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Post by chernaudi on Dec 12, 2018 9:37:55 GMT -8
From Sportscar 365, Brad Kettler leaves his role at Audi Sport Customer Racing and appears to be headed to Mazda Team Joest in IMSA. Brad's old mate Mike Peters from the Champion Racing days is already at Joest as well.
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Post by Buck on Dec 12, 2018 10:39:21 GMT -8
The Aston Martin Valkyrie's V12 sounds like an F1 engine from the 1990s
Aston Martin has released the first audio and images of the V12 engine that will power the Adrian Newey-designed Valkyrie hypercar.
We had a Valkyrie on display at the museum a couple of years ago after a SVRA weekend...
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Post by truenorth on Dec 16, 2018 9:35:48 GMT -8
Kessel Wins Gulf 12 Hours After Late Drama Robs McLaren 2019-spec Audi comes close to victory DailySportscar.com 15 December 2018 Kessel Racing powered to victory in the the 2018 running of the Gulf 12 Hours today, after a late drama cost McLaren a dream result for the 720S GT3 on its competitive debut. The winning car in the end was the #11 Kessel 488 GT3 of Davide Rigon, Michael Broniszewski and Alessandro Pier Guidi. The McLaren Customer Racing-run #5 720S GT3 dominated the majority of the second half of the race after Shane Van Gisbergen pounced on Christopher Haase on the second racing lap after the restart down the back straight. But, a right-front suspension failure robbed the Woking-based marque of a win on the car’s debut with just under two hours to go. At the time, the #5 held a lead of over two minutes, before van Gisbergen was forced to bring the car in for repairs. In the end the car lost 13 minutes in the pits and five laps, before Ben Barnicoat went on to finish fifth in GT3 Pro and eighth overall. The result was still an impressive result though, book-ending a strong weekend for the car. This drama left the door open for Kessel Racing and Car Collection Motorsport to battle it out for the victory until the end. It came down to a chase for the win, between Davide Rigon in the #11 Ferrari and Markus Winkelhock in the #88 2019-spec Audi, which finished Part 1 in the lead. Winkelhock though, couldn’t reel in Rigon and finished up 27 seconds behind at the end. This meant that Rigon and the Kessel Racing crew scored their fourth Gulf 12 Hours win in a row, a remarkable achievement, which denied Audi a big win for its new R8. The #44 Attempto Racing Audi of Sean Walkinshaw, Giorgio Roda and Clemens Schmid completed the overall podium, which finished fifth in Part 1. The crew finished just ahead of the #97 Oman Racing by TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage which spent much of the race fighting back after losing a lap in Part 1. The Oman crew came just 32 seconds seconds short of a podium for the new Vantage GT3 after Darren Turner gave his all in the final run to the flag to catch Walkinshaw. The #27 Daiko Lazarus Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Miguel Ramos, Nicola De Marco and Fabio Onidi completed the top five, and in the process took a comfortable GT3 Pro Am class win over the #98 Beechdean AMR Aston and #55 Attempto Racing Audi. Further down the order, the best of the LMP3 runners ended up finishing ninth overall, the #4 GRAFF Norma M30 of James Winslow, Neale Muston and Jake Parsons winning the class comfortably, by five laps over the #7 Scuderia Villorba Corse and #70 GRAFF Ligiers. The GT4 class top runners also finished spread out, the #3 Bullitt Racing Mecedes of Ian Loggie, Oleg Kharuk and Olli Caldwell completing 283 tours of the circuit en route to victory, crossing the line a lap ahead of the #50 Scuderia Villorba Corse Maserati and nine laps clear of the Italian team’s #90 sister car. Aston Martin Racing’s Vantage GT4, driven in the race by Thomas Canning, Mark Farmer, Oliver Wilkinson and Adrian Willmott, did finish after its dramas in Part 1, the car coming home fourth in GT4 after 239 laps. The #87 GDL Racing Porsche won the GT Cup class.
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Post by Placid on Dec 18, 2018 8:19:56 GMT -8
We like to wish him the best.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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Post by truenorth on Dec 21, 2018 8:58:38 GMT -8
World-class entry revealed for 2019 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour 21 December 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge registration now open > www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/images/news/2018/2019_B12hr_entry_list_Dec_21.pdfLiqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour organisers have revealed a 43-car entry list for February’s race in Australia, which also plays host to the opening round of 2019’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli. 28 of that total will contest the A class reserved for GT3 cars, some of which will also be nominated to score Intercontinental GT Challenge points. Those teams are set to be revealed in late January once the final list of registered manufacturers is confirmed. Indeed, Intercontinental GT Challenge’s 2019 entry procedure is now open for manufacturers who wish to officially contest all five of next season’s blue riband endurance events on as many different continents. Following Bathurst, the Intercontinental GT Challenge sets sail across the Pacific to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the California 8 Hours in late March. Europe’s round – the Total 24 Hours of Spa – takes centre stage at the end of July before the Suzuka 10 Hours in Japan hosts Asia’s round one month later. South Africa’s Kyalami 9 Hour – due to run for the first time since 1982 – closes out the 2019 campaign in November. Audi, Bentley, BMW and Porsche have already publicly confirmed their Intercontinental GT Challenge entries, while others are expected to do so in January. Bathurst’s grid will feature a record-equalling 10 different GT3 manufacturers, with Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG and Nissan also competing alongside the already confirmed Intercontinental GT Challenge cast. The remaining 15 entries are split between classes B (cup cars), C (GT4) and I (Marc Car). 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour – Australia – February 1-3 Laguna Seca Raceway California 8 Hours – USA – March 29-31 Total 24 Hours of Spa – Belgium – July 25-28 Suzuka 10 Hours – Japan – August 23-25 Kyalami 9 Hour – South Africa – 21-23 November
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Post by Carlo_Carrera on Dec 26, 2018 6:46:46 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Dec 26, 2018 9:24:42 GMT -8
No team, even Ferrari, threatens to leave F1 more than Ded Cow, so we'll take that news with a grain of salt.
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Post by truenorth on Jan 2, 2019 9:17:59 GMT -8
Peter Auto 2019 Event Calendar January 2, 2019 by Sports Car Digest Leave a Comment The Peter Auto 2019 event calendar will feature a total of nine events throughout Europe, from Catalonia to Lombardy via the Tour de France in five stages, the Belgian Ardennes, Burgundy, Hungary and Provence. The schedule of events for Peter Auto in 2019 include the 28th running of the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo rally, the 5th edition of the Chantilly Arts and Elegance Richard Mille and the usual historic races that host the series by Peter Auto: Classic Endurance Racing 1 and 2, Sixties’ Endurance, The Greatest’s Trophy, the Heritage Touring Cup, Group C Racing and 2.0L Cup. Peter Auto 2019 Event Calendar Espiritu de Montjuïc (5-7 April): Held for the first time in 2018, this event in Catalonia was a big hit with entrants and spectators alike. It will kick off the Peter Auto’s historic race season. Tour Auto Optic 2ooo (29th April-4th May): The 28th staging of the rally that helped forge the reputation of Peter Auto will again be run over a new route on the most beautiful roads in France. As is the case every year, an automotive theme will be highlighted, and in 2019, vanished English makes have pride of place. Spa Classic (17-19 May): Created in 2011 on the driver’s favourite circuit, the Belgian meeting is now one of the major European events for historic racing cars. Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or (7-9 June): Staged at the Dijon-Prenois circuit in Dijon, France, this historic race organised by Peter Auto since 2014 has now returned to its former glory. Its much appreciated circuit has been completely revamped. Chantilly Arts and Elegance Richard Mille (30th June): This event conceived by Peter Auto is now held every two years in the early summer in alternation with Le Mans Classic. A Concours d’Elegance, Concours d’Etat and Concours des Clubs are held over a day on the grounds of the Domaine de Chantilly, in the town of Chantilly between Calais and Paris. Hungaroring Classic (12-14 July): In 2017, Peter Auto organised the first Hungaroring Classic, confirming its commitment to providing entrants with an opportunity to race on new circuits on a regular basis. In July 2019, the series will be back on the Hungarian track a few kilometres outside Budapest. Monza Historic (20-22 September): Peter Auto already visited the Monza Nazionale Autodromo, the temple of speed and home of the tifosi, in 2015 and 2017, and it is back on the calendar again. Thus, the tradition that every year an event takes place in Italy, home of numerous legendary circuits and some of the most beautiful and prestigious sports cars, will again be respected. Le Rallye des Légendes Richard Mille (dates in autumn): Peter Auto’s latest ambition is to see the most beautiful wonders produced by the world’s motor car industry roaring along French roads again in an exceptional rally. The first staging in 2018 was a success and the next one promises more surprises in exceptional settings. Les Dix Mille Tours (18-20 October): The historic races in Provence will celebrate its 10th staging to end the season on a high note.
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Post by truenorth on Jan 3, 2019 15:43:26 GMT -8
Date: January 3, 2019 DUBAI 24 HOURS CLASS WINNER HUTCHISON RETURNS FOR 2019 EVENT Scottish 18-year-old reunites with V8 Racing Chevrolet for A6-AM class bid Newly announced Blancpain GT Series driver Finlay Hutchison will get his 2019 motor racing programme underway just a week from now after today, Thursday, 3rd January, officially confirming a welcome return to the annual Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai. Reuniting with V8 Racing, the team with which the Dundee driver secured a runner-up spot in the A6-AM class during last year’s instalment of the twice-round-the-clock encounter, Hutchison will again mount a challenge for victory with the Dutch squad. Forming part of a five-driver line-up for the team’s impressive and proven 5.5-litre Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1, the 18-year-old will be joined by Duncan Huisman, Luc Braams, Wolf Nathan and ‘Pro’ driver Nicky Pastorelli. Beginning with practice and qualifying next Thursday, 10th January, the Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai race will get underway at 15.00 (local time) on Friday, 11th January, with the chequered flag falling at the same time on Saturday, 12th January. Marking Hutchison’s third outing in the now traditional year-opening endurance race, Dubai Autodrome certainly holds happy memories for the Scottish teenager. After winning the TCR class at the wheel of an Audi in 2017, on his debut in the GT3 Chevrolet last year Hutchison impressed once again as V8 Racing claimed a strong second place in the A6-AM class. “I’m really happy to be back with the V8 Racing guys for Dubai, it’s a great team and a fantastic event”, said the Hutchison Technologies, Evoson and In-Home Displays backed driver, “I’m looking forward to having another crack at trying to win the A6-AM class and I think we have a great chance. “The Chevrolet is a really strong car, great to drive, and last year it was faultless over the course of the 24 hours. Obviously, reliability is what you need in such a long race and I know V8 Racing will pull out all the stops again to give us the best chance possible of fighting for the win.” In addition to last year’s outing in Dubai with the team, Hutchison also contested two GT4 European Series races with V8 Racing in a Chevrolet Camaro. When a luckless fire in his, then regular, McLaren 570S at the Hungaroring in September left the Scotsman at threat of having to sit-out the event, the Dutch squad and Luc Braams stepped in. With Braams standing aside to allow Hutchison to join Duncan Huisman to race the No.9 Camaro, the pairing absolutely starred with an incredible performance – carving through from their enforced back-of-the-grid start in 42nd position to finish in the top eight in the second contest. Full coverage of the 2019 staging of the Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai will be available at the official You Tube channel www.youtube.com/user/24HSeries
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Post by truenorth on Jan 4, 2019 7:50:17 GMT -8
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Post by Zytes on Jan 5, 2019 12:04:21 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Jan 10, 2019 9:04:55 GMT -8
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Post by se on Jan 11, 2019 3:18:19 GMT -8
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Post by Carlo_Carrera on Jan 11, 2019 5:54:17 GMT -8
^ Did not see that coming.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 11, 2019 9:58:12 GMT -8
As a participant, I liked Sebring MUCH more than Daytona. Something about the 24hr sleep deprivation, I think For the teams, it's actually the 36hrs of Daytona. Sebring was a mere 24hrs.
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Post by Zytes on Jan 16, 2019 13:59:26 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Feb 5, 2019 9:58:35 GMT -8
The No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE of drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi, David Rigon, James Calado and Miguel Molina lead the Michelin Endurance Cup in GLTM. PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT WINNING NOT NECESSARILY THE KEY TO IMSA MICHELIN ENDURANCE CUP SUCCESS GT-winning teams at the Rolex are not leading Endurance Cup standings FEBRUARY 4, 2019 The Rolex 24 at Daytona race winners in the prototype classes also came away from the race atop the leaderboard after the first of four rounds in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. In the GT classes? Not so much. Scoring for the Michelin Endurance Cup is based on performance at specified intervals during the four IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship endurance races: the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts on March 16, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on June 30 and the 10-hour Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on Oct. 12. At the Rolex 24, points were awarded at the six-, 12, 18- and 24-hour marks. Leaders at each interval received five points, with four going to second place, three for third and two for every car in fourth place or lower. And by looking at the scores each of the leaders posted in the Rolex 24, running at the front in the earlier segments was key to coming away with a high score at race’s end. Every leader was third or higher in their class in each of the first two intervals. The No. 33 Riley Motorsports-Team AMG team and drivers Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Luca Stolz and Felipe Fraga lead the GTD class after the Rolex 24 at Daytona.. PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT In the Daytona Prototype international (DPi) class, the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R team of Jordan Taylor, Renger van der Zande, Kamui Kobayashi and Fernando Alonso earned the most points, making them the Round 1 winners of the Michelin Endurance Cup. They were fourth at six and 12 hours and led at the 18-hour mark as well as the finish, giving them a total of 18 points from Daytona. That puts them five ahead of a tie for second between last year’s Michelin Endurance Cup Prototype champion team, the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R squad, and the No. 7 Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 DPi team. No. 31 co-drivers Eric Curran, Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani also are tied for second in the standings with No. 7 co-drivers Ricky Taylor, Helio Castroneves and Alexander Rossi with 13 points apiece. In the DPi Michelin Endurance Cup manufacturer race, Cadillac leads Acura by two points, 19-17. Leading the way in LMP2 was the race-winning No. 18 DragonSpeed ORECA team of Pastor Maldonado, Roberto Gonzalez, Ryan Cullen and Sebastian Saavedra. They’re three points, 19-16, ahead of their second-place finishing teammates in the No. 81, Ben Hanley, Henrik Hedman, James Allen and Nicolas Lapierre. In GT Le Mans (GTLM), the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE and its driving quartet of Alessandro Pier Guidi, David Rigon, James Calado and Miguel Molina benefited from race-long performance to take the Michelin Endurance Cup lead. They were second at six hours, third at halfway, leading at 18 hours and finished second in the race. That puts them first with 16 points, three more than the No. 912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR trio of Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor and Mathieu Jaminet, and four better than the third-place squad of Frederic Makowiecki, Nick Tandy and Patrick Pilet in the No. 911 Porsche. Incidentally, the GTLM race-winning team of Augusto Farfus, Colton Herta, Connor De Phillippi and Philipp Eng in the No. 25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE are currently tied for fourth in the class Michelin Endurance Cup standings with the No. 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R trio of Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Marcel Fassler. Both teams have 11 points each. With only the No. 62 team scoring points for the manufacturer, Ferrari still leads Porsche by two points, 17-15 in the Michelin Endurance Cup GTLM manufacturer standings. The GT Daytona (GTD) Michelin Endurance Cup standings saw a lead change last Thursday when the No. 29 Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi team was moved to the back of the field due to a drive-time penalty. The new GTD leaders are the same team that has won each of the past two Michelin Endurance Cups in class, the No. 33 Riley Motorsports-Team AMG team and drivers Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Luca Stolz and Felipe Fraga. The No. 33 led GTD in both of the first two scoring segments at the Rolex 24 and received two points in each of the next two segments to total 14 points. After the penalty, the No. 29 Montaplast Audi team of Christopher Mies, Daniel Morad, Dries Vanthoor and Ricky Feller are now second in the Michelin Endurance Cup GTD standings, trailing the No. 33 Mercedes-AMG GT3 squad by two (14-12). The GTD race-winning No. 11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 and drivers Christian Engelhart, Mirko Bortolotti, Rik Breukers and Rolf Ineichen are tied for third in Michelin Endurance Cup points with the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 team of A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Marks, Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher. Mercedes-AMG leads the GTD standings with 14 points, one more than second-place Audi and two more than third-place Acura. The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring will have three more Michelin Endurance Cup scoring chances, coming at the four-, eight- and 12-hour marks.
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Post by Carlo_Carrera on Feb 5, 2019 15:56:04 GMT -8
It is a beauty.
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Post by Buck on Feb 5, 2019 17:35:16 GMT -8
^ Sounds great too...
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Post by chernaudi on Feb 6, 2019 7:21:53 GMT -8
Toyota testing at Sebring video: TMG also plan on doing a 30 hour test at Sebring, to which I have this photo to say for me how I'm feeling about that for Toyota: Testing and racing at Sebring proved invaluable for Audi and Peugeot in the past, and will only help Toyota's chances for Le Mans, which given their performance there last year, they already have the field covered unless they screw up.
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