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- FIA GT1: All-Inkl Lamborghini Pole for Pastorelli and Schwager
- The Audi Stand at Techno Classica in Essen
- FIA GT1: All-Inkl Lamborghini second in today’s pre-qualifying from Abu Dhabi
- Win a Porsche Cayman from Falken Tire
- Videos: Volkswagen’s Golf24 testing at the Nurburgring
- Music Festival road trip with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button
| FIA GT1: All-Inkl Lamborghini Pole for Pastorelli and Schwager Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:50 AM PDT
A night set in at Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi, Nicky Pastorelli nailed a 1:51.668 to take pole and give Lamborghini its first ever in GT1. Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager switched off for the 3 qualifying sessions, with a third in Q1, and first in both Q2/Q3. The no37 All-Inkl Munnich Motorsport Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV ran flawless, leaving the field more than half a second back in the end. The Aston Martin’s were running quite well over the 3 sessions but never managed to best the Lamborghini’s. The team of Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner will start on row one with the no37 All-Inkl car.
Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki will line up third in their #41 Ford Marc VDS with the no7 Aston Martin DB9. Rounding out the Top 5 is the no11 Corvette Z06 of Mike Hezemans and Nicky Catsburg. The Swiss Racing Team could only manage 10th with their newly acquired no14 Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV. With a time of 1:52.907 Karl Wendlinger and Lamborghini veteran Peter Kox were knocked out in Q2.
Nicky Pastorelli #37 All-Inkl.com Muennich Motorsport Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV
Dominik Schwager #37 All-Inkl.com Muennich Motorsport Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV
The first Qualifying Race of 2011 will start at 13:15 (local) – 5:15 AM ET USA. Live streaming here Related posts:
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| The Audi Stand at Techno Classica in Essen Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:15 AM PDT
Audi Tradition is introducing an unusual idea to mark the start of the classic car season. At the Techno Classica in Essen, which opens its doors from March 30 to April 3, the Audi stand will be based on the motto “Attractive Couples”. Audi Tradition’s display at the world’s biggest classic car show will be entitled “Racing Series”, with five competition vehicles representing various chapters of the company’s motorsport history, each of them matched with its series-production equivalent. Techno Classica: More than 160,000 visitors are expected at the world’s largest classic car show, held in Essen, Germany from March 30 to April 3 Once again more than 160,000 classic car enthusiasts, including dealers, collectors and restorers, will come to the “Gruga” exhibition buildings to experience this international classic car show at first hand. Audi Tradition is there too, with a stand in Hall 7. Directly adjacent is the Audi Club International (ACI) display of privately owned rarities that also reflect many aspects of Audi’s history.
Five pairs of vehicles are proudly presented on the Audi Tradition stand, giving rise to several questions: how does a series-production vehicle differ from the competition version? What makes a car or motorcycle faster, lighter or more aerodynamic? What other laws and needs does a vehicle for day-to-day use have to comply with? To cast light on this situation, Audi Tradition has chosen two motorcycles from its NSU and DKW heritage and three cars made by Audi and NSU. Surely the most spectacular exhibit will be the Audi 80 quattro 2.5 DTM. Only a single prototype of this touring car exists, built in 1992/93; its six-cylinder engine develops 388 bhp at the impressive engine speed of 10,500 revolutions per minute. But this car never reached the starting line: after a dispute with the ONS (Germany’s supreme motorsport authority) on how the rules should be interpreted, several manufacturers including Audi withdrew from the race series. This car is being exhibited for the first time outside Ingolstadt, where it has been exhibited in the Audi museum mobile from time to time. It is contrasted here with a 1994 Audi 80 TDI, the fourth generation of what was known internally as the B series. From 1995 onwards this model line was renamed the Audi A4.
The Audi Coupé GT 5E from 1984 is also a B series car. It is contrasted with a new vehicle in the Audi Tradition car collection, the 1981 Audi Coupé GT Group 2 Touring Car entry. When the Motorsport department had just been established, and was heavily involved in rallying with cars featuring the brand new quattro driveline, circuit racing was left largely in the hands of private entrants, who were provided with factory support in European Touring Car championships. The new Audi Coupé GT first appeared on the starting grid in the 1981 season: the 225-bhp competition version was the world’s most powerful front-wheel-drive car at that time. Its overall win in Zolder, driven by Willi Bergmeister and Peter Seikel, was Audi’s first in a European Championship event. The exhibit at the Techno Classica is the actual car driven by Peter Seikel. Last but not least of the Audi “couples” consists of the 1972 NSU 1300 TT competition car that was extremely successful in hillclimbs; its engine developed up to 130 bhp. The other half of this couple is the road version of the NSU 1200 TT, built in the same year, with a power output of 65 bhp. Also on the stand are two further pairs of classic motorcycles: the 1954 NSU Rennfox racing bike on which Rupert Hollaus became world champion, shown alongside a 1951 NSU Fox road model with 4-stroke engine, and a slightly younger DKW RT 175 S, dating from 1956 and built in Ingolstadt, which is paired with a motocross version of the same model. Lovers and collectors of miniature models will also find much to interest them on Audi’s stand in Hall 7. Once again this year, an annual Audi Tradition model has been issued – in orange, the traditional colour. Starting on Thursday March 31, this limited edition of 333 models of the NSU 1000 TT can be purchased at the Techno Classica. Also available: a Piccolo model of a DKW RT 125 motorcycle, also in orange, and also limited to an edition of 333. Related posts:
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| FIA GT1: All-Inkl Lamborghini second in today’s pre-qualifying from Abu Dhabi Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:15 AM PDT
All-Inkl .com Lamborghini’s have been running superb times during the testing and practice sessions. In the second session, Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager pulled up right behind the leading Nissan GT-R that ran a 1:52.777. In a short time, official qualifying will take place. Third fastest was the VDS Ford GT, 0.069 behind. 4th was the sister All-Inkl Lqamborghini of Marc Basseng and Marcus Winkelhock. Qualifying for Round 1 begins at 19:45 (local). Follow us on twitter for updates, live timing here. Related posts:
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| Win a Porsche Cayman from Falken Tire Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PDT
Falken Tire, Porsche and the America Le Mans Series… What more could one ask for? A Porsche Cayman, a Sony home theater or a 32GB iPad 2 could be yours if you enter the Falken Tire Porsche Cayman Giveaway. The sweepstakes is tied to the new AZENIS PT722 A/S ultra-high performance touring tire that launched in early March. Learn how to enter after the jump! Off the track, Team Falken continues to ramp up its marketing efforts in concert with its motorsports program, further positioning the company as the high performance tire choice among enthusiasts. The company has launched a special sweepstakes tied to its new AZENIS PT722 A/S ultra-high performance touring tire, and during the first week of October 2011 – coinciding with the end of the ALMS season – will give away a 2011 Porsche Cayman as the grand prize. “Those interested can ‘Like Us’ on our Facebook fan page and enter the sweepstakes by going to http://on.fb.me/fdxjYG,” stated Andrew Hoit, Falken Director of Marketing. Related posts:
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| Videos: Volkswagen’s Golf24 testing at the Nurburgring Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PDT In the past few days, videos of the Golf24 from the Nurburgring have been showing up on YouTube. We showed you the images when it was announced but now you can! The speed and sound are (a good) hellacious! This thing is serious business and it looks like VW is going for a huge result. The Golf24 is pushing 440hp 2.5L w/ 540tq. More videos after the jump, including a wicked drive-by. Don’t blink! -via @motorious Related posts:
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| Music Festival road trip with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PDT It may be old but it’s damn funny! Jenson Button & Lewis Hamilton head out quite early to a music festival in a 1966 split-window Volkswagen Samba Deluxe! - Read Related posts:
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