The 2nd round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series brought the Scott Tucker-owned Level 5 Motorsports squad to Belgium for the Spa-Francorchamps 2011 race. The world famous course is recognized for being flat still providing individuals with complex curves to encounter whilst racing at more rapidly speeds compared to additional tracks.
Tucker together with his group, coming off wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring and also Long Beach Street Circuit, were psyched to be at the venue to see precisely what the weekend had to bring. The Spa competition was packed and serious; the Le Mans series and the Intercontinental Le Mans series pull in top notch talent from throughout the world to the legendary Spa track. "This is one of the greatest tracks in the world," Tucker says. "It's one of the faster tracks we run at. It's curvy but flat ... you're flat to the floor."Within its runs at the ILMS year opener in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Lola Honda struggled in making top speed at the straightaways. For the Spa, all Honda cars were presented a 1.2 mm larger air restrictor as compensation. After 1st testing, says Level 5 driver Christophe Bouchut, the restrictor supplied small increases in speed, but it was uncertain pre-race just how much of a change the adjustment will make.
As it turned out, the restrictor didn't offer speed increase the Level 5 team had expected, a unsatisfying outcome that set the team at a minor drawback, although it wasn't through yet. In qualifying rounds, driven by Bouchut, the Honda ended 10th-not the result you will expect with the fast track, the driver talent and the restrictor correction.
After he had run the course, Tucker told individuals the press his feeling of the course: "It's as advertised: long and fast," he stated. "In the prototype, the turns are so fast, and there are a lot of G's, so it will be very physically challenging over 6 hours."
But 6 hours didn't really come as Tucker and the team thought. With contact with a car thought to be No. 41, the Level 5 vehicle entered pit for fuel along with destruction in the right rear corner on the tail section. The section was changed out, and after fueling up, the vehicle was back on track.
Afterward, just a couple of hrs into the race, Bouchut instantly spun into the barrels along the side of the track. Team manager David Stone assumed that something in the back suspension had failed, but the power team must wait for official investigation for the answer.
Despite the fact that Level 5 Motorsports suffered a unsatisfactory finish to its second ILMC appearance, driver self-discipline and talent weren't at issue. Only days away from another FC race in California, they turned its attention toward its next chance.
Tucker together with his group, coming off wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring and also Long Beach Street Circuit, were psyched to be at the venue to see precisely what the weekend had to bring. The Spa competition was packed and serious; the Le Mans series and the Intercontinental Le Mans series pull in top notch talent from throughout the world to the legendary Spa track. "This is one of the greatest tracks in the world," Tucker says. "It's one of the faster tracks we run at. It's curvy but flat ... you're flat to the floor."Within its runs at the ILMS year opener in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Lola Honda struggled in making top speed at the straightaways. For the Spa, all Honda cars were presented a 1.2 mm larger air restrictor as compensation. After 1st testing, says Level 5 driver Christophe Bouchut, the restrictor supplied small increases in speed, but it was uncertain pre-race just how much of a change the adjustment will make.
As it turned out, the restrictor didn't offer speed increase the Level 5 team had expected, a unsatisfying outcome that set the team at a minor drawback, although it wasn't through yet. In qualifying rounds, driven by Bouchut, the Honda ended 10th-not the result you will expect with the fast track, the driver talent and the restrictor correction.
After he had run the course, Tucker told individuals the press his feeling of the course: "It's as advertised: long and fast," he stated. "In the prototype, the turns are so fast, and there are a lot of G's, so it will be very physically challenging over 6 hours."
But 6 hours didn't really come as Tucker and the team thought. With contact with a car thought to be No. 41, the Level 5 vehicle entered pit for fuel along with destruction in the right rear corner on the tail section. The section was changed out, and after fueling up, the vehicle was back on track.
Afterward, just a couple of hrs into the race, Bouchut instantly spun into the barrels along the side of the track. Team manager David Stone assumed that something in the back suspension had failed, but the power team must wait for official investigation for the answer.
Despite the fact that Level 5 Motorsports suffered a unsatisfactory finish to its second ILMC appearance, driver self-discipline and talent weren't at issue. Only days away from another FC race in California, they turned its attention toward its next chance.
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