thats why Gimmi is world champ, fantastic driving and overtake.
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thats why Gimmi is world champ, fantastic driving and overtake.
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So close Iam eating all my nails right now
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ASTON MARTIN LEADING GTE AM AND IN SECOND IN GTE PRO AT 16 HOURS
Le Mans, 15 June 2014 - After 16 hours of wheel-to-wheel racing in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #97 Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GTE is in second place in the GTE Pro class and the #95 Vantage GTE is leading the GTE Am class.
As the sun came up over the Circuit de la Sarthe, the order of the race had stayed much the same as is had stood at the halfway mark. Each with a new set of brake pads, the Aston Martin Vantage GTEs were reliably pounding around the track and the #95 Young Driver AMR Vantage was still far out in front of the GTE Am pack.
David Heinemeier Hansson (DN) completed an impressive stint in the #95, consistently lapping several seconds faster than his competitors, with only the identical #98 Vantage of Pedro Lamy (PT) matching him on pace. After a long stint in the most physically challenging stage of the race, the Dane handed over to compatriot Kristian Poulsen (DN) who continued the charge as the sun rose.
In the GTE Pro class, Darren Turner (GB) took over from Bruno Senna (BR). Some fantastic wheel-to-wheel action saw the Brit assert himself at the front of the pack before pitting for a brake pad change under a ‘slow zone’ yellow.
Returning to the pack in second place, it was Stefan Mücke’s turn to take over the charge and, as the sun rose, he recorded the fastest GT lap of the race so far, a 3:54.382. With the race leader yet to pit for its brake pad change, the #97 team is ready to regain the race lead.
“The Danish drivers in car #95 have done an impressive job to establish such a lead,” commented Team Principal John Gaw. “They just need to keep doing what they are doing and we will hope that luck stays on our side for the next eight hours.
“The #97 team has done a great job since the start of the race. They have repeatedly taken on the challenge of the Ferrari, Corvettes and Porsches and come out on top.”
The #98 Vantage GTE is 11th place following a detached power steering fluid pipe that needed repairing following a knock to the car. Pedro Lamy (PT), Christoffer Nygaard (DN) and Paul Dalla Lana (CA) have all put in solid stints to close the gap on cars ahead.
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thats fine, Gimmi isnt go let him go. Still got, 5 and half hours left.Originally Posted by fratelliferrari
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You are right but my nerves are getting me
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Yay! Senna being pushed into garage!
IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT - ENZO FERRARI
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oh no #97
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no no no nice to see, but i wanted us to fight to the end. Plus, dont say nothing, as something can/could happen to us.
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Yeah, the fight was brilliant, but victory would be sweet and here, the reliability is really the key, so even if we'll win like that, I'll be happy. Sure, win by fighting to the end would be better though.
IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT - ENZO FERRARI
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victory is what we want. Stilll got my AF Corse team top on, slept in itjust gutted for #97. Looked so strong.
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Super happy for Marc Gene, I hope it ends well.
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Sad that #97 is out now. I really hoped we would beat them on the track instead. Come on AF Corse get it to the end now!
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good to see #97 has left the pits now. Good that we got massive gap now, but liked to of seen it go down to the wire.
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Krohn Racing @KrohnRacing 53s
#KrohnRacing 18-Hour #LM24 Race Report: http://ow.ly/y2AWk @BenCollinsStig @NicJonssonRacer @FIAWEC @24HoursofLeMans
KROHN RACING 18-HOUR RACE REPORT 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
With daylight breaking and the sun rising on the Circuit de la Sarthe just before 6:00 a.m. local time, Krohn Racing held a solid fifth position in the GTE-Am class as they passed the 18-hour mark of the 82nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, who drove a steady pace for his double stint, turned the reigns of the No. 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F458 over to Brit Ben Collins just after the 12-hour mark. Collins was running in third position in the GTE-Am class as the team pitted to change brake discs and pads in the garage. He handed the No. 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F458 over to Nic Jonsson, who resumed the race in sixth place. A full course caution after the 16-hour mark kept him in that position until the he was able to advance after the course went to green flag conditions again.
TRACY W. KROHN, Krohn Racing Team Owner/Driver, No. 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F458 GTLM:
“That was a pretty uneventful stint. The car was well balanced and everybody was behaving pretty well. There was no rain, so it was very pleasant in the car. I had a great time. It’s neat to feel the car that well balanced, so I have a lot of confidence in the car now. I’m getting more seat time as well, so I’m getting quicker, but I was very pleased with the car and the tires. The whole set up was good. We ran the planned fuel laps, so it was pretty uneventful.
It’s hard to see turn in and apex during the night, especially on the Mulsanne, in the kinks and everything. I’m sure I would probably go a little bit faster, but we’re taking a very conservative approach to this race. We’re not doing anything to push the car until we have to, so that’s the plan for now.”
BEN COLLINS, Driver, No. 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F458 GTLM:
“It was a really great stint. That was our first run on the soft tire, for me anyway, and the car was much easier to drive and we ran consistently faster times, which was great. We got up to P4, which is brilliant. I think we’ve been up as far as P2 when Nic was driving. That’s a good place for him to keep pounding away. Hopefully we don’t get into any trouble and we could have a nice result at the end, fingers crossed. It was a fun run; it’s always exciting at night, especially with the battles we were having. The car feels really great and I think we have a good machine to take us to the end.”
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Slept through most of the night as wellvictory is what we want. Stilll got my AF Corse team top on, slept in it
IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT - ENZO FERRARI
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Slept through most of the night as well
was gutted, had couple beers, on empty gut, next thing i know was being woken by Mrs Rob on the sofa
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Just woke up to see a nice surprise...our #51 is on 1st place and leading comfortably.Beautiful , simply fantastic!
Hopefully nothing happens during the remaining 4 hours and the guys bring the win home.
Forza Ferrari & Forza AF Corse!!!
KEEP CALM AND LOVE FERRARI
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AUTOSPORT Live @autosportlive 8s
Lotterer takes another five seconds out of the #20 Porsche in second, bringing the gap between the cars fighting for second down to 2m02s.
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Oh no! Number 1 Audi in trouble!
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Porsche in the lead now.
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what happened? went way for bit and that happens? (had make lil boys milk)
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Seems to be an electrical fault, they did a hard reset out on track and got going again, came in for a pit got sent out went around slowly and has come back in the garage and has been there for 20 mins. Poor old Tom.
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Oh back out now as you can see.
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No. 1 Audi had to stop on track for rebooting the system. They lost under a minute with that. But than they had to change the turbocharger, the same problem they had with No. 2 car. They lost some 15 minutes in the pits.
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Audi had the same problem with #1 like with the other one in the morning. Something with the turbo. According to eurosport germany.
They give the scene, where Alonso was waving the flag, a very strong meaning for a comeback of Ferrari in lmp1
And one of the commentators said following (where I had to laugh out loud): le mans more attractive with competition as F1 as there you have the competition between traditional producers and different technical concepts and not against fizzy drink producers and other marketing gags.
What I didn't know: one of the participant teams choose one team member from a PS2 playstation competition?!
"If I was driving for Red Bull [from 2008] probably I would have more championships, but because they were dominating between 2010 and 2014 probably I would never have driven for Ferrari. I am very happy and very proud to drive for Ferrari, all my time there.
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Yes, IIRC they talked about that last year already.
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This is indeed correct! http://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/academy/2014/
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