X-rookies Flying lap
Last but not least, Michael Niemas and the X-rookies Mercedes CLR.
This car had already seen its share of slot battles and bore the scars to proof it.
Battle scarred or not, the old merc still had plenty of speed.
Like No Limits and RfH, Michael's lap times immidiately dipped into the low 7.5 sec. and he kept going faster.
After a thrilling 7 laps the timesheets showed a 7.379,
shattering the old qualifying record ( Thierry Paris, EPC 2002, 7.57sec) by 2/10 of a second