World Series - Round 7 - Le Mans

WSR Fan · 4 Sep 2008, 18:26 (Ref:2281727)

Just four days after the end of the Nurburgring meeting and the World Series is back in action, this time at Le Mans in France for Round 7 of the championship.

After running a single car at the 'Ring, KTR have returned to normal service by signing Russian driver Sergey Afanasiev to partner Siso Cunill for the remaining three rounds of the year.

Giedo van der Garde currently leads Julien Jousse by 47 points in the standings, and if he scores 15 points more than him this weekend, he will wrap up the title with two rounds still to go.

Here is the weekend schedule:

Saturday 6th September
09:45 - 10:05 - Qualifying (Group A)
10:10 - 10:30 - Qualifying (Group B)
11:20 - 11:35 - Superpole
14:25 - 15:10 - Race 1 (27 laps)

Sunday 7th September
14:55 - 15:40 - Race 2 (27 laps)

And as ever, live timing can be found HERE.

**bella** · 4 Sep 2008, 18:30 (Ref:2281730)

testing times from today nicked from italiaracing:

Quote:

1 - Marco Barba - Draco - 1'25"710
2 - Charles Pic - Tech 1 - 1'25"778
3 - Marco Bonanomi - Comtec - 1'25"865
4 - Bertrand Baguette - Draco - 1'25"942
5 - Salvador Duran - Interwetten - 1'26"048
6 - Alexandre Marsoin - Epsilon - 1'26"061
7 - Giedo Van der Garde - P1 - 1'26"091
8 - Marcos Martinez - Pons - 1'26"101
9 - Esteban Guerrieri - Ultimate/Signature - 1'26"145
10 - Miguel Molina - Prema - 1'26"167
11 - Julien Jousse - Tech 1 - 1'26"198
12 - Fabio Carbone - Ultimate/Signature - 1'26"314
13 - Robert Wickens - Carlin - 1'26"397
14 - Mikhail Aleshin - Carlin - 1'26"548
15 - Fairuz Fauzy - Fortec - 1'26"561
16 - Mario Romancini - Epsilon - 1'26"597
17 - James Walker - Fortec - 1'26"615
18 - Pasquale Di Sabatino - Comtec - 1'26"639
19 - Aleix Alcaraz - Pons - 1'26"733
20 - Alvaro Barba - Prema - 1'27"038
21 - Paolo Nocera - RC - 1'27"226
22 - Claudio Cantelli - RC - 1'27"310
23 - Pippa Mann - P1 - 1'27"342
24 - Pablo Sanchez - Interwetten - 1'27"469
25 - Siso Cunill - KTR - 1'28"116
26 - Sergey Afanasiev - KTR - 1'28"672

edit - and weather forecast for the weekend

WSR Fan · 4 Sep 2008, 18:31 (Ref:2281731)

You beat me to it bella

**bella** · 4 Sep 2008, 19:48 (Ref:2281805)

w00t! bella wins... something

championship might be van der garde's to lose but second place is going to be really interesting.

we've not had a wet race so far this year?

kerrmanningjarv · 4 Sep 2008, 20:21 (Ref:2281843)

Monaco was wet I think... not 100% sure though.

WSR Fan · 4 Sep 2008, 20:33 (Ref:2281859)

Indeed it was, and Charles Pic won the race at the tender age of just 17!

**bella** · 4 Sep 2008, 20:59 (Ref:2281897)

scary...

the weather doesn't look promising for sunday so it could be one of those wet/dry ones. just the sort of thing to throw a random winner in. if there is such a thing in the world series this year!

strider · 5 Sep 2008, 14:25 (Ref:2282340)

Today's collective test times below. It was wet there as it seems to be almost everywhere in Europe. Report here. Impressive showing by Guerrieri to be fastest by half a second.

Code:

Pos Driver               Team                         Time           Laps
 1. Esteban Guerrieri    Ultimate-Signature           1:47.343        16
 2. Miguel Molina        Prema Powerteam              1:47.863 +0.520 18
 3. Charles Pic          Tech 1 Racing                1:47.930 +0.587 16
 4. Giedo Van Der Garde  P1 Motorsport                1:47.954 +0.611 17
 5. James Walker         Fortec Motorsport            1:48.059 +0.716 12
 6. Fabio Carbone        Ultimate-Signature           1:48.320 +0.977 16
 7. Marco Barba          International Draco Racing   1:48.653 +1.310 17
 8. Paolo Maria Nocera   Rc Motorsport                1:48.674 +1.331 17
 9. Pasquale Disabatino  Red Devil Team Comtec        1:48.992 +1.649 13
10. Mikhail Aleshin      Carlin Motorsport            1:49.161 +1.818 14
11. Marco Bonanomi       Red Devil Team Comtec        1:49.353 +2.010 16
12. Robert Wickens       Carlin Motorsport            1:49.364 +2.021 14
13. Pablo Sanchez        Interwetten.Com Racing       1:49.443 +2.100 18
14. Salvador Duran       Interwetten.Com Racing       1:49.448 +2.105 17
15. Alexandre Marsoin    Epsilon-Euskadi              1:49.818 +2.475 15
16. Fairuz Fauzy         Fortec Motorsport            1:50.007 +2.664 12
17. Mario Romancini      Epsilon-Euskadi              1:50.357 +3.014 15
18. Alvaro Barba         Prema Powerteam              1:50.482 +3.139 18
19. Aleix Alcaraz        Pons Racing                  1:50.504 +3.161 16
20. Sergey Afanasiev     Ktr                          1:50.669 +3.326 17
21. Claudio Cantelli     Rc Motorsport                1:50.699 +3.356 15
22. Julien Jousse        Tech 1 Racing                1:50.984 +3.641 13
23. Siso Cunill          Ktr                          1:51.878 +4.535 17
24. Marcos Martinez      Pons Racing                  1:52.100 +4.757  4 
25. Pippa Mann           P1 Motorsport                1:53.965 +6.622 16
26. Bertrand Baguette    International Draco Racing   1:54.721 +7.378  5

**bella** · 5 Sep 2008, 14:26 (Ref:2282341)

there was a second session this afternoon that ended a bit ago but my modem soiled itself and i missed the times - think thats just the morning session.

strider · 5 Sep 2008, 15:59 (Ref:2282381)

Yes, you're right, those were the morning times. Afternoon times below and report here. It seems you can't stop an Ultimate driver from being fastest!

Code:

Pos Driver              Team                        Time            Laps
 1. Fabio Carbone       Ultimate-Signature          1:44.823         16
 2. Mikhail Aleshin     Carlin Motorsport           1:45.533 +0.710  19
 3. Marco Bonanomi      Red Devil Team Comtec       1:45.933 +1.110  19
 4. Charles Pic         Tech 1 Racing               1:45.972 +1.149  8 
 5. Marcos Martinez     Pons Racing                 1:46.023 +1.200  7 
 6. Esteban Guerrieri   Ultimate-Signature          1:46.137 +1.314  12
 7. Giedo Van Der Garde P1 Motorsport               1:46.310 +1.487  22
 8. Miguel Molina       Prema Powerteam             1:46.332 +1.509  20
 9. James Walker        Fortec Motorsport           1:46.385 +1.562  19
10. Bertrand Baguette   International Draco Racing  1:46.590 +1.767  19
11. Salvador Duran      Interwetten.Com Racing      1:46.643 +1.820  18
12. Marco Barba         International Draco Racing  1:46.909 +2.086  20
13. Alexandre Marsoin   Epsilon-Euskadi             1:46.938 +2.115  19
14. Robert Wickens      Carlin Motorsport           1:46.970 +2.147  16
15. Pasquale Disabatino Red Devil Team Comtec       1:47.291 +2.468  17
16. Julien Jousse       Tech 1 Racing               1:47.434 +2.611  19
17. Fairuz Fauzy        Fortec Motorsport           1:47.455 +2.632  16
18. Paolo Maria Nocera  Rc Motorsport               1:47.548 +2.725  18
19. Alvaro Barba        Prema Powerteam             1:48.074 +3.251  20
20. Sergey Afanasiev    Ktr                         1:48.144 +3.321  16
21. Pippa Mann          P1 Motorsport               1:48.269 +3.446  19
22. Mario Romancini     Epsilon-Euskadi             1:48.464 +3.641  18
23. Pablo Sanchez       Interwetten.Com Racing      1:48.499 +3.676  17
24. Aleix Alcaraz       Pons Racing                 1:48.796 +3.973  8 
25. Claudio Cantelli    Rc Motorsport               1:48.958 +4.135  18
26. Siso Cunill         Ktr                         1:48.966 +4.143  18

strider · 6 Sep 2008, 12:01 (Ref:2282805)

The Ultimate domination continues. Fabio Carbone was fastest in the pre-Super Pole qualifying session by a fraction from Giedo van der Garde, but this is how the Super Pole grid looks, with Esteban Guerrieri on pole:

Code:

Pos  Driver           Team                Time
 1.  E.Guerrieri      Ultimate Signature  1:25.124
 2.  G.van der Garde  P1 Motorsport       1:25.309 + 0.185
 3.  Mikhail Aleshin  Carlin Motorsport   1:25.413 + 0.289
 4.  Fabio Carbone    Ultimate Signature  1:25.432 + 0.308
 5.  Robert Wickens   Carlin Motorsport   1:25.581 + 0.457
 6.  Charles Pic      Tech 1 Racing       1:25.707 + 0.583
 7.  James Walker     Fortec Motorsport   1:25.710 + 0.586
 8.  Miguel Molina    Prema Powerteam     1:25.737 + 0.613
 9.  Alvaro Barba     Prema Powerteam     1:25.887 + 0.763
10.  Marco Barba      Draco Racing        1:25.926 + 0.802
11.  A.Marsoin        Epsilon Euskadi     1:26.024 + 0.900
12.  Pablo Sanchez    Interwetten.com     1:26.113 + 0.989

There is the usual reverse grid for today's race with Miguel Molina on pole for that.

**bella** · 6 Sep 2008, 13:13 (Ref:2282829)

excellent win for charles pic from molina and carbone. van der garde didn't complete a single lap? anyone know what went wrong there?

**gomick** · 6 Sep 2008, 20:54 (Ref:2283045)

great win for Charles Pic

- another good drive by Miguel Molina aswell...

strider · 7 Sep 2008, 11:31 (Ref:2283276)

For the sake of completeness, here are the results of yesterday's race:

Code:

Classified:
Pos  Driver            Team                    Time
 1.  Charles Pic       Tech 1 Racing           42:02.538
 2.  Miguel Molina     Prema Powerteam         +   8.229
 3.  Fabio Carbone     Ultimate Signature      +   8.661
 4.  E.Guerrieri       Ultimate Signature      +   9.149
 5.  Marco Bonanomi    Red Devil Team Comtec   +   9.702
 6.  Mikhail Aleshin   Carlin Motorsport       +  10.521
 7.  Salvador Duran    Interwetten.com         +  10.852
 8.  Aleix Alcaraz     Pons Racing             +  17.113
 9.  Julien Jousse     Tech 1 Racing           +  17.323
10.  Marco Barba       Draco Racing            +  17.685
11.  A.Marsoin         Epsilon Euskadi         +  22.269
12.  P.Di Sabatino     Red Devil Team Comtec   +  22.757
13.  Fairuz Fauzy      Fortec Motorsport       +  24.192
14.  Robert Wickens    Carlin Motorsport       +  24.655
15.  Marcos Martinez   Pons Racing             +  40.165
16.  C.Cantelli Jr     RC Motorsport           +  40.651
17.  Sergei Afanasiev  KTR                     +  41.740
18.  Siso Cunill       KTR                     +  3 Laps

Not classified:

     Driver            Team                   Laps
     Alvaro Barba      Prema Powerteam         19
     Pablo Sanchez     Interwetten.com         18
     James Walker      Fortec Motorsport       18
     B.Baguette        Draco Racing            12
     Mario Romancini   Epsilon Euskadi          9
     Paolo Nocera      RC Motorsport            8
     Pippa Mann        P1 Motorsport            2
     G.van der Garde   P1 Motorsport            0

Today's race coming up soon with Esteban on pole. Hope he wins. Sometimes you forget how long it is since guys like him won a race.

wannab-aracer · 7 Sep 2008, 14:41 (Ref:2283399)

Giedo Van der Garde wraps up the title with a win in Race 2 from Fabio Carbone in 2nd and Esteban Guerrieri 3rd

JamesRamone · 7 Sep 2008, 14:44 (Ref:2283403)

Congrats Giedo, What next, GP2 ?

strider · 7 Sep 2008, 15:52 (Ref:2283442)

Report here and results below. Sounds like Guerrieri lost the race off the line, which is not like him at all. Maybe starting from pole was all too much for him.

Code:

Pos  Driver               Team                        Time
 1.  Giedo Van der Garde  P1 Motorsport               40:03.553
 2.  Fabio Carbone        Ultimate-Signature           + 2.048
 3.  Esteban Guerrieri    Ultimate-Signature           + 3.040
 4.  Mikhail Aleshin      Carlin Motorsport            + 11.819
 5.  Miguel Molina        Prema Powerteam              + 17.161
 6.  Charles Pic          Tech 1 Racing                + 17.826
 7.  Salvador Duran       Interwetten.Com Racing       + 18.214
 8.  Marco Barba          International Draco Racing   + 18.496
 9.  James Walker         Fortec Motorsport            + 20.600
10.  Alexandre Marsoin    Epsilon-Euskadi              + 22.628
11.  Marco Bonanomi       Red Devil Team Comtec        + 23.269
12.  Alvaro Barba         Prema Powerteam              + 26.017
13.  Aleix Alcaraz        Pons Racing                  + 28.388
14.  Pasquale Disabatino  Red Devil Team Comtec        + 32.338
15.  Julien Jousse        Tech 1 Racing                + 34.313
16.  Bertrand Baguette    International Draco Racing   + 35.659
17.  Pablo Sanchez        Interwetten.Com Racing       + 38.576
18.  Mario Romancini      Epsilon-Euskadi              + 39.999
19.  Fairuz Fauzy         Fortec Motorsport            + 40.209
20.  Claudio Cantelli     Rc Motorsport                + 44.254
21.  Paolo Maria Nocera   Rc Motorsport                + 46.905
22.  Robert Wickens       Carlin Motorsport            + 49.980
23.  Sergey Afanasiev     Ktr                          + 1:21.706
24.  Marcos Martinez      Pons Racing                  + 1 lap

Retirements:

    Driver                  Team                        Laps
    Pippa Mann              P1 Motorsport               6
    Siso Cunill             Ktr                         0

f-lot · 10 Sep 2008, 13:38 (Ref:2286488)

Quote:

Originally Posted by wannab-aracer

Giedo Van der Garde wraps up the title with a win in
Race 2 from Fabio Carbone in 2nd and Esteban Guerrieri 3rd

No he doesn't (by my calculations), he needs 9 more.
He has a 131 and Carbone 78, and there's still a maximum of 62 points available.

This is all just theory though, Carbone's best weekend so far (Hungary)
earned him 27 points. He would need two such weekends in a row, without
van der Garde scoring any points at all.

wannab-aracer · 17 Sep 2008, 00:12 (Ref:2292189)

Your quite right F-lot .... I missed the phrase "all but" wraps

I would love to see a late charge from Carbone, but then again I would love to win the lottery !

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