We came with high hopes to the Nurburgring, expecting to fight for victory, but in the end we had to settle for P15 and no points scored. This result is very disappointing for us to say the least, but sometimes in racing things do not go according to plan. Here is what happened to us this weekend.
Since 1998 it is my first time at the N'Ring GP track. I have actually many good memories from the Nurburgring, lots from F3, but also I won my first ever car race in a Formula Ford there in 1988. That's a long time ago, and some corners have obviously changed, especially the new Mercedes arena is new to me. But I think most of the corners will fit our Nissan GTR very well.
The fifth round to the FIA GT1 World Championship in Spa was a real roller coaster of emotions and ended up in a heartbreaking retirement in the main race for us with just one and a half laps to go. Starting the weekend we soon saw that we look in a good shape for a strong top ten point finish. so we were going into qualifying quite optimistic.
This weekend we will have R5 of the FIA GT1 World Championship in Spa-Francorchamps. Last year we took part in the 24h of Spa with the Nissan GTR for testing purposes and we ended up having a great result by achieving the podium. So we know that the GTR is very good around Spa in general. But this time the race is only one hour and we also carry 50kg of success ballast after being on the podium for the last 2 races.
I lived in Japan since 1994 and my first 4 years I lived in Gotenba, which is located near Fuji Speedway just at the bottom of Mount Fuji. But even though I used to ride up the roads leading up to Fuji or occasionally run partly up the mountain for training purposes, I never thought about walking all the way up to the top. Until a few days ago...
Now you can follow all thats happening on my twitter page. Just click on that link : http://twitter.com/Krummster23
twitter page でのすべての出来事にフォローできるようになりました。リンクをクリックしてみてください。 : http://twitter.com/Krummster23
It turned out to be a fantastic result for us at my "home" race in Paul Ricard, which is only 90 minutes away from Monaco by finishing on P2. We qualified 3rd and opted to use our old tires from the free practice for our first stint with Peter for the QF race. Unfortunately that was a very difficult to handle and we dropped right through the field. We ended up in P9 and were obviously very disappointed to having to start the main race from so far back.
It was a tough week in Wimbledon for Kimiko and myself as we had to endure some tough first round losses. Even though we knew it was going to be a tough challenge for Kimiko in Wimbledon because of her injury since the French Open, it is always very hard to take a loss in 3 sets. I myself went from Wimbledon to Snetterton for testing in the GTR and that went quite well and we were able to improve the cars performance. We now hope that those changes will reflect in next weeks race at Paul Ricard.
The short break after the Brno race is over and we resume testing in England next week. In the meantime I have been training in Monaco, mostly on the bicycle and gym. It's a fantastic coincidence that we are testing in England, since Kimiko will play in Wimbledon next week as well. Her injury seems to be quite good now, the only problem is that she hasn't been able to play a match since the French Open.
After the race in Brno I immediately left to be able to attend Kimiko's match in Paris against former number one Dinara Safina. It was a long drive, but I made it all in time and it was a good job I did. The match that we were able to witness was just amazing. Kimiko played with a calf injury and even so made the impossible possible and won the first round in Paris. That match for sure not only gave myself a lot of inspiration and motivation, but also everyone that witnessed this epic duel.
【スタッフ通信】ーミハエルクルムのレーシング「超」運転術発売中！
マイケルのドライビングテクニックが凝縮された待望の一冊が発売されました！！ ドライビングテクニックだけではなくマイケルの日常のエピソード、実際に経験したエピソードもでてきます。
スペシャル特典！！ ― 限定10冊、マイケルのサイン入り！！（予告なしに終了する場合がございます）
It was an exciting weekend in Brno. The free practice was wet most of the time, therefore most of the drivers only got a few laps running before the actual qualifying on Saturday. This made the qualifying and the qualifying race even a bigger challenge than usual. Again we made it through to Q3 and we finally had to settle for P4 for the qualifying race. Peter did a great start and we were running in P2 until the pit stop. Unfortunately we lost too much time there and I brought the car back in P3.
【スタッフ通信】ペルマガード公式サイトがリニューアル致しました。↓
www.permagard.co.jp
It was the first real 24h race at the "Green Hell" of the Nurburgring last weekend, but unfortunately not everything went as smooth as planned. I raced the Nissan 370Z from the RJN Team, all organize by Auto Zeitung together with Nissan Germany. It all started with the typical Nurburgring weather at the Thursday night practice. Heavy fog, rain and mud turned my first laps around the Ring into a real nightmare. It was really tough to go blind over jumps or high speed section with hardly any visibility. But that was what I was warned about and what this race is all about.
P3 in Qualifying and retired in the Main Race.
It was not a lucky weekend again for our car. After a great qualifying which earned us P3 Peter started the qualifying race and handed me the car back in P4. Unfortunately we received a drive through penalty for cutting the white lone on pit entry. After I served my drive through penalty I tried to make up as many places as possible and was able to finish the race in P8. This would be our start position for the main race.
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