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domingo, 15 de octubre de 2017


Toyota Gazoo Racing took a memorable 1-2 finish at their home race this afternoon after a dramatic seventh round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji Speedway. 
In challenging wet and foggy conditions Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Anthony Davidson took the No.8 Toyota TS 050 Hybrid to victory. They headed home the sister No.7 Toyota driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose-Maria Lopez. 
Toyota seemed to have a tyre performance throughout the weather affected race which saw six Safety Car periods, one Full Course Yellow and two red flag periods in an eventful race. 
The result means that the destination of this year's drivers' title is still not known as the leading No.2 Posrche trio of Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard finished in fourth place. The gap between them and the No.8 Toyota crew is now 39 points with 52 to play for in the last two races of the season.
Rounding out the podium was the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Andre Lotterer, Neel Jani and Nick Tandy. 
Andre Lotterer started the race but suffered contact with the back of Buemi’s Toyota. A broken dive plane from his 919 Hybrid affected his pace and he soon fell back to fourth position. However, after taking a new front bodywork section Neel Jani and Nick Tandy fought back and were in contention to challenge for the win before the multiple stoppages for rain and fog came. 
For all classifications CLICK HERE
For race facts CLICK HERE
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Ferrari take clean sweep in LMGTE to increase lead in GT World Championship 

Ferrari claimed maximum points in the LMGTE Pro and Am categories today at a severely weather-disrupted 6 Hours of Fuji, the 7th round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was eventually stopped with 4 hours 24 minutes and 50 seconds on the clock. 
AF Corse Ferrari’s James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi took their No.51 Ferrari 458 GTE to first place in the LMGTE Pro category and their third win of the season, eventually finishing just 0.96s ahead of the No.91 Porsche 911 RSR of Frédéric Makowiecki and Richard Lietz. 
In third place was the second Porsche GT, the No.92 of Kevin Estre and Michael Christensen, with the No.66 Ford Chip Ganassi GT, No.71 Ferrari 458 GTE and the No.97 Aston Martin Vantage taking the remaining positions in the top six. 
The race was disrupted by six safety car periods and two red flag stoppages during an afternoon which saw fog and rain cover the Fuji Speedway track frequently, and in different intensities. Low visibility was the reason for both the red flag periods, with drivers’ safety being paramount at all times. 
Calado and Pier Guido now lead the GT FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship and Ferrari has extended its lead in the GT Manufacturers’ title race to 47 points. Porsche has overtaken Ford for second place after the American manufacturer had a tough weekend and were not able to follow up their 2016 victory. 

Vaillante Rebellion comes through for 2nd win of the season

LMP2 saw the Vaillante Rebellion crew of Bruno Senna, Nicolas Prost and Julien Canal take their second victory of the season. 
Bruno Senna and Nicolas Prost completed epic multiple stints at the wheel of the No.31 car to lead home the Signatech Alpine car of Nicolas Lapierre, Gustavo Menezes and Andre Negrao. 
Completing the LMP2 podium was the points leading No.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car of Oliver Jarvis, Ho-Pin Tung and Thomas Laurent. They still lead the LMP2 points table but now by a reduced lead of 10pts to Senna and Canal. 
The race featured a spectacular and controversial incident between CEFC Manor TRS Racing driver Jan-Eric Vergne and No.13 Vaillante Rebellion racer Matthias Beche in the fourth hour. The two touched several times before Beche impacted the barriers. 
51,000 dedicated fans witnessed the action at Fuji in difficult conditions, cementing the reputation of Japanese fans as some of the most passionate in the world of motorsport.

Spirit of Race take first WEC victory in LMGTE Am

For the 51,000 passionate Japanese fans coming to Fuji Speedway over the three-day weekend, there was just as much close competition and excitement in the LMGTE Am category for them to witness, particularly in today’s race. 
Taking a first win of the season and a first victory in the WEC was the Spirit of Race Ferrari trio of Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci and Miguel Molina. The No.54 Ferrari 488 GTE was 1.137s ahead of the class pole-sitting No.61 Clearwater Ferrari of Weng Sun Mok, Matt Griffin and local Japanese driver Keita Sawa at the second red flag which was deployed at 15:30 local time. The race was eventually not re-started as weather conditions continue to deteriorate. 
Third in class was the No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR – with team owner Patrick Dempsey present in Japan to see their podium finish – sporting a pink ribbon livery in support of the Dempsey Center cancer charity. 
Next stop on the calendar is the 6 Hours of Shanghai on Sunday 5th November, the 8th round of the 9-race 2017 season. 
All provisional classifications can be found HERE 
Race facts can be found HERE

Toyota takes home 1-2 in incident filled Fuji race

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sábado, 14 de octubre de 2017

Porsche's Bamber and Hartley claim pole at Fuji 

Porsche LMP Team's Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley combined to take a second pole position of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship season at a wet Fuji Speedway this afternoon. 
The Kiwi duo set an average of 1m35.160s in the No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid to head the sister No.1 car by just 0.071s in a thrilling session. 
The extra point achieved by the No.2 crew for pole today sees them extend their title lead to 52pts with just a maximum of 77 now to play for. This means that they just have to finish ahead of the No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing crew of Sebastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima in the race tomorrow in order to seal the 2017 Drivers' crown.
To read the whole report on LMP1 and LMP2 qualifying including Vaillante Rebellion's route to class pole  CLICK HERE
For all classifications and timing CLICK HERE
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Porsche GT take second GTE pole of the season

Porsche GT Team's Frederic Makowiecki and Richard Lietz claimed a first pole position of the season at Fuji today after making the most of their mid-engined No.91 Porsche 911 RSR. 
Makowiecki set the outright quickest time of 1m47.573s before Lietz lapped a shade quicker to ensure an average of 1m47.577s. The French/Austrian alliance headed the GT points leading No.67 Ford Chip Ganassi pairing of Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell by 0.441s. 
While it was Makowiecki and Lietz’s first pole of the 2017 FIA WEC season it was Porsche GT Team's second after the No.92 car took a maiden top spot at Nurburgring in July.
For all the news on LMGTE qualifying including Clearwater Racing's first LMGTE Am pole CLICK HERE

First WEC Circuit Safari a huge success

The first WEC Circuit Safari took place this morning at Fuji Speedway with 5 buses on track at the same time as the WEC race cars in a special 10-minute controlled session! 
Four of the 44-seat buses were full of passionate Japanese endurance fans allowing them to be in the middle of the action and closer than ever to the competitors within the WEC. Several drivers were able to give the ‘thumbs up’ sign to the passengers as they passed to the delight of the fans! 
CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship Gerard Neveu said: “We were very happy to work with our local promoter to hold the first Circuit Safari in the WEC, and it’s great to hear that it was such a success for fans, teams and media alike. 
“The fans who come to Fuji Speedway are so passionate and loyal to endurance racing and the WEC, and – just as at all our races – we are always looking for different ways to engage with them. This was the perfect solution here in Japan, and perhaps Circuit Safaris are something we will now look at doing at some of our other races around the world.”

Porsche sweep pole positions for 6 Hours of Fuji

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viernes, 8 de septiembre de 2017


* The winners will participate at the Formula Ford Festival & the Walter Hayes Trophy in England.

* Also there’s a $200k USF2000 Scholarship at stake.



Recently, Team USA Scholarship announced that Aaron Jeansonne is one of six drivers who will participate in the Team USA Shootout. The winners will follow in the footsteps of famous professional drivers such as Josef Newgarden (won Formula Ford Festival in Kent Class, Indy Lights champion and current IndyCar points leader) and A.J. Allmendinger (Champ Car Rookie of the Year and also NASCAR, IndyCar and Grand-Am driver), who claimed racing scholarships in the past, plus the opportunity to race in international events in Europe.

Jeansonne is a special driver, not only because he’s the first Louisiana native to get this opportunity to succeed in motor racing, also, he probably is the least experienced of the participants, but managed to impress the racing community with his maiden victory in his first race weekend in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series last year.

Since then, this young driver has managed to achieve a second win, plus constant podiums in all race meetings, with three runner-up performances and three third places in his first full-season.

“I feel very honored to have been chosen as a finalist for the Team USA Scholarship; even being chosen as a candidate was huge for me. A year ago at this time, I had never raced on a road course nor had driven a race car, but I had my eyes on the Team USA Shootout wishing that I could be part of it,” the 19-year old young man said.

“It was only a huge dream at the time, and it’s almost surreal that I actually have my chance. I just cannot thank everyone enough that has helped me reach this point and all that support me. I’m unbelievably excited for this opportunity,” the Sulphur, Louisiana driver added.

Almost a quarter of the drivers in this year’s Verizon IndyCar Series (five out of 21 full-season campaigners: Charlie Kimball, JR Hildebrand, Conor Daly and Spencer Pigot), plus current sports car stand-outs Dane Cameron, Joel Miller, Joey Hand, Andy Lally, Bryan Sellers, Bryan Herta, Jimmy Vasser and Trent Hindman, are all Team USA alumni.

The process also was very strict, since drivers were drawn from a variety of categories and had individual interviews with an illustrious panel of judges representing virtually every aspect of the sport, during the Verizon IndyCar Series weekend at Mid-Ohio.

This weekend will be held the Team USA Shootout, which will be two days of evaluations, both on the track and off, will be held in conjunction with the Lucas Oil School of Racing. The two winners will race in the prestigious Formula Ford Festival and the Walter Hayes Trophy later this year in England. Also, they get invited to the Mazda Road to Indy $200,000 USF2000 Scholarship Shootout.

For Aaron Jeansonne has been a hard road to reach this opportunity, he first worked as an aircraft mechanic at Northrop Grumman in Lake Charles, Louisiana to pay his Lucas Oil School of Racing raid. Later, he was let go during a reduction of personnel in the facility and he didn’t give up, getting a new job. Now, he expects to be among the winners to keep moving forward in his race career.

AARON JEANSONNE IS THE FIRST LOUISIANA DRIVER TO BE CHOSEN FOR TEAM USA SHOOTOUT

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sábado, 10 de diciembre de 2016

WEC Champions honoured across Europe

FIA World Endurance Champions past and present have been honoured at ceremonies all over Europe in the past 10 days, beginning with the FIA's prize giving ceremony in Vienna, moving onto Great Britain, Italy and Germany.
Read more about when Porsche's victorious drivers received their World Championship trophies at the Imperial Hofburg Palace HERE
Photo shows from left to right: Fritz Enzinger, Vice President LMP1 Porsche Team, Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas  
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2016 FIA WEC Champions - Porsche Team

How the 2016 WEC Championship titles were won 

We took at look at how each of the WEC championship titles were won through all the categories.  To refresh your memories you can find the links as follows:
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONS - Porsche Team's Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas HERE
LMP1 Private Teams - Rebellion / Alexandre Imperatori, Dominik Kraihamer, Matheo Tuscher - HERE 
LMP2 - Signatech Alpine / Gustavo Menezes, Nicolas Lapierre, Stéphane Richemli - HERE
FIA WEC GT MANUFACTURERS - Ferrari HERE
LMGTE PRO - Aston Martin Racing / Nicki Thiim, Marco Sorensen HERE
LMGTE AM - AF Corse / François Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard, Rui Aguas HERE  
Audi Sport Team Joest

Audi era celebrated

Where to begin when evaluating Audi’s commitment and achievements over the last 18 seasons in endurance racing? It is an unenviable task. 
True epochs are rare in motorsport but the span from 1999 to present day, with a short break in 2004/5 aside, Audi Sport has been a titan of one of racing’s toughest disciplines and it has a strike rate at La Sarthe which is unlikely to ever be beaten in the same time frame. 
Audi's immense contribution to endurance racing has been celebrated in two parts on the WEC website.  You can enjoy it again, PART ONE HERE and PART TWO HERE
Mark Webber, Kyle Wilson Clarke and Timo Bernhard

Interview with Kyle Wilson-Clarke, engineer Porsche No.2

Mark Webber’s final race in his illustrious career was the 6 Hours of Bahrain, and we know now that his place in the No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid will be taken in 2017 by New Zealander Earl Bamber. 
The last round of the 2016 FIA WEC signalled an end to a career which began in the early nineties with Webber’s Australian Formula Ford debut through to the defence this season of his hard-won 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship title. 
One man who is in a perfect position to reminisce about Webber’s time at Porsche is his engineer Kyle-Wilson Clarke who was part of the team who clinched the 2015 world championship titles.
To read the whole story, CLICK HERE
All stories on the 2016 season ahead are available online on the official FIAWEC website at : www.fiawec.com

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Latest News: WEC Champions honoured; how the titles were won

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domingo, 20 de noviembre de 2016


The final round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship was an emotional one at the Bahrain International Circuit, with champions crowned, farewells made to firm friends, and drama along the way. 
Below are the key headlines: 
  • Lucas Di Grassi, Loïc Duval and Oliver Jarvis take second win of season to end Audi endurance era on an unforgettable high 
  • Marcel Fässler, Benoit Tréluyer and André Lotterer complete perfect send-off for German manufacturer with dominant 1-2 
  • No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid trio of Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb and Neel Jani take FIA World Endurance Drivers’ title after sixth place finish, despite contact with KCMG Porsche in second hour 
  • Porsche takes fourth WEC title in two years
  • Mark Webber finishes career with podium placing as he and teammates Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley take hard-fought third place 
  • Australian ace takes chequered flag for final time in career to emotional scenes 
  • Audi’s win is 107th in all major international series and 16th in FIA WEC history 
  • Toyota Gazoo Racing end season with fourth and sixth positions with No.5 TS050 Hybrid heading No.6 car to finish line 
  • Rebellion Racing take eighth LMP1 Privateer class win of 2016 season in comfortable run to flag in final race with R-One-AER
For all the times from today's ninth and final round of the 2016 WEC CLICK HERE
Picture below shows left to right: Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas, Neel Jani, Dr Wolfgang Porsche, Fritz Enzinger, Andreas Seidl

Ferrari win GT Manufacturers race; Aston Martin seal LMGTE Pro title

  • LMGTE Pro sees Danish pair Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim crowned champions in No.95 Aston Martin after they resist late pressure from No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE 
  • New champions inherited lead from No.97 entry after they lose time with lost wheel after a suspected brake problem 
  • No.71 AF Corse Ferrari of Sam Bird and Davide Rigon takes third place as Prancing Horse celebrate winning the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers 
  • LMGTE Am sees Abu-Dhabi Proton Porsche of Khaled Al Qubaisi, David Heinemeier-Hansson and Pat Long take second class win of the year
  • Newly crowned champions – No.83 AF Corse Ferrari trio of Emmanuel Collard, Francois Perrodo and Rui Aguas take third in class behind KCMG Porsche 911 RSR to seal championship.
See you all at Silverstone on 16th April for the start of the 2017 WEC season! 
Pictures below show LMGTE Pro Champions Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim from Aston Martin Racing on the top step of the podium; second picture shows LMGTE Am champions Rui Aguas, Emmanuel Collard and Francois Perrodo from AF Corse
No26 G-Drive Racing ORECA 05 Nissan takes pole in LMP2
No.98 Aston Martin V8 Vantage wins pole in LMGTE Am
All stories on the 2016 season ahead are available online on the official FIAWEC website at : www.fiawec.com

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Audi takes emotional win while Dumas, Jani and Lieb are crowned World Champions

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viernes, 17 de abril de 2015


(TEXAS) – Are you being scammed by your current insurer? New policies are indicating that for years many Texas drivers have likely overpaid on their car insurance coverage.

This is the one simple truth your car insurance company doesn’t want you to know. If you’re driving less than 35 miles/day on average and live in Texas you can get an extremely high discount. Did you know that? Or DUI’s… if you have no DUI’s, you can get even more discounts. But do you think your auto insurance company will tell you that? Fat chance.

When Miranda entered her zip code atInsurance.Comparisons.org, she was shocked. She found out her local insurance agent was ripping her off, and she could get car insurance much cheaper.

We managed to reduce our insurance premium by 50%! I only wish we had discovered this sooner.” Miranda exclaimed.

What Miranda did was visit an independent car insurance rate comparison website – Insurance.Comparisons.org, and entered in some basic information. Within seconds, she was shown the different rates that all of the popular insurance companies offered for the criteria she put in. And that’s when she found out she was overpaying.

Does this mean Miranda was being scammed by her former insurance agent? She would not say one way or the other, but the truth is most agents are paid on commission which means the higher your insurance premiums, the more money your agent makes. You can be sure, however, that your insurance company is not going to call you up to offer you a discount.

Did you know that car insurance rates have dropped?

Comparing insurance companies is especially important now, because rates have dropped over the last year or so. In fact, thanks to new program policies, you may be able to save $100′s on your current rate.

So, what is the “One Simple Rule?”NEVER buy insurance without comparing all discounts online first. Out of the 100′s of insurers out there, only a handful will give you really big discounts. But they ARE out there, and they WANT to insure you – you just can’t find each other.

Texas Drivers Are Being Ripped Off By Not Following One Simple Rule

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