Hello all Speedhunters fans out there. My fourth attempt to win the 24 Hours at the Green Hell was a real disappointment: even though we were right up amongst the front runners during whole weekend, we failed to finish. I’ll try to point out and describe why it was so difficult this time. At the [...]
Hello Speedhunters fans! It’s been a while since my last blog from the Spa 24 Hours. Well, my season has now finally come to an end. It was supposed to be over after the finale in the Blancpain Endurance Series at Navarra in Spain, but plans changed and I did two more races before the [...]
It was the home stretch… the sun was still barely above the horizon and there were just a short five hours left in one of the most grueling endurance races there is. This was the hero shot: Speedhunters’ very own Edward Sandström, who had traveled all the way from Europe to help the Honda Research West team [...]
I was really excited to cover the 25 Hours Of Thunderhill, as I have heard about the race for years. It is relatively local to me (a seven-hour drive), so I figured this would be the perfect time to see what all the fuss was about. According to the guys who have been coming for years, I [...]
The Spa 24 Hours is one of the most gruelling races on the calendar alongside the Nürburgring 24, and like the ‘Ring is held on one of the world’s legendary circuits. The Belgian WRT team won the race last year by just a lap from Edward Sandström’s BMW Z4; this year Edward switched across to [...]
WRT’s video crew have been hard at work again, and this is their latest clip showcasing the team’s efforts at the Blancpain Endurance Series race at Silverstone last weekend. You get to ride on-board with the WRT Audis during dry practice as they scream round Silverstone in the middle of big packs of GT3 cars, and then during the race the video gives you a great view of just what you *can’t* see from the cockpit of a GT car at speed in the wet.
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Welcome to the second part of my blog from the Nürburgring 24 Hours. In this part I’ll talk through the race weekend itself, starting on the Saturday morning before the Nürburgring 24 Hours. There’s a long time to wait until the 4pm start time, but there’s still plenty to do before the race. Audi held an [...]
Hello again all Speedhunters fans! Yet again I’ve been trying to nail a 24-hour race. It isn’t easy, that’s for sure, but if I compare this year with how I felt in 2010 when I made my first attempt at the legendary Nürburgring 24 Hours, experience can’t be underestimated. I hope you enjoy this summary [...]
The Nürburgring Norschleife is a challenge for one lap, let alone 24 hours, but it’s made even tougher when the pressure is on for qualifying. WRT have released this video of on-board footage from Edward Sandström’s Top 40 qualifying lap in the WRT Audi R8 LMS Ultra on Friday, where he put the car 11th on the grid, just four seconds off pole. That’s four seconds over a 25km lap, after eight and half minutes of the most difficult track on the planet. In some shots the car looks like it’s running at double-speed: the tunnel-like, narrow, sinuous track demands a no-compromise, all-out approach – and luckily that’s how Edward drives, as you can see here. The Audi looks obscenely quick at times, despite the bumps, jumps and turns that constantly try to throw the car off line.
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A new season – and new surroundings. It’s been a long time since my last blog on Speedhunters, but don’t think I have been lying on the sofa since the Dubai 24 Hours back in January! I’ve been busy preparing for the start of the main racing season and also having some fun on frozen [...]
Hello Speedhunters! I hope you’ve had a good holiday season and are looking forward to the new racing year. I've just returned from the Dubai 24 hours and have written up this driver's blog of my time in the UAE. One thing new for this year is that I arrived in Dubai as the reigning [...]
When first asked to help judge the NFS Euro Spokesmodel search, I jumped at the opportunity. In addition to helping out my friends in Team NFS, I was eager to share the experience of a lifetime with the spokesmodel candidates. Along the way, I met a lot of wonderful girls and I have to admit [...]
In part one we introduced some of the principle terms involved in setting up a race car, and then in part two Edward Sandstrom, Team Need For Speed driver in the FIA European GT3 Championship, explained how he goes about finding the optimum set-up and copes with the ever-changing nature of a race car out [...]
In part one of this story, I talked with Team Need For Speed FIA GT3 driver Edward Sandstrom about the complexity of setting up a racing car, including issues like wing angles, suspension, tyres and data analysis. Over the next two parts we'll move on to how Edward and Team Need For Speed then practically apply [...]
Hours are spent between engineers and drivers describing how a racing car feels in pursuit of that perfect set-up, often accompanied by the universal driver language of hand gestures. The most effective wing in the world isn't going to help you if it's at the wrong angle, or if your camber is out by a [...]
