The Final Questions Answered - 3rd qualifying session.

Once again it all started slowly.. this seems to be trend this year. Unless the track dried out ...all the way round.. there was no hope of changing anything. Times were miles off the ones set in the first session. The track was still wet in places and drying in others. Really all you might achieve was to stuff the car into the barriers and give your hard pressed mechanics a long tiring night.

In the background things were moving a pace as far as the crippled Krohn car was concerned .(howzat that for alliteration!)  The original car wasn't exactly scrap but its career as a race car was clearly over. But there were a few bits , like an ash tray, that were  useful. So a new shell was rushed down from Sebastian Loeb Racing and we believe it was then vinyl wrapped in that lurid green. So they spent all day rebuilding the car using the best bits of both. Incredibly they made it.. and with only 35 mins left of qualifying they had to get Mediani sorted out with his five laps in the dark and they made it.The circuit had been like a skating rink all night and all the teams remain a wee bit in the dark regarding dry settings.

Once again we had an extraordinary number of race stoppages.. once again the red flag came out twice and messed up qualifying once again. Nobody can tell us at the moment whether there have ever been more stoppages in the same year ever before. But the excitement did break into a gentle stroll right at the end when the Audis decided to have one of their personal late night brawls at the very last moment. In the end the pole remained with Duval but Treluyer and Gene swapped places.

Rarely can the weather ever have screwed up the Le Mans qualifying likenthis before .. lets hope it is more predictable for the race.

   Pictures courtesy of "Dottore" ( kristof.vermeulen@gmail.com Raceshots.be )