21 July 2019 Archives

Audi dominance with a twist

Sunday July 21st, 2019Wednesday July 31st, 2019 Jens Jensen

The weather was the opposite of yesterday for the second DTM race in Assen, where the asphalt was bone dry for the tenth round of the season. Rene Rast led an Audi dominant qualifying, followed Jonathan Aberdein, Mike Rockenfeller, Nico Müller and Robin Frijns. Sheldon van der Linde squeezed a BMW in front of Loic Duval in another Audi. Daniel Juncadella was once again the best R-Motorsport Aston Martin driver, but like yesterday he was down to P14. Yesterday’s winner Marco Wittmann would start the race for the last place,…

Delayed Iowa race on the oval

Sunday July 21st, 2019Wednesday July 31st, 2019 Jens Jensen

NTT IndyCar Series had arrived at the corn fields for Iowa 300, on the only 0,894 mile long track. While the race was run in the afternoon in the previous season, it was now an evening race, which was already delayed by rain. The race was four hours late, starting at 22.46 local time. This year’s Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud had taken Pole Position, ahead of his Team Penske colleagues Will Power and Josef Newgarden. Takuma Sato was the best driver on Honda engine in P4, followed by James…