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2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge
The 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the first season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured three rounds — after the cancellation of the 6 Hours of the Americas - starting with Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 7 February and the season concluded with the Sepang 12 Hours on 10 December. Calendar On 29 January it was announced that the 6 Hours of the Americas would be cancelled with the official reason a lack of entrants. The test days of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup were only four days after the event, so the European teams would be cutting it close for both events. Instead, the organizers postponed the race for a year, but there were no plans to run the race. Entry list Intercontinental GT Challenge entries Am Drivers entries It is unknown which drivers competed for the Am Drivers' championship at Round 1 at Bathurst, besides those who scored points. No drivers entered for the Am Drivers' championship at Round 3 at Sepang. Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No 59 Tekno Autosport McLaren 650S GT3
No or NO may refer to: Linguistics and symbols * ''Yes'' and ''no'', responses * No, an English determiner in noun phrases * No (kana) (, ), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol (🚫), the general prohibition sign * Numero sign ( or No.), a typographic symbol for the word "number" * Norwegian language (ISO 639-1 code "no") Places * Niederösterreich (''NÖ''), Lower Austria * Norway (ISO 3166-1 country code NO, internet top level domain .no) * No, Denmark, a village in Denmark * Nō, Niigata, a former town in Japan * No Creek (other), several streams * Lake No, in South Sudan * New Orleans, Louisiana, US or its professional sports teams: ** New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ** New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association * Province of Novara (Piedmonte, Italy), province code NO Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''No'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chilean film * ''Nô'' (film), a 1998 Canadian film * Julius No, the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 24 Hours Of Spa
The 2016 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 69th running of the Spa 24 Hours. It was also the fourth round of the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 30 and 31 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. The race was won by ROWE Racing and drivers Philipp Eng, Maxime Martin and Alexander Sims. The trio's No. 99 BMW M6 GT3 finished just shy of two minutes clear of AKKA ASP and their No. 88 Mercedes-AMG GT3, driven by Felix Rosenqvist, Tristan Vautier and Renger van der Zande. Completing the podium in third place was the No. 28 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS of Nico Müller, René Rast and Laurens Vanthoor, five seconds behind second place. Race result References {{reflist Spa 24 Hours Spa Spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Rast
René Rast (; born 26 October 1986) is a Germans, German professional racing driver and the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2017, 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2019 and 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2020 DTM champion. He last competed in Formula E. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa, 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring and two class wins at the 2012 and 2016 24 Hours of Daytona. Career After competing in karting and Formula BMW, Rast won the 2005 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup, ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup and was runner-up at the 2006 Seat León Supercopa Germany. In 2007, he switched to sports car racing, where he won Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2008 and 2012, and Porsche Supercup and claimed three championships from 2010 to 2012. Rast also competed at the ADAC GT Masters from 2010 to 2014, winning the title in his last year. He ran the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring with a Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Rast won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Müller
Nico Sebastian Müller (born 25 February 1992) is a Swiss people, Swiss professional Auto racing, racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Andretti Global, Andretti Formula E. Career Karting Müller began his karting career in 2004 and the following year, Müller finished sixth in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland Intercontinental A, ICA Junior class. He improved to third place in the same competition in 2006 and also finished as runner-up in the Swiss Junior Championship. In 2007, he won the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland KF3 class, winning the title by a single point, and took fifth place in the Swiss KF3 championship. Formula Renault 2.0 In 2008 Formula Renault seasons, 2008, Müller stepped up to open wheel car, single-seaters, racing in his native Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse, Formula Renault series for Jenzer Motorsport. In his first year in the category, he finished fifth, taking a victory at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps along with two other podium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Vervisch
Frédéric Vervisch ( ; born 10 August 1986 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian racing driver who currently races in the GT World Challenge Europe. Career Early career A winner of numerous karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ... championships, Vervisch moved to auto racing in 2003 making a single start in the Formula Three French Cup and immediately won upon his debut. Following that initial success, he participated in the entire 2004 Formula Three French Cup championship and finished runner-up. Formula Renault In 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, 2005 Vervisch moved to the World Series by Renault, Formula Renault 3.5 series, participating with GD Racing in 4 rounds with a best result of 12th in Circuit Zolder, Zolder in a race won by Robert Kubica. The season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dries Vanthoor
Dries Vanthoor (born 20 April 1998 in Heusden-Zolder) is a racing driver from Belgium who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with BMW M Team WRT. In his previous role as an Audi factory driver, Vanthoor amassed multiple accolades, winning the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hours and 2019 24 Hours of Nürburgring, as well as taking three consecutive titles in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup from 2020 to 2022 alongside Charles Weerts. He is the younger brother of Laurens Vanthoor, a Porsche factory driver. Early career Vanthoor began his career in karting, a discipline he remained in until 2014. In 2015, the Belgian stepped up to junior formula, driving in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup as part of Josef Kaufmann Racing. With a win at Assen and a third place at the Nürburgring, Vanthoor ended up sixth in the standings. GT career (2016–23) 2016 For the 2016 season, Vanthoor switched to sportscar racing, where he would perform double dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Stevens
William Jonathan Richard Stevens (born 28 June 1991) is a British racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota Sport, Jota. Stevens competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Stevens won the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Jota. Stevens formerly competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup, Toyota Racing Series and British Formula Renault. In Formula One, he made his debut at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Caterham F1, Caterham, replacing Marcus Ericsson for the double points race. During , he competed with Marussia F1, Marussia. In 2016, he competed in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series, Blancpain GT Series and the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship (LMP2) while in 2017, Stevens continues to race for W Racing Team, Belgian Audi Club Team WRT racing an Audi R8 (road car)#Audi R8 LMS ultra, Audi R8 LMS in the Blancpain GT Series’ Sprint and En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audi R8
The Audi R8 is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car, which uses Audi's trademark quattro permanent all-wheel drive system. It was introduced by the German car manufacturer Audi AG in 2006. Production ended in the first quarter of 2024. The car is exclusively designed, developed, and manufactured by Audi AG's private subsidiary company manufacturing high performance automotive parts, Audi Sport GmbH (formerly quattro GmbH), and is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and presently the Huracán platform. The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the ''Audi Space Frame'', and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built using space frame principles. The car is built by Audi Sport GmbH in a newly renovated factory at Audi's 'aluminium site' at Neckarsulm in Germany. At the time it was introduced in 2006, the R8 became the first production car with full- LED headlamps. First generation (2006; Type 42) The Audi R8, based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car (designed by Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W Racing Team
W Racing Team (known as Team WRT) is a Belgian auto racing team founded in 2009 by engineer and former head of Volkswagen Motorsport René Verbist, racing driver Vincent Vosse, and entrepreneur Yves Weerts. Between 2010 and 2022 the team campaigned Audi R8 LMSs in several international sports car series. In 2010 the team won the Belcar Drivers' and Teams' Championships, while in 2011 they won the Spa 24 Hours. After winning multiple titles in various GT championships, WRT is considered to be one of the best teams worldwide in GT racing. In 2019 and 2020 WRT ran two Audi RS5 Turbo DTMs in the highly competitive DTM championship. In 2021 WRT added a full time LMP2 program, by entering an Oreca 07 in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series, and won the LMP2 class of the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. From 2023 on WRT switched their partnership in GT racing from Audi to BMW and will run the BMW M4 GT3. The team will also run two factory backed BMW M Hybr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audi
Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide. The origins of the company are complex, dating back to the early 20th century and the initial enterprises ( Horch and the ''Audiwerke'') founded by engineer August Horch. Two other manufacturers ( DKW and Wanderer) also contributed to the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The modern Audi era began in the 1960s, when Auto Union was acquired by Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz. After relaunching the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction of the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, thus creating the present-day form of the company. The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. , meaning 'listen', becomes in Latin. The four rings of the Audi logo each represent one of four car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Ratel Organisation
SRO Motorsports Group (formerly the Stéphane Ratel Organisation) is an international sporting organisation best known for promoting and running a variety of racing events and series, including the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, Intercontinental GT Challenge and Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe. The company was founded in 1995 by Stéphane Ratel and is now considered the global leader in GT racing. SRO also organises the multi-disciplinary FIA Motorsport Games, as well as e-sports events and touring car categories. As of 2020 it keeps offices in London, Paris, Liège and Hong Kong, while Ratel continues to act as CEO. Current series Intercontinental GT Challenge Intercontinental GT Challenge was launched in 2016 to bring together major events, such as the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa and the Bathurst 12 Hour, in a unified global championship. The series is aimed at manufacturers, though rather than field their own cars they are encouraged to appoint and support local teams in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Sepang 12 Hours
The 2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours was the seventeenth Sepang 12 Hours race held on Sepang International Circuit on 10 December 2016. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GTC-spec cars, GT4 (Supersport)-spec cars, MARC cars and touring cars. This was the second Sepang 12 Hours race organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The race was also the third and final round of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge. The race was won by the Audi R8 LMS run by Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Driven by Robin Frijns, Christopher Haase and Laurens Vanthoor. The race victory saw Vanthoor win the inaugural drivers championship. Supported by third-placed teammates Pierre Kaffer, René Rast and Markus Winkelhock, Audi won the manufacturers championship. Report Paid Practice sessions Free Practice sessions Qualifying Race Event format Race results Class winners in bold. See also * Sepang 12 Hours *Sepang International Circuit References External links *{{official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
