Saturday, August 25, 2007

Mosport - Sat Aug 25 - Afternoon Practice

2:30 pm - Practice is complete and both cars are back in pit lane. Qualifying begins at 2:40 and it appears that it will remain dry for the session. Lonnie will qualify in the No. 44 and Joerg in the NO. 45.


2:20 pm - Joerg now P 3. Lonnie Pechnik in for Seth in the No. 44.

2:13 pm - Joerg is back in in the No. 45, which is P 6. Seth pitted for a clean up of oil on the windshield.

2:05 pm - Johannes is out in the No. 45, taking over from Joerg. No. 45 now P 5 in session.

1:50 pm - Joerg set the fastest time so far in the session on his first full lap - 1:21.764, and then beat that on his second: 1:21.177, third was 1:20.5 and change and his fifth lap 1:20.327. Stefan calls him in for a setup change. Meanwhile, Seth is out in the No. 44. Wolf Henzler in No. 71 Tafel Porsche just clocked a 1:19.506.

1:40 pm - Both cars are still in pit lane as the team waits for the track to completely dry before they head out. Stefan Preiffer notifies the No. 45 crew that as soon as the No. 45 is warmed up Joerg should head out. Lonnie and Seth are still in the pits without helmets on so it looks like it will be a while before the NO. 44 goes out.

1:30 pm ET - It has stopped raining here at the track just in time for the afternoon 1 hour practice session and qualifying. The line is nearly dry on the track but still slick in some places. Both the 44 and the 45 are in pit lane. Joerg is back in the No. 45 and awaiting the green flag. the No. 44 needs a few minutes to warm up and Lonnie and Seth are sitting tight until that car is ready. Engineers Craig Watkins and Stefan Pfeiffer want the cars to run in the session as long as they can so that they can continue to work on setup before qualifying. However, if it begins to rain, the cars will not run. It's unclear right now if it will rain but it looks like the majority of the rain passing through the area this afternoon will miss us.

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