24h Le Mans
At the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the Porsche 911 RSR heads into the new season of the sports car World Endurance Championship WEC from the first grid row.
Photo : C VIGNON
At the qualifying session, Porsche works drivers Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy posted the second quickest time in the LM GTE Pro class with the 911 RSR campaigned by the Porsche Team Manthey. The third pilot in the number 91 Porsche 911 RSR is Joerg Bergmeister. Porsche factory pilots Marco Holzer and Frédéric Makowiecki, who are supported in the race on Sunday by Richard Lietz, planted the second Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR (no. 92) on the third grid spot. The qualifying in the WEC takes real teamwork. Two drivers must qualify one car for the race. The grid positions are determined by the average of the two fastest timed qualifying laps of each of these drivers.
Nick Tandy (#91): “That was a very good qualifying. Our tyres performed really well over the first laps. Our work in free practice paid off. We have a good car for the race.”
Frédéric Makowiecki (#92): “The conditions were a little different today compared to free practice. It was colder and therefore the track temperatures were lower. So first we had to adjust to this. But the car ran smoothly and I’m feeling very confident for the race.”
The first round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Silverstone will be competed on Sunday April 20.
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(Based upon Porsche press information)
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24 HOURS OF LE MANS - June 14/15 2014
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