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European Le Mans
Series Race at Autodrom Most |
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RACE PITNOTES #01
(All times are local)
13:00 Weather is mainly overcast with broken sunshine, 42% humidity and 28.5 'C air temp (30.5'C ground temp) Cars form behind safety car for 2 warm-up laps
13:02 Green light - Start of Race - All cars safely round first corner
13:04 Top ten positions after 1 lap 7/9/38/28/41/66/60/26/73/65
13:07 Car 7 (Audi) leads car 9 (Panoz) by 3.067seconds
13:11 Car 38 (Reynard) first in LMP675 class leads Car 28 (Debora) by 30.050 seconds
13:12 Car 41 (Saleen) leads GTS class over car 26 (Porsche) by 5 places
13:13 Car 66 (Porsche) leads GT class over car 65 (Porsche) by 1.876 seconds
13:16 Car 65 (Porsche) takes lead in GT class from car 66 (Porsche)
13:23 Car 65 (Porsche) - Into pits with rear left puncture - tyre exploded - new tyre fitted, car rejoins track - Car 66 (Porsche) takes GT lead
13:24 Car 9 (Panoz) driven by Enge makes two attempts to take lead from Lemarié in Car 7 whilst lapping GT cars
13:28 Car 28 (Debora) - Into pits - Front bodywork removed - problem with loose front left wheel, replaced wheel nut - rejoins track
13:32 Top ten positions 7/9/38/28/41/66/73/60/26/67/74
13:36 Car 67(Porsche) - Into pits -Driver (Pickering) suspected a puncture, but not found - Rear tyre pressure adjusted
13:40 After 28 laps - Car 7 (Audi) has increased lead over car 9 (Panoz) to 3.433 seconds
13:40 Car 66 (Porsche) leads GT class over car 73 (Porsche) by 9.635 seconds
13:43 Car 61 (Porsche) - Into pits - Driver change (Masarati in) - Refuel and four new tyres - rejoins track
13:43 Car 26 (Porsche) - Into pits after loosing power, couldn't find the problem - refuel - rejoins track