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Patrick Long qualified the No 45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fourth in GT for Saturday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. With 42 GT cars on track for the 15-minute qualifying session today, Long clocked the fourth-fastest time of 1:49.550. The No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche took the GT pole with a time of 1:49.342. Continue reading ‘Flying Lizard Porsche Fourth in GT for Rolex 24 At Daytona’
Flying Lizard leaves Daytona today after a successful test of the No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Over the three-day Roar Before the 24 test, drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Patrick Long (USA), Mike Rockenfeller (Germany), and Seth Neiman (USA) took the Porsche through its paces in preparation for the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona race, January 28-29. Continue reading ‘Flying Lizard Motorsports Roar Before the 24 report’
The 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona is shaping up to be a great one, especially in the GT class. With the Audi R8 Grand-Am making its debut and Ferrari now in the mix, the fans are in for a show. An ALMS fan favorite, the Flying LIzard Motorsports team, will now be lining up at the start. Current team members Bergmeister, Long, Neiman will join up with Audi factory driver Mike Rockenfeller. Continue reading ‘Flying Lizard Motorsports Enters 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona’
The Audi R8 LMS won the most important endurance race for GT cars ahead of BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Audi Sport Team WRT overcame the strongest competition during the 63rd running of the 24 hours of Spa (Belgium). The two DTM stars Mattias Ekstrom (Sweden) and Timo Scheider (Germany) and the Belgian endurance specialist Greg Franchi shared driving duties in the victorious mid-engine sportscar. Continue reading ‘Audi Sport Team WRT victorious at the 2011 Spa 24 Hours’
Weather seems to always come into play at Spa. However, it decided to cooperate a bit for the first qualifying session for the 24 Hours of Spa. Again, Audi Sport looked to have the pace in damp conditions. Mattias Ekstrom would end up on top with a 2:40.472 in the W Racing Team Audi R8. Continue reading ’24 Hours of Spa sees an Audi 1-2 in Q1′
Coming off a three weekend win streak, can Audi make it four in a row? From the incredible Le Mans 24 Hour win, DTM Lausitzring win and a 1-2-3 podium sweep yesterday at the Nurburgring 24 Hour. Both Timo Bernhard and Marcel Fassler were on the podium as well and will race at Imola.
With two cars demolished at Le Mans and the winning no2 car going on to live it up, Audi had to build two new ones, designated as R18-103 and R18-107. Continue reading ‘Two new Audi R18 TDI cars for Imola ILMC’
The race at Lausitz was full of action with many changes in positions. How did you experience your return to the DTM?
I had a very good start and was running on the outside line. At that time I could have already been behind a Mercedes and Martin Tomczyk. But I was careful because I saw ‘Eki’ in my mirrors. The strategy was perfect; only the last pit stop was a bit long. That’s why I dropped behind Jamie Green. That could have still become interesting because a few cars were passing me. Nevertheless, I ultimately finished in the position that I started into the race on. Continue reading ‘DTM: A brief interview with Audi’s Tom Kristensen’
This morning, Audi employees were treated to the sights and stealth like sounds of the Le Mans winning no2 Audi R18 TDI. As the R18 TDI circled around the plant, Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer were in A5 Cabriolets behind “Red Sonja”, waving to the crowd and later signing autographs. Continue reading ‘Le Mans winning Audi R18 TDI tours Ingolstadt plant’
