Balance racing weekend ... And the victory of Spengler DTM!
The actuality of international motorsport during the last weekend honors driver quebecois since in Europe, Bruno Spengler leads his Mercedes to victory on the street circuit Norisring in Nuremberg (Germany). For Spengler, it is a success that is gold because it allows him to take first place in the series before the German Martin Tomczyk (Audi).
Spengler was dominant on the circuit load history what the Norisring. Laureate race the year passes, he harvest the pole position before carrying most of the ordeal, interrupted a few laps before term while the rain made visibility zero on the circuit. The teammate Spengler AMG Mercedes, English Jamie Green took the second place in this race that marked the mid-season in the DTM.
Also in Europe, the duel between Audi and Peugeot brands turns into an advantage prototypes french on Imola (Italy). In control of their Peugeot 908 turbodiesel, Sebastien Bourdais and Anthony Davidson have die before their teammates Montagny and Sarrazin. This double Peugeot Audi R18 TDI relegated to the third (crew Fassler / Bernhard) and fourth (McNish / Kristensen) Final places.
Winning the 6 Hours of Imola certainly allows a Peugeot's lead on the classification of the Audi Intercontinental Le Mans Endurance Series, but for many it does not erase the defeat creve-heart of the French brand when 24 Hours of Le Mans last month.
In the world championship FIA GT1 Car, it is Lamborghini has the honor were on the circuit of Navarra, Spain. The German Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli Italian on a Murcielago 670-S, have the opportunity to reap their first win of the season.
In North America, the series NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide occurred on the oval of Daytona for their traditional appointment mid-season. Featured in the series, the Sprint Cup, the scenario of the last Daytona 500 was repeated almost to the same, except that this time it is another Ford driver Trevor Bayne who die for first time. Indeed, David Ragan, who drives one of the powerful Ford Roush-Fenway Racing team has finally clinched his first win in the series, before his teammate Matt Kenseth. The ordeal has ended in confusion when two monster pileups have emaille the last moments of the race.
In the Nationwide Series, it's Joey Logano, the promising young driver Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota), which is required.
Finally, the North American Rally Cup was on last weekend's traditional annual stop in Gaspesie, then what was the argument Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs. Always a very popular event on which the pilot Team Subaru Canada Patrick Richard had to try to break the hegemony of rival Antoine L'Estage (Mitsubishi Team Rockstar). Waste of time, it's a new L'Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard (the sister of Patrick), who won the race with a slim lead of twenty seconds Patrick Richard and co-driver Leanne Junnila. In the overall standings, L'Estage is virtually ensures win another North American title while he also possesses a good lead in the Canadian Championships.
