First won the defending world champion Michael Christensen, a WORLD-cup race, while he slept in the plane on the way from Shanghai to San Francisco.
Now, the Danish Porsche-running three months later lost the WORLD cup victory, while he was in training camp during warmer climes.
the FIA’s International Court of Appeal has nullified the disqualification of the Ferrari duo, James Caledo, Uk, and Alessandro Pier Guidi, Italy and given the anglo/Italian duo the victory back in the GTE Pro class in the case, which was about a few millimeters.
After being hailed as winners in Shanghai took the commissioners three hours later out to the left side on the vinderbilen did not meet the requirement that there must be a distance of 50 millimeters to five centimeters – to the asphalt.
Three months later, the court of appeal accepted Ferrari’s explanation that there had been an injury along the way in six hours the long run.
With the denial of the victory of Michael Christensen and his French partner, Kevin Esters lost seven WORLD cup pointog smoked behind in titelforsvaret.
James Caledo and Alessandro Pier Guedi has instead taken over the space that førsteudfordrere to the former world champions, Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen, Aston Martin.
Before the next WORLD cup race on Sunday in Austin, Texas, the Danish duo a lead of 15 points, while Michael Christensen and Kevin Esters are dumped from a second-place finish as a no. five, 19 points after the leading ‘danskerbil’.
The three mentioned will be in the GTE Pro class in Texas have the company of veteran Jan Magnussen in the Corvette, while the new Danish Ferrari driver Nicklas Nielsen remains is lent to the GTE Am class, where he, incidentally, is located on a shared first place.
In the same class is David Heinemeier Hansson to start a Porsche, just as the Danish WORLD cup team, High Class Racing, with among others, Anders Fjordbach is in the LMP2-class.
While the season’s first Nascar race, the Daytona 500, which was supposed to be run yesterday, was postponed to tonight Danish time due to heavy rain, was in to follow the latest advisories from the Texas not be a risk that the weather will tease, when the WORLD championship for sports cars, starting a small US tour.
After Austin, the next month run in Sebring, before the WORLD championships-the series ends with the first Spa, Belgium and then the big finale in the 24-hour race in Le Mans.
The former world champions Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen of Aston Martin is on the way towards a new WORLD title in the GTE Pro class (Foto: Jan Sommer)
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