22 July 2018 Archives

ADAC F4 visit at Formula 1

Sunday July 22nd, 2018 Jens Jensen

There ADAC Formula 4 visited the Formula 1 paddock at Hockenheim, when their fifth round of the year was run. This is the second time for F4 to visit the circuit in 2018, and this time it was with just two races opposite to the usual three per weekend. The race format had been slightly altered, with a single Friday practice and two qualifyings of 15 minutes each on Saturday morning, before the first race was run Saturday afternoon, and the second being run on Sunday morning. Frederik Vesti had…

Plenty of surprises in Austria – updated

Sunday July 22nd, 2018Monday July 23rd, 2018 Jens Jensen

The third round of this year’s European Le Mans Series was run in the Austrian Steiermark at the Red Bull Ring. IDEC Sport #28 started the race from Pole Position in LMP2, with Duqueine Engineering #29 and Racing Engineering #24 on the subsequent positions. Ultimate #17 were on Pole Position in LMP3 ahead of M.Racing – YMR #19 and RLR M.Sport #15. AT Racing #9 had initially been on Pole Position, but was demoted to P6. JMW Motorsport Ferrari #66 had Pole Positipn in GTE ahead of Proton Competition Porsche…

Action-packed PMSC at Hockenheim

Sunday July 22nd, 2018Sunday July 22nd, 2018 Jens Jensen

This year’s fifth round of Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup visited Hockenheim track in Germany, where Porsche really went all out to deliver a great race at their home track. The qualifying had been a bit of a lottery, where it rained shortly prior, and the track dried out during the qualifying session. Nick Yelloly took Pole Position ahead of Dane Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen, Mattia Drudi, Thomas Preining, and the championship leader Michael Ammermüller. Jaap van Lagen initially qualified seventh, but since he carried the penalty from Silverstone in form of…

Nerve-racking race on Lime Rock Park

Sunday July 22nd, 2018Thursday August 2nd, 2018 Jens Jensen

North East Grand Prix on Lime Rock Park between New York and Boston hosted this year’s first GT only weekend in WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. While the prototypes were allowed to go on a summer holiday, the GTLM and GTD classes went out on the short track with laptimes around 50-52 seconds for the two. Corvette Racing #3 with Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia started from Pole Position, ahead of Porsche #912 and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing #66. In GTD it was Wright Motorsports Porsche #58 with Christina Nielsen and Patrick…