"Everything happened really quick with Yamamoto, " Fenestraz told "I couldn't do much. Speaking to 's Japanese edition post-race, Katoh said he could not feel relieved about his driver's success owing to the special circumstances in which it was achieved. The Nurburgring Morschleife also hosted its formidable 24-hour race – and two considerably shorter affairs for the World Touring Car Championship. Weekend Racing Wrap: IndyCar Iowa, Super Formula Fuji and more. Making ketchup drawings. Cyril Abiteboul admit he will not miss the 'powerful' and 'controlling' communications that came from Red Bull in the final years during of their partnership with the Milton Keynes-based team. About AutosportThe UK's 'must-read' motorsport magazine AUTOSPORT is revered by fans and industry personnel alike as the ultimate source of motorsport news and analysis. Yamamoto: Winning so easily "strange" after struggles. Absolute Racing announce partnership with Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific to run two new-spec 911 GT3 R's.
Created Jan 25, 2008. This incident and restart were the first two of eleven cautions throughout the race, with further yellows for a single-car crash by Buddy Lazier, and a five-car incident late-on that eliminated James Davison, Oriol Servia, Will Power, James Hinchcliffe and all but ended Josef Newgarden's race. Three-time series champion Yamamoto followed up his pole position in the morning's qualifying session with a lights-to-flag victory in wet conditions, his first in the series in two years. Yamamoto holds off fenestraz to win in rain and fall. The number of issues included in a magazine subscription (frequency) is subject to change without notice. Subaru Corporation and its motorsport subsidiary Subaru Tecnica International Inc. (STI; President Yoshio Hirakawa; located in Mitaka, Tokyo) announced an overview of Subaru Motorsport activities for 2018. Mazda led two of the three sessions on Saturday in the DPi class, with PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports doing likewise in LMP2.
"Watch all Super Formula races live on (available worldwide except Japan). The final podium palces were set when Catsburg overtook Rast for second in the treacherous conditions. In warm-up, using the set-up based on the previous day's performance, we found a good direction which enabled Ren to make a good start in the race and gradually improve our position. Nissan/NISMO enter the 2018 championship with an updated team and driver line-up with NDDP Racing with B-Max making its GT500 debut as a team and Japanese … Continue reading. It became completely wet so we adjusted the set-up accordingly. Difficult Super Formula return for Tatiana Calderon in troubled round 6 at Motegi. WRW: New leaders in F3 and Eurocup, DTM controversy and more. As his car slid back down the track it was for the following drivers to make snap decisions on which direction to go, and pole sitter Scott Dixon chose the inside. Additional double issues may be published, which count as 2 issues. Tatiana Calderon's 2021 Super Formula campaign has been a challenging one so far, after travel restrictions and strict quarantine protocols in Japan put her commitments in the series on hold after the two opening rounds at Fuji and Suzuka.
Pfaff Motorsports, Park Place Motorsports, NGT Motorsport and Black Swan Racing completed over 424 laps of testing at Daytona International Speedway in the new Porsche 911 GT3 R. Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet, Frédéric Makowiecki, Earl Bamber, and Mathieu Jaminet rack up 2, 120 kilometres of testing in the Porsche 911 RSR at Daytona International Speedway. The Andretti team more or less dominated from the off with Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi, Fernando Alonso and Sato running in a 1-2-3-4 for a portion of the race, but one-by-one they fell leaving Sato to contend with Castroneves, Ed Jones and Max Chilton. With the Super GT off season nearly at its end, it will soon be time for testing and shakedowns. 53 car in a position where we could compete for a good result. Nissan/NISMO today announced their global motorsports plans for 2018, which include Nissan's debut in the all-electric ABB FIA Formula E Championship, as well as updated lineups for the Japanese Super GT Championship. "Considering our Free Practice on Friday, Ren Sato's qualifying time for Round 7 on Saturday was not bad, however the improvement made by our rivals was much better consequently we ended up in 15th. He resisted Ishiura to win by less than half a second. Video not available yet. Helped by a safety car start reducing the risk of being passed for the lead, Yamamoto admitted that the one and only caution period of the race came at the right time for him, as nearest pursuer Sacha Fenestraz had been catching just prior, as well as the arrival of more rain mid-race. Palmer capped a good weekend with the final podium spot and Ticktum was top rookie again. Yamamoto holds off fenestraz to win in rain water. What racing action did you watch last weekend?
Thed Bjork won the opening race but the main story – as in past years and practice – was punctures; most notably the one that hit former championship leader Tiago Monteiro on the final lap, putting him out of the points and limping to the line. Calderon, who is also combining a racing program in World Endurance Championship with Richard Mille Racing and has entered her second 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, could only travel back to the land of the rising sun in October - almost six months after her last appearance in Super Formula - for the sixth and penultimate round of the season at Twin Ring Motegi. Managing the tyres and the conditions certainly turned it into a race of patience, but when Ren Sato was closing in on a points position towards the end of the race, he pushed too hard and unfortunately went off the track. "Beginning with Friday's Free Practice we tried too many things with the set-up on Ren Sato's No. The Jerez circuit proved an overtaking-free zone as usual for the Formula V8 cars. Yamamoto holds off fenestraz to win in rain delay. Weekend Racing Wrap: Formula E New York, IndyCar Toronto and more. Our target is to be in the Top-10". In mixed weather conditions, qualifying was even more dramatic and, after a mistake in the team's strategy, Tatiana could only set one timed lap.
Tatiana Calderon moved into P17 when she passed Kunimoto and Toshiki Oyu - second in the standings - went off in the gravel on lap 1 and rejoined at the back of the field. On the face of it, the Nurburgring 24 Hour race was a relatively straightforward affair: the 29 Audi Sport Team Land car led the majority of the race and won by a clear 30-second margin. Wayne Taylor Racing and Dragonspeed interjected themselves during the afternoon session. Marshals cleared the track during the third Safety Car and racing resumed on lap 24. Nissan has its sights set on reclaiming the Super GT GT500 crown when the 2018 championship kicks off this weekend at Okayama in Japan. You're Reading a Free Preview.
Dillon only led the final two laps after passing Jimmie Johnson late on – who had run out of fuel. Both Glickenhaus cars suffered issues, with the 702 car in 20th and the pole-sitting 704 an unclassified 71st after an accident, while the other fan favourite Opel Manta Foxtail failed to finish after numerous troubles. Orudzhev beat Fittipaldi to turn one in race two but the Lotus driver muscled back ahead at turn three to reclaim his lead. Ishiura and Yamashita stayed out but Sekiguchi and Lotterer benefited by pitting, the former moving to the head of the field. The battle for the lead also came alive when Yamamoto chased down Otsu as wet tyres deteriorated. "He actually went from left to right, and he misjudged the gap, which is when we touched, and he was on the OTS [overtake system]. "It will surely be a challenge, especially since the previous race, which I was not in, was on this same track, but as always I will do everything in my power to have the best possible result. Along with team-mate Shinichi Takagi, the 24-year-old Briton from Chipping Norton concludes the 2017 campaign fourth … Continue reading. With the race on Saturday afternoon being the same day as Round 7's qualifying, it made it very tough because due to rain the conditions were totally different. Calderon therefore climbed back in the ThreeBond Drago Corse Dallara SF-19 Honda on a familiar track, as the Colombian made her debut in the series last year at Motegi. We managed to improve our starting position, but we still needed to get further ahead to make the race easier. Calderon pitted on lap 15 from P13 and rejoined in P15. After our reconnaissance laps to the grid in Round 7 were over it started raining.
Guest Series: 24 Hours Nurburgring. But a steadily increasing rain showed created drama. "So we have a lot to investigate, because it was a problem that we had all weekend. The latter came home second ahead of Gustav Malja while Leclerc retired again. It felt like, 'this is how things should be when you win'. Nissan has its sights set on a strong Super GT season ahead after completing testing in preparation for the opening round of the championship in two week's time. Story includes video: SFormula. The pair of them were among eight drivers who had stayed out when a number of cars – included the strongest race runners to that point – pitted for the final time with 32 laps to run. Back 4 Blood's second expansion doesn't have a release date yet, but here's a sneaky peekBack 4 Blood developers turtle Rock Studios has given players a brief look at its upcoming second expansion.
"I was defending into Turn 1 from Yamamoto, he tried to go around the outside and was on the inside for 'A corner' [Turn 3] and I closed the door, but not by much. He finished ahead of Sacha Fenestraz and Defourny, while Dan Ticktum was top rookie in fifth. Long-standing BTCC squad Team Dynamics Motorsport have announced their entry in the TCR Class of the Dubai 24 hours and that they are looking at evaluating participating in other TCR events and series in 2019. Next weekend's racing. Click here for more information. The Okayama circuit which formerly held the Pacific Grand Prix played host to two rounds of the Super Formula championship. Kim Kardashian Doja Cat Iggy Azalea Anya Taylor-Joy Jamie Lee Curtis Natalie Portman Henry Cavill Millie Bobby Brown Tom Hiddleston Keanu Reeves. For all three of them, it turned out to be a very challenging return. Magazine covers are used for illustrative purposes only and you may not receive a copy of the particular issue depicted. With the rain intensifying in Q2 and easing just ahead of Q3, the final minutes of qualifying were a real tyre gamble: Red Bull-sponsored Hiroki Otsu was the only driver to venture out on slicks and, while he struggled at first, he went fastest when the track dried. Heading into his second season in the hugely competitive Far East championship, the 24-year-old from Chipping Norton … Continue reading. That left Fittipaldi to take a win which leaves him a point behind team mate Rene Binder at the top of the standings. Sacha Fenestraz says he's 'really surprised' about the contact with Naoki Yamamoto that led to his huge crash in Sunday's Fuji Super Formula race, given Yamamoto's considerable experience.
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