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Muller fastest in Moscow practice

September 16th, 2015 by

Nico Muller emerged from DTM free practice at Moscow Raceway as the pacesetter, finishing on top of an Audi 1-2-3 in the second session.The rookie was third fastest in the first hour long session, before improving on his morning time by more than half a second in the afternoon to set a best of 1m28.993s – the only time below 1m29s.Reigning champion and winner of last year’s race Mike Rockenfeller ended the day second fastest.The Phoenix driver jumped to the top of the second session with a 1m29.080s best 26 minutes in, before improving to a 1m29.007s five minutes from the end, having just been displaced from P1 by Muller.Mattias Ekstrom was in the top three in both sessions, going second fastest in FP1, before a late 1m29.11s lap put him third in FP2.BMW’s Maxime Martin was another late improver in FP2, going fourth fastest on his final flying lap, making him the best non-Audi in the second session.However, the best overall BMW performance of the day was points leader Marco Wittmann. The young German was fastest in the morning session with a 1m29.101s, the third fastest time of the entire day.He couldn’t quite replicate the same pace in the second session, finishing seventh, behind Timo Glock and Miguel Molina.After success on the streets of Nuremberg last time out, Mercedes had a tough day in Moscow.Gary Paffett set the best time for a Mercedes driver across the two sessions with a 1m29.420s in the second session, which left him ninth fastest.In the first session, Pascal Wehrlein was the best-placed Mercedes also in ninth, while Norisring winner Robert Wickens could manage just 18th and 19th across the two sessions.Practice 1 Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps 1.

Aero Wars: The uphill battle NASCAR has gotten itself into

July 25th, 2015 by

The year is 1968.  The racing series:  Formula 1.  Colin Chapman bolts a small front wing and a rear spoiler onto Graham Hill’s Lotus 49.  The result is tremendous.  All Formula 1 teams follow suit in affixing their cars with some kind of aerofoil-shaped device on their cars.  Dubbed “guillotine” wings because….well never mind, let’s … Read the Rest »

Grillo Grabs Zolder Win

June 20th, 2013 by

The seventh week of the iRacing Skip Barber Series headed to Belgium’s Circuit Zolder. Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Belgian Grand Prix ten times from 1975 to 1982 and 1984 and, later, the DTM in 2002 and a Champ Car World Series round in 2007. The field was set for this week’s 4171 strength … Read the Rest »

New Horizons

May 18th, 2012 by

iRacer Joey Hand Tackles the DTM and ALMS in 2012 If it’s good to be busy then it’s safe to say 2012 is already a good year for iRacer Joey Hand.  The 32 year old racer from Sacramento is marrying a full-time ride with BMW in the DTM (aka German Tour Car Series) with a … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Eduardo Prado

June 4th, 2011 by

Given that he hails from Campinas, Brazil, you’d think the catalyst for Eduardo Prado’s entry into the world of sim racing might have been Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet or Emerson Fittipaldi; Tony Kanaan, Cristiano da Matta or Rubens Barrichello; Raul Boesel, Helio Castroneves or Bruno Junqueira  . . . or any number of his countrymen … Read the Rest »