Bleekemolen Tops Friday GTD Time Charts at VIR
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Jeroen Bleekemolen led the way in his Mercedes in the GTD class during Friday practice at VIR, ahead of the impressive Robby Foley in the Turner-run BMW M6.
Antonio Garcia put in the fastest lap of the day by over a half a second in the #3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R at VIRginia International Speedway on Friday, ahead of the 2018 Michelin GT Challenge this weekend.
Going two seconds clear of the rest of the field, Fernando Alonso has continued Toyota’s run of being on top of every session so far this weekend.
Jean-Eric Vergne set the pace in both free practice sessions at Silverstone on Friday, with United Autosports and Proton Competition setting the best times of the day in LMP3 and LMGTE respectively.
United Autosports will not field their Ligier JS P217 at Petit Le Mans as it would compromise their efforts in both the European and Asian Le Mans Series’.
Improving on his FP1 time, Mike Conway put the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing back on top to claim the team’s second 1-2 of the weekend whilst Aston Martin Racing set ripples in the predicted GTE order.
Following the decision to split DPi’s and LMP2’s in 2019, Jackie Chan DC Racing will not go back to Daytona with their Oreca’s, and are instead looking at a package involving a DPi.
The FIA World Endurance Championship returned to the track for the first time since Le Mans, but a mid-session incident has seen Bruno Senna fracture his ankle meaning he will take no further part in the Silverstone weekend.
Ahead of the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, the FIA have announced the 2019/20 World Endurance Championship calendar.
Aston Martin Vantage GTE to make the first competitive appearance on home ground, with reigning GTE Am champions hunting for second win of the WEC Super Season.
Returning to a race circuit that was nearly dropped from the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship calendar, the grid heads to Silverstone for round three of its longest season to date.
Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup trio Tom Roche, Carl Boardley and Harry King shared the spoils at Rockingham.
Luke Browning held off attacks from Louis Foster to retake second in the championship standings at Rockingham.
A new contract has been signed that will keep the Detroit Grand Prix on both the IndyCar and IMSA calendars until at least 2021. Race organisers have committed to minimising the negative impact on the Belle Isle park area as a part of the new deal.
The Nissan Onroak DPi will be made available to other teams and customers from next season after the exclusive deal with Extreme Speed Motorsports concludes at the end of 2018.
JDC-Miller Motorsports will switch from LMP2 to DPi machinery in 2019, with the outfit set to run two DPi-V.R’s from next season’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Louis Foster moves up to second in the championship standings with his second victory of the day at Rockingham.
