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GT1 World Championship: Bartels/Buurman triumph in Slovakiaring championship race
They won the qualifying race at Zolder, but now Vita4One team boss Michael Bartels and his star driver Yelmer Buurman have tasted championship race success, too. Extremely fast pit work from the BMW team’s mechanics allowed them to beat the pace-setting McLaren and claim the GT1 World Championship points lead with an important win at [...]
View PostGT1 World Championship: Ferrari first in race one at Slovakiaring
Filip Salaquarda and Toni Vilander produced an impressive performance in mixed conditions to give their AF Corse Ferrari team its first victory in the GT1 World Championship at the Slovakiaring today. Albert von Thurn und Taxis and Tomas Enge came home second, after a remarkable fighting drive by the latter driver in increasingly wet conditions.
View PostGT1 World Championship: Breakthrough double win for HEXIS McLaren in Spain
After two difficult rounds so far this year, Fred Makowiecki and Stef Dusseldorp finally celebrated a double victory in the GT1 World Championship as the series visited Navarra in Spain. These are the first wins of the season for the 2011 GT1 team champions HEXIS and the first-ever wins in international competition for the new [...]
View PostMay Issue Out Now
Open publication – Free publishing – More 24 l’endurance magazine, May 2012, is now ready to view. In the issue this month is it’s bursting with driving talent. We’ve got interviews with Karun Chandhok and Nick Heidfeld - plus Mark Blundell reflects on his sportscar career, including his amazing 1990 qualifying lap for Nissan. Download [...]
View PostInterview: Yelmer Buurman on his move to sportscars
Before November of last year, the name Yelmer Buurman was unknown in the sportscar world. The 25-year-old Dutchman was concentrating on a career in single-seaters, racing in the football-themed Superleague Formula series after several seasons in Formula Renault and GP2. But his career was about to make a left turn. Superleague Formula hit the rocks, [...]
View PostGT1 World Championship: Parisy and Halliday P1 for Porsche
Matt Halliday and Mike Parisy made up for their race-one grid penalty by winning the second GT1 World Championship race of the weekend at Zolder. Starting from third on the grid, both #9 Exim Bank Team China Porsche 911 drivers put in a masterful performance in yet another rain-affected race where tyre choice was crucial.
View PostNews: Paddock Notes from Zolder
The GT3 European Championship grid remained at a disappointing 12 cars for the Zolder event. Round one’s single-car Aston Martin team Valmon Racing Team Russia were absent, but in their place was the new Reiter Engineering Chevrolet Camaro GT3 car. Aggressive looks and a thunderous 7.9-litre V8 engine give it more presence than the rest [...]
View PostGT1 World Championship: Bartels and Buurman win for BMW
The BMW Z4 scored its first win in the GT1 World Championship at Zolder on Saturday, in the hands of Michael Bartels and Yelmer Buurman of Vita4One Racing. In classic GT1 style, a hectic one-hour qualifying race saw close fights for all the podium positions right up to the chequered flag.
View PostGT1 World Championship: Audi on pole at Zolder after Porsche penalty
New Zealander Matt Halliday put in a well judged performance on a damp but drying track to clinch pole position for this afternoon’s GT1 World Championship qualifying race in Zolder, Belgium, but then received a three-place grid penalty for crossing the white line at the pit exit during the session.
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