News – 14^th April 2001
DONINGTON PARK PIT NOTES #07
European Le Mans Series – Round One 

RACE 

14:00 Car#08 – Into pits – Driver change (Boss) – refuelled and back out
14:00 Car#42 BMW – Back onto the track after the fire
14:04 Car#01 – Only car on lead lap after lapping Car#02
14:05 Car#43 – BMW – refuelled and rejoined track – problem with ignition, fuel pump changed.
14:06 Car#07 passes Car#02 at Melbourne Hairpin in a daring move, diving on the inside as Car#02 ran wide on the exit.
14:08 Car#07 catching Car#01 in an attempt to get back on the lead lap.
14:10 Car#50 off in the gravel at McLeans – Towed out of the gravel 
14:13 Car#23 still leading GT class by 16.213 from Car#22.  Car#60 in third 55 seconds behind Car#22.
14:15 Current Positions 1/7/2/72/51/50/8/21/4/23/22/60/52/65/61/26/53/69/42/63
14:15 Car#65 into pits –  Fuel, two left tyres changed, driver changed (Villarroel)
14:15 Car#52 – into pits – Fuel and four tyres
14:15 Car#06 – Back out on the track
14:16 Car#50 Lost braking and went into the gravel.  Towed back to pits and team are attempting to fix the car.
14:18 Car#51 off in the gravel at Coppice
14:18 Car#65 Stop Go penalty
14:19 Car#60 – into pits – Refuelled, left rear tyre changed
14:21 Car#51 – back into the pits – Refuelled and four tyres – Gravel spilling out of the car.
14:22 Car#63 – Spin at the end of the pitlane – rejoins the track.
14:22 Car#50 and Car#51 – rejoin the track
14:25 Car#01 leading after Lap 96 by over 1 lap.  Car#07 has dropped back to 12.583 seconds behind, one lap down.
14:25 Car#07 is 9.053 seconds ahead of Car#02 (Pirro)
14:25 Car#72 is lying in 4^th place 3 lap s down with Car#8 the lead Panoz 8 laps down.
14:26 Car#41 leads the GTS class six laps ahead of Car#26
14:26 Car#21 is the only LMP675 car still running 8 laps behind the leader in 6^th place
14:26 Car#23 continues to lead the GT class, 5.075 seconds ahead of teammate Car#22.
14:29 Car#42 into pits – engine check – Muller out of the car.
14:29 Car#43 into pits – refuelled – 
14:30  - Current Positons – 1/7/2/72/8/21/51/41/50/23/22/60/26/52/53/61/65/42/63
14:31 Car#50 into pits – front wheels off – looking at brake disks.  They have a brake problem on left hand side of the car.