With two hours to go in the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours, third round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, it’s still all Audi at the front. After a third safety car intervention brought the leaders back together at the end of the fifth hour, the top-5 is still on the lead lap.
15 October 2017
A safety car intervention just before the halfway mark of the inaugural edition of the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours meant that the advantage of the leading #29 Audi Sport Team Land R8 was reduced to naught. The #44 Audi Sport Team Magnus R8 is still in second, with the #11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT R8 making it a Audi 1-2-3.
15 October 2017
On October 15th 2013, Sean Edwards, who won the first-ever FIA GT3 European Championship in 2006, was tragically killed in a coaching accident. Since then, the SRO Motorsports Group has worked with Sean’s mother, Daphne, and with the Sean Edwards Foundation she has set up in his memory, to work towards better safety for drivers.
15 October 2017
The opening two hours of the inaugural Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours were dominated by the #29 Audi Sport Team Land R8. Christopher Mies was at the wheel at the start of the race, and because of an early safety car-intervention, it took him some laps to create a comfortable gap. After two hours of racing they now have an 11 second advantage.
14 October 2017
Christopher Haase (#29 Audi Sport Team Land R8) confirmed the speed of his car by taking pole position for the inaugural Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours, by lapping the Laguna Seca Circuit in 1’23.961. He beat Markus Winkelhock (#44 Audi Sport Team Magnus R8) by less than two tenths of a second. The top eight cars were separated by less than a second.
14 October 2017
Ten of the contenders for the Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers’ title are competing in the California 8 Hours at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. We climbed the Laguna Seca hills to the iconic Corkscrew sign for this commemorative picture. Qualifying starts at 10.45 local time!
14 October 2017
Dutch drivers Peter Kox (#43 RealTime Racing Acura) and Jeroen Bleekemolen (#54 Black Swan Racing Porsche) topped the timing sheets after the 45-minute qualifying session for the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours. The top-15 goes through to the Pole Shootout later this afternoon.
14 October 2017
At the end of the hour-long pre-qualifying session for the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours four different manufacturers were represented in the top-4, with nine cars within the same second. Quickest of the session was the #29 Audi Sport Team Land R8.
13 October 2017
Sunny conditions over the Laguna Seca circuit on Friday morning, for the Free Practice session for the inaugural Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours. After 90 minutes of track action the #29 Audi Sport Team Land R8 topped the timing sheets, heading an Audi 1-2-3.
