SPA-Ventosa! Big Crash in SPA

After a very good qualifying and a confident warm up car N29 of Luca Pirri and Filippo Francioni was set for a very good race.

But luck and weather where not on the Italian side as few minutes before the race start, just like last semptember in Paul Ricard, a light rain went to wet the track and to create really tricky conditions for the drivers.

Already on the formation lap one Audi and one Pegeaut spun, with the Audi having to go to the pits for repair, this should have told the race director that the conditions where yet not ideal for a start, but his mind probably was hit by a black out like the one that was to hit the circuit 2 hrs later, and green flag it was….

First corner and Panis ( former F1 driver and Montecarlo Winner) went for a spin followed furthure back on the grid by a ProSpeed Porsche.

Than the group was full speed down the Eau Rouge where Filippo Francioni lost control of the car at full speed in the 6rh flat our corner crashing heavily into the barriers… this was the end of the race and almost also of Filippo's life who left the car without injuries apart form a bruised and stiff neck.

5 laps of safety car where necessary in order to have the debris of the Lola of Racing Box removed.

This gave the chance of the track to dry out and to the black clouds to disappear! The sacrifice of the car 29 was the luck of many others that would have ended the same way if a safety car was not sent out.

This is very bad for Luca's morale that in SPA already from the first ever session for him in the race showed his skills by being the fastest of the Racing Box drivers.

Le Mans in June will be the first race where Luca will hopefully make more than 30 Seconds right Robert!? And hopefully give a good display of his skills and those of the team.

So until them let's wait for the car to be rebuild and for Luca to regain the energy he needs for the 'Toughest and fastest Race in the World'