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Schnabl Engineering -LKM- Team Jebsen quick at Monza
09-09-2007
Darryl O'Young seized situation perfectly and reacted quickest. So he got good basics for the race and was able to keep the pace without any problems. He even improved to 12th place and had hard fights with Jaap van Lagen and later on with Patrick Huisman. O'Young approached limit more and more. "I tried to brake later and later - one time too late", a disappointed pilot stated later, since he finally ended his race in an escaping area. Approaching a chicane, he missed his braking point, spun and had to end his race.
"A pity", team head Schnabl said. "As there were guest starters in front of us, we could have earned points for rank eight or nine. The car worked brilliant and he showed that he is able to keep the speed of the top."
Jiri Janak stood right behind Jaap van Lagen at the start, when the latter got problems. The Czech had to brake and returned on 23 from the first lap. In the following it was difficult to gather momentum again. "After the start race was almost over for me", Janak explained. "I had to brake and wait, if van Lagen hit somewhere. But he was lucky that no one hit him and that his car kept undamaged. I lost a lot of time and positions by this..." But Janak did not give up and improved from rank 23 to 13th place in finish.
Sven Schnabl after the race: "It was a common matter. When we are well prepared, the race is already over. On tracks, where we did not test, time runs up too fast for us. In free practice sessions we have to test things, which other teams have done already before. Our race setup was good, not perfect, but good! Even the engine worked flawlessly after its control by Porsche. Today much more would have been possible, but it shows that we are on the right way."
Besides the race at Monza there was a race of the french Porsche Carrera Cup at Albi. Here Schnabl Engineering took part with Damien Toulemonde, who reached rank eight in the first race. In the second run he dropped out in position eight due to a slowing puncture.
Again time is short for the team. The coming up weekend one will travel to Spa-Francorchamps (B), where the final round of the Porsche Mobil1-Supercup will be held in the framework of the Formula One. Only one week later one races for the last but one round of the Porsche Carrera Cup at Barcelona.
"A pity", team head Schnabl said. "As there were guest starters in front of us, we could have earned points for rank eight or nine. The car worked brilliant and he showed that he is able to keep the speed of the top."
Jiri Janak stood right behind Jaap van Lagen at the start, when the latter got problems. The Czech had to brake and returned on 23 from the first lap. In the following it was difficult to gather momentum again. "After the start race was almost over for me", Janak explained. "I had to brake and wait, if van Lagen hit somewhere. But he was lucky that no one hit him and that his car kept undamaged. I lost a lot of time and positions by this..." But Janak did not give up and improved from rank 23 to 13th place in finish.
| Porsche Supercup Monza (09.09.07) | ||||
| 1. | Damien Faulkner | Lechner Racing Team Bahrain | 26:39.887 | + 0:00.000 |
| 2. | Richard Westbrook | HISAQ Competition | 26:43.943 | + 0:04.056 |
| 3. | Uwe Alzen | SPS automotive performance | 26:44.386 | + 0:04.499 |
| 4. | David Saelens | Team IRWIN SAS | 26:44.773 | + 0:04.886 |
| 5. | Christian Menzel | tolimit motorsport | 26:45.194 | + 0:05.307 |
| 6. | Lance David Arnold | ups porsche Junior Team | 26:45.823 | + 0:05.936 |
| 7. | Martin Ragginger | ups porsche Junior Team | 26:48.402 | + 0:08.515 |
| 8. | Marc Basseng | HISAQ Competition | 26:50.741 | + 0:10.854 |
| 9. | Richard Williams | Racing Team Indonesia | 26:51.142 | + 0:11.255 |
| 10. | Marc Hynes | Team Irwin SAS | 26:52.586 | + 0:12.699 |
| 11. | Jaap van Lagen | Bleekemolen Race Planet - PZ Essen | 26:52.767 | + 0:12.880 |
| 12. | Patrick Huisman | Konrad Motorsport | 26:57.787 | + 0:17.900 |
| 13. | Jiri Janak | Schnabl Engineering LKM Team Jebsen | 27:01.794 | + 0:21.907 |
| 14. | Andrea Sonvico | Konrad Motorsport | 27:13.994 | + 0:34.107 |
| 15. | Paul van Splunteren | HSF Porsche Eindhoven | 27:16.748 | + 0:36.861 |
| 16. | Mikael Forsten | Lechner Racing School | 27:20.381 | + 0:40.494 |
| 17. | William Langhorne | MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg | 27:20.736 | + 0:40.849 |
| 18. | Simon Frederiks | HSF Porsche Eindhoven | 27:21.774 | + 0:41.887 |
| 19. | Nicolas Armindo | tolimit motorsport | 27:40.772 | + 1:00.885 |
| 20. | Maher Algadri | Golden Spike Pertamina Indonesia RT | 28:07.679 | + 1:27.792 |
| 21. | Andzej Dzikevic | SPS automotive performance | 26:58.756 | + 1 Lap |
| nicht gewertet: | ||||
| Darryl O'Young | Schnabl Engineering LKM Team Jebsen | |||
| Alessandro Zampedri | Lechner Racing Team Bahrain | |||
| Phil Quaife | Racing Team Indonesia | |||
| Stefan Rosina | Lechner Racing School | |||
| Jeroen Bleekemolen | Golden Spike Pertamina Indonesia RT | |||
| Olivier Maximin | MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg | |||
| Seb. Bleekemolen | Bleekemolen Race Planet - PZ Essen | |||
Sven Schnabl after the race: "It was a common matter. When we are well prepared, the race is already over. On tracks, where we did not test, time runs up too fast for us. In free practice sessions we have to test things, which other teams have done already before. Our race setup was good, not perfect, but good! Even the engine worked flawlessly after its control by Porsche. Today much more would have been possible, but it shows that we are on the right way."
Besides the race at Monza there was a race of the french Porsche Carrera Cup at Albi. Here Schnabl Engineering took part with Damien Toulemonde, who reached rank eight in the first race. In the second run he dropped out in position eight due to a slowing puncture.
Again time is short for the team. The coming up weekend one will travel to Spa-Francorchamps (B), where the final round of the Porsche Mobil1-Supercup will be held in the framework of the Formula One. Only one week later one races for the last but one round of the Porsche Carrera Cup at Barcelona.