Despite a very difficult and unpredictable race ProSpeed Competition duo Richard Westbrook and Manu Collard took the lead in the FIA GT2 championship again after a second place finish in the sixth meeting in Portugal. After a Ferrari had hit Collard’s car early in the race, the duo came back to the front and eventually finished in second place. [...]
The CRS Racing team saw a victory slip through their fingers today in the FIA GT race at Portimao in Portugal. After a very busy race the No.56 CRS Ferrari of Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell took the chequered flag in fifth position, with the No.55 car of Chris Niarchos and Tim Mullen in eighth place. [...]
For two consecutive weekends ProSpeed Competition has an appointment on the brand new Portuguese circuit of Portimao, respectively for the fourth round of the FIA GT3 which was held on 12th and 13th September, whilst this weekend the sixth round of the FIA GT2 is on the programme. Marco Holzer and Niki Lanik performed well in the Portuguese GT3 race [...]
For the sixth round of the 2009 season, the FIA GT Championship is heading south, to Portugal, and the Autodromo Internacional Algarve. Although the Championship raced in Portugal regularly between 2000 and 2003, this is the first visit to the new circuit in Portimao. Undulating and challenging, the track seems to be popular [...]
The Matech GT Racing Team with regular driver Thomas Mutsch and the young and talented Swiss driver, Jonathan Hirschi, due to a starter motor problem, finished 8 laps behind the winner in the fifth race of the FIA GT Championship season at the Hungaroring in Budapest. [...]
In bright sunshine and in front of a crowd of 15,000 people at the Hungaroring, Czech team K plus K Motorsport took its second win of the season, after an action-packed race for Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp. They finished ahead of the nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 of Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini [...]
Adam Lacko went fastest this session in the nr18 K plus K Motorsport Saleen S7 with a time of 1:44.176. Bartels was second quickest round the track, with a best lap of 1:44.192 in the nr1 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12. Third fastest this morning was Ryan Sharp in the nr14 K plus K Motorsport Saleen S7 with his best lap time of 1:44.218. [...]
With three makes in the top three, separated by just three tenths of the second, Sunday’s two-hour race promises to be exceptionally close. With a number of drivers emphasising the importance of qualifying around this technical and relatively tight track, the battle raged during the two 15-minute sessions. [...]
After missing the 24 Hours of Spa and two months on from the 21 June race at Oschersleben, Thomas got back behind the wheel of the Corvette C6 R fielded by Team ‘Luc Alphand Aventures’ – the squad has confirmed Biagi’s drive until the end of the season. Biagi wants to make up for things in what will be his 17th event of the season! [...]
Jonathan Hirschi, a talented young Swiss driver, will join the Matech GT Racing team for the fifth round of the FIA GT Championship in Budapest this week-end. At the Hungaroring, he will share the cockpit of the Matech Ford GT1 with experienced driver Thomas Mutsch. [...]