Motosport.com
‘DAMAX ASCARI STAY WITH THE LEADERS´
The Damax Ascari KZ1R has been the good surprise of this Championship. Even if nr 45 and nr 46 cars underwent problems at the beginning of the race, today it was the turn of the nr 47 Damax Ascari KZ1R, driven by Luca Pirri and Stuart Turvey, to shine. On the manufacturers podium for the second time, behind the Dodge Viper and the Ferrari, the Damax Ascari put in a great week-end, always fighting with the leaders. 'We are very happy with our performance, the potential of the car is great, and we will be able to have better results in the future' said Luca Pirri. So look out for the Ascari, there are here and ready to fight for the victory.
Race Statements
Luca Pirri - nr47 Damax Ascari KZ1R : ' It was a good race. We had some problems at the beginning of the week end but we managed to sort it out. We are very happy to have been able to fight with the leaders. The Damax team did a great job to develop the Ascari. Today we lost time with an early pit stop, but we are happy with our position.'
Gigawave.com
Damax Ascari Drivers Make Podium Again
FIA GT3 Championship - Silverstone (Race 2)
It was the turn of Luca Pirri and Stuart Turvey, drivers of the Gigawave sponsored car 47 to take their places on the podium after the other two Damax entered Ascari KZ-1R cars were forced to retire.
Weather conditions for the second race of the weekend were even worse than Race 1. Luca Pirri started the race sixth on the grid and worked his way up to fifth place before handing over to co-driver Stuart Turvey for the second half of the race. Stuart managed to close the gap on the race leaders but had to be satisfied with a podium place behind two Dodge Vipers and a Ferrari
Crash.net
Also impressing during the opening stages was the sole remaining Ascari in the hands of Italian driver Luca Pirri. Having dropped back from sixth on the grid at the start, Pirri was bringing the KZ1R back up the order as he lapped in times second only to those set by Simonsen and took seventh past Zani - now going rapidly the wrong way down the order - on lap seven. However the good work the Damax newboy was doing would be undone a matter of corners later when he ran wide at Stowe and slipped back to ninth.
SILVERSTONE RACE REPORT
martedě 11 luglio 2006 · Others