Marcel Fassler Tag

Just as the floodlights lit up the Bahrian International Circuit, so too did Marcel Fässler this evening, as the Swiss ace set a scorching pace in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro he shares with André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer. Fässler’s time of 1m42.133s was set after thirty minutes of the ninety minute and was never beaten to give a boost to Audi Sport Team Joest as they attempt to chase down the No.17 Porsche for the Drivers’ title. Loic Duval ensured it was a 1-2 for the Ingolstadt marque tonightRead More

Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb split qualifying duties in the No. 18 Porsche 919 Hybrid to best teammates Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard en route to the pole for the Six Hours of Nurburgring. Dumas and Lieb had a two lap average of 1:36.473s, beating the second Porsche 919 Hybrid by a slim 0.069s. Dumas set the fastest outright lap with a 1:36.192s and secured Team Porsche’s continuance perfect pole record for 2015. Led by Oliver Jarvis and Lucas Di Grassi, Audi Sport Team Joest saw the No. 8 AudiRead More

The 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans is entering the final quarter of the race with very little change at the front of the running order. LMP1 Nick Tandy leads in the #19 Porsche over his teammate Mark Webber in the #17 Porsche. The Audi trio of Rene Rast in the 9, Marcel Fassler in the #7 and Oliver Jarvis in the #8 are behind them while Neel Jani is sixth in class in the remaining Porsche. Toyota are much further off the pace as they are six and eightRead More