American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Mosport

The GT3 Grand Prix of Mosport
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2001
PIT NOTES: Page 2

Update: After his crash in turn nine at 10:27 a.m., American Le Mans Series driver Bill Auberlen (#10-GT BMW M3 GTR) was examined at the Mosport International Raceway care center and was then taken to Lake Ridge Hospital in Oshawa for precautionary x-rays. He was awake and alert.

Combined ALMS practice:
At 1:20 (delayed start, the corner marshalls are concerned about an in-ground camera mounted on the outside of turn 1).

Note: Car #50-P900 Panoz LMP1 Roadster S will probably not make it on track for this practice while the team repairs the damage from the first session accident.

At 1:25, green flag.
At 1:31, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R (Lewis) spun and continued centre track at turn 3.
At 1:31, car #6-GT BMW M3 GTR (Stuck) into the gravel trap and stopped at turn 6.
At 1:32, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R (Weickardt) hard into the tires at turn 2. Driver Tom Weickardt was treated and released from the infield care center.

At 1:32, full course yellow for recovery of both cars.
At 1:48, green flag (40 minutes remaining)

At 1:55, car #57-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd (Graham) off, stopped, and restarted at turn 3.
At 2:03, car #11-P675 Lola B2K/40/Judd (Knight) is reported smoking on track.
At 2:04, Michelin tire engineers report the track temperature is 90.5 degrees F.
At 2:07, car #26-GTS Saleen S7R (Borcheller), side to side contact with #11-P675 Lola B2K/40/Judd (Huertgen).

At 2:18, car #6-GT BMW M3 GTR (Stuck) is being assessed a $500 fine for violating the blend line rule exiting the pits (fourth offense).
At 2:24, car #16-P R&S Mk IIIC/Lincoln (Leitzinger) makes its first appearance of the session. The team reports this is a new car and they are taking their time to sort it out.
At 2:28, corner marshalls report a piece of metal 8-12 inches long has fallen off the #1-P900 Audi R8 (Capello) at turn 2.
At 2:28, checkered flag. 23 of the 26 cars entered practiced in this session.

Top three in class: #1-P900 Rinaldo Capello 1:08.533, #2-P900 Frank Biela 1:08.655, #38-P900 Andy Wallace 1:09.345; #5-P675 Bruno Lambert 1:14.266, #11-P675 Claudia Huertgen 1:16.643, #57-P675 Milka Duno 1:18.077; #26-GTS Terry Borcheller 1:16.195, #3-GTS Johnny O'Connell 1:16.622, #4-GTS Kelly Collins 1:17.270; #43-GT Dirk Muller 1:18.225, #42-GT J.J. Lehto 1:18.785, #6-GT Hans Stuck 1:19.096

Officials of Professional Sports Car Racing, the sanctioning body of the American Le Mans Series, have announced that driver Max Angelelli (#8-P900 Cadillac LMP 01)has been reprimanded and cautioned as to his future conduct following a review of this morning's incident during practice between Angelelli and Bill Auberlen. There was contact between Angelelli's Cadillac LMP 01 and the #10-GT BMW M3 GTR driven by Auberlen, resulting in Auberlen's car impacting the tire wall in turn nine. After reviewing video evidence of the incident, having examined the reports submitted by the marshals at turns nine and 10, and having heard the explanations of Angelelli and the representative of the competitor, Team Cadillac, the Stewards of the Meeting were of the opinion that the contact was avoidable. Given that the incident was during a practice session, the Stewards felt that Angelelli should not have attempted to overtake at that point on the track, but should have waited until the following straight.