The First round of the 2010 World Sidecar Championship was held at Le Mans in France, Treasure racing’s Adam & Darren arrived early and set up their pit area amongst the other sidecar teams. The sidecar’s championship was held along side the 24 hour World Endurance Championship.
The First free practice on Friday was used to refresh Adam’s memory of the layout of the circuit and introduce Darren to the fast and flowing nature of the track.
Le Mans
At the completion of the 2x qualifying sessions Adam and Darren had qualified 13th on the grid.
For the 18 lap race on Saturday, Adam got a great start and the boys settled into a good pace very early, picking off quite a few teams in front of them on the grid with some aggressive riding into turns one and two, followed by some good early pace in the opening laps, which saw Treasure racing up into 8th place by half way through the 2nd lap. The race was red flagged near the completion of the second lap when another teams motor expired dropping oil onto the racing line.
Le Mans
The restart was for the remaining 15 laps and again Adam got away from the start in good time, the pair worked their way forward to 10th and nearing the completion of the fifth lap, under heavy braking at the end of the fast back straight, the sidecar became unstable and rolled, coming to a stop upside down off the edge of the track. Both Darren and Adam were not seriously hurt in the accident. The sidecar suffered only cosmetic damage to the fairing. Treasure racing had no choice but to retire from the race. Adam & Darren left Le Mans now looking forward to round 2 in Germany
The boys spent Sunday back in Germany preparing the sidecar for the next round in Schleiz Germany on the 8th and 9th of May.
Photos of Le Mans to come in the following days.
Signing off
Adam & Darren
Treasure Racing
F1 sidecar #38