'09 LMS Round 1 • Catalunya April 3-5 - Page 4

**Bentley03** · 4 Apr 2009, 13:45 (Ref:2433242)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedblood

That sums it up nicely

Is Nick really aboard the car? If he is then even more

I assume it's Danny.

Speedblood · 4 Apr 2009, 13:45 (Ref:2433243)

While I'd like the 009 to get pole I won't be too upset if the Strakka car gets it

Speedblood · 4 Apr 2009, 13:46 (Ref:2433245)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bentley03

I assume it's Danny.

Probably is, I'm looking at the official LMS timing though.

Ted bennett · 4 Apr 2009, 13:46 (Ref:2433246)

Has it rained at the end of the session ?

Cuttlefish · 4 Apr 2009, 13:48 (Ref:2433247)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedblood

Probably is, I'm looking at the official LMS timing though.

http://www.lemans-series.com/data/co...lts/lmsent.htm

Says its Danny.

Very impressed by both Ginetta Zyteks!

Cuttlefish · 4 Apr 2009, 13:50 (Ref:2433249)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ted bennett

Has it rained at the end of the session ?

It may be! No one's last lap is within 8 seconds of their best. Hard to believe that the entire field would be on an in/out lap.

EDIT: Nevermind, situation normal.

littleman · 4 Apr 2009, 13:53 (Ref:2433253)

What's the best site for Live Timing? I think there's a better one than the LMS version

Cuttlefish · 4 Apr 2009, 13:55 (Ref:2433254)

http://www.lemans-series.com/data/co...lts/lmsent.htm

LMS has two versions, the nice looking one, and the one ^^above^^ with a bit more data. I don't think this one auto-refreshes, however.

littleman · 4 Apr 2009, 13:56 (Ref:2433255)

Many thanks

**FIRE** · 4 Apr 2009, 14:10 (Ref:2433264)

So far the Kolles Audi's very disappointing.

Cuttlefish · 4 Apr 2009, 14:12 (Ref:2433266)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

So far the Kolles Audi's very disappointing.

Yeah, last in P1??

I'm sort of glad though; I didn't want to see Audis dominate every single round.

Congratulations to Strakka and Racing Box for pole!

zac510 · 4 Apr 2009, 14:15 (Ref:2433271)

Nobody was expecting that! (well, except for Bently03

)

FWX · 4 Apr 2009, 14:23 (Ref:2433274)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

So far the Kolles Audi's very disappointing.

After seeing the driver lineups, I didn't anticipate them to challenge the class leaders at all - on pace, anyway.

Cuttlefish · 4 Apr 2009, 14:31 (Ref:2433282)

Pos	#	Class	Team	Car	Time	Interval	Prev
1	23	LMP1	Strakka	Ginetta Zytek	1.32.492	0.000
2	9	LMP1	AMR	Lola Aston Martin	1.32.942	0.450	0.450
3	7	LMP1	AMR	Lola Aston Martin	1.33.532	1.040	0.590
4	16	LMP1	Pescarolo	Pescarolo Judd	1.33.572	1.080	0.040
5	13	LMP1	Speedy Team Sebah	Lola Aston Martin	1.33.724	1.232	0.152
6	15	LMP1	Kolles	Audi R10 TDI	1.34.266	1.774	0.542
7	10	LMP1	Oreca	Oreca AIM	1.34.442	1.950	0.176
8	11	LMP1	Oreca	Oreca AIM	1.34.566	2.074	0.124
9	12	LMP1	Signature Plus	Oreca Judd	1.35.044	2.552	0.478
10	17	LMP1	Pescarolo	Pescarolo Judd	1.35.412	2.920	0.368
11	14	LMP1	Kolles	Audi R10 TDI	1.35.526	3.034	0.114
12	29	LMP2	Racing Box	Lola Judd	1.36.156	3.664	0.630
13	40	LMP2	Quifel ASM	Ginetta Zytek	1.36.172	3.680	0.016
14	33	LMP2	Speedy Team Sebah	Lola Judd	1.36.328	3.836	0.156
15	30	LMP2	Racing Box	Lola Judd	1.37.026	4.534	0.698
16	25	LMP2	RML	Lola Maza	1.37.032	4.540	0.006
17	41	LMP2	GAC	Ginetta Zytek	1.38.018	5.526	0.986
18	39	LMP2	KSM	Lola Mazda	1.39.13	6.638	1.112
19	37	LMP2	WR Salini	WR Zytek	1.39.184	6.692	0.054
20	35	LMP2	OAK Racing	Pescarolo Mazda	1.39.856	7.364	0.672
21	26	LMP2	Bruichladdich Bruneau	Radical AER	1.40.342	7.850	0.486
22	38	LMP2	Pegasus Racing	Courage AER	1.43.426	10.934	3.084
23	55	GT1	IPB Spartak	Lamborghini Murcielago	1.44.446	11.954	1.020
24	42	LMP2	Ranieri Randaccio	Lucchini McLaren	1.45.150	12.658	0.704
25	72	GT1	Alphand Aventures	Corvette C6.R	1.45.928	13.436	0.778
26	50	GT1	Larbre	Saleen S7R	1.46.834	14.342	0.906
27	51	GT1	ARC Bratislava Kaneko	Saleen S7R	1.46.902	14.410	0.068
28	42	LMP2	Q8 Oils Hache	Lucchini Judd	1.47.288	14.796	0.386
29	92	GT2	JMW	Ferrari F430 GT	1.48.606	16.114	1.318
30	84	GT2	Team Modena	Ferrari F430 GT	1.48.666	16.174	0.060
31	76	GT2	Imsa Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	1.48.752	16.260	0.086
32	28	LMP2	Ibanez Racing Service	Courage AER	1.48.836	16.344	0.084
33	77	GT2	Felbermayr Proton	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	1.49.006	16.514	0.170
34	99	GT2	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT	1.49.424	16.932	0.418
35	89	GT2	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GT	1.49.552	17.060	0.128
36	90	GT2	FBR	Ferrari F430 GT	1.49.848	17.356	0.296
37	91	GT2	FBR	Ferrari F430 GT	1.50.164	17.672	0.316
38	85	GT2	Snoras Spyker	Spyker C8 Laviolette	1.50.180	17.688	0.016
39	96	GT2	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT	1.50.368	17.876	0.188
40	87	GT2	Drayson Racing	Aston Martin Vantage	1.50.492	18.000	0.124
41	88	GT2	Felbermayr Proton	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	1.51.368	18.876	0.876
42	81	GT2	Easyrace	Ferrari F430 GT	1.51.470	18.978	0.102

Amazing to me how close all the P1s and GT2s are; very few outliers!

FWX · 4 Apr 2009, 14:33 (Ref:2433284)

Nice to see the WR turn in competitive times.

**FIRE** · 4 Apr 2009, 14:34 (Ref:2433287)

Quote:

Originally Posted by zac510

Nobody was expecting that! (well, except for Bently03

)

So far their re-entry in the F3 Euroseries is also not very successful. In testing they were almost 2 seconds off the pace.

Maybe they concentrate on race pace.

JAG · 4 Apr 2009, 14:46 (Ref:2433298)

So pole is only approximately 1 second slower than the 908's 2008 pole, and 1 second quicker than the 2008 'petrol' pole, impressive.

So much for diesel power, even with the R15 rear wing, though I expect them to be quicker come race day.

It looks like the new chassis/aero is making the difference for the leading cars, what with Kolles and OEECA struggling a touch.

The Badger · 4 Apr 2009, 15:15 (Ref:2433321)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

.So much for diesel power, even with the R15 rear wing, though I expect them to be quicker come race day.

Kölles is not Jöst ..... there lies the problem I think . But I do expect them to get quicker over the year .

JAG · 4 Apr 2009, 15:54 (Ref:2433356)

Neither are they a club set-up, they have Audi support and development parts.

Looking at the times it looks as though they've lost around 2 seconds with the restrictor cut and wing change, the petrol cars have the same '08 restrictors, but the leading cars all have new '09 aero which seems to have overcome, and more, the wing cut.

The P2 cars have also had a restrictor and wing cut on par with the diesel P1's, and similarly have lost 2 seconds.

Stefvh · 4 Apr 2009, 16:38 (Ref:2433395)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

Kölles is not Jöst ..... there lies the problem I think . But I do expect them to get quicker over the year .

Firste time i see Joest written Jöst, you're sure ?

Speed-King · 4 Apr 2009, 17:01 (Ref:2433421)

The man's name is Jöst, the team's name is Joest.

airbusA346 · 4 Apr 2009, 17:07 (Ref:2433427)

The #55 Lambo has been has been sent to the back of the grid.

http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...n-GBGB226GB226

Tom.

TheKimme · 4 Apr 2009, 19:00 (Ref:2433509)

a bit off topic, but does anyone know if the Test session on bugatti circuit in late april is being sent?

AX lover · 4 Apr 2009, 19:10 (Ref:2433514)

Jarek Janis replaced by Benjamin Leuenberger @ Spyker!

Quote:

SNORAS Spyker Squadron driver Tom Coronel will be joined by Benjamin Leuenberger in the 1000 km race tomorrow. Swiss driver Benjamin Leuenberger will replace Jarek Janis after he suffered from an old neck injury. Spyker Squadron team management decided it was better for Jarek not to drive.

This afternoon the team found Alexandre Pesci, Spyker partner and team owner of Swiss Speedy Racing, prepared to use one of his LMP2 drivers to drive the Spyker GT2 car in tomorrow's race. Benjamin drives a Lola LMP2 Coupe this year with Jonny Kane and Xavier Pompidou. The Swiss team will race tomorrow with two drivers.

The team feels very sorry for Jarek, he did do very well this weekend. We are grateful that Alexandre Pesci and Benjamin Leuenberger positively replied to our call for help.

http://www.spykersquadron.com/?pag=71&newsid=616

**FIRE** · 4 Apr 2009, 19:14 (Ref:2433516)

After a season recovering still problems. Doesn't sound good for his future as a racing driver.

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