As drivers readied their cars in for a gruelling 24 hours in France, halfway across the globe at Canal Walk in Cape Town, a similar nervous energy permeated the atmosphere – Last year was fiercely competitive, but CAR magazine’s Virtual Le Mans Challenge 2009 took it to the next level…
1. The calm before the storm as the teams’ line up.
2. Members of the public were invited to do a lap on GT4. The fastest won a six-month CAR subscription.
3. Shaking off sleep for another stint
4. Hilton Samuels of MP RACING chasing down CAR MAGAZINE
5. Lightning-quick Nasief Dalvie on form for M-TECHNIQUE
6. FFR RACING, GT-WORX and CAR MAGAZINE – the teams with the most experience
7. CAR MAGAZINE’s Kyle Kock keeping MP RACING at bay
8. Early, but not easy on this Sunday morning
9. CAR Photojournalist Ian McLaren had a rough night
10. The joy and relief of a podium finish