Monza 1000 Kms - April 13-15

TEAM BRUICHLADDICH RADICAL TAKES SECOND ROW SLOT

Qualifying saw Stuart Moseley set fourth fastest LMP2 time at the hot and sunny Italian circuit for Sunday's 1000km of Monza. The team was slightly disappointed but pragmatic following a significant loss of practice time when a gearbox issue lost the majority of the first one-hour session. Session two was shortened when a serious pit-lane fire ended track activity so it was only on Saturday morning that saw the Team Bruichladdich Radical SR9 on track for a full hour.

Tim Greaves, Team Owner and driver:
“Ideally we needed more running to get the best out of the car for this track – losing the time
yesterday hurt us. The fact that the first eight cars are all under the pole position time of the last
LMS race here two years ago shows just how much more competitive and faster the cars are this
year. Having said that these races are won by the whole team – it’s as much about preparation
and reliability as pace on the track. The drivers need to manage the traffic so I expect race pace
to settle down to between one minute 43 to one minute 48 seconds and I hope very much that at
the end of the 1000km we’ll be claiming our first podium.”

Stuart Moseley, Driver:
“I’m disappointed and a little taken aback at the pace – I wasn’t expecting the pole time to be over
a second ahead. I knew that losing practice time would affect us but was hoping it wasn’t going to
be by quite so much. Having said that I know that we’re competitive and consistent – we showed
that in practice this morning and during nearly 271 laps at the Paul Ricard test so I’m optimistic of
a good result.”

BUT A RACE TO FORGET

Raceday started well for Team Bruichladdich Radical. Overnight the LMP2 pole sitter’s qualifying
time had been removed for a technical infringement so the team were set to start third. By the time the grid was formed the Barazi Epsilon car ahead was in the pit garage with a problem so from the start Stuart Moseley was able to challenge and take the lead. In only a matter of moments the race was effectively over for the team when a turbo pipe broke and after valiant attempts to fix it in the time allowed, the team retired.

Tim Greaves, Team Owner and driver:
“Basically the pipe broke on the turbo system. It’s a problem we had last season and we thought we’d fixed it but it looks as though we need a fundamental rethink.”