Friday, August 22, 2008

Mosport Aug. 22 Test Session

3:33 - Checkered flag. they have ended the session because of the disintegrating track. They may give us some additional track time later today to make up for the shortened session.

3:25 pm - Red flag. It looks like the track is starting to disintegrate in Turn 4 - a pot hole at the maximum acceleration point - where the rear tire will be.

3:16 pm - Joerg pits for driver change to Wolf Henzler. Joerg is still P3 in the session.

3:13 pm Johannes is now in the No. 46. He will also need to be push starte
3:11 pm - Lonnie Pechnik is the co-driver in the No. 44 Porsche. He had a flight delay yesterday and will not make today's session. The No. 44 crew may have Johannes drive the No. 44 at the end of the session.

3:05 pm - The No. 46 is back in pit lane. It looks like we will not need to do the repair during the session after all and the car can be jump started.

3:04 pm - Joerg is P3 in the session. Patrick is P 5. Seth is P 8.

3:00 - The No. 46 will have to go behind the wall to repair whatever is keeping it from starting normally. The crew have been push starting it but the officials want it repaired.

2:55 - Green flag, and start of ocmbined session. Prototypes are now on course.

2:50 pm - All three Lizard Porsches are back in the pits. Now that tires are up to speed, the engineers on all three cars are making rapid aero changes, taking advantage of the GT only portion of the session.

2:47 pm - The No. 71 Ferrari is off ourse with a flat tire. Red flag.

2:43 pm - Joerg reports to much understeer on the high speed corners and oversteer in other areas. He pits for a setup adjustment.

2:39 - Patrick is in the pits in the No. 46 for some setup adjustments. Seth is also in the pits in the No. 44.

2:32 pm ET - The No. 45 is in the pits for its install check. Joerg is P2 in the session right now. Patrick is P 5.

2:22 pm ET - Two of the three Lizard Porsches are lined up and ready to go. Joerg is out in the No.45, Seth is in the No. 44. The No. 46 is having some starter or battery issues but is now in pit lane - Patrick will be first out in that car.
This is a GT2 only session for the first 30 mins.

Aug 22 - 2:15 pm ET - Good afternoon from Mosport. We are getting ready for our first official pratice session today. The team has been here testing earlier in the week. Up until today the weather has been gorgeous - low humidity and low 80's. Today it's more humid and hotter in the upper 80s. The report from the engineers and drivers is that the track is very bumpy and abrasive. We have a bit of a head start on our setup but still have a lot of work to do in today's session and tomorrow's two one-hour practice sessions. This is race 8 of the 11 race season. We are in the lead right now in both the team and the drivers championships.

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