Barcelona Friday Notebook
Photo: Laurent Cartalade/MPS Agency ***Friday’s one-and-only Free Practice session for this weekend’s European Le Mans Series season-opening 4 Hours of Barcelona saw drama from the start when Alex Quinn was forced to pull his No. 27 Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 Gibson off-course after encountering an oil leak, resulting in a lengthy red flag period and an extended session. The car, however, is expected to be back in action on Satuday. ***The afternoon’s Bronze Driver Collective Test, meanwhile, also saw a red, but in the closing minutes when the No. 63 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Ameerh Naran stopped just past pit-out with a suspected mechanical issue. ***ELMS cars and drivers assembled for a group photo on Thursday evening (pictured above), with the front row led by the respective defending class champions in LMP2 (Panis Racing), LMP2 Pro-Am (AO by TF), LMP3 (CLX Motorsport) and LMGT3 (TF Sport). ***A total of ten drivers competing this weekend will be heading directly to Imola...