MUNDIAL - ELMS - NIELSEN RACING

Terça, 16 Abril 2019 15:56 | Actualizado em Terça, 26 Novembro 2024 01:08

It was however part of the learning process for Nobu and despite losing vital rearwards vision after a wing mirror separate from the car, put in an exemplary performance to finish 14th.
 
With a great deal learned and potential aplenty, Nielsen Racing now gear up for the next round of the European Le Mans Series next month at Monza, Italy.
 
Roger Bennett, ELMS Team Manager
“It was our first weekend with the Norma M30 which proved to be very effective in Tony and Colin’s hands. Qualifying was compromised by a fellow British driver dawdling - frankly on his in-lap - which is not acceptable. This cost Colin a great deal in the first stint as a result, but he drove really well and it was great pitstop work from the team and Tony got in the car and acquitted himself well, holding his own against some quick professional drivers to finish fifth. It’s definitely something to build on.
 
“James and Nobuya had a good weekend, with Yamanaka-San making progress throughout the week with James’ coaching. We started just two places behind Colin, despite also being blocked in qualifying - by the same individual – it with a clean and good run from James. Nobu did really well to have an incident-free race on his double stint and again it’s a result to build on as we go to Monza.”
 
Colin Noble, #7 Norma
“It was quite a trick race from P6 at the start and we held that initially and then started to pick them off. It was tough as we were a little down on top end speed on the straight and pretty quick in sectors one and two due to the setup we had, so this made passing a little tricky in traffic.
 
“Once in clear air though, we were the quickest car on track though and hunting the leaders down. The car was great; it’s been a good weekend for us in both ELMS and the Michelin Le Mans Cup.”
 
James Littlejohn, #8 Ligier
“The start was quite busy and with a bit of aero [downforce] on the car this weekend we lost two positions on lap one but then in behind Ross Kaiser in the 360 Racing car, but it’s so hard to pass here. We got into a nice rhythm and stayed with the cars ahead. We opted or a long first stop for strategy but were unlucky on the re-join as there was lots of traffic, but it’s been good.
 
“We have a solid result and lessons learned for the next round at Monza. We have things we want to try with the car, perhaps a different approach to setup too. The whole idea this weekend was to make my teammate Nobu comfortable in the team and in the car; to ensure that he got the best from the team and to enjoy his European debut.”