Start of the Aurum 1006 km: three BMWs return at the last minute, Dynami: he lacks luck

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Directly from Palanga’s career:

From 11 a.m. The so-called “Grid Walk” takes place: all fans can turn alongside the racers and their cars. You can talk, take photos with the runners.

And Friday was restless and nervous for many teams.

Dynami: t will no longer appear at the start of the Porsche

Baltic Petroleum’s Dynami: T Energy was still hoping to solve the engine problem before the start of the race, but hopes were dashed on Saturday. In the team tent: grim photos. During training for the Aurum 1006km race on Friday, when the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup engine failed, the necessary parts could not be found quickly and the team would no longer appear on the starting line.

During the first trainings on the Palanga track on Friday morning, mechanics heard that the Porsche engine was not working as it should.

The car was pushed into Juta Racing’s caretaker’s shop, where craftsmen removed the engine and performed a sort of autopsy to find out where the problem was and if it was possible to fix it.

All these Porsche racing models in Lithuania compete in Palanga this weekend. But another one of those Porsches is in Estonia. Crew members negotiated a motor rental with the Estonian, but after lengthy negotiations, he refused to rent a motor to the team: next weekend he had a stage at the Baltic Championship, and his Porsche motor had already covered many kilometers, he had to be re-selected and could not withstand long distance running. Too risky.

And the necessary parts in the Baltic countries could not be found so quickly.

“I would like to publicly thank those who tried to help us. While hopes were dashed, many good people called us, offered their services, contacts, looked for the necessary parts, were determined to help them be faster. Unfortunately, we had to bury the Hopes to start the race. We thought we had broken the bottom last year. However, last year at least we went to the start, and this year we will see it from the country, “said Mantas Matukaitis.

The BMW M3 is on fire

There was no shortage of smoke on the track on Friday. The BMW M3 “Technical Project – Viada” team lit up at the starting line during training. As it turned out Saturday, the car has been resurrected for a second life and the team will soon be at the starting line.

Driving the car, Vygandas Urbanas made sure that the incident had happened on this part of the track because judges had pointed out about the fire and firefighters quickly rushed.

“The judges noted that tongues fluttered in the underside of the car at the Orlen service station, but Vygandas Urban, a technical design athlete – Viada team, still managed to drive his BMW M3 to the PitLane area,” said Gražvydas Smetonis. , president of the College of Racing Sports Commissioners, to the press center. “In 15 seconds, the BMW rescue rushed to the burning BMW, and after 30 seconds, the fire trucks also rushed.”

After spraying up to eight fire extinguishers, the flames covering the foam car quickly died out.

The qualification was also approved by GSR Motorsport (BMW E90) and RD Signs-Polyplast (BMW Z4) racing team.

TOP10 faster

4 Porsche driving teams (Circle K Miles Plus Racing team, LG OLED Porsche Club, Vytautas Gazuotas and Porsche Baltic), Lamborghini were in the top ten after summarizing the results of two team members. Gera dovana-RD Signs), 3 competing TCR teams (Noker racing team, Lesta racing team and DHL Racing Team), Baltic Petroleum by Piano Piano team (BMWM3) and Tarzanija races ”(Audi S4).

TOP10 Ratings

Within 15 minutes of qualifying for the Super Polo, each team had to decide which driver had the most experience and the best opportunities to achieve the best result.

The Circle K Miles Plus racing team decided to entrust this task to Estonian Ralph Aron. He did not disappoint: Ralph’s best result was 1: 08.973 min.

It’s only 0.066 sec. He fell behind Konstantin Calko, who won the qualification in 2019, for 1 min. 08,907 result, which is a record for this track.