Simon Pagenaud and David Brabham won the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach for Patrón Highcroft Racing. The HPD ARX-01c drivers beat the Aston Martin Racing Lola of Harold Primat and Adrian Fernandez in an interesting duel on the streets of Long Beach, California. A duel that was only decided in the final lap.[...]
Alvaro Barba and Pierre Kaffer are the first winners of the 2010 International GT Open, as they imposed their AF Corse Ferrari F430 in the opening round in Valencia, in an action-packed race, made more difficult by humid and slippery track conditions and the traffic generated by the 43 cars in contention, the newly-created Spanish-German pair [...]
Matech Competition Ford GT pairing Romain Grosjean and Thomas Mutsch completed a comprehensive victory in the first-ever Championship Race of the FIA GT1 World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Mutsch withstood a strong charge in the early stages of the one-hour race from Andrea Bertolini in the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati [...]
Aston Martin Racing, Level 5 Motorsports, Risi Competizione and TRG took pole positions for the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach. Only a short red flag situation interrupted the LMP qualifying, whereas the GT qualifying took place without any problems.[...]
The opening race of the new FIA GT1 World Championship will see Marc Hennerici starting from pole position. The German, driving the number 13 Phoenix Racing Carsport Corvette C6.R will start the race on pole after his team-mate Andreas Zuber was quickest in qualifying on the Yas Marina circuit this afternoon.[...]
Round 2 of the American Le Mans Series takes place this weekend on the streets of Long Beach, California. The first race under new IMSA regulations saw the LMP cars combined in one class. The minimum weight for LMP1 cars is now at 900 kilograms with LMP2 now at 825 kilograms, the latter will also have 90L fuel tanks. The first session took place this morning.[...]
Here is the third installment of the Track to Street: Corvette Racing Series, calling out the features of the newest addition to the Corvette family, the limited edition 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Fiber. [...]
The FIA GT1 World Championship is set to kick off this weekend in Abu Dhabi at the Yas Marina Circuit. And a new series means new partners. SRO Motorsports Group (SRO), the promotor of the various FIA GT championships was able to announce three of them today in the Middle East.[...]
After a very successful start to the national racing season Paul van Splunteren is now focusing his attention on the start of a new international adventure. “I have made my debut as a team manager during the opening weekend of the Dutch racing season with two victories in Dutch GT4. This has given me much confidence as a driver for the start of my own international season”, says Van Splunteren.[...]
Bryce Miller will add a full season of American Le Mans Series GTC competition to his international race program, starting with this week’s race in Long Beach, Calif. Miller, of Summit, N.J., and John McMullen, of Spring Lake, N.J., will drive the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car prepared by Orbit, the team that [...]