Pitlane-vision.com: Sensational debut in Europe for Level 5 Motorsports!

Mercredi, 11 Mai 2011 22:08 Laurent

For his first race on the old continent, the American team Level 5 Motorsports, has unfortunately not had the joy of seeing the checkered flag. Scott Tucker's men unfortunately is part of the big losers this weekend. 

Following mechanical disruption, the former winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Christophe Bouchut was the victim of a violent crash at the exit of the turn of the Eau Rouge. Unlike Lahaye and Mike Newton, the French driver thankfully free of the spell off the track, which caused extensive damage to the chassis of the Lola Coupe - HPD No. 33. "We can not state with certainty the cause of mechanical breakdown" said team manager David Stone. "It seems to come from the right rear of the car. There were certainly a break, but we do not know why. We take the time to explore the wreck to determine the cause. A similar incident happened at Sebring, it is important for us to address the problem seriously, because we will not put pilots' lives in danger before it resolved and determined the cause. "

Note that after a great start to the race, Scott Tucker had known before a race incident with another competitor who had led off the runway. After this excursion into the gravel trap, and a return to pit to repair the rear of the British prototype, Christophe Bouchut had taken over and runway stint, really at a steady pace before finishing his run in the stack of tires. "In this part we are at the bottom of the sixth and suddenly something broke at the rear. "Explained the French rider:" The car went head-to-tail, and apparently from what people saw on TV, she started to take off. I could not slow the car and brake. I saw that I came very quickly towards the wall and I realized that this would be a big shock and it was. "
 Level 5 Motorsports team will be starting out in Belgium with a car partially destroyed, without scoring any points in the Le Mans championship Intercontinental Cup. It is now five weeks to the technical team of engineers and Lola Cars to understand the causes of this incident and rehabilitate the Lola Coupe - HPD. For the record, the team fielded two frames during the test day of 24 hours of Le Mans and can therefore easily fall back on his spare car. The trio S.Tucker / C.Bouchut / J.Barbosa this will normally be well out of the Sarthe classic.


 

 

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