F1: Vettel again ... NASCAR: Villeneuve "Top 3"!
Of Spain California, via Germany and Ontario, there was something for all tastes in matters of international motorsport tests last weekend.
In Formula 1, German Sebastian Vettel clinched the trace urban Valencia (Spain) its sixth victory of the season in eight Grand Prix. After a Grand Prix full of twists Canada there two weeks, the European Grand Prix in Valencia was annoying to say the least, completely dominant Vettel qualifying then race while in the rear positions have hardly varies. Sebastian Vettel was joined on the podium by Fernando Alonso who managed to take the second place thanks to good strategy for his team (Ferrari), unlike Mark Webber, Vettel's teammate at Red Bull-Renault, which qualifies the second, ends the third race.
After three races and catching enamelled or steering and maneuvering Overtake clumsy were highly critical, Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) fight a very wise race, rallying the arrival fourth, ahead of Massa and the winner of last Grand Prix of Canada, Jenson Button in the second McLaren-Mercedes. Speaking of Mercedes, it was another race to forget for the stable Mercedes GP Nico Rosberg ended painfully seventh, was near a tower Vettel. Michael Schumacher made worse by finishing seventeenth following a collision with the Renault of Vitaly Petrov.
In NASCAR, it was the festival of road course racing! Sprint Cup occurred on the Sonoma, California. The victory went to Kurt Busch (Dodge). In the Nationwide Series, three Canadian drivers have managed the feat to climb into the top six at the finish line. Had it not been for the decision of the NASCAR officials to reclassify the drivers in the order of the penultimate lap following a neutralization in the latter, Ontario's Ron Fellows would also be declared the winner, who has crossed the finish line first.
As for Jacques Villeneuve and Andrew Ranger, they have also done well, scoring the third and final positions sixths. Villeneuve, who was in command of the Team Penske Dodge usually VESTED IN THE 2010 champion Brad Keselowski, fought for victory until the last laps. Ranger him, has had its ups and downs during the ordeal, but he again shines up from the thirtieth up until "Top 6".
Also in NASCAR but in the Canadian Tire Series (NASCAR Canada), the 2010 champion has won at Mosport DJKennington. La Quebecoise Isabelle Tremblay finished eighth.
Finally, the traditional 24 Hours of Nurburgring had also held this weekend. Popular venue par excellence, the event brings together nearly 200 cars and the track used is both track large modern price as the old "Nordschleife" loop over 20 km in the forest. Porsche, Mercedes, Audi and BMW are committed GT cars were very competitive and the hands of their usual professional drivers.
Porsche 911 RSR driven by Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb, Timo Bernhard and Lucas Luhr won, before a BMW M3 GT, three Audi R8 LMS, two Mercedes SLS GT3 and Ferrari 458 Italia.
