Mosport ALMS results

[Brett Dikeman]

Leitzinger decided to do a little rallying with his Dyson car, taking 
a grass shortcut through a turn and loosing a bit of time, but no 
doubt making the day of several photographers with at least a foot 
worth of air on reentering the track.

Lehto had been making it clear he wanted new tires, but to save time 
the crew only did a fuel-up (at ALMS you cannot fuel+tire at the same 
time). Instead, a Michelin crewman jumped in during fueling and 
lowered the front left tire; according to the crew chief, the 
telemetry system showed pressure coming up and "Lehto is very 
sensitive to that".  After the pit stop, Lehto continued to complain 
several times over the radio that the tires should have been changed.

The R8 crashed into the tire wall after destroying the front left 
tire.  The car survived virtually intact, but the crash and resulting 
pit stop cost them dearly.  Lehto drove the pants off the R8 with 
fresh tires and cut Leitzinger's lead down considerably- but still 
lost by 16 seconds to the Dyson team.  CBS did not have any radio 
chatter from Lehto's car after the crash.  He was probably too angry 
to speak.

Anyone else notice how fast the tire was blocked from view, covered 
up, and spirited off?  Felt like I was watching an accused child 
rapist being led into court, right down to the jacket-over-the-head 
routine.

Brett
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