Friday Test Day and Qualifying

Beautiful weather again today, our second test day and qualifying. I got one session in today, about 15-20 min, and it went very well. I was able to get right on our desired team pace, so I’m thrilled. I feel pretty confident now. I was only driving the car at 5, maybe 6/10′s, and barely using the brakes, maybe only 3-4/10′s on the brakes. To get the car to survive a full 25 hours on one set of brakes, we have to barely use them, conserve momentum, conserve fuel, etc. So I was thrilled to get down to a few 2:02′s in a strange car, on a new track, without using the brakes hard. I can easily get 2:00 flat laps with a little refinement. The 2:02 is already on pace with everyone, so I’m thrilled. So now I’m just hanging out and relaxing. Marc will be qualifying soon. My next stint will be race stint #2 at around 12:15 pm tomorrow, and my next stint after that will be after dark – should be interesting!!

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