Title: FIA GT3 - Dubai - Rounds 11 & 12
Location: DUBAI, UNITED EMIRATES
Description: Practice, Qualifying, Round 11 & 12 (FINALE) of the European FIA GT3 Championship.
Start Date: 2009-11-13
Start Time: 09:00
End Date: 2009-11-14
End Time: 18:00
A top ten finish in the second of two FIA GT3 European Championship races at Paul Ricard in the South of France gave Niki Lanik the lead of the Porsche Manufacturers Cup. The 22-year-old Austrian, who lives in Ashurst Wood in Sussex, was handed the car by Finland’s Mikael Forsten in 14th and drove a determined race to finish the 60-minute encounter in a creditable 9th overall.
The weekend got off to a poor start with Niki only getting eleven laps in the car on the unfamiliar Paul Ricard circuit during free practice on Friday due to technical problems. He then qualified the car 14th out of 30 cars for the first of the two 60-minute races on Saturday afternoon. A short rain storm on part of the circuit caused the race to be stopped on lap 2 after several cars crashed heavily, with Lanik classified as 14th in the final results but scoring one more than his Porsche Cup rival David Ashburn. In the second race Mikhael Forsten drove the first part of the race handing the car over on lap 12 in 14th place. Lanik then drove well to move up the order to finish 9th overall to secure the lead in the Porsche Manufacturers Cup with two races remaining. (more…)
Title: FIA GT3 - Paul Ricard - Round 9 & 10
Location: PAUL RICARD, FRANCE
Description: Practice, Qualifying, Round 9 & 10 of the European FIA GT3 Championship.
Start Date: 2009-10-02
Start Time: 09:00
End Date: 2009-10-04
End Time: 18:00
Title: European FIA GT3
Location: ALGARVE, PORTUGAL
Description: Practice, Qualifying, Round 7 & 8 of the European FIA GT3 Championship.
Start Date: 2009-09-11
Start Time: 09:00
End Date: 2009-09-13
End Time: 18:00
ProSpeed Competition also had en excellent iron in the fire in GT3 and in the #161 the Austrian Niki Lanik took a brilliant start in variable weather conditions. Markus Palttala, David Loix and Rainman Slingerland also did a great job and were a strong opposition for the winning Ford GT. “But here also our top car was slowed by a series of problems” GT3 team manager Marc Maton continues the story. “Amongst others we lost a windscreen and during the race several minor technical problems reared their heads. That the team finally managed to finish third is in all honesty great. The drivers had full faith and the team never lost their sprits.”
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At 4pm on the 25th July Austrian driver Niki Lanik took his place on the grid and waited for the lights to go out to signal the start of his first Total Spa 24 hrs race.
Qualifying had began dry but after only three laps the heavens opened and qualifying continued in heavy rain.
Niki’ls qualifying had been hindered by brake problems from the start which unfortunately meant Niki missing the dry track opportunity. This resulted in Niki’s lead Prospeed GT3 car starting on the last row of the grid! (more…)
“Lanik misses top 10 finish”
“NIKI Lanik endured a frustrating weekend in the GT3 European championship round at Oschersleben Germany. The 22-year-old from Ashurst Wood took time with his co-driver Greek Dimitris Deverikos to adapt to the circuit, Lanik finishing 23rd in the qualifying sessions in the ProSpeed Porsche.”
“The first race ended on the track, but one day later we drove a strong race climbing to 11th which is not a bad result on such a difficult and technical track, ” Lanik reflected.
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“In FIA GT3 one Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S in the colours of ProSpeed Competition was on the entry list, with the Greek Dimitris Deverikos and the Austrian Niki Lanik at the wheel. “Both drivers needed some time to become acquainted with the circuit, resulting in Niki finishing in 23rd place in the qualifying sessions, with Dimitris registering 25th spot”, Marc Maton, the GT3-teammanager for ProSpeed Competition told us running through the qualifying results sheets.”
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English: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_06_21_review_Oschersleben_EN.pdf
Nederlands: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_06_21_review_Oschersleben_NL.pdf
Français: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_06_21_review_Oschersleben_FR.pdf
Niki comments: “I got in 4-5 quick laps but was not able to qualify better than 23rd. I was loosing a little bit of time everywhere, but on two specific corner I was loosing a large junk of time.”
“My team mate, Dimitris Deverikos, qualified 25th.”
“We are currently really struggling with the track. The two races will be a challenge and we have a lot of work to do!”
Niki comments: “I had quite a tough day. Oschersleben is difficult track to learn, so I was 3 or so seconds off the pace in today’s practise. I had difficulty finding pace and was trying to follow cars. Nevertheless I feel quite confident in the two races this weekend.”
“It’s very typical to only get 15 or so laps in practise and I still have a lot to learn to be able to get used to the car and learn the circuit within such a short time period. Lucky my team mate for this weekend, Dimitris Deverikos, had raced on this circuit a few years ago.”
Practise 1 - CLICK HERE
Practise 2 - CLICK HERE
