14 March 2019 Archives

Points are important for Christensen

Thursday March 14th, 2019Tuesday March 26th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Michael Christensen has a very good feeling about this weekends FIA World Endurance Championship round at Sebring International Raceway. Porsche #92 currently leads the GTE Pro category with such a big gap, that they will still be in the lead after the weekend, no matter what happens during the Friday race. And there is a good reason to why they only did four laps in the first Wednesday practice session. “There was no reason for us to test, when the temperatures were the highest, since will will be racing at…

FP2 without drama – almost

Thursday March 14th, 2019Thursday March 14th, 2019 Jens Jensen

The second training of the day for FIA World Endurance Championship race at Sebring International Raceway was done without major drama. At least when the session started. DragonSpeed #31 lost their left rear wheel, just two corners after they went out of the pits. It resulted in a Full Course Yellow, so that they could send a recovery vehicle to remove the car. Luckily, the other drivers managed to avoid the tire, that continued to roll over the track, right after the super fast Turn 1. When #31 had been…

Small problems limited Corvette in FP1

Thursday March 14th, 2019Thursday March 14th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Corvette Racing didn’t have a perfect start to FIA World Endurance Championship weekend at Sebring International Raceway. The extra car that the North American team put in the FIA WEC race, in parallel with their participation in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, had some small problems in the first training. But it didn’t make Jan Magnussen worry. He will share the car with Antonio Garcia and Mike Rockenfeller. “It was just some small problems. The one driving in Shanghai was the reserve car, and there were some minor issues. It drove…