Day: February 4, 2018

DragonSpeed ready with their full season WEC drivers

Jens Jensen

The DragonSpeed team has presented their full season FIA World Endurance Championship driver for the upcoming 2018/19 season. The announcement of the participating teams isn’t happening until this Friday, but since the DragonSpeed team is one of those who has invested in one of the new BR1 LMP1 cars, that is developed and designed with a collaboration between BR Engineering and Dallara. Ben Hanley will get the advancement from their European Le Mans Series LMP2 team, while Renger van der Zande returns to the team, that he previously drove for…

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Controversial ruling in Chile

Jens Jensen

There was a lot of action going on during the ABB FIA Formula E Championship race in Chile yesterday, but it wasn’t over when the chequered flag fell, making the red mist descending over some of the teams. From that round, the minimum pitstop times were no longer in place, which meant that the faster a driver would be able to get out of his first car, into the next one, get the seat belts done and leave the pits again, would be a gain compared to the competition. That…

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Turbulent finish to the Asian LMS season

Jens Jensen

The final of the Asian Le Mans Series 2017/18 was run at the Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Eurasia Motorsport #33 started the race from Pole Position in LMP2, KCMG #18 had Pole in LMP3 while FIST Team AAI BMW #91 started from Pole Position in the GT category. The race was started under clear blue skies, with a light breeze and 32 degrees, so it would be a warm day for all the drivers in the 15 entered cars. It was a very messy start to…

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