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LMS round 5 - Silverstone 1000 kms. 14 september
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Third Free Practice result
01 #96 LMGT2 D Virgo Motorsport BELL Robert /MELO Jamie Ferrari F430 GT
1:54.726
02 #91 LMGT2 M Farnbacher Racing NIELSEN Lars Erik/WERNER Dirk Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:55.043
03 #99 LMGT2 D JMB Racing AUCOTT Ben/DAOUDI Stephane Ferrari F430 GT
1:56.413
04 #95 LMGT2 D James Watt Automotive DANIELS Paul/BAMFORD Peter/GRIFFIN Matt Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:57.092
05 #77 LMGT2 M Team Felbermayr-Proton LIEB Marc/DAVISON Alex Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:58.040
06 #76 LMGT2 M Imsa Performance Matmut NARAC Raymond/LIETZ Richard Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:58.695
07 #85 LMGT2 M Snoras Spyker Squadron CORONEL Tom/KELLENERS Ralf/VASILIEV Alexei Spyker C8 Laviolette
1:58.846
08 #75 LMGT2 M Imsa Performance Matmut BALANDRAS Richard/LECOURT Michel Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:59.847
09 #94 LMGT2 M Speedy Racing Team CHIESA Andrea/LEUENBERGER Benjamin Spyker C8 Laviolette
2:00.023
10 #93 LMGT2 D James Watt Automotive VAN DER MERWE Alan/SUGDEN Tim/OUTZEN MichaelAston Martin Vantage
2:00.308
11 #90 LMGT2 D Farnbacher Racing EHRET Pierre/KAFFER Pierre/BELTOISE Anthony Ferrari F430 GT
2:02.952
12 #88 LMGT2 M Team Felbermayr-Proton RIED Christian/FELBERMAYR HJr/FELBERMAYR HSr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
2:13.245
13 98 LMGT2 D JMB Racing KUTEMANN Peter/BASSO Maurice/GILBERT Julien Ferrari F430 GT
2:13.485
Source: RIS TimingWinning on sunday, selling on monday!
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Qualifying result
01 #96 LMGT2 D Virgo Motorsport BELL Robert/MELO Jamie Ferrari F430 GT
1:48.960
02 #76 LMGT2 M Imsa Performance Matmut NARAC Raymond/LIETZ Richard Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:49.852
03 #91 LMGT2 M Farnbacher Racing NIELSEN Lars Erik/WERNER Dirk Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:50.493
04 #77 LMGT2 M Team Felbermayr-Proton LIEB Marc/DAVISON Alex Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:50.837
05 #99 LMGT2 D JMB Racing AUCOTT Ben/DAOUDI Stephane Ferrari F430 GT
1:51.603
06 #85 LMGT2 M Snoras Spyker Squadron CORONEL Tom/KELLENERS Ralf/VASILIEV Alexei Spyker C8 Laviolette
1:51.686
07 #95 LMGT2 D James Watt Automotive DANIELS Paul/BAMFORD Peter/GRIFFIN Matt Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:52.364
08 #75 LMGT2 M Imsa Performance Matmut BALANDRAS Richard/LECOURT Michel Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:52.436
09 #90 LMGT2 D Farnbacher Racing EHRET Pierre/KAFFER Pierre/BELTOISE Anthony Ferrari F430 GT
1:53.094
10 #94 LMGT2 M Speedy Racing Team CHIESA Andrea/LEUENBERGER Benjamin Spyker C8 Laviolette
1:53.142
11 #88 LMGT2 M Team Felbermayr-Proton RIED Christian/FELBERMAYR HJr/FELBERMAYR HSr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
1:53.562
12 #98 LMGT2 D JMB Racing KUTEMANN Peter/BASSO Maurice/GILBERT Julien Ferrari F430 GT
1:53.931
13 #93 LMGT2 D James Watt Automotive VAN DER MERWE Alan/SUGDEN Tim/OUTZEN MichaelAston Martin Vantage
1:56.550
Source: RIS TimingWinning on sunday, selling on monday!
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Snoras Spyker Squadron Qualifying report
Sat 13 Sep 2008 SNORAS SPYKER SQUADRON SILVERSTONE QUALIFYING
Silverstone, 13 September 2008 - The Spyker Laviolette’s will start from a 6th and 10th position in tomorrow’s ‘Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone’, the last round in this year’s Le Mans Series race season. The weekend started for the Dutch team with two free-practice sessions on Friday. Although the first free practice session was held in dry conditions, the two remaining sessions were completed on a damp track.
The performance and handling of the C8 Laviolette in the wet was great. In the early stages of the second free practice session Tom Coronel, driving the #85 SNORAS Spyker Squadron car, was one of the quickest drivers out on the track. At one point he was faster than many prototypes. Tom joined Squadron regulars Ralf Kelleners and Alexei Vasiliev as Peter Dumbreck races in the Japanese Super GT this weekend.
Although it stopped raining this morning the conditions did not improve a lot and the track was still wet. Most of the cars, including the Spyker’s, went out on wet tires to continue their quest for the best possible race setup. As the track became dryer teams switched to intermediates or slicks and times continued to improve right until the end of the last practice session. Peter van Erp, managing director Spyker Squadron: “In the rain we were one of the teams to beat. We could quickly find a setup that worked well for us. This morning we continued with this softer setup but towards the end of the session, when the track got dryer, this caused our cars to oversteer a bit”.
This afternoon, in the 20 minute GT qualifying session, Andrea Chiesa set the 10th quickest time in the #94 Speedy Racing Team car he shares with Benjamin Leuenberger. Andrea: “Predictions for tomorrow are dry so it is a bit frustrating that we did not have enough time to finalise the setup for the race tomorrow. To get out for qualifying with a car that is not perfectly setup and directly drive on the limit of your skills is tough. Maybe I could have found another second but I did not want to take too much risk”.
Ralf Kelleners qualified the #85 SNORAS Spyker Squadron car. He managed to set the 6th best time in class. “I am happy with today’s qualifying result but for now we have always had a good balance for the race” said Ralf after the race. “This time we had limited practice time due to yesterday’s rain and the setup for tomorrow’s race is not yet perfect. So we will make some changes overnight and I hope that we will have a bit more grip at the rear for the race tomorrow”.
The race will start at 11:20 tomorrow and will be covered live by radiolemans.com and Eurosport.
Source: Spykersquadron.comWinning on sunday, selling on monday!
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After only half an hour the #94 Spyker has had it's first pitstop. Unfortunately it was an unscheduled stop because there was some bodywork damage. It's not clear if it's had contact with another car or with a barrier. The car is being inspected fully to make sure it will be safe. When it made it's pitstop it was in 11th position, laptimes being way slower than the #85 sister car which is in 7th position right now. Let's hope the pitstop will not take too long and that the repairs that have been made will have quicker laptimes as a result!Winning on sunday, selling on monday!
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Race after 1 hour report
After one hour we just had the first pitstop of the #85 Spyker, ralf Kelleners brought it in while in 7th position. It's a fair position, Ralf was quicker than the cars behind him and just not able to get the pace of the number 4, 5 and 6, who are really close together. It was a quick stop from the excellent Squadron pitcrew, gaining about 10 seconds on a couple of other teams! Tom Coronel is only just in the car now, allready setting the fastest laptime of this Spyker, so that looks promising! Meanwhile the #94 is almost 8 laps behind but Andrea Chiesa has bettered the fastest laptime for this car and is now faster on the track than the three cars in front of him. Although it will not gain the 8 laps lost in the pitstop, it is still very important to make the best of it, setting fast laptimes and finish the race!Winning on sunday, selling on monday!
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With the dust settling, this is the situation right now: Because the #85 was not lapped yet by the GT2 class leader, Tom Coronel was able to make the best out of the safety car situation, by closing the gap. Because the #76 is now out of the race, the #85 gained a position and is currently in 6th position in class.Winning on sunday, selling on monday!
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There's more good news: Because of the pick up order of the safety car, all the cars in the GT2 class from 7th position and further back lost a lap! That means that the #85 car, which is in 6th position, was able to make that second pitstop for fuel only, without losing a single position! So now the #85 is still in 6th position but has fuelled up and could therefore have to make one pitstop less than all but one, the #98 Ferrari made a stop as well, of the other competitors.
This could turn out to be a decisive strategic move. Very well done by the Spyker Squadron!Winning on sunday, selling on monday!
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