Le Mans test day 2019 – afternoon

The second half of the test day prior to the 24 hours race at Le Mans was run on a scorching hot Circuit de la Sarthe, where the practice started with an official air temperature of 29.9 degrees. There was excitement already from the start of the session, when Alex Brundle in United Autosports #32 set the fastest LMP2 time, but it got beaten by Loic Duval in TDS Racing #28 only a few minutes later. It then changed back and forth be tween the two. Olivier Pla in Ford…

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Le Mans test day 2019 – morning

The traditional test day prior to the 24 hours race at Le Mans was started at nine o’clock in beautiful sunshine and 20 degrees temperature. Toyota Gazoo Racing was quick to start both cars on the track, and immediately went for a long-run, where their new test and reserve driver, and new driver in the upcoming season, Brendon Hartley behind the wheel of #8. High Class Racing #20 was out to get the car tested by Mathias Beche, who was new in the team but he got a lot of…

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Wet affair in Detroit

The first race of the weekend in Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle track was a wet affair, where the start of the NTT IndyCar Series got delayed due to thunderstorm in the area. Alexander Rossi had qualified on Pole Position, in front of Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Felix Rosenqvist, Colton Herta and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Championship leader Simon Pagenaud would start the race from P13, right behind his Team Penske teammate Will Power. After an hour wait, the thunderstorm drifted away and the field was ready to start a…

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