• Latest
  • Trending
Evans to start fourth while Hartley and Toyota suffer difficult session

Evans to start fourth while Hartley and Toyota suffer difficult session

June 13, 2020
MARC GT UNLEASHED.

MARC GT UNLEASHED.

August 13, 2022
When will we see Lawson full-time in F1?

When will we see Lawson full-time in F1?

August 12, 2022
Greg Murphy giving thumbs up

Four Bathurst legends to race in Supercars support race at Pukekohe

August 11, 2022
Scott McLaughling standing next to championship winning Ford Falcon FG X Supercar

McLaughlin reunited with championship-winning Falcon

August 11, 2022
Bonneville Salt Flats car flooded

Bonneville Salt Flats becomes lake again, cancelling Speed Week

August 10, 2022
Ott Tanak jumping his Hyundai i20 WRC car

Rally New Zealand stages revealed

August 10, 2022
Rodin Cars FZERO front three quarter view render

New Zealand made Rodin Cars FZERO hypercar revealed

August 10, 2022
Scott Dixon holding up hands to show IndyCar wins at Nashville

Watch Scott Dixon be celebrated for making history at Nashville

August 9, 2022
McElrea third in Indy Lights Nashville

McElrea third in Indy Lights Nashville

August 9, 2022
Bamber and Lynn second in DPi class at Road America

Bamber and Lynn second in DPi class at Road America

August 9, 2022
Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia podium with Ryan Wood

Wood claims three Porsche podiums in Queensland

August 8, 2022
Saturday, August 13, 2022
VelocityNews
Classifieds
Subscribe
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Race Series
    • Toyota 86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • Super GT NZ
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Classifieds
    • Classifieds
    • Post Classified
    • Manage your listings
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard
No Result
View All Result
VelocityNews
No Result
View All Result

Evans to start fourth while Hartley and Toyota suffer difficult session

by Zane Shackleton
June 13, 2020
in Esports, International, News
0

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

MARC GT UNLEASHED.

When will we see Lawson full-time in F1?

Jaxon Evans will line up on the second row of the grid for tomorrow’s Virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans after the Porsche Esports team locked out the top four spots in GTE qualifying.

Sharing with factory Porsche driver Matt Campbell and sim-racing aficionado’s Mack Bakkum and Jeremy Bouteloup, the #92 entry would round out a dominant session for the German manufacturer in fourth, narrowly missing out on the front row.

Australian sim-racer Joshua Roberts clocked a best time of 3.46.550 around the 13.6km Circuit de la Sarthe, relegating American teammate Mitchell deJong in the final stages of the 20-minute session.

“That was one of the best laps I’ve ever done,” said Roberts post the session. “I made a few mistakes, particularly in the last chicane. But now I’m on pole, and I even beat my teammate, Mitchell.

“All in all, that was a strong team effort. We’re looking forward to the race tomorrow. Starting on the front row makes it a little easier but it’s not the be-all and end-all in a 24-hour race.”

Bouteloup was given command of the Evans/Campbell machine for qualifying with the Frenchman setting 3.47.965, but he was ultimately pipped to the post by one-tenth as the #88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche driven by Kevin van Dooren stole third position.

“Things went okay in the number 92 Porsche Esports 911 RSR,” said Bouteloup. “I’m not entirely satisfied with my performance although both of my attempts were decent and safe enough for place four. This is just one small part of the job and we’re looking forward to doing most of it tomorrow in the race.”

A total of six Porsche 911 RSRs will start within the top-ten of the 20-strong GTE grid come the start of the twice-around-the-clock classic.

Brendon Hartley and the #8 Toyota Gazoo LMP2 car had a more turbulent evening in the prototype session and will start 17th.

Slovenian rFactor 2 specialist Jernej Simoncic set a 3m23.380s around the simulated circuit to snare pole position for the sole ByKolles entry.

The WRT-backed entry of GT stars Dries Vanthoor and Kelvin van der Linde will line-up alongside the ByKolles machine at the head of the field come tomorrow morning.

The race is scheduled to get underway from 1 am NZT and will be broadcast live on Sky Spot 5.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.

No Result
View All Result
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Race Series
    • Toyota 86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • Super GT NZ
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Classifieds
    • Classifieds
    • Post Classified
    • Manage your listings
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.