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Imola LMS Hour 1
July 3rd, 2011
All action, but relatively few incidents. A wonderful noise, when the 49 cars left the grid. As expected, the four diesel cars are putting on a great show at the front. Kraihamer, in the Boutsen car, had a messy first stint, with a couple of offs. He almost collected a couple of P2 cars (including [...]
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July 3rd, 2011
Twenty minutes of systems checks etc. Plenty of potential for problems, but fortunately all went well for the Zytek teams. Lombard for Greaves, and Piccini for MIK were quick initially, but ended up down the list, as driver changes were more important than ultimate lap time. TDS, Boutsen and Signatech were the quickest in P2. [...]
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July 2nd, 2011
All dry and sunny, here in Imola. No issues with the teams, so all good. We had a bit of entertainment during the break. We heard a crash outside, only to find a chap lying on the floor, wrapped around an electric bike, still talking on the phone. I don’t think he was calling for [...]
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July 2nd, 2011
A frustrating drive in, again, this morning. We drive in from Bologna each day, and there always seems to be traffic. Finally got to track at 8am. More rain overnight, meant a wet track this morning. Times constantly falling, with plenty of people having a go at topping the timesheets, including Olivier Lombard in the [...]
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July 2nd, 2011
Hi Everyone, It’s time to catch up with what’s going on. We’re at Imola, in Italy, for the 3rd round of the Le Mans Series (which ironically doesn’t include the Le Mans 24 hour race). This is also a part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (which does include the 24 hour race). This means [...]
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