Vettel escapes penalty after Grosjean/Norris incident
Grosjean qualified seventh, so will drop to 10th, coincidentally where Norris finished the session. After qualifying was finished, Norris offered an alternate view on the incident which was not initially picked up by TV cameras. “If you look at the end result, he did hold me up in the final corner. And for any driver […]
Norris defends Grosjean for Q1 block
Romain Grosjean will drop three places on the grid in the Bahrain Grand Prix for an incident that McLaren’s Lando Norris said Sebastian Vettel was at least partly responsible for. “I don’t really know what to say, Vettel screwed him over, which isn’t a very nice thing to do in terms of us being racers; […]
FERRARI AND HUBAUTO CORSA CLAIM CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS VICTORY
Ferrari claimed California 8 Hours victory at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca earlier today (March 30) thanks to a commanding performance from HubAuto Corsa trio Nick Foster, Miguel Molina and Tim Slade.
STRAKKA RACING IN THE POINTS AT LAGUNA SECA
Strakka Racing began its 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge campaign today at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the California 8 Hours, fielding two Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars.
TOP TEN RESULT FOR AUDI SPORT IN CALIFORNIA
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.
PODIUM FOR PARK PLACE AT LAGUNA SECA
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.
BMW TEAM SCHNITZER AND WALKENHORST MOTORSPORT FINISH IN FIFTH AND EIGHTH PLACES IN LAGUNA SECA
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.
SCUDERIA PRAHA DOMINATES TO SEAL SECOND 12H MUGELLO WIN
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.
Vettel much happier with the car
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 […]
Leclerc very happy with Bahrain pole
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: This result was unthinkable three months ago
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 […]
Binotto doesn’t want Ferrari drivers to take any risk
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
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 […]
