Track Day Motor Sports

The 24-hour race at the Nurburgring on 15/16. May is fast approaching: Porsche and its customers, teams use the largest motorsport event in Germany a total of 33 vehicles. With the number one go the defending champions from Team Manthey Racing the race: the Porsche works driver Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb and Manthey pilot Marcel Tiemann pilot of the new, 480-hp 911 GT3 R. your ambitions, the fifth overall victory in retract a result, they have already indicated in the preliminary races before the Eifel marathon.

On the first and second round of the Endurance Championship Nürburgring happened to the yellow-green racer, the finish line first. “The new 911 GT3 R convinced me from the start with his highly predictable handling and reliability,” says Timo Bernhard. “These are precisely the qualities that a long-distance race car must have in order to easily get over the distance and at the end standing on the podium near the top.”

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Mika Hakkinen could come out of retirement back in motor sports. Compared to the ‘ Bild am Sonntag ‘was known of the fin, between competitive every day that he missed that. Hakkinen goes even further: “I’ll be back racing, but I do not know when and where. I only know that I will do it again.” It seems that not
least the comeback Michael Schumacher in Formula 1, the 41-year-old spurred …

Mika Hakkinen left the premier class in 2001 as a double world champion, in 2005, he went into the DTM, and then finally in 2007 to retire. Even a career as a manager in the top racing series held by the “Flying Finn” was possible. After all, he is already supporting a young Formula 3 drivers.
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Jamie Green is ready for 2010: He trained a lot and is learning German – a particular highlight, even before the season: In March, he became a father for the first time.

It is still not officially decided whether Jamie Green 2010 again goes into a “used car” to the start or whether he should get into an actual vehicle – but the Mercedes driver is in any case prepared for the upcoming season. Over Christmas and New Year, the Briton has spent his time relaxing at home and with family and friends. Actually, he wanted to play some golf – there were doing it the quantities of snow, brought the Deep “Daisy” to England, had a stroke through the bill.
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Cold Adventures: Martin Tomczyk is currently participating in the infamous “Fulda Challenge” in northern Canada – driving, perquisites and camping at minus 40 degrees.

In this country there are quite a few who hope that we will soon freed from the icy grip of the low pressure area “Daisy”. But the local temperatures and Wetterbedinungen are nothing compared to what Audi driver Martin Tomczyk is currently experiencing. The Rosenheim takes part in the infamous “Fulda Challenge,” which has now been launched in Canada’s north and up to 19 January last.
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