News – 14^th April 2001
DONINGTON PARK PIT NOTES #05
European Le Mans Series – Round One 

RACE 

13:03 Car#08 – into pits – refuelled and tyres
13:03 Car#65 – into pits – refuelled and driver change (Orti)
13:04 Car#02 Audi R8 – into pits with rear tyre punctures – Driver Change (Pirro) – rejoined
Collision with Car#42 caused puncture
13:06 Car#65 – Back onto track
13:07 Car#26 – Saleen – Stop go penalty
13:08 Car#5 – Out of the race with a broken clutch
13:10 Car#63 – into pits – Stop Go penalty – Fireman didn’t have his Balaclava on. 
13:10 Car#60 – into pits – refuelling
13:10 Car#42 BMW – into pits – Driver change Jorg Muller in – Front spoiler missing – refuelled and tyres changed – back out.
13:15 Car#01 leading by 44.683 seconds to Car#07
13:15 Current Positions – 1/7/2/50/72/51/21/6/8/23/41/22/26/52/42/53/61/60/69/63
13:16 JJ Lehto said that Frank Biela hit his car while trying to pass, causing damage to his car.  Lehto not very happy about Biela’s move.
13:17 Car#43 into pits and into the garage
13:18 Car#23 leading GT class with Porsches holding 1-2-3 in the class.
13:20 It has started to rain harder.
13:20 Car#41 leading GTS class 12.971 ahead of car#26
13:20 Car#21 in 7^th the sole survivor in LMP675 class.
13:23 Car#43 – still in garage – changing turbos and all four tyres
13:26 Car#23 – into pits – driver change (Maassan) – refuelled and tyres
13:26 Car#52 – into the pits – driver change (Burgess) – refuelled – rejoined
13:27 Car#06 – into pits – refuelled – left hand side of car damaged – Engine not firing up.
13:28 Car#22 – into pits – driver change (Menzel) fuel and four tyres – rejoined
13:31 Car#69 – into pits – driver change (Foster) – refuelled and four tyres – rejoined
13:32 Car#01 leading the race by 60.924 seconds to car#07
13:32 Current positions – 1/7/2/50/72/51/21/8/41/26/23/22/42/6/52/53/61/60/65/69
13:32 Car#53 – into pits – Driver change (Rosa) – Refuelled and tyres – rejoined
13:34 Car#06 – Still in garage – exhaust removed – Problem with the engine. 
13:34 Car#61 – Driver Change (Masarati) – Refuelled and two rear tyres changed – rejoined
13:35 Car#43 – BMW – still in pits – mechanics working on the car.