Ricky Taylor relives the bizarre chain of events that cost the WTR Acura so much time in its GPLongBeach pitstop, ahead of his comeback charge that ended in the wall 😬 IMSA Get the full story 👇
pitted to hand over to Taylor.
During the pitstop with less than an hour remaining, as Albuquerque got out, the lead caught on the seatbelt, and he struggled to free himself from the car, as the cord was being tugged by the magnets that pull the belts away for the new driver to get in. During this fuss, Taylor caught neutral on the steering wheel instead of the clutch, so the car wouldn’t restart – as it had to be a correct sequence to launch. In total it lost the team over 12s.
“Then I caught neutral as I went for the clutch paddle, so when I went to launch nothing happened. It has to be in gear with your hand on the clutch and foot on the throttle.”
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