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Despite not finishing the city street race in Detroit, the two German Audi “factory” drivers Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner have already clinched the Drivers’ title in the LM P1 class of the American Le Mans Series. Continue reading ‘Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner win ALMS Championship title’
Audi drivers Marcel Fassler and Emanuele Pirro achieved their first victory in the LM P1 class of the American Le Mans Series in the city street race in Detroit (U.S. state of Michigan). After a faultless drive they finished third overall with their Audi R10 TDI. Lucas Luhr and Marc Werner retired early following an accident and, after seven consecutive victories, for the first time this year did not score any points. Continue reading ‘First victory of the season for Audi drivers Fassler/Pirro’
Randy Pobst qualified his No. 1 K-PAX/3R Racing GT3 on the pole for Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship on the Belle Isle street track in Detroit. Michael Galati qualified the No. 23 K-PAX/3R Racing Porsche in the eighth position after an early session spin moving up several positions as the session progressed.
“It’s my car chief Paul Delio’s birthday today and I think fate wasn’t to be denied,” Pobst said of his pole position.
Randy Pobst, of Gainesville Ga., recorded a fast lap of 1:30.939 in the middle of the session to win his 24th career World Challenge pole position. Continue reading ‘Pobst and K-PAX/3R Porsche 911 GT3 win SCCA SPEED GP Pole in Detroit’
At the eighth DTM round at Brands Hatch, Audi celebrated their fourth win of the 2008 season. In unstable weather conditions Timo Scheider defended an extremely narrow lead against Mercedes driver Paul di Resta on the British circuit. In front of 26,800 spectators (throughout the weekend) Timo Scheider thus extended his leadership of the standings to nine points. Mattias Ekström shone with a brilliant recovery from seventh to third place. Continue reading ‘DTM: Audi wins at Brands Hatch and extends DTM lead’
The Porsche 911 GT3 RSR celebrated a clear double victory at the ninth round of the American Le Mans Series in Detroit. Notching up their fourth win of the season, Jörg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler from Germany increased their lead in the GT2 class of the championship. With the sports prototypes, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) secured fourth with the Porsche RS Spyder and defended their points’ lead. With two races left on the ALMS calendar in Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca, their chances look good to successfully defend the title. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Double victory for Porsche 911 GT3 RSR’
Huge day for the Flying hLizards! A win and almost a 1-2-3 on the podium at Detroit! Great racing once again in the GT2 class.
Starting from the pole in GT2, Wolf Henzler and Joerg Bergmeister brought the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche in for their fourth GT2 win so far this season in today’s Detroit Sports Car Challenge. Teammates Johannes van Overbeek and Patrick Pilet fought back from a late-race spin and unplanned pit stop to finish second in GT2. This is the fifth double podium of the year for the Lizard squad. The No. 44 Porsche of Lonnie Pechnik and Martin Ragginger, finished fourth, its second highest finish of the year. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Flying Lizards qualify 1st, 2nd and 4th at Detroit’
Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., topped Friday practice for Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED GT Championship at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, in the series first return to the island since 2001. Team Remington Cadillac teammates Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Michael McCann, of Canton, Ohio, were second and third fastest, respectively. Continue reading ‘SPEED World Challenge: Pobst on Top in First SPEED GT Practice at Detroit’
Qualifying turned out great for Timo Scheider as he carried his times over from practice. MArtin Tomczyk also had a good result and hope fully he will have some luck during the race. . Oliver Jarvis was the surprise in 6th, toping Mattias Ekstrom, Tom Kristensen! Qualifying break down after the jump. Timo leads the points by 4 over Jamie Green then Ekstrom is 2 back with 4 races (includes tomoarrow) left.
For the fourth time this season and for the sixth time in his career, Timo Scheider (Audi) will be on pole position for a DTM race. In qualifying for the eighth season round of the DTM at Brands Hatch, the German secured himself the best possible grid position with the Audi A4 DTM with a lap time of 42.084 seconds. Lining up alongside Scheider will be local hero Paul di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), who qualified second. With his AMG Mercedes C-Class, di Resta only came 0.090 seconds short of Scheider’s fastest lap time. Continue reading ‘DTM: Timo Scheider on pole position at Brands Hatch’
For the third time during this Brands Hatch weekend, Audi scored a fastest time: Mattias Ekström, who had topped the time sheets in the second test on Friday, was fastest in free practice, too. On his fastest lap (42.301 seconds), the Swede improved the fastest lap time from the day before by more than two tenths of a second. The Audi trio in front was completed by Timo Scheider and Tom Kristensen in second and third place. Continue reading ‘DTM: Audi also on top in free practice’
Like last year, the Audi drivers are facing an extremely difficult task in the race of the American Le Mans Series on the “Belle Isle Street Circuit” in Detroit (U.S. state of Michigan). Team Audi Sport North America’s pair of Audi R10 TDI prototypes will start Saturday’s race from the fourth and fifth row of the grid on the bumpy city street circuit. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Audi drivers facing difficult task at Detroit’
