At no point was it about training for that one flying lap. Driving for the Wright Motorsports customer squad, the amateur racer achieved seventh place after a close qualifying battle.
An incredible result considering an accident during the second free practice on Thursday: Overnight, Wright Motorsports had to have a replacement chassis sent from Cincinnati, some kilometres away, which the team then rebuilt on Friday.
The job was completed shortly before the qualifying session. Canadian Zacharie Robichon planted the No. With a gap of 0. The entire race can be viewed live outside the USA and Canada on www. Live timing is available at scoring. I did my utmost to tap the full potential of the RSR — there was nothing more I could do.
The BMW was simply faster over a lap. Second on the grid is a good starting position for a long ten-hour race. I hope our car will have a better setup for the race. In the hunt for points, I qualified in sixth place. We still have to work on some set-up improvements before the start of the race.
Our team managed to rebuild the car from scratch — a fantastic effort! Wright Motorsports is simply one of the best squads in the paddock. It was important for us to take part in the qualifying. It also served as a shakedown for us for the race. We had to check that everything worked again after the rebuild. My previous experience was limited to a few laps during a rainy practice at night. Under such conditions, twelfth is certainly not bad. Pfaff Motorsports tackles the storied hour race as the overall leaders of the GTD class.
The Canadian squad is now eager to clinch the trophy. The team fields two ca. Since , the Petit Le Mans has taken place annually on the 4.
In addition to the sensational overall victory of , Porsche has notched up a total of 24 class wins. Porsche has achieved many major successes in this series. Among other characteristics, it has a very long straight that allows slipstream duels. You have to cut Turn 3 hard to keep the momentum. Hitting the kerb can damage the car. A race over 10 hours will certainly not be easy for the drivers and their cars.
Corvette Racing will field one mid-engined C8. The two crews will again be joined respectively by Alexander Sims and Nicky Catsburg for the longer races, including Le Mans. Jim Campbell, vice president of performance and motorsport at Chevrolet, said: "This is the most ambitious schedule that Corvette Racing has faced in its nearly 25 years of competition.
R in six and eight-hour events that WEC runs is something still a little unknown to us at Corvette Racing. Corvette Racing has competed at Le Mans, which became part of the WEC on the rebirth of the series in , every year since with the exception of Revised aerodynamics and slightly decreased power will bring it into line with the GT3 cars for which GTD Pro was devised.
The revised C8. R will make its race debut in and will be available to customers; GT3 rules demand that a minimum of 20 cars must be sold in the first two years after homologation.
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