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Dutch GT4 Championship - Zandvoort Test

Marcel ten Caat — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:37:16 +0000

As we reported yesterday the Dutch GT4 Championship was testing today at the Zandvoort circuit. Three teams were on duty and lapped the 2.6 miles long circuit with their cars as the series tested several different tyres. A decision on which tyre will be used will be made later[...]

Dutch GT4 Championship - The latest news!

Marcel ten Caat — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:42:56 +0000

Lots of news from The Netherlands today. In Zandvoort the organisers are working hard on the new Dutch GT4 Championship and more and more good news is coming through. Several teams have confirmed their interest or have already confirmed their presence and today there was also news about the regulations[...]

CR Scuderia: Second place for Mullen and Piccini

Team Update — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:15:14 +0000

Tim Mullen and Andrea Piccini steered the no.55 CRS Ferrari to a brilliant second place finish at Nogaro yesterday. Tim had qualified the car in third place and the pair put in a top performance, producing the best result of the season so far for car 55.[...]

SRT experience a mixed weekend at Nogaro

Team Update — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:05:04 +0000

The FIA GT championship is slowly coming to the end of the season, with still only two races to go, and in the meanwhile all the teams headed off down to Nogaro in the south of France. As per usual a two hour race was scheduled on this highly technical circuit[...]

PK-Carsport experience another difficult weekend

Team Update — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:40:24 +0000

This weekend the FIA GT held its eighth round of the championship. In the shadow of the Pyrenees the fastest GT teams in Europe met up to do battle on the highly technical circuit of Nogaro. At the beginning of the season PK Carsport enjoyed an excellent test session on this track[...]

Peyroles and Ruffier take win and FIA GT3 Championship lead

Series Update — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:21:13 +0000

From the depths of despair on Saturday to the heights of elation on Sunday - James Ruffier and Arnaud Peyroles experienced the extremes of emotion at Nogaro. In race nine of the FIA GT3 European Championship, driving the No.1 Martini Callaway Racing Corvette Z.06R GT3, they were forced out of a podium finish by a problem with the differential [...]

Scuderia Ecosse: Valuable 3 points at Nogaro

Team Update — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:13 +0000

A hard fought sixth place was the final result for the Scuderia Ecosse team at Nogaro today. After a tough qualifying session on Saturday, when the team tested new compounds that Pirelli had brought with them to try out at Nogaro, the team started in 7th place on the grid.[...]

Jetalliance Racing: P5 for Wendlinger/Sharp in Nogaro

Team Update — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:55:51 +0000

Nothing came of the hoped-for spot on the podium: Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp in their Jetalliance Aston Martin DBR9 finished today’s eighth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship at Nogaro in fifth position, hence scoring four points for the championship.[...]

Vitaphone and Prospeed win at Nogaro

Marcel ten Caat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:28:12 +0000

Just before 13:15 the twenty-four cars were released and fortunately all the cars came through the first sector without any problems. Fässler completed the first lap still in the lead with Franchi still behind him and Bouchut still in third. Bertolini in the #1 Maserati had a slower start and dropped to twelfth place, behind the Westbrook Porsche[...]

Audi achieves Petit Le Mans hat-trick

Team Update — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:26:51 +0000

With an impressive success at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) Audi continued its winning streak at the prestigious 1000-mile race "Petit Le Mans". In front of a record crowd of 113,000 spectators, Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Emanuele Pirro achieved Audi’s ninth consecutive victory. Audi thus remains unbeaten at "Petit Le Mans"[...]