Day: January 13, 2018

Aggressive Saturday traffic in Marrakesh – updated

Jens Jensen

The third round of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship was run on the streets of Marrakesh, Morocco. Sebastien Buemi had put the bad luck from Hong Kong behind him, and he was back in Pole Position, ahead of Championship leader Sam Bird. Felix Rosenqvist, Jose Maria Lopez and Lucas Di Grassi secured five different brands in top 5. Nick Heidfeld and Antonio Felix da Costa both had crashes in qualifying, so their teams had been busy rebuilding the cars. They were going to start 18th and 19th respectively. Andre…

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Intensive 6 hours with surprises

Jens Jensen

The third round of the Asian Le Mans Series 2017/18 was run at Buriram in Thailand. Opposite to the other three rounds this season, this was a 6 hour race, creating a brand new challenge for all the teams, since there hadn’t previously been run a 6 hour race in the Asian LMS. On the same time, it was the Children’s Day in Thailand and with loads of activities for the families in the paddock area, the stands were full with up to estimated 100.000 visitors. The race started at…

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Ginetta presents G60-LT-P1

Jens Jensen

Ginetta has presented their new LMP1 car at the Auto Sport International Show. The presentation happened in collaboration with the CEFC Manor TRS Racing, who has bought two cars. The Manor team hasn’t announced their engine choice just yet, but Ginetta has previously mentioned a Mecachrome V8 as an option for the car. Ginetta didn’t inform much about how many cars that they have sold, but says that cars have been sold to other than the CEFC Manor TRS Racing. If not before, we will know on 9 February, when…

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Harding Racing and Chaves ready for a full season

Jens Jensen

Harding Racing and Gabby Chaves are preparing for the first full season together in the Verizon IndyCar Series 2018. They already started working together in 2017, where they had three starts. That was the first starts for Harding Racing in IndyCar, after they have participated in the Indy Lights Championship for many years. Chaves had his IndyCar debut in 2015, starting out with a full season for Bryan Herta Autosport and winning the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Title, before doing half a season for Dale Coyne Racing in 2016.…

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AF Corse confirms 2018 drivers

Jens Jensen

The AF Corse team have confirmed their four drivers, who will be participating in the full FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 season. Unsurprisingly it will be the same for guys who helped the team secure both the Team- and Drivers Championships in 2017. Defending World Champions James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi will once again drive the Ferrari 488 GTE #51 while Sam Bird and Davide Rigon will steer the #71 through all 8 rounds. The team hasn’t confirmed their extra drivers for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but…

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