The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid with Neel Jani at the wheel took provisional pole with a 3:19.733 in a two-hour qualifying practice that took on extra significance because of the weather. In a week that has seen torrential downpours at some stage every day and with more bad weather forecast, many teams were looking to […]
Month: June 2016
Porsche Tops Timesheets At Le Mans Practise
As track action started in earnest, it was Porsche who took first blood after Neel Jani set the fastest time of the session in the last hour of the four-hour practise session on June 15 with a 3:22.011 in the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid. . Second quickest was the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid with a […]
Notebook From Le Mans – Tuesday – June 14
The day dawned clear and bright after another night of torrential rain, at least where the www.EnduranceAndGT.co.uk team were camped. The first port of call for the day was the circuit as Tuesday morning of race week is a good time to catch drivers walking between garage and hospitality units. With the disruption that scrutineering […]
Notebook From Le Mans – Monday – June 13
The morning hours of Monday June 13 were spent at the Place de la Republique in the centre of Le Mans where the second day of scrutineering was taking place. If you can get down early in the week, scrutineering presents an excellent opportunity to meet drivers as they enter and exit the media area […]
Formula Racing Confident For 24 Hours Of Le Mans
The #60 Formula Racing Ferrari 458 Italia was presented for scrutineering at The Place de la Republique in the centre of Le Mans on June 13 and all three drivers were quietly confident going into the team’s first 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team are conscious of the heritage of Danish drivers in the […]
Team Parker Racing Take Pole For British GT At Silverstone
The Team Parker Racing driving duo of Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris took pole for the fifth round of the 2016 British GT Championship at Silverstone. Hot on the team’s first victory at Oulton Park last time out, both Parfitt and Morris drove superbly in the #31 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 to […]