News – 14^th April 2001
DONINGTON PARK PIT NOTES #06
European Le Mans Series – Round One 

RACE 

13:38 Car#61 Stop Go penalty – Not enough mechanics in pitlane
13:40 Car#01 – Leading race by 64.741 seconds ahead of Car#07.  These two cars are the only ones on the lead lap.
13:42 GTS battle with car#41 leading car#26 by just 5.589 seconds.
13:43 Car#21 into pits – Driver change (O’Connell) – refuel 4 tyres – back out.
13:43 Car #23 leading the GT class by 17.800 seconds to car#22 and 34 seconds to car#43
13:46 Car#07 Audi R8 – Driver change (Smith) – Refuelled – 4 tyres – back out
13:47 Car#41 into pits – Refuelling – Driver change (Carway) – Back out
13:47 Car#21 – Stop Go penalty - Refueller had visor up when filling the car
13:47 Car#50 – into pits – Driver change (Magnussen) – refuelled and tyres – back out
13:49 Car#51 – into pits – Driver change (Graf) – Refuelled and four tyres
13:51 Car#42 – into pits – fire from exhausts - extinguished
13:51 Car#01 – into pits – driver change (Capello) – Refuelled and four tyres – back out
13:52 Car#26 – into pits – Driver Changed (Gavin) – Refuelled and four tyres – engine problem
13:52 Car#06 Still in the garage – mechanics working on the engine.
13:54 Car#63 – into pits – Driver Change (Forgeois) – Refuelled and four tyres –
13:54 Car#42 – removed from the pitlane – concerns over fire problem
13:56 Car#01 Audi R8 locks wheels at the Melbourne Hairpin
13:56 Car#02 Audi R8 into the pits – Refuelled – back out
13:57 Car#26 Problems starting the car due to alternator belt problem.
14:00 Current Positions – 1/2/7/50/72/51/8/21/41/23/22/60/52/26/61/65/53/69/42/63
14:00 Car#01 still holds fastest lap from lap 4 of 1:22.043
14:01 Car#26 – Back out on track
14:01 Car#06 – Still in pits – mechanics putting the shell back on – team says the car will go back out.