Archive for June, 2009
Spa Euro Race – A gallery from the Ardennes
Last weekend the Spa-Francorchamps circuit was full of GT cars again. This time it wasn’t the Le Mans Series or the FIA GT Championship but the cars of the International GT Open, Britcar and Dutch Supercar Challenge that invaded the circuit in the Belgian Ardennes.[...]
Lietz-Roda Underscore Porsche’s double Win In Spa
In another closely-fought and exciting race in Spa-Francorchamps, Richard Lietz and Gianluca Roda confirmed Porsche’s superiority in the Ardennes, signing a double victory for Stuttgart’s 997 and claiming their second win in the season and reinforcing their leadership in the overall standings. Autorlando Sport also placed its second car, driven by Manuel Gião-Pedro Couceiro, on the podium, in third.[...]
Narac-Pilet Give Maiden Win to IMSA Performance in Spa
Raymond Narac and Patrick Pilet (Porsche 997 RSR) took a resounding victory in today’s Pro-Am race of the Spa GT Open, giving IMSA Performance Matmut its first victory in the International GT Open, which is also the first victory of a French team in the series. Porsche took also the second place, with Richard Lietz – Gianluca Roda and Autorlando team, who are now the new leaders in the provisional standings. Michele Rugolo – Giacomo Ricci (Advanced Engineering) took third and saved Ferrari’s honour in a closely-fought final battle.[...]
Sangari Team Brazil joins FIA GT Championship
Starting at the Total 24 Hours of Spa next month the FIA GT Championship will have another GT1 Corvette C6.R in its races this season. Today it was confirmed that Sangari Team Brazil will join the GT1 class for the remainder of the 2009 championship.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 – LMP2 Review
In 2008 the fight was on between Van Merksteijn Motorsport and Team Essex, both racing their Porsche RS Spyders. They had quite a nice fight, something that people hoped to see again in 2009. The two Porsches tried to fight each other this year, but it was soon clear who was the best team out in the LMP2 category. Unfortunately LMP2 had a high attrition rate again in 2009.[...]
Total 24 Hours of Spa 2009 – Update 1
We’re just a month away from the Total 24 Hours of Spa, round four of the 2009 FIA GT Championship and driver line ups and teams are slowly becoming clear.[...]
FIA confirms SRO as 2010 FIA GT promoter (UPDATE)
The World Motor Sport Council of the FIA met in Paris today. Despite all the attention on the Formula 1 problems there were several FIA GT topics on the agenda and at the end of the meeting the WMSC announced what had been decided.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 – GT1 Review
After being a highlight in recent years the GT1 class was nothing more than a grid filler this year. The last race under the current GT1 regulations only had four Corvette C6.Rs, 1 Aston Martin DBR9 and a Lamborghini Murcielago in it.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 – GT2 Review
One week after the 24 Hours of Le Mans ended it is time for our class analysis of the race. Starting with GT2 we’ll take a look at what went well and what went wrong in each category and per manufacturer.[...]
PK Corvette wins in the Oschersleben rain
PK Carsport’s Corvette of Mike Hezemans and Anthony Kumpen claimed a fine win in difficult conditions today in Oschersleben, their Corvette Z06 taking the win ahead of the two Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 cars, Bartels and Bertolini ahead of Müller and Ramos. After Saleen in Silverstone and Maserati in Adria, this is the third different winning make in three races. [...]
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