Gutierrez In Command In Hungaroring Sprint Race
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Esteban Gutierrez claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the GP2 sprint race at the Hungaroring to score his third win of the year.
Antonio Felix da Costa became the first ever driver to win both races in a GP3 Series weekend after mastering his tyre strategy on a drying track to win the second race in Hungary.
The three hours up to the 21 hour mark at 1pm local time were three hours of Audis going in different directions, with a safety car period having an impact on the fight for the lead.
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Despite losing time with a left-rear puncture that briefly saw the lead change hands in favour of Stephane Ortelli and the #1 Team WRT car Andrea Piccini ended the eighteenth hour of the 2012 Total Spa 24 Hours in the lead with the #16 Audi Sport Team Phoenix car.
Rene Rast continues to lead the 2012 Total 24 Hours of Spa for Audi Sport Team Phoenix as the sun rose above the Belgian track to herald the arrival of Sunday morning.
Though the first half of the race has been dominated by BMWs Audi are increasingly taking a stranglehold on the race with the #16 Audi Sport Team Phoenix of Rene Rast, Frank Stippler and Andrea Piccini leading to the half way point of the 2012 Total 24 Hours of Spa.
Valentino Rossi lamented a lack of grip on the soft tyres once again after qualifying down in tenth at Laguna Seca
Stefan Bradl says he is still lacking confidence with his LCR Honda RC213V after qualifying ninth for the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca
Jorge Lorenzo admitted he needed to extract every last thousandth of a second out of his Yamaha YZR-M1 to claim pole position at Laguna Seca
Casey Stoner was annoyed with the CRT competitors after slower traffic hampered his pole position challenge at Laguna Seca
Avintia Blusens riders Yonny Hernandez and Ivan Silva are both intending to move forward in tomorrow’s United States Grand Prix after qualifying fifteenth and twentieth respectively
There were fireworks on and off the circuit as the 2012 Spa 24 hours continued.
Jorge Lorenzo claimed his third pole position of 2012 with a last gasp effort to deny Casey Stoner
Jorge Lorenzo rode the fastest ever two-wheeled lap of Laguna Seca to snatch pole position from Casey Stoner in the dying seconds
Lewis Hamilton of McLaren took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix with a lap of 1:20.953
With Blancpain Endurance Series points on offer after six hour it was Maxime Martin who swept across the line first after six hours of racing to cap off a fine first quarter of the Total 24 Hours of Spa for Marc VDS Racing.
