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agosto 26, 2019 - Porsche Motorsport

Sixth win at round nine for the Porsche GT Team

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The race

At the third to last race of the season, Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain) crossed the finish line in the #porsche #911rsr as the overall winners. Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) finished second driving the number 912 sister car and, thanks to their victories Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, and Canada’s Bowmanville, continue to hold the lead. The winners of the rounds at Sebring and Watkins Glen, Pilet and Tandy, managed to reduce the gap with their third win to eleven points in the drivers’ classification. In the GTLM class, #porsche also holds a clear lead the manufacturers’ classification with 304 points.

In sunny weather and temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius, starting driver Vanthoor stormed into the lead when the red lights were extinguished. Behind him, Tandy outpaced four opponents on the outside of the track and entered the first corner directly behind Vanthoor. Over the 2:40 hours of the race, there was almost always a #porsche #911rsr in the lead. The two identical cars implemented different strategies, which enabled Tandy and Pilet to move to the front of the field. Perfect pit stops during the first caution phase contributed to the success, as did a successful restart when the field was released after a second caution phase shortly before the end of the race. Ultimately, Tandy and Pilet came out on top, repeating their 2015 success on the storied race track in Virginia.

Two 500+hp #porsche 911 GT3 R took up the race in the GTD-class. The Pfaff Motorsports (No. 9) customer squad with Scott Hargrove and Zacharie Robichon (both Canada) secured fourth place. Driving the number 73 car fielded by Park Place Motorsports, #porsche factory driver Patrick Long (USA) and his compatriot Patrick Lindsay finished fifth.

Comments on the race

Steffen Höllwarth (Programme Manager #imsa SportsCar Championship): “I’m incredibly proud of the whole team. What a great team effort. We opted for a good strategy for this circuit, the racetrack suits the #porsche #911rsr perfectly, and our pit stops were again excellent. We were rewarded for this. Now we’ll enjoy and celebrate our double victory. On Monday, we’ll begin the meticulous work for the last two races of the year.”

Patrick Pilet (Porsche #911rsr #911): “What a great race! Nick put in a fabulous start and we kept pushing hard over the whole distance. Our strategy worked. We’re delighted with this outstanding result for #porsche, and we’ll do everything to secure the drivers’ title as well.”

Nick Tandy (Porsche #911rsr #911): “I had a really great start. In the first corner everyone took the inside line. I braked late and managed to make up four positions by taking the outside line. That was the key to success. The car ran beautifully over the entire race weekend and our strategy was super. A great team effort.” 

Earl Bamber (Porsche #911rsr #912): “Everything ran well for us and for #porsche on the whole. Positions one and two is the perfect outcome. In the manufacturer’s classification we only have to start both races to take home overall honours. I’m very pleased with this great result for the team.”

Laurens Vanthoor (Porsche #911rsr #912): “You can’t do better than a one-two result. It’s a fantastic result for the entire squad. Both #porsche #911rsr were consistently fast over the whole weekend. Of course, Earl and I would have preferred to stand at the top of the podium, but one can’t really complain about position two.”

Race result

Overall classification
1. Pilet/Tandy (F/GB), #porsche #911rsr, 88 laps
2. Bamber/Vanthoor (NZ/B), #porsche #911rsr, 88 laps
3. Magnussen/Garcia (DK/E), Corvette C7.R, 88 laps

GTD class
1. Keating/Bleekemolen (USA/NL), Mercedes-AMG GT3, 86 laps
2. Farnbacher/Hindman (D/USA), Acura NSX GT3, 86 laps
3. Potter/Lally (USA/USA), Lamborghini Huracan GT3, 86 laps
4. Hargrove/Robichon (CDN/CDN), #porsche 911 GT3 R, 86 laps
5. Long/Lindsey (USA/USA), #porsche 911 GT3 R, 86 laps

Full results: http://imsa.alkamelsystems.com

The qualifying

Track conditions proved to be difficult at the qualifying for the ninth round of the #imsa WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. With the surface drying up slowly after a rain shower, the #porsche GT Team claimed the first and sixth spot on the starting grid during the 15-minute qualifying. Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) lapped the 5.263 kilometre circuit with the ca. 510 hp #porsche #911rsr in 1:40.630 minutes and secured pole position for the team. Nick Tandy (Great Britain) put the vehicle with starting number 911 on sixth. Vanthoor’s pole position is the fifth for the #porsche GT Team so far this season.

In the closing stages of the qualifying the circuit, which is located near the town of Alton in the US state of Virginia, allowed increasingly fast laps. Vanthoor’s timing proved to be optimal and enabled the Belgian to put in the fastest time with the number 912 vehicle. Tandy was on a fast lap in the sister car when he ran wide on the wet grass and made contact with the tyre stack. The Briton will tackle Sunday’s 2:40 hour race with Patrick Pilet (France) while Vanthoor shares driving duties with Earl Bamber (New Zealand).

Canada’s Zacharie Robichon set a time of 1:45.826 minutes driving a 500+hp #porsche 911 GT3 R in the GTD-class and takes up the race for the Pfaff Motorsports customer team from first place in class. Robichon shares the cockpit with Scott Hargrove (Canada). 

Patrick Lindsey (USA) took the 13th starting place for Park Place Motorsports. The team owner shares the car with #porsche factory driver Patrick Long (USA).

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