Strakka Racing starts sixth at Silverstone
Combined times put DOME S103 in sixth for S103’s race debut
Strakka Racing will line up sixth in the P2 class for tomorrow’s Silverstone 6 Hours, marking its return to sportscar racing after nearly two years away. Nick Leventis and Danny Watts shared qualifying duties on Saturday, yielding an average time of 1.52.284 in dry conditions at the DOME S103’s race debut.
“We made real progress with the car from yesterday,” says driver Danny Watts. “We improved the balance and in the wet conditions of this morning’s free practice we headed the times right up until the tracked dried out in the final minutes. It’s a good start to our WEC racing return.”
For team principal Dan Walmsley, qualifying was another towards a strong race debut for the DOME S103. “We qualified using just two sets of Michelin tyres out of the four allocated sets and they have come through in good order,” adds team principal Dan Walmsley. “If we keep doing what we do, we should be in a good position by the end of the race as we ease ourselves back in to racing.”
The Silverstone 6 Hours race will start tomorrow at 12pm local time.
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About Strakka Racing
From early domestic campaigns with BMWs and Aston Martins, Strakka Racing has evolved to become one of the most respected and successful privateer teams in the World Endurance Championship. In 2010 the Silverstone-based team achieved a class win, five circuit records and fifth overall in the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours. In 2013, it secured a second Le Mans win in the LMP1 Privateers’ class. Ever developing, in 2013 Strakka Racing entered the Formula Renault 3.5 World Series single-seater championship, regarded as one of the best training grounds for F1. In 2014 Strakka Racing joined forces with esteemed Japanese chassis manufacturer DOME to develop, market and race the Strakka DOME S103 chassis. 2014 also saw Strakka Racing create a Formula Renault 2.0 team and the Zanardi Strakka Kart racing team, the latter winning both prestigious FIA KF and KZ titles in 2014. This line up enables racing drivers to develop and refine their skills with Strakka Racing at each step of their career with an infrastructure that goes beyond any typical racing team.
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