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DONINGTON
April 12-April 14





Donington Park, Friday 13th April 2001: Another Audi 1-2-3 with a twist in Friday mornings free practice. Rinaldo Capello and Tom Kristensen led the way by over a second with the Gulf Audi of Johansson and Smith upsetting the status quo by splitting the two works cars, pushing Biela and Pirro into third place.

The Chrysler Oreca of Dalmas and Beretta again proved to be the best of the rest and was only three tenths behind Johansson and Smith which will probably have the Audi drivers looking over their shoulders in tomorrows race. The Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 was fifth, just ahead of the David Brabham, Jan Magnussen works Panoz.

The Ascari A410 of Collins and Lupberger was just behind the Westward Racing Panoz of Cochran and Boss. The second Ascari of Le Marie, Zwart and Toivenen suffered a series of problems, which resulted in the car sitting in the garage as the mechanics worked feverishly for most of the hour long session.

The two LMP675 cars fought hard to set the fastest time in the class and at the flag it was the Rowan Racing Pilbeam MP484 of O’Connell and Carway who took the honours. In the GTS category the Konrad Team Saleen car of Franz Konrad and Oliver Gavin took the top spot in 10th place overall. In the GT class the BMW’s were dominant again with the M3 GTR of Fredrik Ekblom and Dirk Muller ahead of teammates JJ Lehto and Jorg Muller. Alex Job Racings Porsche 911 GT3 of Randy Pobst and Christian Menzel was the nearest car to the BMW’s, just four tenths adrift of Ekblom and Muller.

Qualifying for Saturdays race will take place in two half hour sessions on Friday afternoon. 15:30 sees the GTS and GT classes take to the track and then the Prototypes get their chance at 16:20.

DONNINGTON AM PRACTICE TIMES
Donington Park - FREE PRACTICE  1 hour  





1            LMP900            Capello / Kristensen              Audi R8                    1:21.004

2            LMP900            Johansson/Smith                   Audi R8                      +1.024

3            LMP900            Biela/Pirro                       Audi R8                      +1.227

4            LMP900            Dalmas/Beretta                    Chrysler Oreca               +1.339

5            LMP900            Boullion/Redon                    Courage C60                  +2.838

6            LMP900            Brabham/Magnussen                 Panoz LMP07                  +3.368

7            LMP900            Cochran/Boss                      Panoz LMP2000                +4.018

8            LMP900            Collins/Luperger                  Ascari A410                  +4.146

9            LMP900            Graf/Salles                       Panoz LMP07                  +6.313

10           GTS               Konrad/Gavin                      Saleen S7R                   +8.350

11           LMP675            O’Connell/Carway                  Pilbeam MP464                +9.434

12           LMP675            Van De Poele/de Radigues          Reynard 01Q                  +10.935

13           GTS               Lambert/McKellar Jnr              Saleen S7R                   +11.983

14           GT                Ekblom/Muller                     BMW M3 GTR                   +13.068

15           GT                Lehto/Muller                      BMW M3 GTR                   +13.355

16           GT                Pobst/Menzel                      Porsche 911 GT3              +13.488
 
17           GT                Luhr/Maassen                      Porsche 911 GT3              +13.659

18           GT                Burgess/Mowlem                    Porsche 911 GT3              +16.244

19           GT                Wankum/Foster                     Porsche 911 GT3              +17.566

20           GT                Youles/Liddell                    Porsche 911 GT3              +17.609

21           GT                Rosa/ Drudi                       Porsche 911 GT3              +18.409

22           GT                Masarati/Humphrey                 Porsche 911 GT3              +19.014

23           GT                Orti/Villarroel                   Porsche 911 GT3              +20.501

24           GT                Hayden/ Earle                     Porsche 911 GT3              +20.565

25           GT                Forgeois/Sourd/Chaterlet          Porsche 911 GT3              +21.849

26           LMP900            Le Marie/Zwart/Toivenen           Ascari A410






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