AFSR1 Mathiasen Motorsports is back to racing this weekend with Sebastian Saavedra and Gustavo Yacaman at Road America for the 8th round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.
There will be more than the 35 competitors to fend off at Road America for AFSR1 Mathiasen Motorsports as the weather forecast shows rain on race day. Practice 1 will commence track activity for the LMP2 category at 12:15 p.m. EDT on Friday afternoon with Practice 2 completing the schedule at 5:10 p.m. Practice 3 will start early Saturday morning at 9:55 a.m. and Qualifying will wrap up the day at 2:25 p.m. Race day, Sunday,August 5th, will begin with a warm-up at 9:30 a.m. and the green flag for the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase will wave at 2:35 p.m.
Sebastian Saavedra – Driver
“I’m ready to get back to the track after a long but welcomed rest. These last few weeks we’ve been busy getting ready in the simulator and preparing for Road America, which will be a new track for me. It will be good to continue working on our development and I’m looking forward to a strong weekend.”
Gustavo Yacaman – Driver
“I’m really looking forward to this weekend. Road America is one of the top tracks in North America. The team did pretty well here last year, so hopefully, we can improve upon that. As always, the level of competition is very high in this championship so it will not be an easy task, but with three races to go we are pushing to bring a good result to the team.”
Gary Peterson – Team Principal
“We are looking forward to having a great race weekend at Road America. It will be nice to have luck go our way a bit so we can fight against the big teams and hopefully land a podium finish.”
Bobby Oergel – Team Principal
“We are ready for a strong start to the last part of the season. Mosport was a tough race for us but we have been able to put that behind us and now we are fully focused on Road America and we know we can fight here. Everyone in the crew, engineers, and drivers are in good spirit and we are all ready to go have another strong weekend.”
Source. AFSR1 Mathiasen Motorsports
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