Both yesterday and today the team spend a lot of time on the track. Both Squadron drivers, Czech Jarek Janis and Dutchman Tom Coronel, went out in the first session, a one hour session at the hottest time of the day, on a reconnaissance mission. Both drivers returned to the box into ecstasy and thoroughly enjoyed the demanding Portuguese track with its blind turns and limited opportunities to relax. To be quick on the track the drivers need to learn a number of tricks or you would be 1.5-2 seconds behind. Towards the end of the session the team discovered a problem with the gearbox and decided to change the gearbox. Yesterday’s second free practice session, a two hour evening session in partly dark and cooler conditions, was fully used by the drivers to further work on their race setup. Their pace was good and the team eventually set the seventh quickest time without simulating a qualifying run on a fresh set of tires.

In a third free practice session this afternoon, Jarek went out and immediately produced good lap times. Tom went in the car next but he had to return to the pit box shortly after with an engine failure. As the team was not able to be ready in time for qualifying, the organisers of the race gave the team permission to start the 1000 km race from the back of the grid tomorrow. Tom Coronel set the quickest time of both drivers and therefore he will start the race tomorrow for the the team. The race will start at 19h15 (GMT) and it will take the checkered flag no later than 01:15 on Sunday. Eurosport will broadcast three hours of the race live on one of their pan-European sports TV channels.  

Jarek Janis after Saturday´s warm-up: „Everything went well, the most important thing was that engine worked without problems. It was ok, I think, engine worked better then yesterday. Set-up of the car was optimal, so we haven´t any reason to change anything before the race. We achieved third quickest time in the warm-up, which is not bad.  Tom started the warm-up, because he will start the race tomorrow. I sat in the car for two laps in the end of the warm-up. Everything was ok."

About Spyker Squadron
Spyker Squadron was founded in 2001 to underwrite the performance of the highly exclusive hand-build Spyker sports cars. Spyker Squadron is a dedicated team consisting of engineers, drivers and supporting personnel that develops, builds and supports the Spyker GT2 race cars. The team is based in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, where it has a high-tech workshop to support its operations.  

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1000 km of Algarve - Timetable*: 

Thursday 30th July
17:45 - 18:45	Volný trénink 1	60 minuts
22:30 - 00:30	Volný trénink 2	120 minuts
Friday 31st July
14:45 - 15:45	Volný trénink 3	60 minuts
20:10 - 20:30	Kvalifikace LMGT1 & LMGT2	20 minuts
20:40 - 21:00	Kvalifikace LMP1 & LMP2	20 minuts
Saturday 1st August
11:50 - 12:10	Warm-up	20 minuts
20:15 - 02:15	Závod	215 laps
* CET

 

Official entry list to find HERE.
Livetiming to find HERE

 

1000 km of Algarve on TV (Saturda 1st August):

Nova sport	Eurosport
20:00 LIVE	20:00 LIVE
21:15 LIVE
	24:00 LIVE
01:00 LIVE

Photogallery
Photo: BPA/Milan Bydžovský

LE MANS SERIES 2009 SCHEDULE

08-09/03		Le Castellet (tests)
03-05/04		1000 km Barcelona
25-26/04		Le Mans (tests)
08-10/05		1000 km Spa-Francorchamps
31/07-02/08		1000 km Algarve
21-23/08		1000 km Nürburgring
11-13/09		1000 km Silverstone

Official website of Spyker Squadron	www.spykersquadron.com
Official website of Jarek Janiš	www.jarek-janis.cz
Official website of Tom Coronel	www.tomcoronel.nl
Official website of Le Mans Series	www.lemans-series.com
Official website of 24h Le Mans	www.lemans.org