Lambo-Racing with Kurt Thiim as Co-Starter: Bad luck again in the 2nd successive race
Untermerzbach 14th October, 2006
After the Lambo-Racing team was forced to drop out of the previous race - where they held a promising position - due to tyre damage, the Gallardo once again became a victim of the periphery. In the last round, with the finishing line in sight, the left rear wheel worked loose in the approach to the section “Schwalbenschwanz”. Former DTM pilot Kurt Thiim drove the last stint:
"Suddenly there was a ‘bang’ and the wheel stuck out from the rear wing halfway across. Thank heavens I was able to keep the Gallardo on the road. I am sorry for the boys at Lambo-Racing that we were out so close to the finish. They together with Herbert Lingmann transferred a serial road car to a very good racing car. The setup is good, however as to the rear axis a better solution must be found".
The orange Gallardo started the race from the 7th row in the starting grid and in the beginning all went well. Stephan Rösler could move up several places and was positioned in the top ten during his two stints. The 3rd stint, driven by Kurt Thiim, at first went smoothly except for a spin which meant a slight loss in time:
"When accelerating out of a curve, I spinned. I stopped in such an unlucky position that more than four minutes passed before the marshals could move the car back into the driving direction".
In the end the team was forced to give up the race due to the reasons already mentioned above.
A slightly disappointed Stephan Rösler summarised the racing day:
"It’s a pity that we were stopped in the last two races due to a periphery problem. This time it’s particularly hard because it happened just three kilometres before the finish line. The Gallardo itself once again proved to be absolutely reliable and never caused any problems, just like in all the previous races, except for the ABS which failed us today. Of course, we would have liked to finish the race with Kurt".
Until the next race Lambo-Racing, in cooperation with the operational team Lingmann Motorsport, will try to solve the rear axis problem mentioned by Kurt Thiim and hopefully start the next race with more luck on their side.
After the Lambo-Racing team was forced to drop out of the previous race - where they held a promising position - due to tyre damage, the Gallardo once again became a victim of the periphery. In the last round, with the finishing line in sight, the left rear wheel worked loose in the approach to the section “Schwalbenschwanz”. Former DTM pilot Kurt Thiim drove the last stint:
"Suddenly there was a ‘bang’ and the wheel stuck out from the rear wing halfway across. Thank heavens I was able to keep the Gallardo on the road. I am sorry for the boys at Lambo-Racing that we were out so close to the finish. They together with Herbert Lingmann transferred a serial road car to a very good racing car. The setup is good, however as to the rear axis a better solution must be found".
The orange Gallardo started the race from the 7th row in the starting grid and in the beginning all went well. Stephan Rösler could move up several places and was positioned in the top ten during his two stints. The 3rd stint, driven by Kurt Thiim, at first went smoothly except for a spin which meant a slight loss in time:
"When accelerating out of a curve, I spinned. I stopped in such an unlucky position that more than four minutes passed before the marshals could move the car back into the driving direction".
In the end the team was forced to give up the race due to the reasons already mentioned above.
A slightly disappointed Stephan Rösler summarised the racing day:
"It’s a pity that we were stopped in the last two races due to a periphery problem. This time it’s particularly hard because it happened just three kilometres before the finish line. The Gallardo itself once again proved to be absolutely reliable and never caused any problems, just like in all the previous races, except for the ABS which failed us today. Of course, we would have liked to finish the race with Kurt".
Until the next race Lambo-Racing, in cooperation with the operational team Lingmann Motorsport, will try to solve the rear axis problem mentioned by Kurt Thiim and hopefully start the next race with more luck on their side.
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