Rotax World Finals - Practice Day Update
| 13 November 2013 |
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The opening day of practice is complete and the 12 Aussies have all had their first three runs on the NOLA track. The fields are currently split into odd and even numbers and several of the Australians were inside the top ten of their respective groups.
Two 10-minute practice sessions will run in the wee hours of Thursday morning (Oz time) followed by one 15-minute qualifying run. The first of the heat races take place on Friday morning, Australian time.
Above: Joseph Burton-Harris lands awkward at one of the chicanes. Note the plastic barrier on the gravel trap
pic - Cooper's / Facebook
Practice day results for the Aussies from session 2 and 3 (no timing is done for session 1 where drivers are to finish off the final run-in of their engine), includes kart number (from karting.net.au):
Junior MAX
#136 James Abela
P2 – 11th 58.374 (+0.477)
P3 – 5th 57.630 (+0.144)
#147 Joseph Burton-Harris
P2 – 7th 58.320 (+0.522)
P3 – 16th 57.772 (+0.451)
#153 Liam McLellan
P2 – 19th 58.623 (+0.825)
P3 – 12th 57.609 (+0.288)
Senior MAX
#237 Pierce Lehane
P2 – 30th 57.127 (+0.924)
P3 – 22nd 56.237 (+0.443)
#252 Daniel Rochford
P2 – 3rd 56.220 (+0.044)
P3 – 28th 56.530 (+0.795)
#267 Tyler Greenbury
P2 – 2nd 56.214 (+0.011)
P3 – 14th 56.144 (+0.350)
DD2 Masters
#450 Adam Hunter
P2 – 4th 56.036 (+0.394)
P3 – 3rd 55.504 (+0.276)
#451 Hamish Leighton
P2 – 14th 56.618 (+1.047)
P3 – 12th 56.261 (+0.886)
#474 Daniel Richert
P2 – 3rd 55.912 (+0.270)
P3 – 6th 55.573 (+0.345)
DD2
#344 Brendan Nelson
P2 – 16th 55.370 (+0.761)
P3 – 20th 55.111 (+0.658)
#349 Lucas Ward
P2 – 8th 55.375 (+0.818)
P3 – 9th 55.069 (+0.506)
#350 Jason Pringle
P2 – 8th 55.106 (+0.497)
P3 – 16th 54.999 (+0.546)
Rotax are proving daily reports from NOLA via the rotax-kart.com website:
- Day 1 report (welcome day) HERE
- Day 2 report (chassis raffle) HERE
- Day 3 report (non-qualifying practice) HERE
- An image gallery is HERE
Some other handy links:
- The time schedule (in local and Australian time) was published with the preview of the event HERE
- Session results and Live Timing HERE
- Live Video HERE
- Cooper's Photography photos from opening practice HERE
Above: First impression of the NOLA track - words from several drivers after practice
Above: "From The Studio" news/reviews/talk
Above: "Walkaround" NOLA
