The weekend of the 18th and 19th September took place the 5th race of the European endurance championship (European Le Mans Series) and the 4th race of the Michelin Le Mans Cup.
In the Michelin Le Mans Cup, our D08 had good performances. They were 2 D08 on the 2 first row. During the race, there were many incidents. 2 DO8 have given up. But the race ended very well with WTM on the podium!
In European Le Mans Series, it was a perfect weekend for DKR Engineering : pole position, track record and win!
Unfortunatly for Racing Experience a crash in Raidillon forced them to DNF. We're happy to say you that David Hauser is okay. We wish him a good recovery.
Another win for DKR Engineering
DKR ENGINEERING : 4 POLE POSITION 3 WIN IN A ROW AND THE TRACK RECORD
Perfect Weekend for DKR. Mathieu De Barbuat and Laurents Horr set the pole position on Saturday and win again on Sunday. Moreover the german driver done the track record in 2.11.580 during the qualifying.
RACING EXPERIENCE
During the qualifying, David Hauser and Racing Experience had A big crash in Le Raidillon whIch caused their DNF for the race. Fortunaty, David is okay.
First podium of the season for WTM
RINALDI
Once again, the Rinaldi #66 is at the front of the race. Qualified P4, N.Varronne and A.Mattschull finished 6th.
It was not the same for the number 55. They lived a difficult race. They finihed P21.
TS CORSE
After a good qualifying where they ended P8, TS Corse had some problems during the race which relegated them to 18th place.
WTM
After a perfect quali with P2. They had a good strategy to keep their position during the race which allowed them to finish on the podium, P3.
MÜHLNER MOTORSPORT : ET SA COURSE À DOMICILE !
Wednesday, during the private test, Mülhner did two very good sessions despite the very bad weather. They finished P7 during the morning session and P5, the afternoon. Very encouraging for the next sessions on Friday.
On Friday, Mühlner was the fastest D08 during the FP2. They finished P1 and done the fastest lap of the session. This confirms their good result during the FP1 (P2).
Unfortunately, during the qualifying, they were trapped by the traffic. They qualified P16 for the n°18 and P19 for the n°21. They were very fast. They had the 5th top speed of the session with 261.1 Kph.
After a very good start, the n°21 was P11. But the two cars were unlucky. The n°18 give up due to a race incident. Despite everything, it had the time to achieve the 4th top speed of the race. As for n°21, they tried to climb back up. One lap from the chequered flag, they were P9. At 9min from the end, they box and come back P15. But the race direction took out 8 minutes of racing due to the obligation to finish before 18h which prevented them from coming back. They crossed the line P14.
GRAINMARKET RACING
Difficult qualifying, difficult race for GrainMarket. After a good start, a race incident forced them to DNF.
DKR ENGINEERING
Difficult weekend for DKR in Le Mans Cup. Qualified P17, DKR Engineering crossed the line P22.