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Spa Second Hour
May 6th, 2012
Hancock settled into 5th place, on a drying track. Olivier Pla’s Morgan was just in front of him, until an unscheduled pit stop sent him into the garage for a long break. Sam was lapping extremely quickly, so earned the 4th place. This turned into 1st place, for a short time. Simon Dolan is now [...]
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May 5th, 2012
A clean start for everyone, except the Audis leaving a smoke stream away from the grid. One of the first victims of contact was Greaves. Elton Julian coming in to the pits with a broken rear righthand corner. Fortunately, it was all bodywork, so the team changed the quick release rear end, and sent him [...]
Read MoreSpa Grid
May 5th, 2012
Cars have been on the grid for 50mins, still 25mins of waiting to go. It’s cold and wet, although not raining at the moment. I’ve just seen that the World Series by Renault race has been red flagged. The rain is falling in Spain as well. Karum Chandhok hit the wall on his way to [...]
Read MoreSpa Warm Up
May 5th, 2012
Warm-up? I don’t think so. It’s definitely getting colder and wetter. The track was very slippery, with plenty of cars spinning. Mostly harmless spins, but ADR, Rebellion and one of the Ferraris all made contact with the walls. ADR particularly significant, as pole sitters in LMP2. I’m sure the car will be good enough to [...]
Read MoreSpa Qualifying
May 4th, 2012
Against all odds, the rain stayed away for qualifying. The GTs go first, with their 20mins session. Good to see four of the ASM team working with AF Corse, taking 2nd in class, with their Ferrari. Prototypes follow, and it doesn’t take long for them to hog the top of the timesheets. The four Audis, [...]
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