Wow. Wow. Wow. If you were there or able to catch the action on TV, this was just an amazing day. I’m not going to say the racing gods gave Audi the help or luck because ALL of Audi acted like Gods, themselves. It all started on the grid formation lap when Allan McNish decided to go off smacking the wall in The Esses. The #1 Audi was done… or so we thought. allan limped the R10 TDI back to pit-road where the “God like” actions of the crew did what they do best, they fixed it and dropped two laps down. We will also give credit to the heart of Audi which is indestructable. The team, the drivers and the “God like” durability of the cars. One last note, it was after Allan had crashed, he said to his team;
“If you fix it, I will win this race”
Third consecutive triumph for the Audi R10 TDI
Capello/McNish/Pirro win after fight back
Luhr/Werner finish third
With an impressive success at Road Atlanta, Audi continued its winning streak at the prestigious 1000-mile race “Petit Le Mans”. In front of a record crowd of 113,000 spectators, Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Emanuele Pirro achieved Audi’s ninth consecutive victory. Audi thus remains unbeaten at Petit Le Mans. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Audi achieves Petit Le Mans hat-trick’
Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard With a fourfold victory of the RS Spyder and a second place for the GT3 RSR, Porsche secured an early win of the drivers’ titles in the LMP2 and GT2 classes of the American Le Mans Series. Heading to the final round, the RS Spyder pilots Timo Bernhard (Germrany) and Romain Dumas (France), as well as Porsche GT3 RSR drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler (both Germany) are uncatchable at the front. Furthermore, Penske Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports claimed the title in their respective team classifications. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Two title wins for Porsche’
HUGE congrats to the Team, Drivers and Crews at Flying Lizard Motorsport! A job, extremely, well done! Oh an take that Ferrari!
Flying Lizard No. 45 2nd in GT2 at Petit Le Mans, No. 44 6th, No. 46 Retired due to Accident
Bergmeister and Henzler Clinch Drivers’ Championship, Flying Lizard Secures Team Championship
Five years in the making, Flying Lizard celebrated their first ALMS team championship — clinched with a second-place finish at today’s 1000-mile Petit Le Mans. Joerg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler and Marc Lieb brought the No. 45 Porsche into second, also securing the ALMS drivers’ championship for Bergmeister and Henzler. It is the first championship for the two drivers together, and the first drivers’ championship for the Flying Lizard team since it began racing with the ALMS in 2004. Continue reading ‘Flying Lizard Secures Drivers’ Championship and Team Championship’
With a dream result, the qualifying for the penultimate round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) concluded on the Road Atlanta track. Three Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder prototypes occupied positions one, two and three in the LMP2 class, securing an optimal starting position in the gripping fight for the title. The quickest pilot to lap the roller coaster circuit on the outskirts of Atlanta in his 503 hp sports prototype was Ryan Briscoe (Australia), followed by Romain Dumas (France) just 88-thousandths of a second slower. The third fastest time was achieved by Sascha Maassen (Germany) in the last minute, relegating the best Acura to fourth position. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Three Porsche RS Spyder in front’
- Allan McNish misses pole position by just 0.085 seconds
- Marco Werner takes third place on the grid for Audi
- Audi in with chance of ninth consecutive “Petit” victory
Team Audi Sport North America’s two Audi R10 TDI prototypes will go into Saturday’s “Petit Le Mans” race at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) from second and third positions on the starting grid. In a more than thrilling qualifying session, Allan McNish lost the battle for pole position by just 0.085 seconds. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Audi on Petit Le Mans front row’
Everything is up and running for 2008 Petit Le Mans this weekend from Road Atlanta.
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Two of the three Le Mans winners compete at Road Atlanta
Capello/McNish/Pirro in Audi R10 TDI with start number 1
ALMS-Champions Luhr/Werner in the second Audi R10 TDI
Two of this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour race winners Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) strengthen the Audi driver squad at the 1000-mile race Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (Georgia) on 4 October. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Audi strengthens driver squad for Petit Le Mans’
Audi R10 TDI #2 (Audi Sport North America), Marco WernerDespite not finishing the city street race in Detroit, the two German Audi “factory” drivers Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner have already clinched the Drivers’ title in the LM P1 class of the American Le Mans Series. Continue reading ‘Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner win ALMS Championship title’
Emanuele Pirro and Marcel Fassler at the driver changeAudi drivers Marcel Fassler and Emanuele Pirro achieved their first victory in the LM P1 class of the American Le Mans Series in the city street race in Detroit (U.S. state of Michigan). After a faultless drive they finished third overall with their Audi R10 TDI. Lucas Luhr and Marc Werner retired early following an accident and, after seven consecutive victories, for the first time this year did not score any points. Continue reading ‘First victory of the season for Audi drivers Fassler/Pirro’
GT2 Podium: Johannes van Overbeek, Patrick Pilet, Jörg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler, Jamie Melo, Mika SaloThe Porsche 911 GT3 RSR celebrated a clear double victory at the ninth round of the American Le Mans Series in Detroit. Notching up their fourth win of the season, Jörg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler from Germany increased their lead in the GT2 class of the championship. With the sports prototypes, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) secured fourth with the Porsche RS Spyder and defended their points’ lead. With two races left on the ALMS calendar in Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca, their chances look good to successfully defend the title. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Double victory for Porsche 911 GT3 RSR’
