Cirtek Motorsport

The Modena was entered by Cirtek Motorsport which belonged to Rob Shiley and now
competed under Austrian flag after the former RWS outfit purchsed a large part of the
team's assets. Up to this year Cirtek had run Porsche 911 GT3 RSs but had decided to
race the Ferrari in the ELMS and at Le Mans. In 2003 this Ferrari won the GT class in the
LM 1000 kms ahead of all the Porsches!
The line-up was Hans Hugenholz, Robert Wilson and debutant Frank Mountain and while the
other teams were going for pole at practice in June, Cirtek Motorsport was meeting the
requirements of the regulations but the Anglo-Dutch Ferrari was way off its April times and
Cirtek Motorsport came 43rd on the grid in 4m 18,768s.

First trouble for the Cirtek Modena was just
after midnight when Mountain spun in the first
chicane in Les Hunaudiéres properbly due to
defective brakes. Repairs immobilised the Cirtek
Modena for 20 minutes and cost it a place in
the GT class. It was one minute ahead of the
leading TVR and not too far off the Racers
Group Porsche.
07h25 Hugenholz had problems with the right
hand door which opened before the Mulsanne
straight and several rear brake changes did not
help the team. They even got a stop and go 3
minutes penalty for exceeding driving time.
The Cirtek Motorsport Modena came 19th
overall and 7th in the GT class doing 311 laps
in 24 hours - 26 laps behind the class winner.

Hour by hour:
Start - 39th
1h - 38th
2h - 39th
3h - 30th
4h - 30th
5h - 25th
6h - 27th
7h - 25th
8h - 24th
9h - 29th
10h - 28th
11h - 29th
12h - 26th
13h - 26th
14h - 25th
15h - 25th
16h - 23rd
17h - 22nd
18h - 21st
19h - 20th
20h - 21st
21h - 20th
22h - 21st
23h - 20th
24h - 19th