The ALMS runs late on Saturday evening, their new long-distance event on the cult track of Laguna Seca, for some teams is an important final test before Le Mans. Meanwhile, the GT1 World Championship spends with the GT3 European Championship this weekend in Brno, Czech Republic.
The 6h Laguna Seca builds the American Le Mans Series Sebring and now in addition to the Petit Le Mans endurance on a third pillar in an otherwise over the years, slightly shrunken Calendar. It was an absolutely correct and important step in the race to the ever-popular track near Monterey, California in the month of May, and preferable to increase the duration of the race by 50%.
So the event for the teams that will cross in three weeks the Atlantic to start the 24 hour race at La Sarthe, a welcome last test option before the big race will be, even if Laguna Seca in any way with the Circuit de compare la Sarthe is.
When the prototype is here to Autocon team that conjoins at Le Mans with Michael Lewis, Highcroft HPD with the strong-formerly-known-as-Acura and Drayson Racing. Paul Drayson may be so for some weeks now focus 100% on racing, his "second job" has lost the former Labour Minister of Science, with the change of government in Great Britain. With colleagues Cocker and Pirro, it forms a solid trio, only if the technology lives - about 12 hours of Sebring, it was not enough, Laguna Seca is an important test drive for the green Lola coupe.
From the GT (2) class, these two teams Corvettes, Ferraris, as well as the risk a Flying Lizard Porsche and Rocketsports with the new, non-competitive Jaguar XKR. Unlike BMW that finally occurred only in the American Le Mans Series, Spa for Munich was probably due to the different vehicle configurations, the more important test.
Laguna Seca is of course primarily known for the Corkscrew. A nice feature with driver's voices to the ALMS has published these days:
Otherwise, the line consists of predominantly medium-speed corners, the best - and really only - overtaking the Andretti Hairpin is to start / finish. Because of these characteristics are likely to have a good chance of LMP2 cars constructed for the overall victory, especially as the two prototypes are indeed brought to a level. The actual LMP1 vehicles but their main strength, the higher top speed, do not utilize here. The Highcroft Honda with the top drivers David Brabham, Simon Pagenaud and Marino Franchitti should be assessed as a favorite, with the other prototypes, the durability of the sticking point will be, only the Cytosport Porsche is reliable, but lack of development is not fast enough beat around the HPD ARX-01c.
The race will be offered in full length and with Radio Le Mans commentary as the official and free stream, for which there are only 10,000 seats. You can register here . Note, however, that the race will only start at 23:30 clock on Saturday German time (14:30 clock time in California). Everything else could I do it so there is as always at the ALMS collected in Race Hub .
GT1 Championship
The GT1 World Championship is already in Round 3 This time we traveled to the southeastern Czech Republic, more specifically, to Brno, where driving is on the car Brno (Masaryk or ring). Last year we saved from the forest area of the Podkomorské lesy stretch located, the return should be good drivers and fans, as the train is due to the differences in height and the liquid turns quite popular. At the maximum of 8% steep uphill segment that connects the hairpin at the lowest point of the route with the highest point located at the start / finish area, is a powerful engine and light weight help asking.
Otherwise, the route is the most moderate and fast sweeping curves in character between the square of the Yas Marina Circuit and fast track of Silverstone. In the first of Ford and Corvette went particularly well in England, Nissan and Aston Martin were in front. Since these are now charged according to weight, could finally beat the hour of Maserati, which so far always lurking just behind the head, but could not seriously fight for the victory.
On the other hand, won the final GT1 race at Brno 2008 Aston Martin and even the Czech Tomas Enge will be motivated in his home race in particular. After the serious accident at Spa-Nygaard and subsequently wrested victory for minimally thin at the bottom plate (the appeal was unsuccessful), it is likely the driver of the thirst Young Driver team after a big success. But it is simply difficult for the various types of track and identify when required by the FIA balance of performance and adjusted the placement of weights clear favorites.
Under that same - as mentioned here particularly cumbersome - Success ballast suffer for the last two events of the Enge / Turner Aston Martin (40kg), the Hughes / Campbell-Walter Nissan (30kg) of Sarrazin / Makowiecki Aston Martin (20kg) and Kechele / Danis-Lamborghini (10kg). Peugeot driver Stéphane Sarrazin LMP is the most famous of antretenden guest driver in Brno, the combination of him and Frédéric Makowiecki despite the 20kg also be trusted quite a good result.
In addition, the field for the first time this season at full strength, so go with 24 vehicles at the start, Rachel Frey replaced even after the accident in Abu Dhabi in the injured Natacha Gachnang Matech Ford GT. In the event of the LMS 1000km of Spa it was enough for the two Swiss nationals, with the support of compatriot Yann room for at least the third in class on a purely occupied by Ford GT podium.
Sport 1 will send back only highlights disappointingly, this time even just half an hour (minus advertising ...) and that on Sunday at 17:15 clock. Would have more detailed records, it should be on Bloomberg Saturday and even Sunday, but unfortunately for a few hours is no longer included in the program. Live there are two races (Race Qualification Race on Saturday at 17:30 clock and the Championship on Sunday at 14:15 clock) so only the official stream to see who is worth it to look anyway.
By the way, yet both were training (once a Vitaphone-Maserati front, even a Ford GT-MarcVDS) on moist to wet track and take in the coming days is rain forecast: showers on Saturday afternoon, 60% chance of precipitation on Sunday.
And a short note sad way: Loris Kessel, head of the team he founded Kessel Racing, which started in the FIA GT sports car series and others in recent years, Ferrari's, died on Saturday of leukemia.
GT3 Championship
As support for the move, as in GT1 at Silverstone, the teams of the European Championship in the GT3 category for the second of their six race weekends. 2008, the series was recently traveling in Brno, then Alessi / Zano won the Aston Martin DBRS9 and Mutsch / Khan in the Ford GT.
After the rather well-mixed race results in the UK can not make out a clear favorite in the 34 strong field vehicles. The combination of Jose Luis Cunill / Tim Bergmeister in the track-speed Porsche should be assessed according to the tiers 1 and 3 at the start of the season pretty strong, and the Argo Lamborghini with Philip Geipel and Ellen Lohr was - especially thanks to the former - strong, reaching the rank 3 and 4th Race 2 winner Christian Hohenadel and Daniel Keilwitz were in one of the Callaway Corvette.
Because in addition to the Erfolgsbalast that each cover the first three of a race, even the balance of performance to Silverstone to the detriment of Corvette (+60 kg), Lamborghini (+20 kg) and Porsche (+50 kg and smaller air restrictor) as well as Audi ( new speed limit has been changed) are likely, but this is much more difficult to have in Brno.
The races are there on Saturday and Sunday by 14 clock to be seen live on MotorsTV by 12 clock. The GT3 seems to have flown in the short term from the TV program from Bloomberg, which it what you want. Otherwise there is the like the GT1 high quality live stream on the series homepage .
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