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Hamilton held on to take his 99th career pole despite not improving on his final flying lap, with his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas qualifying down in eighth, on spot ahead of Lando Norris, who lost a time that would have put him third due to a track limits violation. Both Mercedes cars and Verstappen will start the race on the advantageous medium tyres after successfully getting through on the yellow-walled rubber, which offers significantly better durability compared to the softs. Hamilton led the way after the first runs in Q3 with a 1m14.411s, but could not recover time lost in the first sector on his second effort. This meant he did not improve the pole benchmark, despite setting the fastest time in the final sector, but as his rivals did not improve by enough he held on to claim his first pole of the 2021 season. Perez outqualified Verstappen in his second event for Red Bull, ending up just under 0.1s adrift of Hamilton's fastest time. But the Mexican driver … [Read more...] about Emilia Romagna GP: Hamilton beats Perez, Verstappen to pole

The Tickford Racing driver was one of the early pace-setters in the half-hour session, jumping to the top at the 10-minute mark with a 50.969s. He was then shuffled down the orders as others improved, the likes of Chaz Mostert, Jack Le Brocq and Anton De Pasquale all enjoying stints on top. De Pasquale looked to have sealed up top spot with his late effort, only for Waters, who started his last lap just seconds before the flag came out, to pip him by 0.02s. "It's a pretty good start to the weekend," said Waters, who also topped this morning's first session . "In saying that it's only practice and everyone is on different plans. We won't get too carried away, we've got to make the car a bit nicer yet. But a really good start." Shane van Gisbergen ended up third fastest ahead of Le Brocq, while Chaz Mostert was fifth despite being just a tenth off Waters. The Top 10 was separated by just over two-tenths, Mark Winterbottom leading Scott Pye, Will Davison, … [Read more...] about Tasmania Supercars: Waters completes practice sweep

It seems like a mismatch at first glance, but not on the spec sheets. It’s almost always safe to say that the Porsche 911 would beat any wagon in a drag race, right? However, that’s not the case if the latter is an Audi RS4 Avant , which is the fastest vehicle to pick up your kids from a soccer match. We know for a fact that the RS4 Avant beat the BMW M3 CS in a previous drag race, which is quite surprising, by the way. However, we’re talking about the Porsche 911 GTS here – a classic sports car with an outstanding reputation for exemplary driving performance. You might also enjoy these seemingly-mismatched drag races: ⠀ Watch This VW Golf R Drag Race The Entire World ⠀ Watch This Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Drag Race A McLaren 570S Before you place your bets, let’s take a look at each car’s specifications to see if the RS4 Avant is on the shorter end of the stick in this drag race. The RS4 Avant is powered by 2.9-liter twin-turbo … [Read more...] about Audi RS4 Avant Bravely Drag Races Porsche 911 GTS

Performance wagons are the way to go. Just when you thought that the era of performance shooting brakes has ended, Audi launches the RS4 Avant at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. It’s like the messiah of performance wagons, destined to bring back the glory to the most underrated vehicles ever existed. The RS4 Avant is indeed a station wagon, and might look like an ordinary one to the uninitiated. However, for car nuts, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that it packs 450 horses under its hood and a whopping 443 pound-feet of torque. Now, just how fast is this performance wagon in the Green Hell? Well, Sport Auto Magazine took the RS4 Avant on a hot lap in the Nürburgring , and we’re lucky to get a shotgun shot of the exhilarating lap. Hot laps at the Nürburgring: ⠀ Porsche Taycan Spied Being Pushed Hard At The Nurburgring ⠀ Hyundai i30 N Fastback Spied Being Pushed Hard At The Nurburgring Looking at the video, it’s almost impossible … [Read more...] about Hop Inside The Audi RS4 Avant While It Laps The Nürburgring

These test drivers are definitely putting the Sport in SUV. Mercedes-Benz recently debuted its Concept GLB crossover at Auto Shanghai in April, giving us a taste of how the production-spec GLB-Class will look. The automaker followed up that reveal with an announcement that the boxy, compact people mover would actually debut this summer , despite the Concept being brand new. It’s aimed at what’s arguably the most competitive automotive segment in the world right now, and Merc’s speed on getting this to market shows just how eager the automaker is to capture a larger piece of the SUV pie. Officially Revealed: ⠀ 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class Debuts As Compact Seven-Seat SUV ⠀ 2020 Mercedes GLB: Get To Know The 7-Seat SUV Through Videos This 16-minute spy video further demonstrates the accelerated timeframe under which Mercedes engineers are working. Either that or the test drivers in these GLB prototypes are just out to have some fun blitzing … [Read more...] about Mercedes GLB-Class Spied Slaying Tires For 16 Minutes At The ‘Ring