In the quest for success, research into performance is an indispensable stage, however it is not the final stage. This is what the ProSpeed Competition team has been meditating on since returning from Monza, theatre of the first round of the Blancpain Endurance Series 2013. Looking back, the place clinched by Marc Hennerici, Xavier Maassen and Maxime Soulet on the first row of the Italian starting grid could not have been a better reference point to prepare for the competition’s second round, this coming weekend at Silverstone. By avoiding all the pitfalls in the race, the Porsche 911 GT3-R “Spec 2013″ #75, in the colours of Alcra Flash-MoWeKo-CMF-Spike Communications, should now be crossing swords with its nearest rivals … right through to the chequered flag. “One for all, all for a result!”
In the middle of a series of seven competitions … in seven weekends in a row, ProSpeed Competition has immobilised its two half trailers in the Siverstone ‘paddock’ for the second meeting of the Endurance Series 2013. Only a few hours earlier, the Belgian team with Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub, enjoyed an excellent result in the British championship, namely the British GT.
Rudi Penders (ProSpeed Competition Team Principal) : ” Motorsport is not an exact science, but one needs to respect a certain hierarchy. As such one can’t strive for victory without performance. But in fact the performance is there. That which was created by Maxime Soulet during the first qualifying sessions of the season proves the fruit of the talent… and the methodical and definitely meticulous work of an entire team. Starting off with the Porsche Motorsport engineers. They have managed to further improve the efficiency of the Porsche 911 GT3-R with this “specification 2013″. And in the team we immediately understood how to get the best out of these improvements. As from now we need to wind our way through all the race hazards. And these are numerous, seeing more than sixty cars, all within the same category, will be going head to head on the track … for three hours. But then if we have to impose ourselves, as we had already previously done last year at the Nürburgring, why not do it right now? “
Xavier Maassen (NDL – Driver – Porsche 911 GT3-R #75 – ProCup) : ” At Monza, we had the car to give us victory. That’s more than one month ago, but as nothing has changed since then, we should come across our Porsche 911 GT3-R, with the same performance in Silverstone. The main objective will be to convert the entire team’s hard work into a result. And a good result at that! “
Marc Hennerici (GER – Driver – Porsche 911 GT3-R #75 – ProCup) : ” I’m being rather serene, because in Monza we proved that our “package” allowed us to play up front. The points we weren’t able to gather in Italy we are going to go all out to get them at Silverstone. I love that circuit, this fast track with its ‘high speed’ curves. Silverstone is part and parcel of one of my favourite tracks.”
Source : ProSpeed Competition