Spent the weekend at Circuit of the Americas, where two major sports car races were being conducted in one day. The first was the IMSA/TUDOR United Sports Car Championship series race, which took place in the morning; it was a 2 hour and 40 minute race and our team (Risi Competizione) took a very respectable …
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2015 LONE STAR GRAND PRIX AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS RISI COMPETIZIONE CAPTURES ANOTHER PODIUM
Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU) Houston, Texas (September 19, 2015)…The No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia team captured its fifth podium finish of the 2015 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in the Lone Star Le Mans race today at Circuit of the …
TIME And SCORING
You can follow the official timing and scoring for the Lone Star Le Mans Grand Prix at scoring.imsa.com
RISI COMPETIZIONE POST-QUALIFYING NOTES 2015 LONE STAR GRAND PRIX AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU) Houston, Texas (September 18, 2015)…The Houston-based Risi Competizione Ferrari team, with qualifying driver Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy), will start from the eighth position in the GTLM class for the Lone Star Le Mans race, the penultimate round in the IMSA TUDOR United …
2015 LONE STAR GRAND PRIX AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS PRE-RACE REPORT
The Official Risi Competizione Pre-Race Media Release. Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU) Houston, Texas (September 16, 2015)…The Houston-based Risi Competizione Ferrari team is thrilled to be back at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) for the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship penultimate round, …
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Setting up The Risi Comp Ferrari 458 For COTA
This post is part of a continuing series by Rick Mayer, Risi Competizione’s Race Engineer. This week, it’s on the challenges and realities of racing at Circuit of the Americas in this weekend’s upcoming Lone Star Grand Prix. Houston, Texas (September 10, 2015)…Rick Mayer, race engineer of the Risi Competizione No. 62 Ferrari 458 …
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String Theory
Press Clippings. It’s U.S. Open time, we’re headed past the quarters and into the Semis and the level of play is rising with every shot. This is when major tennis gets very, very serious. There could not possibly be a better time to point you to one of very best pieces on Tennis (with a capital T), …
The Weekend Concert Series: Queen Live at Wembley Stadium
Editor’s note: A movie biopic of the rockband Queen and its’ legendary lead singer, Freddie Mercury, opens in theaters today. We have not seen the film yet, but we have seen–and featured, some three years ago–their astonishing concert at Wembley Stadium. You may not get a chance to see the film, but you certainly must …
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SONY Puts On A Show
In a move reminiscent of the major new product introductions that Apple started and perfected under Steve Jobs, SONY has just finished a huge new product event at the IFA 2015 Conference in Berlin. The IFA is one of the world’s leading trade shows for consumer electronics and home appliances, and the scheduling–today, one week …
Turn It Down: Apple Music Loses A Top Executive
According to a post on re/code.com , Ian Rogers, former CEO of Beats Music (before it was bought by Apple) and one of the key players behind the launch of the Beats1 streaming service, has left the company. No reason was given, but certainly, the stress in that sector of the music business (i.e. failure to gain …
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