Race 1Jamie Day stroked to a comfortable win in the opening sprint race of the category’s penultimate weekend on Saturday afternoon to add to Forsetti’s impressive GT4WS trophy haul.The Aston was untroubled from a safety car start introduced to save time in a busy racing schedule, Day quickly opening aContinue Reading
Race 1The opening 30-minute sprint race of the category’s penultimate weekend proved eventful on Saturday afternoon, as Martin Kaczmarski and Heyer duelled for the victory.From the rolling start, Heyer got the jump into Turn 1 from polesitter Kaczmarski, as a number of Porsche GT3 Cup cars caused havoc after startingContinue Reading
Race 1Soufi and van Berlo paid tribute to their absent team chief Franz Konrad, who was recovering in hospital from an accident, after completing an emphatic night-race victory in the opening encounter on Saturday evening.Soufi opened up a big lead as headlights blazed in the darkness, then handed over toContinue Reading
The Japanese manufacturer fears it could end up being in the same position as in Saturday’s Qatar 1812Km season-opener, where its two cars finished sixth and ninth after struggling for pace all week at the Losail International Circuit.A front-row starting position following an impressive lap from Nyck de Vries inContinue Reading
In an extremely tight qualifying battle, Alonso’s final Q3 lap was good for sixth, 0.363s off polesitter Max Verstappen and only half a tenth behind George Russell in third.But Alonso slid down the order to finish ninth in the race, being unable to keep up with the Mercedes of Lewis HamiltonContinue Reading
One thing is sure though: this saga is far from over, and the ultimate end game may not become clear for quite some time yet.Ever since the controversy first blew up last month, there had been speculation that this stretched far beyond being an internal matter involving Horner and aContinue Reading
Formula 1 racing returned with the new season finally kicking off for real with the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. But there was so much similar from the overall story of 2023 it rather deflated the whole affair from early on in the 57-lap main event. Max Verstappen appeared to beContinue Reading
The wingless iteration of the 9X8 made its final WEC bow in Saturday’s Qatar 1812Km event at the Losail International Circuit ahead of being replaced by a more conventional design from April’s Six Hours of Imola.A second-place result appeared to be on the cards until Jean-Eric Vergne slowed down onContinue Reading
Having been in the mix in qualifying in the chasing pack behind the dominant Red Bull of Max Verstappen, Norris finished sixth and team-mate Oscar Piastri eighth following a race-long fight with Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.It was a largely expected result for the Woking squad, which isContinue Reading
The Penske-run factory Porsche 963 LMDh the Frenchman shared with Laurens Vanthoor and Andre Lotterer had sustained serious bodywork damage over the final hours of the Qatar 1812Km, which meant he was worried that a stop for repairs would wipe out his lead over the chasing Peugeot. “The car was toughContinue Reading