Valuable points for Race Performance after strong chase through the field

Tuesday 23rd September 2014 - Anything else than luck was with the team Race Performance and MOMO Megatron at the penultimate round of the European Le Mans Series. On the high-speed circuit Paul Ricard technical problems forced the two drivers Michel Frey and Franck Mailleux to do a chase through the field from the back of the grid of the popular sports-car series. With a strong performance, they finally managed to finish seventh in the four hours endurance race, claiming valuable points ahead of the season final of the championship.

“I had a good start and was able to keep pace with the top”, explained Michel Frey after the race. “However, after about three laps I realized that something was wrong. I couldn't shift into the sixth gear any longer, what is really a big disadvantage, especially on this kind of circuit.” The experienced and ambitious technicians of the team were able to solve the software problem on the Oreca 03 Judd in the pit and sent the Swiss out on the track again with a deficit of three laps. Dropped back to position 27, Frey and his team mate Franck Mailleux started with a chase through the field.

The team Race Performance was not to stop: with a tremendous performance the two racing professionals improved positions again lap by lap, and after about two hours they appeared back on eighth rank again. Franck Mailleux, who shone with quick lap times, was full of fighting spirit. “It was really a pity, that we had the problem at the beginning of the race. We lost a lot of time. However, we pushed really hard and gradually made up the lost ground again. With that we could show, that we had the pace to claim a podium finish today. Concerning the circumstances we clinched a good result.”

The final round of the European Le Mans Series takes place in four weeks. Nothing is decided in the fiercely contested series yet, and the team Race Performance and its Partner MOMO Megatron are looking forward.