SPA 6 HOURS - TODAY, TOMORROW, TWO TOYOTAS

Good Sunday afternoon! Here it’s raining cats and dogs, but this doesn’t prevent me from talking about Spa 6 Hours, which is commonly considered as a “general test” for Le Mans 24 Hours. 

Toyota conquered its third overall win of the season; my biggest congratulations go to Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José Maria Lopez, as well as to their teammates Séb Buemi, Ryo Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley, who ended P2. There’s also some Italy on the podium: a red Ferrari LMP1 car driven by Alessandro Pierguidi, James Calado and Antonio “Jesus” Giovinazzi.

In the last hours of the races, Lou had a breathtaking duel with Tom Blomqvist, United Autosports’ ace, who started from the pole position. After a pit stop, Lou managed to get rid of him, thanks to the help of Rui Andrade and RobKub too, resulting in the LMP2 triumph of WRT.

Congratulations to all the boys and girls and see you at the next adventure!

4 HOURS OF BARCELONA - LOU WRITES HISTORY

Another weekend, another race for Lou. This time we’re in Montmelò, and the championship is ELMS.

This time our Swiss ace gained another satisfaction in his flourishing career, as he, along with his teammates Salih Yoluc and Charlie Eastwood, ended the race P1 both in the whole classification and in their category. We can say, as he posted on his Insta profile, “history has been written”.

Salih Yoluc started with a bang, managing to be constantly close to Pro racers, while Charlie Eastwood reached P2. Then, Lou had some troubles with the black and orange flag, as there was a broken piece on the car; however, after the mandatory pitstop, he finally overtook his compatriot Neel Jani and VICTORY!!!

What can I say now? Good job, guys! 

See you for the next race!

6 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO - THE SEASON IS ON!

Good evening! The Portimão weekend started with a nasty crash of a Porsche who flew on the (luckily) empty grandstands of the circuit. I admit I was scared by this unusual accident, which (again) luckily had no consequences.

However, I’ll give you a little summary of the race, in which Lou and his crew started from P20 and ended P12 in the general classification as well as P3 in LMP2.

Toyota confirmed its superiority, just like in the past year’s season. Unfortunately, while Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa won the race, Kobayashi, Conway and Lopez had some troubles on their car and this prevented the Japanese manufacturer from monopolizing the first two steps on the podium. 

Unfortunately, Prema’s race was negatively influenced by the safety car; that’s why Lou succeeded in overtaking Daniil Kvyat in the last minutes. 

What can I say now? I wish good luck to all the WEC guys, hoping to meet them (again) in Monza next July!