The development of the Suter-BMW from the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans continued in a positive direction even in bad weather conditions.
Chris Vermeulen, rider of choice to substitute Colin Edwards, has been hard at work to find the right setup for the bike. The Australian rider managed to achieve a fast lap in 1´38.658, at only one tenth of Mattia Pasini, who will be right before him on tomorrow’s starting grid and faster by seven tenths according from the best time from Friday.
Tomorrow the rain could be yet again a determining factor for tomorrow’s French GP but the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team is ready for the race that will begin at 14:00 local time.
Chris Vermeulen – 21st (1´38.658)
“It was great to get out with the bike for the second time today, for the second day it felt more comfortable, I felt at home straight away. This morning we struggled a lot and in the end we found out what was causing it and finally made a big step with the bike, we kind of lost a lot of time this morning which was unfortunate and this afternoon the weather conditions was a bit mixed. I don’t know the bike well, I’m not 100% comfortable with it yet obviously and I just took my time. We got some dry time at the end of the session, just kept the set of tires and we got faster and faster, and more information with the bike. I think now we have a good idea on some changes, we’ve tried a lot of things and hopefully a direction ahead to make a reasonable bike to start the race. “
Kornelis Veldeman – Crew Chief
“Today we did improved but because of the weather conditions we couldn’t improve as much as we had hoped. In the end we improved of a second compared to yesterday’s lap times we were aiming for two seconds but because of having half of the session with rain it wasn’t possible. On the other had it was good for Chris to do some laps in wet conditions. Overall we improved, we improved on the electronics side even if position wise we didn’t and it’s a shame.
The major modification today was on the electronics: to have more engine break in mid corner, less engine break on the straight and of course traction control. We have to keep in mind that we are working with new electronics and we need some time to work on it.”
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