NASCAR pit crew members get credit for helping their drivers win races with their agility, quickness and highly specialized skills when they fly over the pit wall numerous times during a race.
The drivers of the DTM expect a changeable weekend. A lot of things turned out in the predictions of the drivers at the press conference on Friday around the Nürburgring ever since unpredictable weather. One of the reasons for this is the charm of the route.
Retro is in. This is proved by the Touring Cars Classics. Already at the Norisring the series for historic racing cars was a hit in the supporting program of the DTM. For the 90th birthday of the Nürburgring, the legendary DTM vehicles of the 80s and 90s once again show a tryst.
Although it was a painful weekend for Ferrari the real take home from the Italian Grand Prix at Monza last weekend was the enthusiasm of the crowd and, on reflection, this fits a pattern we have seen this season on the so called ‘classic’ circuits like Silverstone, Spa and Monza.
For the Petit Le Mans long-distance classic, the Porsche GT Team has taken on reinforcements in the 911 RSR: The Le Mans overall winners Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) will tackle the season finale of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta on 7 October with the newly developed race car.
At the Nürburgring, the final round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup will see seven driver pairings still in contention for the overall drivers’ title, with four teams competing for the teams’ title. The Pro-Am category crown is still on the cards for two driver pairings and two teams, and even the overall Blancpain..
Williams Advanced Engineering has revealed its new, fully-electric car platform this week as Williams continues to diversify and innovate from its Formula 1 roots. The FW-EVX aims to maximise how light and efficient an electric car can be with a mass of 955 kilograms.
BMW factory driver Philipp Eng in a BMW M6 GT3 entered by BMW Team Schnitzer is currently placed second in the ADAC GT Masters. With two race weekends in the Super Sports Car League still to go, the Austrian plans to pile on the pressure in the battle for the title.
La Bella Hair Design, a Richmond based company, will be on board as a co-primary sponsor, on the No. 83 BK Racing Toyota Camry driven by Corey LaJoie, for the Federated Auto Parts 400 this Saturday night at Richmond (Va.) Raceway
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing officials announced that the team will enter a second car in the Verizon IndyCar Series season-finale GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, driven by Zachary Claman DeMelo.
Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner praised Romain Grosjean’s performances this season and the direction of Formula 1’s “high-tech momentum” after the Italian Grand Prix.