Scott Tucker and Level 5 at the Spa-Francorchamps
The 2nd round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series brought the Scott Tucker-owned Level 5 Motorsports party to Belgium for the Spa-Francorchamps 2011 race. The excellent course is recognized for being flat yet providing individuals with tricky curves to discover all the while racing at more rapidly speeds relative to additional tracks.
Tucker along with his team, coming off wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring as well as Long Beach Street Circuit, were ecstatic to be at the venue and discover how much the weekend had to bring. The Spa competition was packed and intensive; the Le Mans series and the Intercontinental Le Mans series get very best talent from globally to the legendary Spa track. "This is one of the greatest tracks in the world," Tucker reported. "It's one of the faster tracks we run at. It's curvy but flat ... you're flat to the floor."With its runs at the ILMS year opener at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Lola Honda was battling to generate top speed at the straightaways. For the Spa, all Honda vehicles were awarded a 1.2 mm larger air restrictor as compensation. After initial trials, reported Level 5 driver Christophe Bouchut, the restrictor provided small increases in speed, but it was unclear pre-race how much of a big difference the adjustment would make.
As it ended up, the restrictor didn't supply the speed raise the Level 5 team had thought, a unsatisfying final results that set the group in a little disadvantage, even though it wasn't over yet. In qualifying rounds, driven by Bouchut, the Honda finished 10th-not the end result you would possibly expect to have given the fast track, the driver talent and the restrictor adjustment.
After he had run the course, Tucker told persons in the press his impression of the course: "It's as advertised: long and fast," he said. "In the prototype, the turns are so fast, and there are a lot of G's, so it will be very physically challenging over 6 hours."
But Six hours didn't really come as Tucker and the team thought. After contact with a car thought to be No. Forty one, the Level 5 automobile came into pit for gasoline along with destruction within the right rear corner on the tail section. The segment was changed out, and after fueling up, the car was back in line.
Afterward, a few hrs into the race, Bouchut instantly spun into the barrels along the side of the track. Team manager David Stone believed that something in the rear suspension had failed, but the power team must wait formal inspection for the answer.
Despite the fact that Level 5 Motorsports experienced a aggravating conclusion to its second ILMC appearance, driver persistence and proficiency were not at issue. Just days away from another FC race in California, they switched its attention toward its next opportunity.
Tucker along with his team, coming off wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring as well as Long Beach Street Circuit, were ecstatic to be at the venue and discover how much the weekend had to bring. The Spa competition was packed and intensive; the Le Mans series and the Intercontinental Le Mans series get very best talent from globally to the legendary Spa track. "This is one of the greatest tracks in the world," Tucker reported. "It's one of the faster tracks we run at. It's curvy but flat ... you're flat to the floor."With its runs at the ILMS year opener at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Lola Honda was battling to generate top speed at the straightaways. For the Spa, all Honda vehicles were awarded a 1.2 mm larger air restrictor as compensation. After initial trials, reported Level 5 driver Christophe Bouchut, the restrictor provided small increases in speed, but it was unclear pre-race how much of a big difference the adjustment would make.
As it ended up, the restrictor didn't supply the speed raise the Level 5 team had thought, a unsatisfying final results that set the group in a little disadvantage, even though it wasn't over yet. In qualifying rounds, driven by Bouchut, the Honda finished 10th-not the end result you would possibly expect to have given the fast track, the driver talent and the restrictor adjustment.
After he had run the course, Tucker told persons in the press his impression of the course: "It's as advertised: long and fast," he said. "In the prototype, the turns are so fast, and there are a lot of G's, so it will be very physically challenging over 6 hours."
But Six hours didn't really come as Tucker and the team thought. After contact with a car thought to be No. Forty one, the Level 5 automobile came into pit for gasoline along with destruction within the right rear corner on the tail section. The segment was changed out, and after fueling up, the car was back in line.
Afterward, a few hrs into the race, Bouchut instantly spun into the barrels along the side of the track. Team manager David Stone believed that something in the rear suspension had failed, but the power team must wait formal inspection for the answer.
Despite the fact that Level 5 Motorsports experienced a aggravating conclusion to its second ILMC appearance, driver persistence and proficiency were not at issue. Just days away from another FC race in California, they switched its attention toward its next opportunity.
