Day: January 7, 2019

First test done at Daytona

Jens Jensen

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has done the first 2019 test in Daytona – the so-called ROAR Before the 24. As always it is difficult to see which programs the individual teams were running, but IMSA has a rule that you’re not allowed to sandbag or else you would be penalised. There is, however, a session where you can expect the teams to give all they have – and that is the qualifying. But, a qualifying in a test? Yes, a qualifying was run to give the teams the first choice,…

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Something old and something new at Audi

Jens Jensen

There will be something old and something new at Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, when the second round of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E Championship will be run in Marrakesh this weekend. There is nothing new amongst the racing drivers, where 2016/17 Champion Lucas Di Grassi and the double 2017/18 race winner Daniel Abt will pilot the cars.  But there will be a Rookie test this Sunday, where all current and previous Formula E drivers aren’t allowed to participate. So Audi needs to find two new guys for that test.…

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