When private equity investor-turned motorsports escalating legend Scott Tucker placed his order for the fresh Honda Performance Development/Wirth Research cost-capped prototype car, under "quantity," it stated 2. Tucker reserved the first 2 chassis for his Level 5 Motorsports team to use as soon as they possibly can, which turned out to be last weekend in the HPD ARX-01g's debut appearance, at ModSpace American Le Mans in Monterey, Calif. The race was another win for the David Stone-managed, Microsoft Office-sponsored team of Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Luis Diaz; the team has made a decisive sweep throughout the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series and the American Le Mans Series, making podium at countless races and winning at a number of others, consisting of Imola.
As you can imagine, not simply luck brought a pair of veteran motorists together with a novice which made them win races. All the drivers specializes in a different area and comes from a different history, nevertheless they all share a serious love for racing sports automobiles and a depth of expertise and experience that lends itself to precise, controlled, balanced driving at maximum speed. They key to the team's combined accomplishment is picking the best formula for driver order and race strategy-part of which involves Tucker reserving a couple of the Honda chassis prototypes.
Tucker and Bouchut, who had been his driving coach during the time, decided to enter into the Le Mans Prototype class after looking at the car in 2010. The make of the vehicle was fascinating enough, but since the series could have Class A and Class B drivers race with each other at the championship, Tucker wanted in. Bouchut, the best successful endurance drivers in today's world and an industry experienced person, had been aiding Tucker improve since his Grand-Am first appearance, and the two entered the LMPC program with each other full-time in 2010.
One additional captivating component of this new prototype class was that the completely new IMSA rule authorized gentleman motorists in LMPC or GTC class to drive two automobiles, with the scoring driver in the higher-placed entry. That allowance spawned Level 5 Motorsports' winning Nos. 55 and 95 cars, which carried the team through the next season to win the LMP championship, which bumped Level 5 into the LMP2 class, for which the HPD ARX-01g cars will take over starting last weekend.
The strategies involved with two cars worked for Level 5 Motorsports, with an partiularly knowledgeable veteran in Christophe Bouchut and the other coming at the beginning of This year in Luis Diaz. Tucker, who was a rookie at the age of 44 in 2006, got training with the two-car method Level 5 uses, saving himself effort and time and helping the team's infrastructure all the while.
Tucker had mainly kept out of the spotlight, though he quickly built a winning record right after his racing debut. But Le Mans had always been one of his ambitions, and so as soon as the time was appropriate enough, he added in high-profile racing masters to his inner circle and set about leaving the Level 5 mark on each and every ALMS and ILMC track he could.
In 2010, Bouchut got into his 17th Le Mans race; only 14 other drivers have ever completed the race more times. But Tucker had never appeared in Le Mans; strategy again played part in becoming successful while in the race. Though Bouchut could very easily compete with the series' finest motorists, the full Level 5 team had to hold their own in order to do well. Bouchut was slated as the head driver, with Tucker and Manu Rodriguez rounding out the group. The team's collective goal was to qualify at a solid pace and be competitive, a state of mind that has continued in the 2011 season. With seemingly a nonstop list in their minds-get the ideal car, qualify strong, stay competitive, always strive for the win-the Level 5 team arranges race day around it.
As you can imagine, not simply luck brought a pair of veteran motorists together with a novice which made them win races. All the drivers specializes in a different area and comes from a different history, nevertheless they all share a serious love for racing sports automobiles and a depth of expertise and experience that lends itself to precise, controlled, balanced driving at maximum speed. They key to the team's combined accomplishment is picking the best formula for driver order and race strategy-part of which involves Tucker reserving a couple of the Honda chassis prototypes.
Tucker and Bouchut, who had been his driving coach during the time, decided to enter into the Le Mans Prototype class after looking at the car in 2010. The make of the vehicle was fascinating enough, but since the series could have Class A and Class B drivers race with each other at the championship, Tucker wanted in. Bouchut, the best successful endurance drivers in today's world and an industry experienced person, had been aiding Tucker improve since his Grand-Am first appearance, and the two entered the LMPC program with each other full-time in 2010.
One additional captivating component of this new prototype class was that the completely new IMSA rule authorized gentleman motorists in LMPC or GTC class to drive two automobiles, with the scoring driver in the higher-placed entry. That allowance spawned Level 5 Motorsports' winning Nos. 55 and 95 cars, which carried the team through the next season to win the LMP championship, which bumped Level 5 into the LMP2 class, for which the HPD ARX-01g cars will take over starting last weekend.
The strategies involved with two cars worked for Level 5 Motorsports, with an partiularly knowledgeable veteran in Christophe Bouchut and the other coming at the beginning of This year in Luis Diaz. Tucker, who was a rookie at the age of 44 in 2006, got training with the two-car method Level 5 uses, saving himself effort and time and helping the team's infrastructure all the while.
Tucker had mainly kept out of the spotlight, though he quickly built a winning record right after his racing debut. But Le Mans had always been one of his ambitions, and so as soon as the time was appropriate enough, he added in high-profile racing masters to his inner circle and set about leaving the Level 5 mark on each and every ALMS and ILMC track he could.
In 2010, Bouchut got into his 17th Le Mans race; only 14 other drivers have ever completed the race more times. But Tucker had never appeared in Le Mans; strategy again played part in becoming successful while in the race. Though Bouchut could very easily compete with the series' finest motorists, the full Level 5 team had to hold their own in order to do well. Bouchut was slated as the head driver, with Tucker and Manu Rodriguez rounding out the group. The team's collective goal was to qualify at a solid pace and be competitive, a state of mind that has continued in the 2011 season. With seemingly a nonstop list in their minds-get the ideal car, qualify strong, stay competitive, always strive for the win-the Level 5 team arranges race day around it.
Comments (0)
Posting Komentar