Final European round of the year

The penultimate round of this year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship, which was also the final round in Europe for the 2018 season, was run at Estering, just south of Hamburg. While Johan Kristoffersson was already crowned World Champion before the weekend, the fight was really on for second place, with just a few points between Mattias Ekström, Petter Solberg, Andreas Bakkerud, Sebastien Loeb and with Timmy Hansen a bit further behind. After the Saturday running in Q1 and Q2, Kristoffersson was heading into the Sunday as the leader, ahead of…

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6 hours filled with overtakings – updated

6 hours race at the Fuji track was the fourth round in FIA World Endurance Championship. The weather gods had sent rain over track, so the cars got an extra lap behind the Safety Car before the start. Racing Team Nederland #29 spun around on the warm-up lap, but the team did choose to put Frits van Eerd in the car. Toyota Gazoo Racing #8 had the Pole Position ahead of Rebellion Racing #1 and #3. In LMP2 it was Signatech Alpine Matmut #36 at Pole Position, followed by Jackie…

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The championship finished in a close race

The very last DTM race in 2018 was run at Hockenheim, and like yesterday, under beautiful blue sky. Marco Wittmann had improved from yesterday’s nightmare race and grabbed a BMW Pole Position. One of the championship contenders Rene Rast would start from P2, right in front of the championship leader Gary Paffett. The other contender for the championship, Paul Di Resta started the race all the way down from P11. Rast got a perfect start. He already went in front before Turn 1, and had a big lead towards Turn…

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Drama all the way to the chequered flag in the season finale

The 21st edition of Motul Petit Le Mans started under shining sunlight, in the season finale in WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2018. Tequila Patron ESM Nissan #22 with Pipo Derani had taken Pole Position, in front of Mazda Team Joest #77 and #55, while the other Tequila Patron ESM Nissan #2 would start fourth. Before the race, Whelen Engineering Cadillac #31 (start position P9) was leading the Prototype championship, ahead of CORE autosport ORECA #54 (start P14) and Konica Minolta Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac #10 (start P11). In GTLM, BMW Team…

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