<p class="title">Indian racer Arjun Maini made a strong start to his highly-anticipated debut in the European LeMans Series, recording the second fastest lap time in the qualifying session of the race here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lap time set by Arjun was a mere 0.3 slower than the fastest lap time overall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The RLR Msport team also made their debut in the hotly-contested LMP2 class and despite a damper issue preventing them from qualifying higher than 11th during the weekend's qualifying session, the team ended the weekend with a strong 8th overall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year-old from Bengaluru raced alongside Bruno Senna, nephew of the late great Ayrton Senna and gentleman driver John Ferano.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arjun's pace throughout the weekend was quite remarkable as he managed an overall second during the weekend's free practice session. The opening race was run for a duration of four hours with over 40 cars present and the JK Tyre backed driver coped well with the steep learning curve.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's the first time I've raced in this format (endurance racing) and I managed to adapt quite quickly. The team did a great job with the car and Bruno was very helpful in terms of adjusting my driving style from Formula cars to prototypes," Arjun said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"John drove a good stint as well and he is improving rapidly. Eighth is definitely a strong foundation to build upon and if we can improve on a consistent basis, I have no doubt that we will be fighting towards the front of the grid."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The next round of the championship is scheduled for Monza in a month's time.</p>
<p class="title">Indian racer Arjun Maini made a strong start to his highly-anticipated debut in the European LeMans Series, recording the second fastest lap time in the qualifying session of the race here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lap time set by Arjun was a mere 0.3 slower than the fastest lap time overall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The RLR Msport team also made their debut in the hotly-contested LMP2 class and despite a damper issue preventing them from qualifying higher than 11th during the weekend's qualifying session, the team ended the weekend with a strong 8th overall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year-old from Bengaluru raced alongside Bruno Senna, nephew of the late great Ayrton Senna and gentleman driver John Ferano.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arjun's pace throughout the weekend was quite remarkable as he managed an overall second during the weekend's free practice session. The opening race was run for a duration of four hours with over 40 cars present and the JK Tyre backed driver coped well with the steep learning curve.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's the first time I've raced in this format (endurance racing) and I managed to adapt quite quickly. The team did a great job with the car and Bruno was very helpful in terms of adjusting my driving style from Formula cars to prototypes," Arjun said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"John drove a good stint as well and he is improving rapidly. Eighth is definitely a strong foundation to build upon and if we can improve on a consistent basis, I have no doubt that we will be fighting towards the front of the grid."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The next round of the championship is scheduled for Monza in a month's time.</p>