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Rebellion Racing still in front despite losing a car
ELMS - 25/09/2011
The Estoril 6 Hours got off to a flying start. In LM P1 the no. 13 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota in the hands of Andrea Bellichi snatched second place from Julien Jousse's Pescarolo-Judd. But the Swiss team's double did not last as Neel Jani's no.12 Lola-Toyota was pushed into its garage, and then stripped down because of a gearbox problem.
“It's the gearbox again, as usual,” said the Swiss driver. “It happened at Le Castellet and at Silverstone.” Before this glitch Jani had set the fastest lap in the race in 1m 32.522s. After the first round of pit stops Bellichi was still in front of Jousse.
In LM P2, Olivier Lombard made a great start to the race in the Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan, and took first place from Johnny Kane, the early leader, in the Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01d.
Rob Bell in the JMW Motorsport Ferrari F458 Italia, Saturday's pole setter, led for the first hour of the race in LM GTE Pro. The no. 51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 driven by Ginmaria Bruni had to stop early on with an electronics problem. The car's new chassis was probably the source of the glitch.
The battle raged in Formula Le Mans between Neil Garner Motorsport and Pegasus Racing, and after an hour Patrick Simon in the French team's car was in front.
In LM GTE Am, Marco Cioci in the AF Corse Ferrari F430 held first place followed like his shadow by Nicolas Armindo in the IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997.
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