Wet DTM race in Assen

It was a wet debut at the Dutch Assen track for DTM. Shortly before the race on Saturday, the heavens opened and water came pouring down on the spectators. Marco Wittmann had taken Pole Position in the dry, in front of the championship leader Rene Rast, Loic Duval, Pietro Fittipaldi, Timo Glock, Nico Müller, Sheldon van der Linde and Bruno Spengler. The best R-Motorsport Aston Martin driver was Daniel Juncadella in P14. Sadly the four new cars would again start from the back of the starting grid. Robin Frijns had…

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Spanish LMC race in rising heat

Michelin Le Mans Cup had a scorching hot fourth round of the 2019 championship at Circuit de Catalunya. They would drive from 13 to 15, where the temperature was about 30 degrees and sunshine from a cloudless sky. Graff #39 with Adrien Chila and Nicolas Schatz had taken Pole Position in LMP3 ahead of DKR Engineering #3 and Nielsen Racing #2. Christian Stubbe Olsen and teammate James Dayson in RLR MSport #14 would start the race from P13, while KEO Racing #43 with Johan Jokinen and Alain Costa started from…

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Hot ELMS quali in Spain

The qualifying for the third round of the European Le Mans Series was run on a very hot Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, and except for the LMP2 quali everything else went smoothly. All the three classes got ten minutes each, where the GTE cars were the first on the track. It soon became obvious that the Ferraris were quick today, and it turned to an intense duel between Spirit of Race #55 and Luzich Racing #51. They topped the laptimes in turn, until Kessel Racing #60 with Andrea Piccini,…

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Problem free qualifying for Michelin Le Mans Cup

The qualifying for the fourth round of Michelin Le Mans Cup 2019 was run this morning at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, in two fifteen minutes sessions without any drama. The GT3 cars were first on the track for their fifteen-minute session. Krypton Motorsport Mercedes #35 with Marco Zanuttini and Stefano Pezzucchi took Pole Position, ahead of Kessel Racing Ferrari #8 with Sergio Pianezzola and Giacomo Piccini, while championship leader Luzich Racing Ferrari #71 with Mikkel Mac and Fabien Lavergne was third fastest GT3 car. There was, however, some drama…

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