The Racing Spirit of Leman wrap up their Prologue Test and look forward to the opening ELMS race on Sunday

 

 

That’s a wrap for the European Le Mans Series Prologue Test from Barcelona as far as the Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing team are concerned as they now focus their attention to this weekend’s opening round.

Like last season, the #59 AMR Vantage LMGT3 entry is the sole AMR powered entry this season although there was only one change in driver line up between this season and last with Clement Mateu and Valentin Hasse-Clot being joined this year by fellow Frenchman Marius Fossard.

 

This season has attracted another capacity grid of forty-seven entries spread across the LMP2, LMP3 and LMGT3 class with the #59 Racing Spirit of Leman crew competing within another challenging group of fourteen entries.

Two days at the Circuit de Catalunya has seen the team pound in nearly three hundred laps between the three available sessions yesterday and the two today and by last year’s standards – that equates to the equivalent lap distance of nearly two and a half four-hour races.

 

Being a test, being the fastest was not necessarily the direct intention of any of the runners but the timing screen has shown a constant display from the #59 crew with a best lap time during the Prologue of 1:42:520 compared to an overall best lap time in class of 1:41:40.

Whilst the drivers will be resting and scrutinising their performances to date, the team will now be stripping down and race readying the car ahead of the first official Free Practice sessions to the new season that start late on Friday morning before extending into Qualifying on Saturday and the start of the four race at noon (local) on Sunday.

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