WEC
Liz Halliday 18 hour report
FRUSTRATION AND ANOTHER FIGHT-BACK FOR LIZ HALLIDAY AND INTERSPORT Having mounted a huge fight-back at the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, climbing to 20th from 49th following repairs to the engine, Liz Halliday and the Intersport Racing team ...
Published: Jun 18, 2006, 2:47 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
FRUSTRATION AND ANOTHER FIGHT-BACK FOR LIZ HALLIDAY AND INTERSPORT
Having mounted a huge fight-back at the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, climbing to 20th from 49th following repairs to the engine, Liz Halliday and the Intersport Racing team faced another set-back just before half race distance, when their gearbox failed. Regulations prevent the team from actually changing the gearbox but rebuilding it is permitted, despite taking time.
The problem occurred during Duncan Dayton's night-time stint, with the loss of gears. The team brought the car into the garage and rebuilt the gearbox with new internal components, retaining the original casing, as stipulated by the regulations. An impressive feat in itself but not without a time penalty -- the process took 45 minutes and when Halliday retook to the track, they had again descended the order, this time to 33rd. However, by the time she handed the car back to team-mate Clint Field, the team had risen to 28th overall.
"That was a really good stint," said Liz. "I did a double, as our tyres don't seem to last for a triple. I was very cautious with the amount of traffic on the circuit, as well as the debris -- there was gravel all across the road at Arnage. I picked up a puncture on my penultimate lap and I think I got it there. It was strange though -- it didn't feel like a puncture at first and I was terrified there was a suspension problem. So I backed off completely to make sure I didn't damage the car."
Once back in the pits, the team changed the tyres and Liz handed the car over to Dayton once again for his pair of stints.
"I guess we're on another fight-back now, after the time lost fixing the gearbox. But we're well over halfway race distance now, which is further than I've got before. I also think it will be easier once the sun comes up. I always find the 3am stint to be the hardest -- it's really tough."
Team Manager Brian Alder confirmed that once the gearbox was repaired, the team was back to the job in hand. "We've found a really good pace now. Once we fixed the gearbox, we started to put the laps in and make sure we avoid any more problems."
-www.lizhalliday.com.
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Next article Toyota Le Mans prototype has support from ORECA for 2012
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Duncan Dayton
Circuit of The Americas™ announces two new board members
General
General
Circuit of The Americas™ announces two new board members
Will the new generation DeltaWing survive?
ALMS
ALMS
Will the new generation DeltaWing survive?
Nissan out, Panoz goes in-house with Mazda for new DeltaWing
ALMS
ALMS
Nissan out, Panoz goes in-house with Mazda for new DeltaWing
Latest news
Audi hands F3 runner-up Freddie Slater F1 practice debut
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
25 min
Audi hands F3 runner-up Freddie Slater F1 practice debut
On this day: Fernando Alonso wins the world title, Michael Schumacher retires from F1
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Brazilian GP
1 h
On this day: Fernando Alonso wins the world title, Michael Schumacher retires from F1
Raul Fernandez still compromised after Indonesia finger injury: “I’m not at 100%”
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
2 h
Raul Fernandez still compromised after Indonesia finger injury: “I’m not at 100%”
MotoGP can’t simply copy F1’s Drive to Survive success – Chase Carey
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
3 h
MotoGP can’t simply copy F1’s Drive to Survive success – Chase Carey
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe