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anniversary of the legendary race and for the first time took part with a team of Russian license G-Drive Racing and finished third in class LMP2. On the podium of the prestigious competition climbed Russian Roman Rusinov, Australian John Martin and Briton Mike Conway. Did not pass the race and death. At the start of an auto died Dane Allan Simonsen, reports from Le Mans reports “Kommersant” Ruslan pockets.
‘s death did not go to the track La Sarte in the Le Mans 16 years after here during a training-in killed a French pilot Sebastien Anzholra, but could not go past the present, the commemorative race. Such a roundabout with a sudden change of weather could not remember even an 8-time winner of the “Le Mans” Danish driver Tom Kristensen (Team Audi, the strongest class of cars on the race LMP1).
All day marathon rain succeeds the current wind and the clouds that drove the sun in the heavens pit stops, the light breaking through on the road. For compatriot Christensen 34-year-old pilot of the team Aston Martin (car category LMGTE Am) Allan Simonsen Le Mans sun rose at last on the third lap of the race. Allan lost control on the turn and hit a bump.
On the way to the Circuit Medical Centre bloodied pilot answered questions from doctors, but his injuries were incompatible with life. But life is not slowed down the race for a second. Even relatives Simonsen insisted that the team Aston Martin has continued to participate in competitions. A FIA president Jean Todt and ACO President Pierre Fillon expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased.
race at Le Mans deaths will be surprised. The nerve of the race “24 Hours of Le Mans” – check pilots on the strength of spirit. However, today every car involved in the race, one-by-two to three hours drive of at least three drivers, changing each other in the car in the pits … But at the dawn of a famous motorsport marathon legend Pierre Levegh and Eddie Hall challenged the race alone! While the accident in 1955 took the lives of not Levegh and 80 spectators.
Today take a look at the competition in Le Mans and deafened by the roar of engines came from all over the world more than 300,000 fans. Sol race “Le Mans” beckons. “Salt” is the same as 90 years ago: the search teams balance between speed and reliability of cars that have to hold out for 24 hours of racing in a circle.
A sign of “Le Mans” – ear plugs in the ears of fans.
Drive race for the Russians – the participation of the Russian team G-Drive Racing and the Russian rider Roman Rusinov, for which the current marathon was the fourth of his career. Last season, the crew Rusinov showed the best result in the history of the participation of Russian drivers – the fourth in a class of LMP2.
– And now we expect to win, – assured during the race, the correspondent of “Y” head sports project G-Drive Racing Alexander Krylov.
In our chances of winning has added that the G-Drive Racing led the race two cars – the crew at number 25 (the British pilots Tor Graves, Archie Hamilton and Japanese Shinji Nakano) and number 26 (Russian Roman Ruthenians, Australian John Martin and Briton Mike Conway).
in the carriage number 26, first sat behind the wheel of Conway, two and a half hours it was replaced by an Australian, then it was the turn of Russians that the time until the start of his whiled away in dealing with mechanics. Those are not only ran the car with fuel, but also yourself – pasta.
On the track Ruthenians showed miracles of professionalism: seven hours from the beginning of the race he gave his partner a car on the night, while in the first position (in the category of machinery LMP2).
Roman Rusinov by jumping out of the car, complained about the slippery asphalt and broken cars on the road that lead to puncture tires.
After 15 hours of racing in the lead in the overall standings crew number 2 Audi (Tom Kristensen, Frenchman Loic Duval, Scotsman Allan McNish), the second was a Toyota – in the order they finished. The crew of the Russian team number 26 G-Drive Racing (Ruthenians, Martin Conway) was in fifth place in the standings LMP2, eventually finishing in third position. What makes the Russian team for the first time the 90-year history of the race at Le Mans podium. The Russian crew Rusinov ahead two-car team of French Oak Racing.
And the overall winner was the crew number 2 Audi, on which the great Christensen raced to his ninth triumph at the “Le Mans”. On the podium, victor did not restrain tears, asking the microphone many thousands Stadium to honor the memory of his friend long ovation. Another victory in the “Le Mans” Christensen has dedicated his compatriot.
The crowd exploded in applause. And the champagne on the podium – another major motorsport tradition, invented by “Le Mans” in 1967, today it was decided to withdraw because of Saturday’s tragedy on the road.
champagne prize splashed in the paddock G-Drive Racing, which took congratulations Roman Rusinov just came down together with partners from the podium Team Class LMP2. Immediately after the ceremony the Russian driver answered the questions “b”.
– The novel, which prevented your crew to perform better?
– We have shown excellent results. Our car was the best lap time, but circumstances intervened. We started the race second in our class cars, then we had a little hitch due to puncture, we fell to 18th place, then climbed up to fourth, and then I took the car and brought it in the first place. At night we were in the lead until he broke down the license plate. We drove into the pits, lost three laps advantages, and had to climb from 20th place to third.
– When you find out that your colleague Simonsen died?
– For three hours to finish the race.
– But Simonsen crashed at the start of the race …
– All this time I was in the dark. I do not use the phone during the race, and my circle of friends – the mechanics and engineers of our team. I am very hurt and saddened by this tragedy. Alan was a good friend of mine. But you need to think about preparing for the new “Le Mans”, which kicks off a year later.
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