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Griever20 · 08-30-2017, 06:53 AM

British GP: Free Practice and Qualifying Report
motorsport-live.com

July 16th, 2016

It is the home race of many teams, including Lotus and Van Dort who have their factory basically a stone throw down the road, but the man of the moment is not driving for those two teams... but for Steinmann.

"Dieter said the same thing, and I agree with him. Winning the home Grand Prix is a dream, and a dream that I want to fullfill for myself here," Harry Chapman twittered two days before qualifying.

Here, at the legendary home of British motorsports, he can make it unbelievable six wins in a row.

And as if that is not enough fun, we kicked practice of with a nice little british rain shower that killed some of the training programs right away. "We did not really get enough time in to get a feeling for the super soft trye, or a dry setup." Rick de Graaf(REZ) said.

The time sheet was all over the place with Nina Holtz with a 1:19.799 on the super soft on top of the time sheet and the super soft runners, while Chapman set his fastest time with the intermediate rubber.

And that one was used for a quick one early in qualifying. A little rainshower left some of the runners wondering in the first attempt, including Chapman, who was caught out in the rain at at some point, Iker Vidal led the time sheets with a 1:21.365, .069 in front of Chapman for some minutes.

That went away when Nina Holtz put a 1:18:44 on the intermediate tyre on the board, and that would be the best lap of the first runs. And for a sudden, small window, it was dry... between two showers of rain.

And the that was when the Van Dort, Velán, Lotus nailed it. Wolfgang Schmidt put his car on pole position with a 1:18.166 in front of Chapman who drove a MONSTER of a lap in the rain to be .066 behind him. Also using this window were the two Lotus for P12 and P16.

We are in for a thrilling race tomorrow as the grid is all mixed up and a good old rainshower on the former WW2 airport turned racetrack is always in the cards.

Team Radio of the Day:
"Dry enough, dry enough, I'm trying to nail this one!"
Wolfgang Schmidt, Van Dort Racing, before he started his pole lap.

--

We narrowed the gap to the other teams and used the weather to our advantage... again.

This is going to be an interesting one for sure. Rain is in the forecast early, but not enough and hard enough to change or start on inters... to the shaman said, and we will be watching the other teams closely.

Thing is, starting on inters for a chance would cost us too much time before it even becomes wet...

08-30-2017, 06:53 AM	#49
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	2016 British GP(8/16): Qualifying British GP: Free Practice and Qualifying Report motorsport-live.com July 16th, 2016 It is the home race of many teams, including Lotus and Van Dort who have their factory basically a stone throw down the road, but the man of the moment is not driving for those two teams... but for Steinmann. "Dieter said the same thing, and I agree with him. Winning the home Grand Prix is a dream, and a dream that I want to fullfill for myself here," Harry Chapman twittered two days before qualifying. Here, at the legendary home of British motorsports, he can make it unbelievable six wins in a row. And as if that is not enough fun, we kicked practice of with a nice little british rain shower that killed some of the training programs right away. "We did not really get enough time in to get a feeling for the super soft trye, or a dry setup." Rick de Graaf(REZ) said. The time sheet was all over the place with Nina Holtz with a 1:19.799 on the super soft on top of the time sheet and the super soft runners, while Chapman set his fastest time with the intermediate rubber. And that one was used for a quick one early in qualifying. A little rainshower left some of the runners wondering in the first attempt, including Chapman, who was caught out in the rain at at some point, Iker Vidal led the time sheets with a 1:21.365, .069 in front of Chapman for some minutes. That went away when Nina Holtz put a 1:18:44 on the intermediate tyre on the board, and that would be the best lap of the first runs. And for a sudden, small window, it was dry... between two showers of rain. And the that was when the Van Dort, Velán, Lotus nailed it. Wolfgang Schmidt put his car on pole position with a 1:18.166 in front of Chapman who drove a MONSTER of a lap in the rain to be .066 behind him. Also using this window were the two Lotus for P12 and P16. We are in for a thrilling race tomorrow as the grid is all mixed up and a good old rainshower on the former WW2 airport turned racetrack is always in the cards. Team Radio of the Day: "Dry enough, dry enough, I'm trying to nail this one!" Wolfgang Schmidt, Van Dort Racing, before he started his pole lap. -- We narrowed the gap to the other teams and used the weather to our advantage... again. This is going to be an interesting one for sure. Rain is in the forecast early, but not enough and hard enough to change or start on inters... to the shaman said, and we will be watching the other teams closely. Thing is, starting on inters for a chance would cost us too much time before it even becomes wet... __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)