What a race! Down to the wire, last fumes of gas or in the Flying Lizards case a Ferrari banging in the last turns with the Ferrari getting by.
Wolf Henzler and Joerg Bergmeister celebrate a 3rd place podium and points lead.Not this time. Both were warned in the remaining laps to ease up but it was clear that the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari had the speed but couldn’t get by at the end of a straight. Joerg Bergmeister was clean. Dirk Mueller in the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari forces his way into the corner and forces Joerg wide and into grass. It was completely uncalled for and avoidable. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Flying Lizard 3rd, 7th and 9th at Mosport’
Flying Lizard is in Canada this week for the eighth round of the American Le Mans Series season: the Grand Prix of Mosport, to be held on Sunday, August 24. The fast, 2.459-mile course, located in the rolling hills of southwestern Ontario, is one of the most challenging tracks on the ALMS circuit. The team tested here earlier this week and No. 46 driver Patrick Pilet had his first experience on the track. “Mosport is a very difficult track. It is fast and definitely takes some time to learn. It’s a lot of fun to drive but it’s tough to be confident here because of the high speed turns — many of which are fifth and fourth gear turns — and the complexity. I’m really looking forward to the race. The pressure is on — it’s a critical point in the championship for all of the drivers and teams and you should see some exciting racing this weekend.” Continue reading ‘ALMS: Flying Lizard Mosport Preview’
In the GT2 class for slightly modified standard sports cars, Dirk Werner (Germany), Richard Westbrook (Great Britain) and Bryce Miller (USA) secured their maiden ALMS win with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by Farnbacher Loles Racing. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Farnbacher Loles Racing takes GT2 win’
911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports: Jörg Bergmeister, Wolf HenzlerIn the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche, Joerg Bergmeister qualified third, Patrick Pilet in the No. 46 was fifth and Seth Neiman in the No. 44 was eleventh in qualifying for tomorrow’s 2008 Generac 500 at Road America. The No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is on the GT2 pole and will start at the front of the 14-car GT2 field. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Flying Lizard Qualifies Third, Fifth and Eleventh for Road America’
