Dirk Muller put the No. 56 BMW Team RLL machine on the GT pole for Saturday's Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase. (Photo: John Dagys)
BMW Team RLL will start Saturday’s Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase from the GT class pole position following a storming lap by Dirk Muller. The factory German driver turned a best time of 2:05.447 in his No. 56 BMW M3 GT, edging out the No. 4 Corvette Racing C6.R of Jan Magnussen by a mere 0.005 seconds.
Muller’s pole-winning lap, the team’s fifth...Read Full Story
24 Hours of Le Mans: Nigel Mansell Crash!
The 24 Hours of Le Mans has started today, Saturday, and in just 18 minutes (4 laps) we saw Nigel Mansell crash against the security barrier .
Mansell remained in his car until the ambulance arrived and evacuated him conscious. This is the first time at Le Mans for the 56-year-old 1992 Formula One champion.
Because of the crash, the race had to be put on hold for approximately 30 minutes. Peugeot was dominating the race earlier on with the...Read Full Story
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The no.2 Audi R18 continues to lead, however, the main story of the thirteenth hour was Simon Pagenaud in the no.9 Peugeot chasing down the leader.
Such was the impression Pagenaud was able to make on the lead that it tumbled from nearly two minutes at the start of the hour to only half a minute at its end. The hour also included a full service pitstop for the Audi – new Michelin tyres, more diesel and Marcel Fassler strapped into the car – that allowed Pagenaud through...Read Full Story
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Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia will be full-season drivers in the No. 3 Corvette C6.R, joined by Jordan Taylor as third driver in endurance events, while Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner will co-drive the No. 4 Corvette C6.R, with Richard Westbrook joining ...
A new alignment of drivers will pilot Corvette Racing’s new Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars when they make their competition debut at the season-opening 60th-anniversary Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia will be ...
Corvette Racing's revised driver lineup delivers a powerful combination of youth and experience. Antonio Garcia joins Oliver Gavin, Jan Magnussen and Tommy Milner as the four full-season drivers. Richard Westbrook will reprise his role as third ...
He and García will be joined in the car at the 24 Hours by Corvette Racing regulars Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen. Get more car news, reviews and opinion every day: Sign up to have the Autoweek Daily Drive delivered right to your inbox.
Gavin Leads At Six-Hour Mark In Competitive Rolex 24 At Daytona
#90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP: Antonio Garcia, Oliver Gavin, Jan Magnussen, Richard WestbrookPhoto by: Eric Gilbert
It’s still anyone’s race six hours into the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona.
At the one-quarter mark of the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Series opener, Oliver Gavin held the lead, with his No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette Daytona Prototype, one of eight cars to...
Corvette Racing's record at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001 is as impressive as any with five GT1 victories. Jan Magnussen gave America's premier sports car team its first pole position in the world's greatest race on Thursday. Magnussen turned a ...