European Le Mans Series -- Autodromo Fernanda Pires da Silva

European Le Mans Series
Autodromo Fernanda Pires da Silva / Estoril, Portugal
July 13 - 15, 2001

Pit Notes - Page 2

(All times are local)

11:54 Current Positions after 50 minutes

7 – 72 – 28 – 41 – 26 – 56 – 71 – 66 – 60 – 52 – 77 – 63 – 61 – 65 – 70 – 64 – 74 – 68 – 73

ALL 19 STARTERS ARE STILL RUNNING

12:02 Car 65 (Porsche) into pits - Refuel, Four tyres – Driver Change (Villaroel in / Orti out)
12:05 Car 7 (Audi) into pits – Refuel and four new tyres – Rejoined track.
12:05 Car 72 (Courage) Takes the lead on lap 33
12:05 Car 28 (Debora) into pits – Refuel – Rejoined track
12:08 Car 72 (Courage) leading Car 7 (Audi) by 68.125 seconds on lap 35 but hasn’t stopped yet.
12:08 Car 41 (Saleen) now third overall and just 1.055 seconds behind car 7 (Audi)
12:13 Car 72 (Courage) into pits – Refuel Only – Rejoins track

12:14 Car 60 (Porsche) reported leaking fluid on right hand turns by observers. Team reports that leak is overflow from cooling system and they don’t expect this to cause a problem.

12:17 Car 7 (Audi) leading Car 72 (Courage) by 8.693 seconds on lap 40
12:17 Car 56 (Chrysler) into Pits – Driver Change (Verdon-Roe in / Breyner out) – tyres and refuel – car rejoins track.
12:20 Car 52 (Porsche) into pits – Refuel and tyres – Driver change (Wallinder out / Lister in)
12:21 Car 52 (Porsche) Passenger door fell off as it was about to exit pit lane. Door fixed back on and car rejoins the circuit.

12:24 Positions after 1 hour 20 minutes

7 – 72 – 41 – 28 – 26 – 71 – 66 – 77 – 60 – 70 – 63 – 61 – 56 – 64 – 52 – 65 – 74 – 68 – 73

ALL 19 STARTERS ARE STILL RUNNING

12:25 Car 7 (Audi) leading Car 72 (Courage) by 15.962s on lap 45
12:25 Car 28 (Debora) is 4th overall two laps behind car 7 (Audi)
12:25 GTS Class - Car 41 (Saleen) leading Car 26 (Saleen) by 110.179s on lap 45
12:25 GT Class – Car 71 (Porsche) Leading Car 66 (Porsche) by 15.992s on lap 46, Car 60 (Porsche) 3rd in class 19.551 behind car 71
12:27 Car 68 (Corvette) into pits – Driver Change (Walters in / Bellamy out) – tyres and fuel – Rejoins track
12:30 Car 71 (Porsche) into pits – Driver change (Riccitelli out / Amonin in) – tyres and fuel –
12:32 Car 71 (Porsche) rejoins track.
12:33 Car 63 (Porsche) into pits – Driver Change (Noel out / Schoysman in) – Refuel and tyres - Rejoins
12:34 Car 64 (Porsche) into pits – Driver change (B Hayden out / Earle in) – refuel
12:36 Car 71 – Stop go penalty given for driving over air hose on last pit stop
12:38 Car 64 – Stop go penalty given – Refueller had visor up on stop.
12:38 Car 70 – Into Pits – Driver change (Marques out / Alphand in) – fuel and tyres - rejoins
12:38 Car 60 – Into pits – Driver change (Youles out / Liddell in) – Fuel and tyres – rejoins
12:38 Car 41 (Saleen) into pits – Driver change (Lambert out / McKellar in) – fuel and tyres - Topped up oil and rejoins track
12:39 Car 66 (Porsche) – Into pits – slight damage to rear of car – Driver change (/Pickering in) Fuel and tyres – rejoins.
12:41 Car 71 (Porsche) - into pits -stop go penalty
12:43 Car 77 (Porsche) – Into pits – Driver change (Dumas in) – fuel and tyres – rejoins
12:44 Car 77 (Porsche) – Stop go penalty given for driving over air hose on last stop.
12:44 Car 68 (Corvette) – Into pits – Driver reports a problem with the rear end being loose but no problem found.
12:46 Car 26 (Saleen) – into pits – driver change (Slater in) – tyres and fuel - rejoins
12:50 Car 7 (Audi) leading race by +25.149s to Car 72 (Courage) on lap 62
12:50 Car 74 (Porsche) – Into pits – Driver change (Sheldon in) – tyres and fuel – car stalled but restarted and rejoins.
12:50 Car 61 (Porsche) – Into pits – Driver change (Moss in) – fuel and tyres – rejoins.