Porsche wins fourth successive N24 race
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, Porsche | 1 Comment »In front of over 230,000 fans it was the Manthey Racing #1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR driven by Timo Bernhard (Germany), Marc Lieb (Germany), Romain Dumas (France) and Marcel Tiemann (Monaco) that won the race. Team boss, Olaf Manthey was a ...
2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race - photo gallery
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race | 1 Comment »Following the pre-race gallery, here are a selection of images from the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race, courtesy of the official race website. All pictures can be viewed as wallpaper sized 2000px super images by click on each image.
Audi R8 LMS 24h Nürburgring info
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi | 1 Comment »To celebrate the debut of the Audi R8 LMS at the Nürburgring 24 hour race here are a couple of press documents for download that answer everything you ever wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask. Audi R8 LMS ...
Audi R8 LMS shows new endurance
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi | 9 Comments »Audi Motorsport went to the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year with high hopes. Four new R8 LMS GT3 category racers were entered with some of the sport's biggest names at the wheel. To subject the new racecars to such ...
N24 trackside report - pt6 (the debrief)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia, Toyota | 4 Comments »It's been a big week for Stu Jones and his mates at Osborne Motorsports. A long haul flight from Sydney to Frankfurt, a massive effort from everyone in the team to prepare, drive and repair the racecar in the 24 ...
Volkswagen Scirocco shows class at Nürburgring
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Volkswagen | 5 Comments »The Volkswagen Motorsport program enjoyed more success at the Nürburgring 24 hour over the weekend with class wins for the Scirocco in the SP3T and AT categories. The #118 petrol powered Scirocco R came home in 15th outright presenting drivers Jimmy ...
2009 N24 Australian update - final placings
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia | 9 Comments »The race is now over and a massive congratulations for all the teams who took part, not just the winners. As you can see in the banner above the Osborne Motorsports Toyota Corolla managed to overcome its transmission issues and ...
#1 Manthey Racing Porsche wins 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, Porsche | 5 Comments »In an amazing result of endurance racing consistency the Manthey Racing team #1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR has won the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race. This is the fourth consecutive win for Olaf Manthey's team. Good weather also helped the ...
2009 N24 Australian update - hour 22
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia | 3 Comments »There's just two hours left to go and all is looking good for the #1 Manthey car. Most of the Aussie teams are holding station since the last update. Although car #170, the BMW M3, has only done two laps in ...
2009 N24 Australian update - hour 20
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia | 1 Comment »The reality of endurance racing has bitten hard for a lot of competitors in the last five hours. As you can see from the banner graphic above the #117 Volkswagen Scirocco R has crashed out after coming over a blind ...
