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Hi there,
Booked the day off yesterday and headed to Silverstone for the first day of the WEC/ELMS event.
Friday was largely free practice day with the teams taking full opportunity to set their cars up for the start of the 2013 season. It was a special day as it marked the debut of the all new Porsche 911 / 991 RSR with two cars being run by a new factory team headed up by Olaf Manthey. One of the commentators reckons its the first time we have seen a full Porsche factory team in Sportcar racing since Le Mans 1998. When quizzed about the RS Spyders that ran in LMP2 for a couple of years he confirmed these were never classed as a factory team having been run by Penske.
Exciting times, and I have to say the cars looked stunning and given the drivers who are part of the team this car is bound to win races as pretty soon I think.
Here are quite a few pics, sorry of they are a bit samey but I shot from the public areas having decided not to apply for a press pass this year. Thankfully Silverstone are pretty accommodating and have cut some nice little camera holes at certain points around the circuit.
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The car was pretty quick in free practice easily sitting in the top three in the LM GTE Pro category.
Hope you like the pictures. C&C welcome
Regards
Tim
Booked the day off yesterday and headed to Silverstone for the first day of the WEC/ELMS event.
Friday was largely free practice day with the teams taking full opportunity to set their cars up for the start of the 2013 season. It was a special day as it marked the debut of the all new Porsche 911 / 991 RSR with two cars being run by a new factory team headed up by Olaf Manthey. One of the commentators reckons its the first time we have seen a full Porsche factory team in Sportcar racing since Le Mans 1998. When quizzed about the RS Spyders that ran in LMP2 for a couple of years he confirmed these were never classed as a factory team having been run by Penske.
Exciting times, and I have to say the cars looked stunning and given the drivers who are part of the team this car is bound to win races as pretty soon I think.
Here are quite a few pics, sorry of they are a bit samey but I shot from the public areas having decided not to apply for a press pass this year. Thankfully Silverstone are pretty accommodating and have cut some nice little camera holes at certain points around the circuit.
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The car was pretty quick in free practice easily sitting in the top three in the LM GTE Pro category.
Hope you like the pictures. C&C welcome
Regards
Tim
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and cracking pics.