paulf968
New member
Day 3 and it must be practice & qualifying............
I hope you might have been watching on MOTORS TV or listening on Radio Lemans as well.
Quite a few sessions on track today, up to 5 hours or so BUT we have had issues! In amongst all this we have to get 5 drivers qualified for both day and night driving.
Our second man out in the first session was clipped by a 997 and rendering our car stationary -- a broken rim and steering track rod. Back to the paddock on a flatbed. Time was lost in the repair and the geo had to be re-done.
Then new pads were installed to be bedded in for the race BUT these endurance pads were a tiny bit too thick and when heated were binding. More time lost identifying and correcting the problem.
Finally, in night quali there seemed to be some drivetrain rumbling, then the car became very difficult to handle when accelerating or braking. Checked loads of stuff, sent back out with someone who has driven the car a lot - pronounced undriveable. Broken diff or LSD. We do have a spare diff but it is from a streetcar, so no LSD. Over half the night session was lost and 2 drivers did not get in the car to qualify but a dispensation is expected........... hope so as I am one of them!
Phew! ...... so after all that we have qualified on the grid as 7th out of 10 in our class -- we do have a larger re-fuelling allowance than some cars in our class, because they are faster. This extra fuel should help us run longer between stops (up to 4 hours)- a very good thing in this lark. We plan to do the whole race with 12 stops only and 6 of them will require fuel.
There are a few more issues flying around ....... but an update will be posted when I know more.
I hope you might have been watching on MOTORS TV or listening on Radio Lemans as well.
Quite a few sessions on track today, up to 5 hours or so BUT we have had issues! In amongst all this we have to get 5 drivers qualified for both day and night driving.
Our second man out in the first session was clipped by a 997 and rendering our car stationary -- a broken rim and steering track rod. Back to the paddock on a flatbed. Time was lost in the repair and the geo had to be re-done.
Then new pads were installed to be bedded in for the race BUT these endurance pads were a tiny bit too thick and when heated were binding. More time lost identifying and correcting the problem.
Finally, in night quali there seemed to be some drivetrain rumbling, then the car became very difficult to handle when accelerating or braking. Checked loads of stuff, sent back out with someone who has driven the car a lot - pronounced undriveable. Broken diff or LSD. We do have a spare diff but it is from a streetcar, so no LSD. Over half the night session was lost and 2 drivers did not get in the car to qualify but a dispensation is expected........... hope so as I am one of them!
Phew! ...... so after all that we have qualified on the grid as 7th out of 10 in our class -- we do have a larger re-fuelling allowance than some cars in our class, because they are faster. This extra fuel should help us run longer between stops (up to 4 hours)- a very good thing in this lark. We plan to do the whole race with 12 stops only and 6 of them will require fuel.
There are a few more issues flying around ....... but an update will be posted when I know more.
]
