Saturday, August 23, 2008

Mosport Aug 23 - Practice Sessions & Qualifying

3:20 pm - Qualifying results: P1 No. 62; P2 No. 87; P3 No. 71; P 4. No. 45; P 5 No. 46. No. 44 is P 10.

3:11 pm ET - The No. 62 just set a new track record in GT2 with a 1:16.911 with Jaime Melo behind the wheel. No. 45 and No. 46 are in the pits. Neiman in the No. 44 is still out.

3:09 pm - No. 87 is P1, No. 62 is P2, No. 71 is P3, No. 45 is P 4, No. 45 is P5. Patrick is pitting in the No. 46 and they will call Wolf back in in a minute. The Top five GT2 cars are withing five tenths of a second of one another.

3:09 pm - The No. 62 and the No. 71 are now out on track. 10 minutes left in the session.

3:07 pm ET - The No. 11 has spun out of Turn 3 but is trying to continue.

3:04 pm - The No. 87 is now P1. No. 62 and the No. 71 tafel racing Ferrari have not gone out yet.

3:03 pm ET - Wolf is P1 in No. 45. Patrick is P2 in the No. 46, Seth is P 8 in the No. 44. They have called Wolf into the pits for a setup change.

3:00 - Green flag on the qualifying session.

2:55 - We are ready for qualifying and the No. 45 with Wolf Henzler at the wheel is getting in line. The No. 46 with Patrick at the wheel is also getting in line. Seth Neiman will qualify the No. 44 and he is also heading out.

2:36 - Race control has notified us that GT2 qualifying will be held at 3:00 to 3:20 pm

2:19 pm - Checkered flag is out on the session due to the asphalt problem. Race control has not yet made a decision about qualifying, which had been scheduled to start at 2:40. We should know shortly.

2:12 pm - Red flag. The track in turn 4 is once again starting to come up. They had repaired it yesterday but with the hot afternoon temperatures it is starting to disintegrate again.

2:11 pm - 19 minutes left in the session. No. 45 is P3; No. 46 P 6, No. 44 P 7.

2:01 pm - Seth Neiman is at the wheel of the No. 44 and had a spin on course, going into some dirt, but continued.

1:54 - Green flag.

1:47 pm ET - Red flag for debris on track.

40 minutes left in the session. Qualifying begins right after this session. Wolf will qualify in the No. 45, Patrick in the No. 46 and Seth in the No. 44. No. 45 now P3. No. 71 P1. No. 62 P 2. No 87 P 4. No 46 P 5. No 44 P 6. The No. 71 set a time of 1:17.230.

1:42 pm ET - No. 45 is P2, No. 45 is P 5, and No. 44 is P6. Joerg is in the No. 45, Johannes in the No. 46 and Lonnie Pechnik in the No. 44.

1:30 pm -ET - AFternoon Practice. Green flag on the session. The No. 45 and No. 44 are out on course. The No. 46 is just leaving the pits.

10:31 pm ET - The No. 12 prototype lost a wheel and is off course in Turn 5. So this will be the end of the session. No. 62 was P1, No. 45 P2, No. 71 P3, No.87 P4, No. 73 P5, and No. 46 P6. No 44 was P 8.

This afternoon's session is 1:30-2:30 pm ET. GT2 qualifying follows immediately after the session from 2:40-3:00.

10:26 am - Green flag. Just under 9 minutes left. Joerg is now in the No. 45; Lonnie in the No. 44 and Patrick in the No. 46.

10:21 am - Still red. They are restacking the tire wall which was pushed back by the incident. Expect green in a few minutes - will probably be about 10 minutes left in the session.

10:09 am - Red flag. The No. 4 Corvette is in the tire wall in turn 2 with a very hard hit. Driver is out of the car and standing. 25 minutes remaining. This should be at least a 4 minute red to remove the car.

10:04 am - One of the Audis spun on course, but continued without incident.

10:00 am ET Melo now P1 in the No. 62. Wolf P2 in the No. 45. Mueller P3 in the No. 71 and Johannes P4 in the No. 46

9:57 am - Wolf has pitted for a setup change. Johannes is also pitting.

9:55 - Wolf reporting a strong understeer when he turns in.

9:47 am - Wolf P1, Jaime Melo in No. 62 is P2. Johannes in the No. 46 is P3. Dirk Mueller in the No. 71 is P4. Seth is P7.

9:42 - Wolf is currently P1. Johannes is P2 and Seth is P 7. There are 11 cars in GT2 here this week at Mosport. Times are fast this morning with the cooler temperatures. Wolf's last lap time of 1:17.925 is close to last year's qualifying time of 1:17.841 (which was a track lap record.)

9:35 am - Green flag. This is a combined session with prototypes and GT. yesterday repairs were done on the track which began to disintegrate in Turn 4. Hopefully these repairs will hold through the race.

Saturday August 23 -
9:30 am ET. Good morning from Mosport. It's a bit cooler this morning with a nice breeze - warm and pleasant weather for today's two practice sessions and qualifying. All three Lizard Porsches will go out this morning for the 1 hour practice session. We have a second practice session this afternoon, immediately followed by qualifying. Wolf is in the No. 45, Johannes in the No. 46 and Seth in the No. 44.

1 comments:

OhioShoreTel said...

WHAT A RACE! WHAT A SEASON!!
From the start of the year you showed Lizards RULE!
Thanks for a great year. Enjoy Laguna Seca.