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Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2010 Race 11 & 12 Snetterton, Norfolk
Caine tops Carrera Cup testing at Snetterton
Michael Caine stormed to the top of the time sheets in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB during testing at Snetterton on Friday 6 August ahead of rounds eleven and twelve of the championship.
With just 1.4s covering the top 14 cars by the end of the day, Caine (Motorbase Performance) headed championship leader Tim Harvey (Red Line Racing) by 14-hundredths of a second. In pro-am1 Jonas Gelzinis (Juta Racing) set the pace in a strong sixth overall while Paul Mace (GT Marques) headed the pro-am2 category.
As ever, the testing times were all about who ran new tyres and Caine was elated to set his best time on tyres that were not new at the start of the day. "They'd done 10 laps before and then we later changed them side to side before I did my best time," said Caine. "It's the right start for the weekend," he said of his home races. Team boss David Bartrum explained the source of Caine's part used tyres. "We found them in the back of the container where we store all the used tyres," said Bartrum. "We knew they were in there somewhere!"
Harvey was a little disappointed to finish the day second, having run new tyres in both sessions. "We tried two different set-ups on the car and I think we went the wrong way in the afternoon," said Harvey. "That's a good time from Michael," added Harvey.
Firmly in contention in third slot was Stephen Jelley (Team Parker Racing), who was closely followed by his team mates Euan Hankey and Glynn Geddie. "That's the first time I've tried new tyres here and I was well surprised by the level of grip they gave," said Jelley. "We're definitely looking positive for tomorrow."
Sixth overall and an impressive fastest in pro-am1 was Gelzinis, who spent the morning session running in new drive shafts and learning the track. In the later session he slashed his best time to jump to the top of pro-am1, just half a second away from Caine's best time. "That was more or less okay," said the Lithuanian with some understatement. "I expect to be at least four-tenths faster with new tyres," he added.
Michael Meadows (Red Line Racing) and Charles Bateman (Motorbase Performance) were strongly in contention in seventh and eighth places as Ollie Jackson (Addison Lee Motorbase) and Tony Gilham (Collins ReDesign) took top 10 places overall as well as second and third in pro-am1. "We made a tweak and it was much better," said Jackson. "The time is there."
Caine tops Carrera Cup testing at Snetterton
Michael Caine stormed to the top of the time sheets in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB during testing at Snetterton on Friday 6 August ahead of rounds eleven and twelve of the championship.
With just 1.4s covering the top 14 cars by the end of the day, Caine (Motorbase Performance) headed championship leader Tim Harvey (Red Line Racing) by 14-hundredths of a second. In pro-am1 Jonas Gelzinis (Juta Racing) set the pace in a strong sixth overall while Paul Mace (GT Marques) headed the pro-am2 category.
As ever, the testing times were all about who ran new tyres and Caine was elated to set his best time on tyres that were not new at the start of the day. "They'd done 10 laps before and then we later changed them side to side before I did my best time," said Caine. "It's the right start for the weekend," he said of his home races. Team boss David Bartrum explained the source of Caine's part used tyres. "We found them in the back of the container where we store all the used tyres," said Bartrum. "We knew they were in there somewhere!"
Harvey was a little disappointed to finish the day second, having run new tyres in both sessions. "We tried two different set-ups on the car and I think we went the wrong way in the afternoon," said Harvey. "That's a good time from Michael," added Harvey.
Firmly in contention in third slot was Stephen Jelley (Team Parker Racing), who was closely followed by his team mates Euan Hankey and Glynn Geddie. "That's the first time I've tried new tyres here and I was well surprised by the level of grip they gave," said Jelley. "We're definitely looking positive for tomorrow."
Sixth overall and an impressive fastest in pro-am1 was Gelzinis, who spent the morning session running in new drive shafts and learning the track. In the later session he slashed his best time to jump to the top of pro-am1, just half a second away from Caine's best time. "That was more or less okay," said the Lithuanian with some understatement. "I expect to be at least four-tenths faster with new tyres," he added.
Michael Meadows (Red Line Racing) and Charles Bateman (Motorbase Performance) were strongly in contention in seventh and eighth places as Ollie Jackson (Addison Lee Motorbase) and Tony Gilham (Collins ReDesign) took top 10 places overall as well as second and third in pro-am1. "We made a tweak and it was much better," said Jackson. "The time is there."