March 25-26: The Prologue, Circuit Paul Ricard, France


Saint Ho

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Next race : March 25 / 26.

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No IMSA coverage for this one. Any online streams?
 

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Check this out Francis:

http://www.fiawec.com/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressources/Affiches/2016/CASTELLET-A4.pdf

Save the file above and it should be good enough to print. It's small size but at 300 dpi it should be sufficient to have printed the size of a typical poster.
 

Saint Ho

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Check this out Francis:

http://www.fiawec.com/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressources/Affiches/2016/CASTELLET-A4.pdf

Save the file above and it should be good enough to print. It's small size but at 300 dpi it should be sufficient to have printed the size of a typical poster.

Thank you Dave.

Best regards.

Francis.
 

Saint Ho

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Sorry for the bad quality of that document. I am not at all an expert in computers.

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Small field for both LMGTE Pro and Am.
 

Saint Ho

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Congratulation Dave. For the pictures you were faster than me.

A new one from March 25 :

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Saint Ho

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Today, Friday, there are three test sessions including a two-hour night session between 19h00-21h00 (French time).

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Saint Ho

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Pictures from March 25.

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Billy Johnson representing the USA in the #66!
 

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Test Session 1 Results

Test Session 2 Results

Good to get in so many laps for these two cars first open test.

“This is only the second time we have had the full team together (after a test at Motorland Aragon) and the first time we have run the cars with all the required WEC kit (including the Magneti Marelli in-car marshal system) so there’s a lot of bedding in to do said Team Principal George Howard-Chappell.

“Job one is to cycle the drivers through the cars and pick off any niggles that come along. There have been the inevitable minor gremlins but no major issues this morning.”
 

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A news paper report , March 25, 17h50 (French time) :

Ferrari again ran out top in the LMGTE Pro category with the new No.71 Ferrari 488 GTE car ahead of the No.67 Ford GT by just two tenths of a second. Davide Rigon’s 1m58.479s lap outpaced Andy Priaulx’s 1m58.697s, and the closeness of the battling manufacturers added more spice to the already highly anticipated Ford versus Ferrari battle.
 

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A news paper report , March 25, 17h50 (French time) :

Ferrari again ran out top in the LMGTE Pro category with the new No.71 Ferrari 488 GTE car ahead of the No.67 Ford GT by just two tenths of a second. Davide Rigon’s 1m58.479s lap outpaced Andy Priaulx’s 1m58.697s, and the closeness of the battling manufacturers added more spice to the already highly anticipated Ford versus Ferrari battle.

Wish we could watch but the live broadcasts and timing on the FIA WEC website don't begin until the 6 Hours of Silverstone. Oh well, just a test anyhow, but I'd like to see the new LMP1 cars running...
 

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Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell, Marino Franchitti

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Priaulx, Franchitti, Tincknell, Billy Johnson, Olivier Pla, Stefan Mücke

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Saint Ho

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Short video :

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Checkered flag for the day...

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Saint Ho

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Saturday, for the second day, two sessions 9:00 to 1:00 p.m. then 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (French time).

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