Archive for October, 2009
Scott Sharp creates new GT2 team for 2010
Champion race car driver Scott Sharp, who has made his mark everywhere from Trans-Am and Champ Car to IndyCar and the American Le Mans Series, announced Saturday his latest venture in motorsports. The Patrón Highcroft Racing star has created and will own a new race team called Extreme Speed Motorsports that will compete in the American Le Mans Series’ GT2 class.[...]
Gil de Ferran clinches pole for ALMS finale
Gil de Ferran secured the pole position for the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón, the final race of the 2009 American Le Mans Series and the final race of the Brazilians racing career. De Ferran’s fastest time at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was a 1:11.206, enough to beat the Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-02a of David Brabham.[...]
Lapierre and Duval to race for Oreca in Japan
After their victory at Silverstone and 5th place inthe Petit Le Mans in front of Acura, the TeamORECA-Matmut-AIM will race in the last 2events of the season on 31st October and 1stNovember. The ORECA 01 will be at Okayamaand will be driven in the Asian Le Mans Seriesby Nicolas Lapierre and Loïc Duval.[...]
ACO confirms GT1 for 2010; LMP1 rules for 2011
After meeting with the constructors racing or being interested to race at Le Mans and in the various Le Mans Series in Paris today, the ACO announced several decisions for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[...]
Salles and Mutsch celebrate FIA GT3 victory in France
Thomas Mutsch and Walter Salles scored their first win of the 2009 season as the #1 Matech GT Racing Ford GT came through from 17th on the grid to take the chequered flag in Round 10 of the FIA GT3 European Championship. Mutsch made up fourteen places before handing the Ford to Salles [...]
Victory for Sangari Team Brazil at HTTT Paul Ricard
The seventh and penultimate round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship saw Sangari Team Brazil’s nr 8 Corvette Z06 of Bernoldi and Streit take their first victory. This was both the first time the Brazilian flag has flown over the podium, and Enrique Bernoldi’s first race win since 2004. [...]
Vilander and Bruni win GT2 at Paul Ricard for AF Corse
The risk of opting for a different car configuration, with wider tyres, a heavier car and bigger restrictors, really paid off this weekend for AF Corse, when their nr 50 Ferrari 430 GT2 of Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni took a fine win at the Paul Ricard HTTT. Dominant throughout, they crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of the second-placed car [...]
FIA GT3 race Paul Ricard suspended after heavy crash
Round 9 of the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship was suspended after several accidents occurred on lap 4 of the 60-minute race at Paul Ricard HTTT when rain fell on the exit of Turn 7, while the cars were on slick tyres. The race had been declared wet before the cars left the pits for the grid. [...]
Müller on pole after five-position grid penalty for Bernoldi
Enrique Bernoldi took his second consecutive pole position in the FIA GT Championship, with a lap of 2:00.919 around the 5.842 km Paul Ricard HTTT circuit. Not only the best time of the weekend so far, the Brazilian’s lap was nearly a second faster than the second-placed car, Alex Müller in the nr 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12. [...]
Front row for Hexis and Alpina in GT3 Qualifying
Honours in the two qualifying sessions held today at Paul Ricard HTTT for rounds 9 & 10 of the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship were shared by the Alpina BMW Alpina B6 GT3 and the Hexis Racing AMR Aston Martin DBRS9. [...]
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