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The raceday ritual of warming up the R8's
drivetrain...all is well |
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Ricky and Perry adjust the Michelins for
the very cool conditions raceday morning |
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505 brought to pit lane for the morning
warmup |
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Johnny
Herbert waits for the raceday morning warmup to commence |
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A brief
fire in part of one of the R8's wiring harnesses puts a premature
stop to the warmup...repairs have to be made before 505 can race |
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A
concerned JJ Lehto watches... |
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Discussing the wiring harness are (l-r) Ralf Juttner, Joest Racing
Technical Director; Brad Kettler, Champion Technical Director;
Dieter Meissler, Champion's
Audi Sport Technical Advisor;
and Christen Weck,
technical
team coordinator for Audi Sport |
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Johnny
Herbert repays the mechanics' hard work by battling for and taking
second place from James Weaver's Lola as the starting field races
toward turn one |
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Herbert
consolidates second place and pressures the leading Audi |
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Herbert chases Biela in the opening
laps... |
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...with
Weaver behind in third |
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Herbert
runs afoul of both electrical and transmission problems during his
first stint, costing him second place and time on the track |
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The
ADT/Champion crew call Herbert in early for a precautionary change
of the R8's gearbox, costing several laps |
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JJ Lehto
rejoins the fray several laps down to the leaders, and gets straight
to work carving his way through traffic... |
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...Lehto
the fastest driver on the track during his two stints, climbing back
up the leaderboard |
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JJ Lehto
at the Corkscrew |
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Lehto in
for his final pit stop... |
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...taking fuel and front tires only |
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Johnny
Herbert watches the timing screens in the late stages |
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In all a good result for Team
ADT/Champion Audi at Laguna Seca, all things considered. Lehto's
fine run after the long stop for repairs yields a result of 4th
place overall; 3rd place in the LMP900 class (Photo Courtesy Richard
Dole) |
