Archive for June, 2008
Reiter Engineering withdraw Oschersleben entry
Reiter Engineering has just confirmed it will not enter its Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT in the upcoming FIA GT race at Oschersleben this weekend. The decision comes a day after lead driver Peter Kox was injured in an accident in Sunday’s ADAC GT Masters race on the infamous Norisring circuit in Nürnberg[...]
CR Scuderia announces eight drivers for the Spa 24 Hours
With one of the toughest races in the world fast approaching, the CR Scuderia team is delighted to announce its driver line-up for the 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa. Joining Chris Niarchos and Tim Mullen in the no.55 CRS Ferrari is Andrea Piccini and Gordon Shedden, whilst Dirk Müller will join Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell in CRS Ferrari no.56, with CRS British GT driver, James Sutton, joining that squad as a reserve driver[...]
30th race for the Audi R10 TDI
After a seven-week break, the American Le Mans Series continues in the middle of July with back-to-back races: At Lime Rock (Connecticut) and Mid-Ohio (Ohio) the world’s fastest sportscar contest two races within eight days on 12 and 19 July[...]
The official FIA GT Oschersleben preview
Three rounds, three different winners. The 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship has got off to an excellent start, with Phoenix Racing becoming the third team to savour victory in GT1, after Jetalliance in Silverstone and SRT in Monza. With only two cars so far managing to finish on the podium twice, the points are extremely close.[...]
Group C Racing – Le Mans Report
The second race weekend of the 2008 Group C Racing Series took place at Le Mans during the 76th Le Mans 24 Hours week. Thirty-three Group C cars were gathered together at the French track in their first appearance since 2004. Two 30-minute qualifying sessions and a 10 lap race on Saturday morning were scheduled for this weekend[...]
Jetalliance Racing: Hoping for a change in Oschersleben!
The 2008 FIA GT Championship will visit Germany this weekend (July 4th to 6th). The fourth race will be held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, a 3.6 kilometre circuit southwest of Magdeburg, situated in the heart of Saxony-Anhalt[...]
John Faulkner completes Intersport Racing line-up
Intersport Racing announced today Star Mazda veteran John Faulkner will join Champ Car Atlantic star Ryan Lewis in the team’s second LMP1 car as driver for the Acura Sports Car Challenge July 17-19 at Mid-Ohio in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.[...]
Montagny to join Andretti Green Racing in the ALMS
Andretti Green Racing (AGR) announced today it has signed Franck Montagny to become the primary driver of the #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura ARX-01b for the remainder of the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season, beginning with the next tour stop at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Ct.[...]
New Dutch GT4 Championship to kick off in 2009
SRO Motorsports Group, promoter of international and national Motorsport Championships in Europe and Brazil, has ventured into a new area with the signing of a three-year franchise agreement, giving Circuit Zandvoort, promoter of official series in the Netherlands, the right to run a ‘Dutch GT4 Championship’[...]
Victorious Aston Martin to appear at Goodwood
The Aston Martin Racing DBR9 which triumphed at the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race – for the second consecutive year – is set to appear before British fans at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over July 12-13. In a repeat of the 2007 victory, the 009 car – this time resplendent in the iconic Gulf livery – took the GT1 class victory at Le Mans, driven by David Brabham, Antonio Garcia and Darren Turner after one of the closest GT1 battles in Le Mans history[...]
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