{"id":3169,"date":"2019-09-22T20:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intereuropolcompetition.eu\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2019-09-22T23:31:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T21:31:48","slug":"second-for-the-13-it-was-down-to-the-last-second-or-rather-0-307s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/second-for-the-13-it-was-down-to-the-last-second-or-rather-0-307s\/","title":{"rendered":"Second for the #13: it was down to the last second (or rather 0.307s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last corner, Nigel Moore in the #13 Ligier JS P3 was passed by the #11 of Eurointernational to finish in second place in the European Le Mans Series race at Spa. A mere 0.307 seconds seperated first and second place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The last nine minutes of the race was nailbiting for the Inter Europol Competition team. While in first place, Moore had to come in with a front right puncture (his second), luckily during a full course yellow period. He then could move back to first place. In the final couple of 100 meters, he was held up by a slower LMP3 and had to leave first place to the #11 Eurointernational, with a 0,307s gap. However, the #13 with Nigel Moore and Martin Hippe scored the 10th<\/sup> podium finish in a row.<\/p>\n

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The ELMS LMP3 championship will be decided in the last race at Portimao (25-27 October) as both the #13 and the #11 have 94 points.<\/p>\n

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Nigel Moore:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s hard to finish second under these circumstances, but to be fair they deserved it, they had the quicker car. We will see what happens at Portimao.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Martin Hippe:<\/strong> \u201cLeading the race and then having two punctures was not what we hoped for. In the end we still finished second, for sure a sweet and bitter feeling. We hoped to be leading going into Portimao, but now we are on equal points.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The #14 LMP3 driven by Paul Scheuschner and Constantin Sch\u00f6ll had their best result so far this season; 6th<\/sup>. It was well deserved, after a good and solid race.<\/p>\n

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Constantin Sch\u00f6ll:<\/strong> \u201cSixth was a really good result. We could have been a bit higher but for the first time for me racing here, I am happy with this. Next time with a bit more work I hope to be able to finish even better. The car was perfect all race long and I thank Paul my teammate for working together so well. I had a great weekend with the team and I learned a lot from my engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Paul Scheuschner:<\/strong> \u201cThe best result so far, so yes I am happy with this. It shows we have a good race pace and a good strategy. Looking forward to Portimao to see if we can have an even better finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kuba Smiechowski, Sam Dejonghe and Mathias Beche had a good race in the #34 Ligier JS P217 with a \u00a0possible top 10 finish. However a wheel nut problem caused them extra time in the pit and they had to be content with 12th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n

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Kuba Smiechowski:<\/strong> \u201cIt was quite a good race for me. At the start somebody hit me from behind but it did not destabilize me that much. I pushed as much as I could and I think our pace was not too bad. I could overtake some people in the second stint. Shame what happened to the wheel, as for sure we could have ended higher than we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mathias Beche:<\/strong> \u201cThe race was pretty good. Kuba did a good job and put the car in a good position. In my stint I was able to put the car up to 7th<\/sup> position and we were fighting with a good group with the same pace. A solid top 10 should have been possible. But we had problem with the wheel nut and the wheel came loose and we lost a lot of time with this. It would have been a solid result for the team. Next time it should be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sam Dejonghe:<\/strong> \u201cIt is a very intense car. I had to get used to driving in the group of quick LMP2 cars. The second part of my stint was good, my laptimes getting faster. Driving with a full tank took a little more effort. After the problem with the wheelnut I got in a group of slightly slower cars. It is difficult to pass them even if you are quicker. It\u2019s a shame as in the quicker group of LMP2 cars I could have shown my potential. But I did my best and look forward to the next race.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michael Keese (team director<\/strong>): \u201cIt is going to be very exciting as we go to Portimao in first place with the same points as Eurointernational. For over 20 years I am in the same paddock as Antonio Ferrari (Team Principle) and he is a worthy opponent. We battled our way in Formula Renault and in F3 and will battle again at Portimao. May the best car win.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the last corner, Nigel Moore in the #13 Ligier JS P3 was passed by the #11 of Eurointernational to finish in second place in the European Le Mans Series race at Spa. A mere 0.307 seconds seperated first and second place.   The last nine minutes of the race […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13-IEC.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}