Capello and Kristensen on Top in Free Practice
Donington
Park, Friday 13th April 2001: Another
Audi 1-2-3 with a twist in Friday mornings free practice. Rinaldo Capello
and Tom Kristensen led the way by over a second with the Gulf Audi of
Johansson and Smith upsetting the status quo by splitting the two works
cars, pushing Biela and Pirro into third place.
The
Chrysler Oreca of Dalmas and Beretta again proved to be the best of the rest
and was only three tenths behind Johansson and Smith which will probably
have the Audi drivers looking over their shoulders in tomorrows race.
The Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 was fifth, just ahead of the David
Brabham, Jan Magnussen works Panoz.
The
Ascari A410 of Collins and Lupberger was just behind the Westward Racing
Panoz of Cochran and Boss. The
second Ascari of Le Marie, Zwart and Toivenen suffered a series of problems,
which resulted in the car sitting in the garage as the mechanics worked
feverishly for most of the hour long session.
The
two LMP675 cars fought hard to set the fastest time in the class and at the
flag it was the Rowan Racing Pilbeam MP484 of O’Connell and Carway who
took the honours. In the GTS
category the Konrad Team Saleen car of Franz Konrad and Oliver Gavin took
the top spot in 10th place overall.
In the GT class the BMW’s were dominant again with the M3 GTR of
Fredrik Ekblom and Dirk Muller ahead of teammates JJ Lehto and Jorg Muller.
Alex Job Racings Porsche 911 GT3 of Randy Pobst and Christian Menzel
was the nearest car to the BMW’s, just four tenths adrift of Ekblom and
Muller.
Qualifying
for Saturdays race will take place in two half hour sessions on Friday
afternoon. 15:30 sees the GTS
and GT classes take to the track and then the Prototypes get their chance at
16:20.
Donington
Park - FREE PRACTICE – 1 hour
1
LMP900 Capello
/ Kristensen
Audi R8
1:21.004
2
LMP900 Johansson/Smith
Audi R8
+1.024
3
LMP900 Biela/Pirro
Audi R8
+1.227
4
LMP900 Dalmas/Beretta
Chrysler Oreca
+1.339
5
LMP900 Boullion/Redon
Courage C60
+2.838
6
LMP900 Brabham/Magnussen
Panoz LMP07
+3.368
7
LMP900 Cochran/Boss
Panoz LMP2000 +4.018
8
LMP900 Collins/Luperger
Ascari A410
+4.146
9
LMP900 Graf/Salles
Panoz LMP07
+6.313
10
GTS
Konrad/Gavin
Saleen S7R
+8.350
11
LMP675 O’Connell/Carway
Pilbeam MP464
+9.434
12
LMP675 Van
De Poele/de Radigues Reynard 01Q
+10.935
13
GTS
Lambert/McKellar Jnr
Saleen S7R
+11.983
14
GT
Ekblom/Muller
BMW M3 GTR
+13.068
15
GT
Lehto/Muller
BMW M3 GTR
+13.355
16
GT
Pobst/Menzel
Porsche 911 GT3
+13.488
17
GT
Luhr/Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3
+13.659
18
GT
Burgess/Mowlem
Porsche 911 GT3
+16.244
19
GT
Wankum/Foster
Porsche 911 GT3
+17.566
20
GT
Youles/Liddell
Porsche 911 GT3
+17.609
21
GT
Rosa/ Drudi
Porsche 911 GT3
+18.409
22
GT
Masarati/Humphrey
Porsche 911 GT3
+19.014
23
GT
Orti/Villarroel
Porsche 911 GT3
+20.501
24
GT
Hayden/ Earle
Porsche 911 GT3
+20.565
25
GT
Forgeois/Sourd/Chaterlet
Porsche 911 GT3
+21.849
26
LMP900 Le
Marie/Zwart/Toivenen
Ascari A410
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ENDS -
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