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Silverstone LMS Qualifying |
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Saturday, 13 September 2008 |
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Saturday morning saw sunshine pushing
through the clouds, but with a rain soaked circuit, the third and final
practice was going to be a tricky affair.
As early as lap two, the Peugeot of
Pedro Lamy brought out a red flag as he went off damaging the rear of
his car.
A good sized crowd was already on hand
with a number of Corvette fans clearly visible. |
The Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette
headed the time sheets for much of the session, but in the dying
minutes, with a dry line finally coming through the greasy circuit,
the Aston of Team Modena and then the IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini
improved on the Corvette's time.
The 72 C6-R fought back hard, but another red flag brought the session to a premature end
without a restart. Game over.
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On to qualifying and with only a
short 20 minute window, the track was surprisingly almost empty for
almost half the session. Only the Strakka Racing Aston with Darren
Turner was pounding round. The three main contenders finally took to
the track, but Guillaume Moreau pitted without a flying lap and
lost further time while the car was worked on in the pits. It rejoined
the circuit with under 5 minutes to go.
The Lamborghini with Peter Kox at the
wheel was by now putting in some quick times and headed the field with
a 1.45.327. The first flying lap for Thomas Enge was not enough, a
1.45.899, while the C6-R also fell short with a 1.45.987 on it's first
flying lap, to place it third.
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Both the 59 Aston and Corvette
suffered with traffic for the remaining two laps, leaving Peter Kox
"Surprised but delighted!" to gain the first pole position
for the IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini.
Thomas Enge confirmed they will push as
hard a possible for the Aston win, while the Corvette only has to
finish to claim the GT1 crown, so everything points to a cautious race
for the Luc Alphand Aventures team.
The question now is, can the Corvette
stay out of trouble and can the Lamborghini upset the apple cart by
taking their maiden win? Just six hours on track or 1000klm lye
between us and the answer.
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