Second practice session sunday 1:00 PM-6:00 PM

Very fast sunday afternoon practice session under the sun. Few technical problems. We met experienced drivers helping teams develop, such as Andy Wallace for RML, Olivier Beretta for Luc Alphand, Jan Lammers on the Lola n°12, Jens Petersen for BruichLadich Radical and Amanda Stretton for Chamberlain.

Highlights of the afternoon practice 

1:00 PM – Restart of the practice session, under a magnificent sun and a temperature over 22° C.

At 2:33, the Lola n°12 stopped at the end of Mistral straight, with a jammed gearbox. Safety car operation for 15 minutes. After two hours of work and the replacement of  the gearbox, the car resumed its practice.

With good weather conditions, all drivers improved their lap times. Several cars spun without further problems, including the Lola n° 40, the Pescarolo n° 4 and the Radical n° 26.

At 3:30, after one lap at slow speed caused by an oil leakage, the Courage n° 5 was back in the pits.

At 4:08, the Ferrari n°96 blew its rear left tyre and came back to the pits at snail's pace.

At 4:52, for its first official lap, the Epsilon n°20 stopped at the end of Mistral with a brake problem and was brought back to the pits on a recovery truck at 5:24.

At 5:02, the Saleen n°50 came back into the pits at reduced speed.

At 5:08, the Porsche RS Spyder n° 31 reached the pit lane with a blown rear left tyre and some marks on the rear bodywork.

At 5:25, contact between Courage n°5 and Lola n°12, without consequences.

At 5:30, the MG Lola n°25 with driver Andy Wallace encountered electrical problems and after several stops along the track, returned to the pits at very slow speed.

At 5:42, the Audi n°2 driven by Alexandre Prémat returned to the pits at slow speed was pushed into the garage. At 6:02, the car began night practice.

At 6:00, end of the day practice, only the teams running the night session stayed on the track.