Le Mans Frustration Spurs On Scott TuckerAnd Level 5 for 20136695944

Individuals who know about the community of auto racing will say the 24 Hours of Le Mans is definitely the greatest test of both man and machine. In the middle of June the 80th hosting of the world legendary race presented to be simply that for the Level 5 Motorsports group. After fighting so hard to make it as far as 5th place in the P2 class standings their #33 HPD-ARX03b was retired after suffering fuel pressure concerns not long after sun rising 18 hours in the 24 hour race.

In 2011, the Level 5 Motorsports power team produced a attractive debut at Le Mans reaching a podium end, unfortunately good luck had not been with their side this year as they attempted to improve on last year's spectacular 3rd place in finish in the P2 class. The fuel pressure concern in which in the end terminated their race wasn't helped by a radio failure which in turn meant Scott Tucker was incapable of make contact with the engineering crew in the pit lane to inform them of the issue which was developing.

The letdown of not improving last year's finish suggests the Level 5 drivers, Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Luis Diaz might find the 2013 Le Mans race as unfinished business. Auto racing can be a unkind activity at the best of times but performing 18 of the 24 scheduled hours of the physically and mentally strenuous race will certainly hold the Level 5 team in good stead for a do it again strike the coming year. The all round winners of the this year's race was the AudiSport Joest team that had operated by Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer, and André Lotterer. Their P1 Audi R18 won the race for the second sequential season. Check out more about Scott Tucker