Davide Rigon
P6 under the Sebring heat, a very hot race with high temperatures. I was at the Start with medium tires, it was going ok staying in P6 for my entire turn, then we had problems with the motor so I had to slow down. We went down in P9, then Sam got in the car,…
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#71 is back on track with FIA WEC championship. Everything good here in Sebring so far, after the free practices we are all close, I did a great lap during the Qualyfing, but at the end we got the P6. I’ll be at the start, we have a 8 hours race to fight with, so…
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Heavy rain in Shanghai, we had wet conditions all weekend long. The qualifying were the only session with a dry track, but our potential was not the best in this occasion, so at the end we were only P9 and P10 with our teammates. Durign the race it never stopped raining, it was very difficult,…
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A round 4 ruined for a contact with a prototype in the 6 hours of Fuji. The start was not easy because the rain and the wet condition on the track, so we lost positions from P5 to P10. The track was so wet that it was difficult to see the other cars, after few…
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Free practice and qualifying not too bad for #71 here in Fuji. During the free practice we were in P2 – P3, we did pretty good, even if the start was slow, at the end we found our way. On the qualifying we stopped the clock in P5, in front of our teammates #51. The…
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I’m back on track with the Blancpain Championship, finally a good race for us, even if we were starting from P8. Got few problems at the beginning, so from P8 we were in P10. During my stint we decided to be a bit more aggressive, we did the pit stop before every other team. Then…
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#6hoursofsilverstone started very well for #71, P6 at the end, but the car was good enough to be fighting for the third position. We were very positive thinking about the race. Sam was at the start of the race, we were having a great pace, from the P6 to P3 and P2, almost fighting for…
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#71 Le Mans week started with good free practices, the car was quite good with a not bad pace. On the qualifying day it’s been harder, comparing with the other cars we were too slow on the straight, so we decided to change the aerodynamics, losing the pace on the curves. Unfortunately the yellow flags…
read moreWhen it says that everything could happen.. and it happens! Nothing could be more real here in Spa for #71, since the start after the long straight, I was bumbep from the BMW, luckily any issue for our car, the aerodynamic was still good so I kept going. What a tough race, we were very…
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A new season has officially started here in Spa-Francorchamps! Already a difficult start for AF Corse, since the free practice we saw the other teams going very fast. During the qualifying I did a good lap, however our #71 had few difficulties to catch the first positions so we got the P7 time, meanwhile our…
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