Joao Barbosa pulled off a daring overtake to snatch victory of the Sahlens Six Hours of the Glen with just 10 minute remaining. The Cadillac went around the outside of the JDC Miller Motorsports car at turn one to come out on top. BMW also secured their first GTLM victory of the season.
Pipo Derani secured pole position for the Tequila Patrons ESM squad in a wet qualifying at Watkins Glen. Joey Hand dominated the close GTLM category qualifying, taking pole position by 0.3 seconds.
The championship leader cruised through the final day to take a record fifth Vodafone Rally de Portugal victory from Thierry Neuville. Ott Tanak took maximum powerstage points but the stage also claimed WRC2 leader Andreas Mikkelsen who rolled his Skoda.
Ogier Leads Rally Portugal After Tanak Mistake
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Sébastien Ogier is on course to equal Markku Alen’s record of five Rally Portugal victories after he took advantage of a mistake by M-Sport team-mate Ott Tanak to lead the Vodafone Rally de Portugal at the end of day two. The Championship leader holds a 17 second lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville.
Tanak Leads After Wild Day One of Rally Portugal
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Ott Tanak leads after a wild and action packed Day one of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal which saw three of the major contenders for victory eliminated on stage seven. The Estonian holds a narrow 4.6 second lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo, with Sébastien Ogier just 0.4 seconds behind in third.
The opening stage of Vodafone Rally de Portugal saw a tie between the Hyundai of Thierry Neuville and the privateer Fiesta WRC of Mads Ostberg with the top six seperated by one second.
Fans, Flames and Fafe: The Iconic Rally Portugal
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The Vodafone Rally de Portugal celebrates it’s 50th running with a bumper 65 car entry list including 14 brand new WRC cars. Thierry Neuville is looking to make it a hat-trick of rally wins, but Sébastien Ogier is looking to equal Markku Alen’s record of five Rally Portugal wins.
The #63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan made it a British Blancpain double with a hard-fought victory at the Blancpain Endurance Race at Silverstone. The team had to deal with a determined challenge from Mercedes to follow up on their Blancpain Sprint Race success at Brands Hatch.
Daniel Juncadella took pole for AKKA ASP Mercedes for this afternoon’s Blancpain Endurance Race at Silverstone. The Mercedes driver was 0.225 ahead of championship leader Mirko Bortolotti with last’s year’s Blancpain GT champions Maxi Buhk in third.
The #63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart enjoyed a perfect weekend. They followed up a dominant qualifying race victory with a dominant main race victory which also gave them the lead of the Blancpain GT championship.
Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart #63 Grasser Racing Lamborghini Hurracan carried their blistering qualifying speed into the Blancpain Sprint Series Qualifying Race at Brands Hatch. The Lamborghini lead all but two laps to secure a comfortable victory.
The Wayne Taylor Racing Team dominated the fourth round of the IMSA Wethertech Sportscar Championship at the Circuit of the Americas. The WTR Cadillac took an easy win, while the GTLM field was decimated in a first corner crash.
Mirko Bortolotti set a stunning time to grab pole for the Qualifying Race at the second round of the Blancpain Sprint Series at Brands Hatch. The winner of the Monza Endurance round was half a second faster than anyone else to secure pole position for the first of tomorrow’s two races.
Last year’s Rally Islas Canarias winner Alexey Lukyanuk is on course to make it two from two on the second round of the European Rally Championship. Britain’s Chris Ingram leads the ERC Junior U27 Championship in his Opel.
The second round of the European Rally Championship heads to the Canaries Islands for Rally Islas Canarias, the first of four all-tarmac rallies this season. Last year’s pacesetters Alexey Lukyanuk and Kajetan Kajetanowicz are seeking to score their first points of the season while Chris Ingram looks to defend his ERC Junior U27 Championship lead.
Thierry Neuville became the first repeat winner of the 2017 World Rally Championship season as he overhauled Elfyn Evans on the powerstage to win the YPF Rally Argentina by 0.7 seconds, the third closest finish in WRC history.
Elfyn Evans saw his one minute advantage over Thierry Neuville eroded down to just 11.5 seconds as Neuville bids to become the first repeat winner this season. Sébastien Ogier was off the pace today and drops behind team-mate Ott Tanak.
