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Sunday, 16 July 2006 |
Adelaide’s Bryce Washington has made quite an impression in Practice and Qualifying for this weekend’s 1000km of the Nurburgring event in Germany.
Washington – a regular front runner in this year’s Australian Carrera Cup and GT
Championships driving his ADRAD Racing Porsche – is tackling the famous
European endurance event with the James Watt Automotive Racing team in
what is his international racing debut.
Competing in the highly competitive LMGT2 Class driving a Porsche 996
GT3 RSR, Washington out paced his teammate Paul Daniels in practice
today (Washington drove the first session, Daniels the second) before
qualifying their car 15th in class for Sunday’s prestigious 1000km
event to be held on the 5.137km Grand Prix circuit.
The JWA Porsche is a 3.6-Litre car compared to the 3.8L examples that
make up a majority of the field, Washington and Daniels punching above
their weight in an underpowered car.
The class pole was scored by an Italian entered Ferrari F430 GT Driven by Stefan Zonca, Andrea Bellicchi and Marco Cioci.
22-year-old Washington was just half a second behind regular Australian
competitor Allan Simonsen in the opening practice session, despite the
Danish driver having significantly more experience at an international
level in the faster LMGT2 Cars both are driving this weekend.
“Today was really good,” Washington said.
“I was able to do the most laps in the car and also do the qualifying
session. I think us having a 3.6-litre car compared to the others being
3.8 does make a difference here but we’ll keep trying. The track is
really good and I’m looking forward to the race.”
The competitive 43-car field was headed by Pescarolo Sport drivers
Emmanuel Collard, Jean Christopher Bullion and Eric Helary in their
LMP1 Pescarolo C60 Judd prototype.
The 1000km of the Nurburgring, round 3 of the 2006 LeMans Endurance
Series, will be held tomorrow, with the race starting at approximately
7:15PM (7:45PM Eastern) Sunday July 16th.
Results from the Nurburgring:
For more information about the event, and live timing, visit www.lemansseries.com
Practice 1:
| Position |
Drivers |
Car |
Time |
| Outright/LMP1 |
Emmanuel Collard/Jean-Christopher Bullion/Eric Helary |
Pescarolo C60 Judd |
1m40.011 |
| LMP2 (8th Overall) |
Mike Newton/Tommy Erdos |
MG Lola EX264 |
1m50.093 |
| LMGT1 (16th Overall) |
Stephane Ortelli/Soheil Ayari |
Saleen S7R |
1m53.595 |
| LMGT2 (26th Overall) |
Dan Eagling/Tim Sugden |
Ferrari F430 GT |
2m01.143 |
| 2nd (27th Overall) |
Marc Lieb/Joel Camathias |
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR |
2m01.163 |
| 3rd (28th Overall) |
Jeroen Bleekemolen/Mike Henzemans |
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R |
2m01.665 |
| 15th (40th Overall) |
Bryce Washignton/Paul Daniels |
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
2m03.738 |
Practice 2:
| Position |
Drivers |
Car |
Time |
| Outright/LMP1 |
Nicolas Minassian/Felipe Ortiz/Beppe Gabbiani |
Creation Judd |
1m46.344 |
| LMP2 (2nd Outright) |
Mike Newton/Tommy Erdos |
MG Lola EX264 |
1m46.469 |
| LMGT1 (18th Outright) |
Stephane Ortelli/Soheil Ayari |
Saleen S7R |
1m54.452 |
| LMGT2 (27th Outright) |
Luca Drudi/Gabrio Rosa/Fabrizio De Simone |
Ferrari F430 GT |
2m00.319 |
| 2nd (28th Outright) |
Stefano Zonca/Andrea Bellicchi/Macro Cioci |
Ferrari F430 GT |
2m00.389 |
| 3rd (29th Outright) |
Pierre Ehret/Dominik Farnbacher |
Porsche GT3 RSR |
2m00.988 |
| 15th (41st Outright) |
Paul Daniels/Bryce Washington |
Porsche GT3 RSR |
2m04.057 |
Qualifying:
| Position |
Drivers |
Car |
Time |
| Outright/LMP1 |
Nicholas Minassian/Felipe Ortiz/Beppe Gabbiani |
Creation Judd |
1m44.850 |
| LMP2 (7th Outright) |
Mike Newton/Tommy Erdos |
MG Lola EX264 |
1m46.672 |
| LMGT1 (19th Outright) |
Stephane Ortelli/Soheil Ayari |
Saleen S7R |
1m53.522 |
| LMGT2 (26th Outright) |
Stefano Zonca/Andrea Bellicchi/Macro Cioci |
Ferrari F430 GT |
2m00.017 |
| 2nd (27th Outright) |
Stefano Zonca/Andrea Bellicchi/Macro Cioci |
Ferrari F430 GT |
2m00.088 |
| 3rd (28th Outright) |
Warren Hughes/Robert Bell |
Panoz Esperante GTLM |
2m00.105 |
| 15th (40th Outright) |
Bryce Washington/Paul Daniels |
Porsche GT3 RSR |
2m03.760 |
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