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Four races, one victory, three further podium results – with this opening balance to the season, the
After a difficult qualifying, the two
Post-race quotes
Dr Frank-Steffen Walliser, Head of
Marco Ujhasi, Overall Project Leader GT Works Motorsport: “We made the most out of this race. Four podiums from four races – we can be proud of such a start to the season. Our preparations from free practice to the qualifying and then the race were not easy. But we developed a great strategy and it worked perfectly for at least one of the 911 RSR.”
Nick Tandy (911 RSR #911): “Even though we weren’t able to turn super fast lap times in qualifying, the 911 RSR performed well over the distance on this circuit. Congratulations to our teammates on the podium. That was a truly great performance.”
Patrick Pilet (911 RSR #911): “After winning at Long Beach we were obviously hoping for a better result. But today’s race proved rather difficult for us. Our mechanics helped us get ahead in the race with great pit stops. But after the Corvette nudged me off the track there was not a lot I could do. Overtaking was virtually impossible.”
Frédéric Makowiecki (911 RSR #912): “Our third place is the result of great team work. I’m really proud of the boys from
Earl Bamber (911 RSR #912): “When I think about the problems we had in free practice and qualifying, this podium feels like a victory. The team did an awesome job over the whole weekend and the pit stops were simply perfect. This is a fantastic result for us.”
Preparations underway for 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and in Le Mans
Before the works drivers at
On the legendary Nordschleife of the Nürburgring, the 44th running of the long distance classic will be contested on 28/29 May. At Germany’s largest motorsport event, where more than 200,000 fans celebrate a very special motorsport party in the Eifel hills each year, Manthey Racing campaigns two of the new 911 GT3 R. Together with the squad, with its headquarters just a stone’s throw from the Nürburgring in Meuspath,
Just three weeks later, on 18/19 June, the
The six-hour race in Watkins Glen, where the IMSA SportsCar Championship picks up speed again after the Le Mans break, is regarded as an American sports car classic.
Race result
GTLM class
1. Briscoe/Westbrook (AUS/GB), Ford GT, 79 laps
2. Pier Guidi/Serra (I/BRA), Ferrari 488 GTE, 79
3. Bamber/Makowiecki (NZ/F),
4. Garcia/Magnussen (E/DK) Chevrolet Corvette, 78
5. Hand/Müller (USA/D), Ford GT, 78
6. Fisichella/Vilander (I/SF), Ferrari 488 GTE, 78
7. Gavin/Milner (GB/USA) Chevrolet Corvette, 78
8. Pilet/Tandy (F/GB),
9. Edwards/Luhr (USA/D), BMW M6, 78
10. Auberlen/Werner (USA/D), BMW M6, 78
Points’ standings GTLM class after 4 of 11 races
Drivers
1. Millner, Gavin, Corvette, 130 points
2. Bamber, Makowiecki,
3. Briscoe, Westbrook, Ford, 115
4. Serra, Ferrari, 113
5. Fisichella, Vilander, Ferrari, 112
6. Auberlen, Werner, BMW, 109
7. Garcia, Magnussen, Chevrolet, 108
8. Pilet, Tandy,
9. Hand, Müller, Ford, 100
10. Edwards, Luhr, BMW, 92
Manufacturers
1. Chevrolet, 130 points
2.
3. Ferrari, 120
4. Ford, 115
5. BMW, 108
Teams
1. #4 Corvette Racing, 130 points
2. #912
3. #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, 115
4. #68 Scuderia Corsa, 113
5. #62 Risi Competizione, 112
6. #25 BMW Team RLL, 109
7. #3 Corvette Racing, 108
8. #911
9. #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, 100
10. #100 BMW Team RLL, 92
This is the IMSA SportsCar Championship
The IMSA SportsCar Championship is a sports car race series contested in the USA and Canada, which was run in 2014 for the first time. The series was formed from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Series. Sports prototypes and sports cars start in four different classes: GTLM (GT Le Mans), GTD (GT Daytona), P (Prototype) and PC (Prototype Challenge). The
Model range 911 (Type 991 II): Fuel consumption combined 9.3 – 7.4 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 216 - 169 g/km; efficiency class (Germany): F – D
All reports on the previous season can be found in our archive.