Press Release from GT1 World Championship:
Lamborghini completed a double at Navarra with victory in the Championship Race to add to the Qualifying Race success earlier in the day.
Ricardo Zonta and Frank Kechele in the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini No.25 recorded a lights to flag win to collect 33 points for their weekend's work. Their victory margin at the end of a pulsating hour's racing was over 11 seconds.
Second was the Hexis Aston Martin No.9 of Fred Makowiecki and Yann Clairay with the Sumo Power Nissan GT-R No.22 of Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes third.
The Young Driver Aston Martin No.7 of Darren Turner and Tomas Enge finished fourth after a stunning drive from 19th place on the grid.
The All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Maserati No.38 of Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager scored an impressive fifth place from a lowly starting position of 18th. The Marc VDS Ford GT No.40 of Bas Leinders and Maxime Martin was sixth.
Thomas Mutsch in the Matech Competition Ford GT No.5, severely damaged the car in a collision with the Phoenix Corvette No.13 of Alex Margaritas soon after taking over from Richard Westbrook 40 minutes into the race.
The car was eventually retired causing considerable harm to Mutsch's drivers' title hopes.
Seventh place and six points for the championship leaders Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini in the Vitaphone Maserati No.1 enabled them to stretch their advantage to 33 points. Meanwhile, Kechele moved from seventh to third in the drivers' table.
The victory in both the Qualfying Race and Championship Race for Reiter consolidated their second position in the teams' standings.
It was the third time this year that the FIA GT1 World Championship has featured a double win for one of the six brands. The Vitaphone Maserati achieved the feat at Brno and the Young Driver Aston Martin No.7 doubled up in Nurburgring.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
GT1 at Navarro This Weekend
The final GT1 World Championship race this weekend could be very good. Nothing is really decided in the Driver or Team championships at this point.
What is really exciting is the speculation about next year. could the Lexus LF-A be entered? Is Ferrari really going to have A gt1 BASED ON the 599 GTO? Is Keonigsegg doing something for a GT1 with the CCR?
Make sure and watch live on http://gt1world.com/gt1tv.
What is really exciting is the speculation about next year. could the Lexus LF-A be entered? Is Ferrari really going to have A gt1 BASED ON the 599 GTO? Is Keonigsegg doing something for a GT1 with the CCR?
Make sure and watch live on http://gt1world.com/gt1tv.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
GT1 and GT3 Championship Results from Algrave
GT1
The Vitaphone Maserati No.1 of Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels won the Championship Race after a nail-biting finish in Portimao.
The Maserati held off the challenge of Richard Westbrook and Thomas Mutsch in the Matech Competition Ford GT No.5.
Westbrook produced a stunning drive to close a gap of over nine seconds to the Maserati with Bartels at the wheel after the driver change.
At the finish Bartels was able to hold Westbrook at bay by just 1.4 seconds in a gripping climax to the one-hour race.
Third place went to the Phoenix Crovette No.13 of Marc Hennerici and Alex Margaritas.
The pole-sitters, Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck in the Sumo Power Nissan GT-R No.23 finished fourth.
GT3
Daniel Keilwitz stormed through after the pitstops to secure his and Christian Hohenadel's fourth win of the season and secure the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship driver's title. The Callaway Competition Corvette finished 6.6 seconds ahead of Paul Van Splunteren's Prospeed Competition Porsche, the round 9 winner narrowly missing out on the win after a collision with race leader Gael Lesoudier in the Marc VDS Ford GT on lap 24. Lesoudier recovered and briefly held third before being passed by Zak Brown in the United Autosports Audi R8 LMS from the USA on lap 31, the first podium finish for the team in the FIA GT3 European Championship.
The Vitaphone Maserati No.1 of Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels won the Championship Race after a nail-biting finish in Portimao.
The Maserati held off the challenge of Richard Westbrook and Thomas Mutsch in the Matech Competition Ford GT No.5.
Westbrook produced a stunning drive to close a gap of over nine seconds to the Maserati with Bartels at the wheel after the driver change.
At the finish Bartels was able to hold Westbrook at bay by just 1.4 seconds in a gripping climax to the one-hour race.
Third place went to the Phoenix Crovette No.13 of Marc Hennerici and Alex Margaritas.
The pole-sitters, Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck in the Sumo Power Nissan GT-R No.23 finished fourth.
GT3
Daniel Keilwitz stormed through after the pitstops to secure his and Christian Hohenadel's fourth win of the season and secure the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship driver's title. The Callaway Competition Corvette finished 6.6 seconds ahead of Paul Van Splunteren's Prospeed Competition Porsche, the round 9 winner narrowly missing out on the win after a collision with race leader Gael Lesoudier in the Marc VDS Ford GT on lap 24. Lesoudier recovered and briefly held third before being passed by Zak Brown in the United Autosports Audi R8 LMS from the USA on lap 31, the first podium finish for the team in the FIA GT3 European Championship.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
What a Weekend Coming!
American LeMans at Mosport, Grand-Am at Montreal, NASCAR Nationwide at the same venue, GT 1 World Championship round at Nurburgring (live web cast at http://www.gt1world.com/gt1tv ) and IndyCar at Chicagoland plus ADAC GT's at the 'Ring and many more.
Of course, we have the Belgium F1 race and the MotoGP at Indy, to top things off!
And that's just some of the major races.
Can you catch them all??????????
Of course, we have the Belgium F1 race and the MotoGP at Indy, to top things off!
And that's just some of the major races.
Can you catch them all??????????
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Bernhard and Dumas join Muscle Milk Team CytoSport
When team owner Greg Pickett was injured in testing at Mid Ohio, the team, of course, required a new driver. Based on the high performance of late of this team, Porsche stepped up with not one, but two "Factory" drivers! Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas now join the CytoSport team for the season.
The next race is Road America 20-22 August, my favorite track, and Klaus Graf will have expert help at this long and tough venue!
The next race is Road America 20-22 August, my favorite track, and Klaus Graf will have expert help at this long and tough venue!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
The Schumacher/Barrichello Incident
A quote from Rubens on the near disaster caused when Schumacher moved him over, almost into the pit wall.
"You know Michael, you talk to him and he will always feel that he is right. He has been out of the sport for three years and he is still the same guy. If he wants to go to heaven -- in the event he is going to heaven -- I don't want to go before him."
This move by the former 7 time World Champion has been discussed at length in the F1 press and by former F1 drivers. To say Schumi has been verbally attacked is an understatement.
"You know Michael, you talk to him and he will always feel that he is right. He has been out of the sport for three years and he is still the same guy. If he wants to go to heaven -- in the event he is going to heaven -- I don't want to go before him."
This move by the former 7 time World Champion has been discussed at length in the F1 press and by former F1 drivers. To say Schumi has been verbally attacked is an understatement.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
24 Hours of Spa and Other News!
As the 1st place #79 BMW GT2 went off track, Porsche got a 1-2 finish with the BMW 3d.
In GT3 It was Porsche Ford GT and Audi R8 LMS. The GT2 Ferrari, with Michael Waltrip as a co-driver, finished 5th!
GT3 was Porsche Ford and Audi 1,2, and 3 and GT4 was Aston Martin 1 and 2.
In other news from Spa, the GT1 World Championship race was great, with a Reiter Lambo Murc 670 R-S finally taking a victory. 2d was the Blancpain Maserati MC12 and 3d was the Matech Ford GT.
At Spa, Stephane Ratel announced plans for a GT2 Championship in 2011, with FIA approval pending, running GT2, GT3, GT4 and GTN cars running together in an endurance format, rather than 1 hour races that GT1 is running.
GT2 cars would be allowed larger restrictors in order to insure they are faster than the other classes.
In GT3 It was Porsche Ford GT and Audi R8 LMS. The GT2 Ferrari, with Michael Waltrip as a co-driver, finished 5th!
GT3 was Porsche Ford and Audi 1,2, and 3 and GT4 was Aston Martin 1 and 2.
In other news from Spa, the GT1 World Championship race was great, with a Reiter Lambo Murc 670 R-S finally taking a victory. 2d was the Blancpain Maserati MC12 and 3d was the Matech Ford GT.
At Spa, Stephane Ratel announced plans for a GT2 Championship in 2011, with FIA approval pending, running GT2, GT3, GT4 and GTN cars running together in an endurance format, rather than 1 hour races that GT1 is running.
GT2 cars would be allowed larger restrictors in order to insure they are faster than the other classes.
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