Originally known as the Blancpain Endurance Series, the championship has earned its reputation thanks to packed grids, a wide variety of machinery, and an intense level of on-track competition. Scuderia del Portello, together with Lawrence Auriana, will hold a race for 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars, titled “The Phil Hill Trophy,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of Phil’s victory at Monza and subsequent World Championship Title. Emil Frey Jaguar Racing finally ended its bad luck at Monza with this great result, saying goodbye to the Italian race track with an extraordinary race.The next race for the Jaguar team will take place on home turf: the next Endurance Cup of the Blancpain GT Series is taking place from 18 until 20 May 2018 at the “Home of British Motorsport” in Silverstone (England).Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Daily updates from the world of Sportscar Racing and Electric Car Racing. Free, easy and secure.
The pair steered the car into the Q3 shootout session before Parente set a 1m 33.277s lap to place his McLaren 650S GT3 second on the grid; just 0.015s off the pole-sitter. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! There was further success for the 650S GT3 in Italy as customer team FFF Racing Team by ACM finished P2 in the inaugural round of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup at Imola. Then it was up to my team-mates to hold the position and they both did a fantastic job.”Wolfgang Reip, car #8: “It feels really great to be on the podium in my Bentley debut. on Bentley Takes Blancpain GT Series Podium in Monza on Top 10 Finish Keeps McLaren in the Blancpain Hunt on McLaren 650S GT3 Double Points Finish at Italian OpenerSign up to receive email updates each week. Alvaro Parente claimed pole position at the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza with the ART McLaren team. Emil Frey Jaguar Racing celebrated a successful weekend with the GT3 Jaguar at the season opener of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at the Italian track of Monza. Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Round 3. The competitiveness for the first shakedown of the 2018 Endurance Cup was intense with a total of 54 GT3 cars. Bell started in the #58 Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 and in a similar fashion to his performance at Monza made up a lot of The McLaren 650S GT3 began its 2016 European campaign in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup opener at Misano, Italy with a double points finish. After climbing 28 places, however, the car #7 Bentley Boys took a drive-through penalty and had to settle for 14“The team did a fantastic job to get a podium this weekend” commented Bentley’s Director of Motorsport Brian Gush. The #8 Continental GT3, of Andy Soucek (ES), Maxime Soulet (BE) and latest Bentley Boy to join the team, Wolfgang Reip (BE), took the car’s second podium of the year so far.After making up five positions in the opening lap, the car #8 team drove flawlessly to take a further 15 points towards the overall championship.In the identical Bentley Team M-Sport sister car, drivers Guy Smith (GB), Vince Abril (MO) and Steven Kane (GB) charged through the pack to make up for their issues in qualifying. The Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Manthey-Racing team finished round one of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Monza without earning points. Bentley Motorsport has continued its strong start to the 2016 Blancpain GT Series race with a third-place finish in Monza, Italy.
The Jaguar team underlined these lap times around the 5.793-km-long track with a fantastic second place in qualifying on Sunday morning, following excellent laps by all three drivers.The Swiss Alex Fontana took to the task of starting the Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar from the front row for the very first time. But the GT3 Jaguar shown already with a great performance in Free Practice on Saturday with third overall and P1 in the Silver Cup ranking. A technical defect in the early stages of the three-hour race made it impossible for the three Porsche works drivers Romain Dumas (France), Frédéric Makowiecki (France) and Dirk Werner (Germany) to compete amongst the … Since its launch in 2011, the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup has established itself as Europe’s most competitive GT3 category. Silverstone Circuit “The next two rounds are in the UK and we hope to continue our podium success from Misano and Monza on our home turf.” The Blancpain GT Series continues in two weeks at Brands Hatch with round two of the Sprint Series Cup. The #8 Continental GT3, of Andy Soucek (ES), Maxime Soulet (BE) and latest Bentley Boy to join the team, Wolfgang Reip (BE), took the car’s second podium of the year so far. After a solid stint, Zaugg had briefly taken the lead before pitting on lap 65 for the final driver change. “Monza isn't the Continental GT3’s strongest track but the Bentley Boys put in consistent lap times and secured us some very valuable championship points. sportscarracingnews.com It shows how professional the team is and how good my team-mates are. Alma Hill, Phil’s widow, and son Derek, will present the trophy and honor America’s first Formula 1 Champion who succumbed to Parkinson’s disease in 2008, at the age of 81. We got our setup right and I got a good start.
I couldn’t be in a better place.”Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Offers Commissioning Experience at London Craft WeekProject Predator – World’s Most Powerful F-Type LaunchedThe #58 650S GT3 of customer team Garage 59 finished P6 in the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Cup at Silverstone to maintain Factory Driver Rob Bell’s Blancpain GT Series title hopes with six rounds remaining.