Day: July 22, 2017

Toyota protest on Porsche rejected

Jens Jensen

Toyota Gazoo Racing put down a protest on both Porsche #1 and #2 at last weekends round of the FIA WEC at Nürburgring. The protest from Toyota was regarding personnel touching the car during refueling. The protest, however, was rejected, since the FIA WEC sporting regulations allow teams to clean the mirrors during refuelling, just like it is allowed to clean the wind shield, because it is about safety. Porsche doesn’t have the traditional wing mirrors, but they are integrated into the bodywork (right above the number plate, on the…

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Exciting qualifying in Austria

Jens Jensen

The qualifying for Round 3 of the European Le Mans Series was run today at the Austrian Red Bull Ring. The six cars in GTE was first out in the qualifying, where each category had 10 minutes each. There was a very close battle between all brands, and the times were changing each time a car crossed the line. That combined with several warnings and subsequently deleted laptimes due to track limits. Something that was common in all three classes. Spirit of Race Ferrari #51 took Pole Position, ahead of…

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Championship leader extends the lead

Jens Jensen

There were plenty of actions when Round 7 of ADAC GT Masters was run in the Netherlands. Callaway Competition Corvette #77 started on Pole Position ahead of Aust Motorsport Audi #3, Mercedes-AMG Team Zakspeed #21 and GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini #19. That made it four different brands in the first four places, in the 27 cars big field in Zandvoort. There was drama on the formation lap, when Land Motorsport Audi #2 stopped, giving the race an extra formation lap, to get the Audi removed. That reduced the race…

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Rene Rast in Russian domination

Jens Jensen

Round 9 of this years DTM Championship was held at Russian Moscow Raceway. Rene Rast in Audi R5 DTM started from Pole Position ahead of brand colleague Mike Rockenfeller, who made a sensational comeback, with a broken foot, after his crash with Gary Paffett at the last round. Augusto Farfus in BMW started third ahead of teammate Timo Glock. Then followed by Mattias Ekström ahead of the real Poleman Marco Wittmann, who had a 5 places grid penalty due to his third offence during the year at Norisring. It was…

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