Team Report

The build up to the Le Mans 24 Hour race started Sunday with the official test day – a time to set up the cars for the race and to qualify any drivers who have not raced at Le Mans before.  We had to qualify Nicolas Kiesa (10 laps) and then work with the car.

There have been aerodynamic changes to the LMP since Spa so on Nicolas’s first couple of laps the handling was not correct – Laurence made the changes and the car was handling well;  the car now has the downforce and we would work on adjustments to reduce the drag.  Nicolas went out again but half way round the car cut out on track – a failure with the crank sensor.  The car was not brought back to the pits until the lunch hour, so an hour was lost.

After lunch, Nicolas was back on track to complete his 10 laps, which he did.  Then it was time for the two others to get some time in the car.  All was running smoothly until Jens’ second outing.  We were going to change the engine after this test, so, as soon as all the drivers had spent some time in the car, we ran some different engine set-ups which had worked on the dyno but, unfortunately, one of these changes resulted in a small engine failure – so the day finished for us at 5pm.

The next action here at Le Mans will be Scrutineering in the town centre early Tuesday morning, 13th June.

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