Iron Lynx reflected on the key positives from one of their most promising race meetings in Sao Paulo, despite their poor race results.
“We have to look at the positives,” said Iron Lynx team principal and CEO Andrea Piccini.
“This weekend we had a much better pace and we made good use of it in qualifying, where we achieved a valuable P4.
“Despite still being a bit off in terms of pure performance compared to Aston Martin and Lexus, we were very consistent, and we had superior tyre management.
“All drivers were making positive steps, despite the fact that most of them were driving for the first time at Interlagos, which is a very technical circuit.
“Today, the pace and strategy could have brought us to the podium.
“We are getting there, and we will continue working ahead of the three final rounds of the season.”
Iron Lynx finished in 18th, last in the LMGT3 category, along with a retirement during the fifth FIA World Endurance Championship round.
Despite achieving similar results as the Qatar 1812 km season-opener, the finishing results told only half the story.
The team showcased competitive form by matching their best qualifying effort for the #61, since they also qualified fourth for the previous round, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Iron Lynx misses out after ‘promising weekend’
During the race, both the #60 and #61 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 Evos achieved satisfactory tyre management.
Iron Lynx opted for an aggressive strategy with the #61 Mercedes-AMG, which started in fourth place, early in the race.
Bronze-graded Martin Berry kept the car within the top five before switching to Mercedes-AMG factory driver Maxime Martin, who put the car up to second position whilst others opted to eat into the Bronze-graded driving time of 1 hour 45 minutes.
Lin Hodenius continued in the middle of the race after serving penalties for Full Course Yellow infringements as Martin was keen to secure at least a points finish.
An untimely technical issue retired the #61 Mercedes-AMG in the sixth and final hour, whilst the #60 machine finished last with its relatively new driver line-up.
“It was definitely a promising weekend,” added Martin.
“We have been quite competitive for the whole weekend, and it’s again a good step from race-to-race.
“We are happy with that; we had a good qualifying and a good beginning of the race – we were in the top positions.
“Unfortunately, a technical issue forced us to retire. It’s a good lesson, it’s promising, we’re getting better, so we look forward to the next race.”
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