2018 British Grand Prix – Friday
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport show promising pace on the eve of a challenging weekend
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Customer Racing: VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring:Sixth place and a class win for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport inthe
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is celebrating the next success in the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft: in the fourth round of the season at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, Patrick Assenheimer and Christian Hohenadel (both GER) with the #13 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by AutoArena Motorsport finished sixth overall and thus secured another top ten result in the Green Hell for the performance brand from Affalterbach. Stefan Karg, Fidel Leib and Moritz Oberheim (all GER) secured victory in the SP10 class with the #163 Mercedes-AMG GT4 #163 run by the BLACK FALCON Team IDENTICA.
2018 British Grand Prix – Saturday
Lewis storms to his 50th pole position with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
2018 British Grand Prix – Sunday
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport score 30 points in front of an incredible crowd in Silverstone
JASON BELL HEADS WEST TO PORTLAND
Global Motorsports Group driver Jason Bell is heading west to Portland, Oregon for the next round of the Pirelli World Challenge. Set to take on the Portland International Raceway, Bell will be shooting for the race win as he pilots a brand new Audi R8 GT4 LMS after an incident at Road America destroyed his primary car.
ALIANZA MOTORSPORTS CONGRATULATES FORTY7 MOTORSPORTS FOR CANADIAN VICTORY
Competing in the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda this past weekend at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) in Bowmanville, Ontario, Forty7 Motorsports Featuring Alianza drivers Anthony Simone and Rodrigo Pflucker showed great speed, but ran into some bad racing luck on Sunday.
FIVE MANUFACTURES CHASING INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE POINTS IN LONGEST RACE OF THE YEAR
The Total 24 Hours of Spa is the second round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The Belgian endurance classic will have 68 cars at the start, representing 13 manufacturers. Of those, the five manufacturers entered for the full four-round Challenge have announced their nominated cars, which will be eligible to score points in the Belgian endurance classic.
TIMO SCHEIDER: “I’LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO WIN THE ADAC GT MASTERS”
In an interview, ex-DTM star Timo Scheider (39, GER, BMW Team Schnitzer) delivers an interim summary of his debut ADAC GT Masters season. He tells us about his role as mentor to the BMW Juniors and outlines his objectives for the remaining races of the 2018 Super Sports Car League.
AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS TAKES 9TH PLACE IN CANADA
What looked to be a very promising weekend for AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports turned to be riddled with obstacles at the seventh round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship resulting in a 9th place finish.
PAUL MILLER RACING EXTENDS IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN CANADA
Paul Miller Racing produced another outstanding race performance this weekend at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, extending the championship points lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class. The No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 finished in fourth place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, awarding drivers Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow their sixth consecutive top-five finish of the 2018 season.
SAM BIRD & DS VIRGIN RACING “READY FOR CHALLENGE” OF FORMULA E TITLE-DECIDER
British racing driver Sam Bird and his DS Virgin Racing team say they are ‘ready for the challenge’ as they head to New York City this weekend, fighting for both the teams’ and the drivers’ championship in Formula E’s seaso
JAGUAR RACING RETURN TO NEW YORK FOR ELECTRIC FINALE
Panasonic Jaguar Racing are set to make history for the team in New York as they hope to finish their second season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship within the top five team standings.
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING TAKES THIRD AT CTMP
Felipe Nasr and Eric Curran extended the run of strong performances for Whelen Engineering at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) after taking third place in the CTMP SportsCar Grand Prix on Sunday.
PERFECTLY-TIMED PIT STOP SENDS No. 67 FORD GT OF BRISCOE, WESTBROOK TO VICTORY AT CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK
Some IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races are won on the track and some are won in the pits.
TEAM PENSKE IMSA CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK RACE REPORT
No. 6 Acura ARX-05 DPi – Dane Cameron/Juan Pablo Montoya
BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AT CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK
BMW Team RLL finished the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, in the seventh and eighth positions in the GTLM class, the result belying a race that saw both BMW M8 GTE machines lead some portion of the contest.
STRONG PERFORMANCE OF THE PORSCHE 911 RSR IN CANADA GOES UNREWARDED
Porsche concluded round six of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Bowmanville/Canada on positions four and six after a long time in the lead. With the #911 Porsche 911 RSR, the duo Patrick Pilet from France and Britain’s Nick Tandy narrowly missed out on a podium finish in fourth place. During Saturday’s qualifying, Tandy set a new lap record for GTLM vehicles in the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and posted pole position. Sharing driving duties in the sister car was the current winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium, and New Zealander Earl Bamber. Both Porsche 911 RSR racers were at times looking good for a one-two finish, but were thwarted by many safety car phases and bad luck with the strategy. After round six of the season, Porsche ranks third in the manufacturers’ classification of the GTLM class.
CORVETTE RACING IN CANADA: DOUBLE PODIUM FINISH IN GTLM FOR CORVETTE C7.RS
Corvette Racing’s pair of Chevrolet Corvettes both finished on the class podium Sunday at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It marked the team’s first double podium of the season and allowed both Corvette C7.Rs to gain positions in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) points standings of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
MEYER SHANK RACING FIGHTS TO FINISH TOUGH RACE IN CANADA
After 107 laps of flat-out, door-to-door racing, the Meyer Shank Racing squad fought to a fifth and sixth place result, keeping the team in the championship hunt.
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES EIGHTH IN CANADA
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) finished eighth in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP).
