{"id":1275,"date":"2019-05-05T18:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T18:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2019-05-20T18:21:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T18:21:35","slug":"ferrari-fast-but-unlucky-in-mid-ohio-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/05\/ferrari-fast-but-unlucky-in-mid-ohio-qualifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari Fast but Unlucky in Mid-Ohio Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lexington, Ohio\u00a0<\/span>| 5 May 2019<\/div>\n
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Fast but unlucky in Saturday\u2019s qualifying at Mid-Ohio, Cooper MacNeil was 12th fastest in the Scuderia Corsa entry on Saturday, the sole Ferrari competing in Sunday\u2019s Sports Car Challenge.<\/p>\n

MacNeil turned a best lap of 1:29.777-seconds in the No. 63 WeatherTech Ferrari 488 GT3 during the 15-minute qualifying session. Toni Vilander will co-drive in the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the third race of the season for the GT Daytona class.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a shame, because I hit traffic on my fastest lap,\u201d MacNeil said. \u201cWe would have been in the top five. Also, I was on a good lap early on that would also have been good enough for top five, and I got to the finish line just as the red flag came out \u2013 which unfortunately negated that lap.\u201d<\/p>\n

The weekend has so far proved to be a challenge to engineers and drivers in equal measure, as weather conditions have been changing throughout the weekend with unseasonably cold temperatures along with varying precipitation. Friday\u2019s two practice sessions were held in wet or drying conditions, with the Saturday morning practice held in chilly 46-degree conditions that left several slick patches on the track.<\/p>\n

Then, unexpected rain prior to qualifying left several wet patches on the circuit although the track continued to dry from lap to lap as the session ran on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tricky session for us,\u201d MacNeil said. \u201cThe track kept changing, and then we had that red flag. But we\u2019ve got a good race car underneath us. The WeatherTech Scuderia Corsa guys have been working hard all weekend. The car\u2019s in one piece, and we\u2019ve got a strong race car for tomorrow. We\u2019ll be trying pretty darn hard to move up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event is also the debut of the IMSA Sprint Cup, a new championship for drivers and teams in the seven races of two hours, 40 minutes and shorter in duration. MacNeil is looking forward to that new challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think having the Sprint Cup as an additional championship is great,\u201d MacNeil said. \u201cIt makes a pretty deep field even deeper. It\u2019s positive; it lowers the budget for certain teams that are looking forward to running fewer races. I\u2019m looking forward to running Detroit (which is considered an exhibition event for the overall GTD championship). It\u2019s a fun place to go to, and it\u2019s good racing for a street course. I\u2019ll be at all the races this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s Sports Car Challenge will be televised live on NBCSN, beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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