Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler will start the 80th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours from pole, giving them the best possible chance of repeating their victory from last year. And while Toyota did better than many expected to split the Audis and line up third, the eventual pole position time was [...]
View PostBlancpain Endurance Series: BMW and McLaren to the fore in Silverstone qualifying

Frank Kechele set the fastest time in qualifying for the Silverstone round of the Blancpain Endurance Series in his #66 Vita4One Racing BMW Z4, but all eyes were on his new team-mate Adam Carroll. The Northern Irish single-seater ace had never driven a GT car before today, yet still put in a time only a [...]
View Post art, blancpain, carroll, franchi, grand prix, kechele, marc vds, mclaren, mp4-12c, pole, report, silverstone, tappy, Vita4OneNurburgring 24: BMW Blasts to Pole Position in Top 40 Shootout

“It’s so nice to have a clear lap of the Nordschleife at last.” That quote could have come from any one of the top three qualifiers for tomorrow’s Nurburgring 24 Hours race, as every one of them expressed their satisfaction with the race’s new Top 40 qualifying shootout format. But it was German veteran Uwe [...]
View Post 24 hours, alzen, audi, black falcon, bmw, mamerow, Mercedes, N24, nordschleife, nurburgring, pole, r8, sean edwards, z4World Endurance Championship: McNish on pole for Audi e-tron at Spa

LMP1 Sebring winner Alan McNish continued the #2 Audi’s good run of form in Spa-Francorchamps by securing a debut pole position for the all-new R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid car. But with the #4 diesel car of young guns Oliver Jarvis and Marco Bonanomi alongside him on the front row of the grid, the hybrid [...]
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