Day: June 20, 2017

Vaillante Rebellion #13 disqualified from Le Mans

Jens Jensen

Vaillante Rebellion #13 has been disqualified from the 24 Hours of Le Mans results. The English/Swiss privateer team in the LMP2 category was a in race long battle with the sister car #31 and Jackie Chan DC Racing #38 regarding the lead of the category. Sunday morning at around 8, Nelson Piquet Jr handed the car over to David Heinemeier Hansson, and then the first technical problems showed up. Heinemeier Hansson couldn’t start the car following the pit stop, and it cost them around 5 minutes in the pits, before…

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Formula E almost ready with the 2017/18 calendar

Jens Jensen

The FIA has released the draft calendar for the upcoming 2017/18 season for FIA Formula E. There are still a few holes on it to be filled, but it’s already clear now, that we will say goodbye to a few of the races from the current seasons calendar. Argentina is surprisingly gone from the calendar. Surprising since Jose Maria Lopez is good at pulling a big crowd. Instead we have both Chile and Brazil on the calendar, just like Italy has got their own ePrix in Rome. The calendar has…

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Was it “Thumbs Up” that cost Toyota the victory?

Jens Jensen

It is now pretty well known that Toyota Gazoo Racing #7 retired from the 24 Hours of Le Mans last Sunday. After having led 146 laps out of 154, the car retired shortly before the 10th hour of the race had been completed due to troubles with the clutch. That failure can happen on any car – but was the reason, that it was excessively stressed during a pit stop? Mike Conway had entered the pit shortly before, and handed the car over to Kamui Kobayashi. At that time of…

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