Result:
7th (GT), 80 laps, 2tim 43min 25,775sec.
Best lap:
1:41.259 |
| We had
a very positive weekende, with good teamwork and a new lap record,
but also a bit of bad luck. After an unfair one minute stop&go and
a rim that broke from wear we headed for second place at Anderstorp. Just
over 15 minutes from the finish something happened to the brake balance
and the car went of the track. There we had to sit and see the others finish,
and we fell to 7th in the GT class. |
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| Friday practice
started with Mårten running of the track on what seemed like oil
on the track. After cleaing the car up we could go on and test some chassis
settings and I ran as fast as my lap record from May this year, 1.40,6.
At the end of the practice I ran tyre tests and tried some further adjustments,
and clocked 1.39,13 with a bit of traffic. |
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| Qualifying
was 15 minutes. Not easy to find a clean lap, but it went ok, but first
after the brakes did something strange and sent me off the track. Car was
ok though and I did a new try, 1.40,537 which was good enough for Pole
Position by a margin of a second. We saved our best tires for the race
by the way. |
| Mårten
started the race, changing positions with Hubert Bergh. After 17 laps the
safety car came out, and Håkan took the whell. In the lead at lap
47 he came in saying there was serious vibrations in the car. The left
rear rim had begun to crack! I hopped into the car when the team changed
the rears. Refuelled and went out on the track. |
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| Fight all
day against Hubert Bergh Motorsport #0. Photo: www.slc.se |
| After two
laps, when the tyres started to warm a new safety car begun and I pitted
for our third mandatory pit stop. We were heading for a good fight to the
checkered flag! |
| Hope disappeared
when Mårten got a stop&go penalty for overtaking on yellow flags.
Section 8 and 10 showed yellow, but no section 9 where the overtaking took
place. Not much to do but it killed our chances of a win. Mårten
continued until 20 minutes from the end. I went out and drove for second.
On my out lap the brakes once again did its trick of sending the brake
balance to the rears and I exited the track, fortunately without breaking
anything, but our race was gone as I got stuck beside the track. |
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| 2½
laps of driving for me wasn´t much of a fight against Bergh and Sturesson,
but that´s the way the strategy went. Next race, the finals, will
be the other way around. It´s the most important race of the year,
with double points so it´ll be a great race. |
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| Final positions: |
Class 4: H
B MS (1st tot), Spalding, Glorias
Class 3: Ravila
(2nd), Kermit (3rd), Mobimech
Class 2: Skydda
Racing, Klugscheisser, Flatout
Class 1: Citroén/X3M,
Type R, V&S
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| Points standings
(top 5): |
1. MV Racing
55p (-4)
2. Hubert
Bergh Motorsport 50p (-5)
3. Glorias
Motorsport 42p (-6)
4. Morin Racing
40p (-5)
5. BRS Motorsport
36p (-1)
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| The team is
now preparing the car and we will focus on setup and strategy for the final.
We tested at Mantorp this spring so we feel confident we will be competitive. |
Talk to you
soon!
/Carl |
