The field of motor racing is aggressive competition-flying around a track with a large number of additional motor vehicles and one misstep can send a car to the pit, or much worse, in to a disastrous, competition-ending and fiery accident. Even while within the course it's each and every driver for himself, unbelievable things can occur when talents collide not in a race condition, but in collaborative relationships that supply the foundation for racing teams to take off.
One collaboration is the pair of Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut. Their partnership first was that of trainer and student, as Bouchut was perhaps the most outstanding endurance racers across the globe as soon as Tucker, when he was Forty-four, took the competition wheel the first time in 2006. In the past, Tucker was chairman and CEO of Westfund, a private equity firm, but had always harbored a desire for auto racing. Once the chance arose for him to drive competitively, Tucker was an unlikely success story, but he performed in a fashion that are only able to provoke the label "he's a natural." He began within the Ferrari Challenge before testing the area with Porsche Super Cup, IMSA Lites and Rolex Series GT competitions. Sooner or later, he put together Level 5 Motorsports and in 2008 moved into Grand-Am prototype contests, where Bouchut joined forces with him.
The mix of Bouchut and Tucker, with the addition of Luis Diaz this season, has provided good results in the ALMS and ILMC up to this point. A lot of podium finishes and many wins are proof that not only is Tucker adding energetic, consistent expertise to his group, but he himself is also progressing. But as competition heats up for the end of the 2011 season with just ILMC and ALMS championships left go, it's not insane to think about if competitors could heat up within the Level 5 team as Tucker's skill level carries on improvement.
Before he joined Tucker, Bouchut won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993 and has also won the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. On top of that, he's won a few Porsche Carrera Cup France championships, 3 FIA GT titles and a FFSA GT championship. He is the only triple FIA GT champion of all time. His long lasting career made him an excellent trainer for Tucker, who needed to stuff decades of expertise into as few years as possible to get him in control, so to say, with other drivers in his class.
The two made 4 starts with Level 5 Motorsports in the 2008 Rolex series, such as Rolex 24 at Daytona. Before long, Level 5 became a regular attendee of Rolex races, driving a Daytona model. Tucker maintained his Ferrari Challenge entries and won 10 races in 2009. Of which year, he also won the SCCA Touring 1 Class National Championship, his very first national title.
From that point, Level 5 Motorsports attained momentum, taking third place in the Rolex 24 in 2010 with Tucker, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Lucas Luhr and Richard Westrbrook driving. Ultimately, the team made the turn to the American Le Mans Series, something Tucker had always aspired to participate in. In the new Le Mans Prototype Challenge class, gentleman drivers were permitted to drive two cars while in the exact same race, with the scoring driver in the top place vehicle. Tucker and Bouchut saw a chance for success in the brand new class.
Tucker was qualified, but Bouchut had the speed and command that only one with his knowledge could bring to the track. Sticking with the same intent of winning as many races as they could enter, Bouchut and Tucker fell right into a ideal set up for Level 5, with Bouchut in the role of head driver and Tucker holding his own while he also completed practice rounds. Level 5 won five class competitions and took the class title in the LMP Challenge category and was bumped up to LMP2.
At the beginning of 2011, Level 5 was joined by Luis Diaz, who had loads of LMP2 experience and made a terrific component to the Tucker-Bouchut formula. The team has had an exceedingly productive year so far, with the Petit Le Mans and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in China being essentially the only things left on the calendar of a year that included lots of podium finishes and wins at Imola and other major ALMS races.
But as Level 5 Motorsports develops, so does Scott Tucker, and before long, the strong pair of Tucker-Bouchut could part ways. Tucker told Speed TV in 2010 that he and Bouchut would consult each other on which races they would get into together. He said they prefer championships that don't pit 2 professional drivers against the other; they get too competitive in that setting, he stated. Although any parting would undoubtedly be with good standing on both sides, the continued success of Tucker begs the question of where he'll go next, who he'll take with him, and how the Level 5 Motorsports team will evolve from its burgeoning success.
One collaboration is the pair of Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut. Their partnership first was that of trainer and student, as Bouchut was perhaps the most outstanding endurance racers across the globe as soon as Tucker, when he was Forty-four, took the competition wheel the first time in 2006. In the past, Tucker was chairman and CEO of Westfund, a private equity firm, but had always harbored a desire for auto racing. Once the chance arose for him to drive competitively, Tucker was an unlikely success story, but he performed in a fashion that are only able to provoke the label "he's a natural." He began within the Ferrari Challenge before testing the area with Porsche Super Cup, IMSA Lites and Rolex Series GT competitions. Sooner or later, he put together Level 5 Motorsports and in 2008 moved into Grand-Am prototype contests, where Bouchut joined forces with him.
The mix of Bouchut and Tucker, with the addition of Luis Diaz this season, has provided good results in the ALMS and ILMC up to this point. A lot of podium finishes and many wins are proof that not only is Tucker adding energetic, consistent expertise to his group, but he himself is also progressing. But as competition heats up for the end of the 2011 season with just ILMC and ALMS championships left go, it's not insane to think about if competitors could heat up within the Level 5 team as Tucker's skill level carries on improvement.
Before he joined Tucker, Bouchut won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993 and has also won the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. On top of that, he's won a few Porsche Carrera Cup France championships, 3 FIA GT titles and a FFSA GT championship. He is the only triple FIA GT champion of all time. His long lasting career made him an excellent trainer for Tucker, who needed to stuff decades of expertise into as few years as possible to get him in control, so to say, with other drivers in his class.
The two made 4 starts with Level 5 Motorsports in the 2008 Rolex series, such as Rolex 24 at Daytona. Before long, Level 5 became a regular attendee of Rolex races, driving a Daytona model. Tucker maintained his Ferrari Challenge entries and won 10 races in 2009. Of which year, he also won the SCCA Touring 1 Class National Championship, his very first national title.
From that point, Level 5 Motorsports attained momentum, taking third place in the Rolex 24 in 2010 with Tucker, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Lucas Luhr and Richard Westrbrook driving. Ultimately, the team made the turn to the American Le Mans Series, something Tucker had always aspired to participate in. In the new Le Mans Prototype Challenge class, gentleman drivers were permitted to drive two cars while in the exact same race, with the scoring driver in the top place vehicle. Tucker and Bouchut saw a chance for success in the brand new class.
Tucker was qualified, but Bouchut had the speed and command that only one with his knowledge could bring to the track. Sticking with the same intent of winning as many races as they could enter, Bouchut and Tucker fell right into a ideal set up for Level 5, with Bouchut in the role of head driver and Tucker holding his own while he also completed practice rounds. Level 5 won five class competitions and took the class title in the LMP Challenge category and was bumped up to LMP2.
At the beginning of 2011, Level 5 was joined by Luis Diaz, who had loads of LMP2 experience and made a terrific component to the Tucker-Bouchut formula. The team has had an exceedingly productive year so far, with the Petit Le Mans and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in China being essentially the only things left on the calendar of a year that included lots of podium finishes and wins at Imola and other major ALMS races.
But as Level 5 Motorsports develops, so does Scott Tucker, and before long, the strong pair of Tucker-Bouchut could part ways. Tucker told Speed TV in 2010 that he and Bouchut would consult each other on which races they would get into together. He said they prefer championships that don't pit 2 professional drivers against the other; they get too competitive in that setting, he stated. Although any parting would undoubtedly be with good standing on both sides, the continued success of Tucker begs the question of where he'll go next, who he'll take with him, and how the Level 5 Motorsports team will evolve from its burgeoning success.
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