw pace with a pole position and fastest lap in the latest outing of the fiercely-disputed China GT Championship at Zhuhai International Circuit last weekend (8/9 July), only for misfortune to deny him the kind of result his performance palpably deserved. Following a productive free practice session
The GT4 European Series Northern Cup heads to the Slovakia Ring for the fourth round of the season this weekend. It is the first time the Slovakian circuit, located in Orechová Potôn (30 km from Bratislava), will host a round of the series.
FALKEN has achieved a historic first ever victory in the fourth round of this year’s VLN long-distance championship, with drivers Stef Dusseldorp and Jörg Müller in its BMW M6 GT3. The race was also rounded off with success as the Frikadelli Racing Team, who finished fourth.
Audi teams made it two victories out of two races in the China GT Championship this weekend when Audi Hong Kong’s Melvin Moh, teaming up with Eric Loh for the Zhuhai weekend, took victory in Round 4. The win capped off a remarkable clean sweep of the podium for Audi
Last weekend, Tiago Monteiro took part in the International Open GT in Budapest, alongside Lourenço da Veiga Beirão, with whom he made up a crew for the Costa Campos Team. The Portuguese driver adapted perfectly to this category by placing the BMW M6 GT3 in 4th place on the grid and then finishing the first race in 5th place.
The Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen started out promising this weekend for the Tequila Patrón ESM squad, but attrition took both Nissan Onroak DPis out of the endurance race before the checker flag.
That was not a race for the faint-hearted. Right up until shortly before the end of Sunday’s six-hour race in Watkins Glen, the battle for victory in the GTLM class was still raging. The new #912 Porsche 911 RSR was well-positioned in third place, just seconds behind the leader.
Fran Rueda and Victor Bouveng took their second win of the season, confirming their status of title bidders. The two 20-year-old and BMW Team Teo Martín put in place a perfect strategy: after dropping handicap in Race 1 and saving two sets of new tyres for Sunday, Rueda could conquer the pole
The Kaspersky Motorsport crew of Alex Moiseev and Davide Rizzo had good cause to be optimistic prior to this afternoon’s second International GT Open Race at the Hungaroring. In the morning, qualifying had gone very well, with Rizzo taking the AM category pole, setting the eighth fastest time overall.
Hindman brought the No. 1 Prestige Performance entry, representing Lamborghini Paramus, home to the checkered flag, holding off a late-race charge from Austin Versteeg who closed to finish just .541 seconds behind the race winner.