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Wow, seems that Peugeot is on a serious attack with their HDI...
Btw, what's the hp difference between them and Audi? They have something like 700 and Audi below that, right?
audi has 650 hp
2007 LeMans Thread
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audi has 650 hp
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damn the f1 car destroyed the peugeot but the lemans car is an endurance car so over a distance it would win.
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That's what they say but the truth is that both peugeot & audi engines developp 710-730 hp.
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Yep cause the engine and transmission wouldn't last for more than 5 hours, at best.
At Monaco, even a 35+ year old F1 car would probably beat a sport prototype.
AUDI WINS IN THE WET AT LE MANS!
1.Frank Biela, Marco Werner and Emanuele Pirro - Audi
2.Sebastien Bourdais, Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy - Peugeot
3.COLLARD E/BOULLION JC/DUMAS - Pescarolo Sport
American Le Mans Series :: World Class
1.Frank Biela, Marco Werner and Emanuele Pirro - Audi
2.Sebastien Bourdais, Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy - Peugeot
3.COLLARD E/BOULLION JC/DUMAS - Pescarolo Sport
American Le Mans Series :: World Class
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Not really a worthy competitor, you can say it the next year.
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The best part was watching Adrian Newey in a Ferrari!
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Well Peugeot really gave it a go this year... they had a stonger engine it was the first time in a while that there was a chance that the Audi weren't going to win... even though they did.
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But they were still rockies and they are far from reaching their maximum potential, next year it will be a bettet competitor.
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Audi TDI Power Remains Unbeaten In LM P1
INGOLSTADT, Germany - Reigning champions Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) scored extended their lead in the American Le Mans Series at Lime Rock (US state of Connecticut) scoring their fifth consecutive class win and thus retaining the 100 percent LM P1 category winning record of the Audi R10 TDI in its 15th race.
Their team mates Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) finished fourth in the LM P1 class despite an unfortunate accident.
The race on the shortest track of the season was incident packed as expected. Taking advantage of the enormous torque of his V12 TDI engine, Allan McNish moved from seventh position on the grid to third at the start. After 30 minutes, the Scotsman was running second just behind the pole sitting LM P2 Porsche when he was blocked twice in a row by the same backmarker at the end of the start-finish straight. On the first occasion, the Audi driver spun dropping from second to fifth position. The second time, contact caused damage to the front of the Audi R10 TDI. The spins and front bodywork change cost McNish and Capello a total of three laps and any chance to fight for overall glory. From tenth position, the reigning champions fought their way back to fifth place making up two laps with the help of good strategy.
The race of the #2 Audi R10 TDI seemed to have come to a premature end just before the end of the first hour due to a spectacular accident when Marco Werner spun off the last corner at high speed due to a puncture impacting the guard rail heavily backwards. That the #2 R10 TDI was able to get back on the track 55 minutes later with applause of the spectators was thanks to the strength of the car and the quick work of the mechanics from Team Audi Sport North America. Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner were able to just complete the minimum distance of 70 percent to be classified finishing fourth in the LM P1 class and scoring ten precious points.
Quotes after the race
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): “We had quite a good pace today but we had to go to the limit – and this is very risky on a race track where overtaking is extremely difficult. Unfortunately both of our cars were delayed by contacts and accidents. The accident of Marco (Werner) was caused by a cut tire – most likely caused by running over debris. This caused him impacting backwards very heavily. It was a great achievement of the team to repair the car thus allowing them to score points.”
Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): “Looking at the race positively, we at least somehow claimed maximum points again but for me, it was one of the most disappointing races in the American Le Mans Series I’ve ever had. Allan (McNish) and I had more incidents in today’s race than we’ve experienced in three full seasons of racing. The car unusually was very difficult to drive but we both decided that we should nevertheless push hard throughout the race despite these problems. We have managed to extend our championship lead but on this occasion, mainly due to the bad luck of our ‘sister’ car.”
Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): “I made a good start to take third and inherited second place when Chris Dyson was penalized for a jump start. We knew that it would be a difficult race and traffic would be an important factor. I encountered the same backmarker twice, at exactly the same point of the circuit. The first time I spun after locking up the rears without damage but the second time, when I again dived down the inside, he moved over and we made contact damaging the nose of the Audi which effectively put us out of contention for overall honors.”
Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #2): “Of course there is some disappointment because we wanted to do better. But the most important thing is that Marco (Werner) is okay after his big crash. It proved one more time that our Audi R10 TDI is very strong. This track is not very safe and he crashed in the quickest corner. After that the mechanics did an unbelievable job putting the car together to make us cover enough distance to score points and still have some hope for the championship. This was the nice part of the day. My race wasn’t easy because the car was not perfect after the crash.”
Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): “This was not our day. Due to the accident we lost more ground to our ‘sister’ car which took another class victory. Now it’s becoming tight for us in the championship. I hope we’ll finally have more luck in the next races. When I suddenly lost the car entering the corner, I had absolutely no explanation for this. Now we know it was a puncture.”
Dave Maraj (Team Director Audi Sport North America): “This was a tough day for the team. The mechanics have done a very good job to get the #2 car out again after the accident. We made a few mistakes today. You have to pay for when you make mistakes. Let’s hope we do better in the next races.”
The results at Lime Rock
1 Briscoe/Maassen (Porsche) 174 laps in 2h 45m 16.615s
2 Bernhard/Dumas (Porsche) + 7.481s
3 Brabham (Acura/Honda) + 16.095s
4 Dyson/Smith (Porsche) - 1 lap
5 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) - 1 lap (1st in LM P1)
6 Wallace/Leitzinger (Porsche) - 2 laps
7 Herta/Franchitti (Acura/Honda) - 4 laps
8 Beretta/Gavin (Chevrolet) - 9 laps
9 O’Connell/Magnussen (Chevrolet) - 9 laps
10 van der Steurer/Pecorari (Radical) - 12 laps
…
23 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) - 51 laps (4th in LM P1)
Audi TDI Power Remains Unbeaten In LM P1 - German Car Scene
INGOLSTADT, Germany - Reigning champions Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) scored extended their lead in the American Le Mans Series at Lime Rock (US state of Connecticut) scoring their fifth consecutive class win and thus retaining the 100 percent LM P1 category winning record of the Audi R10 TDI in its 15th race.
Their team mates Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) finished fourth in the LM P1 class despite an unfortunate accident.
The race on the shortest track of the season was incident packed as expected. Taking advantage of the enormous torque of his V12 TDI engine, Allan McNish moved from seventh position on the grid to third at the start. After 30 minutes, the Scotsman was running second just behind the pole sitting LM P2 Porsche when he was blocked twice in a row by the same backmarker at the end of the start-finish straight. On the first occasion, the Audi driver spun dropping from second to fifth position. The second time, contact caused damage to the front of the Audi R10 TDI. The spins and front bodywork change cost McNish and Capello a total of three laps and any chance to fight for overall glory. From tenth position, the reigning champions fought their way back to fifth place making up two laps with the help of good strategy.
The race of the #2 Audi R10 TDI seemed to have come to a premature end just before the end of the first hour due to a spectacular accident when Marco Werner spun off the last corner at high speed due to a puncture impacting the guard rail heavily backwards. That the #2 R10 TDI was able to get back on the track 55 minutes later with applause of the spectators was thanks to the strength of the car and the quick work of the mechanics from Team Audi Sport North America. Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner were able to just complete the minimum distance of 70 percent to be classified finishing fourth in the LM P1 class and scoring ten precious points.
Quotes after the race
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): “We had quite a good pace today but we had to go to the limit – and this is very risky on a race track where overtaking is extremely difficult. Unfortunately both of our cars were delayed by contacts and accidents. The accident of Marco (Werner) was caused by a cut tire – most likely caused by running over debris. This caused him impacting backwards very heavily. It was a great achievement of the team to repair the car thus allowing them to score points.”
Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): “Looking at the race positively, we at least somehow claimed maximum points again but for me, it was one of the most disappointing races in the American Le Mans Series I’ve ever had. Allan (McNish) and I had more incidents in today’s race than we’ve experienced in three full seasons of racing. The car unusually was very difficult to drive but we both decided that we should nevertheless push hard throughout the race despite these problems. We have managed to extend our championship lead but on this occasion, mainly due to the bad luck of our ‘sister’ car.”
Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): “I made a good start to take third and inherited second place when Chris Dyson was penalized for a jump start. We knew that it would be a difficult race and traffic would be an important factor. I encountered the same backmarker twice, at exactly the same point of the circuit. The first time I spun after locking up the rears without damage but the second time, when I again dived down the inside, he moved over and we made contact damaging the nose of the Audi which effectively put us out of contention for overall honors.”
Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #2): “Of course there is some disappointment because we wanted to do better. But the most important thing is that Marco (Werner) is okay after his big crash. It proved one more time that our Audi R10 TDI is very strong. This track is not very safe and he crashed in the quickest corner. After that the mechanics did an unbelievable job putting the car together to make us cover enough distance to score points and still have some hope for the championship. This was the nice part of the day. My race wasn’t easy because the car was not perfect after the crash.”
Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): “This was not our day. Due to the accident we lost more ground to our ‘sister’ car which took another class victory. Now it’s becoming tight for us in the championship. I hope we’ll finally have more luck in the next races. When I suddenly lost the car entering the corner, I had absolutely no explanation for this. Now we know it was a puncture.”
Dave Maraj (Team Director Audi Sport North America): “This was a tough day for the team. The mechanics have done a very good job to get the #2 car out again after the accident. We made a few mistakes today. You have to pay for when you make mistakes. Let’s hope we do better in the next races.”
The results at Lime Rock
1 Briscoe/Maassen (Porsche) 174 laps in 2h 45m 16.615s
2 Bernhard/Dumas (Porsche) + 7.481s
3 Brabham (Acura/Honda) + 16.095s
4 Dyson/Smith (Porsche) - 1 lap
5 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) - 1 lap (1st in LM P1)
6 Wallace/Leitzinger (Porsche) - 2 laps
7 Herta/Franchitti (Acura/Honda) - 4 laps
8 Beretta/Gavin (Chevrolet) - 9 laps
9 O’Connell/Magnussen (Chevrolet) - 9 laps
10 van der Steurer/Pecorari (Radical) - 12 laps
…
23 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) - 51 laps (4th in LM P1)
Audi TDI Power Remains Unbeaten In LM P1 - German Car Scene
Audi R10 TDI Remains Undefeated In The ALMS.
In the seventh round at Mid-Ohio, Team Audi Sport North America achieved a commanding 1-2 victory in the LM P1 class. Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) finished third overall missing the outright victory by just 15.073 seconds. Their teammates Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) came home in fifth position and second in the LM P1 class.
The Audi R10 TDI made life difficult for the 330 lb. lighter LM P2 sports cars at Mid-Ohio. On the opening lap, Emanuele Pirro cannoned himself from eighth on the grid to third position. It took the Audi driver just seven laps to also pass the two “factory” Porsches with great maneuvers thus taking the overall lead. During the first hour, Pirro was able to open a lead of more than 10 seconds.
Marco Werner showed a similar strong performance after taking over the #2 Audi R10 TDI from Pirro. The German also needed only a few laps to regain the lead, which had been lost during the first pit stop.
Despite being longer in the lead than every other car (67 of 134 laps) and having the fastest car for much of the race Pirro/Werner, however, in the end had to settle for third overall because the refueling stops of the LM P2 cars were much shorter than the ones of the R10 TDI – a consequence of the regulations which this year forces diesel sports cars to run with nine liter smaller fuel tanks.
Dindo Capello and Allan McNish lost all chance for victory as early as on the opening lap when Capello was pushed off the track by a LM P2 car into a tire wall. The #1 Audi R10 TDI dropped to the back of the field. On top of that the damaged front bodywork had to be changed during the first pit stop. Consistent fast lap times allowed Allan McNish to get back onto the lead lap.
Dindo Capello and McNish retained their lead in the Drivers’ Championship. For Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner it was the best result since the St Petersburg race in April and the end of a long period of bad luck.
Quotes after the race
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): “The R10 TDI was once again the dominating LM P1 car. However, the much lighter LM P2 cars had a track-related advantage also at Mid-Ohio. On such tracks the weight difference between the LM P1 and LM P2 cars is simply too big. On top of that we have the disadvantage of a smaller fuel tank which was race-decisive today.”
Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #2): “This was a really great race. As we thought we had a good race set-up. After the first stint I was hoping we could make it to the finish in first position overall. But with the smaller fuel tank we are really penalized. The Porsches beat us in the pits due to their bigger tanks and needing less fuel. Apart from that I’m really pleased with our performance. All our stints were really good. On such a race track this was the best result we could hope for.”
Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): “Generally this was a great race. At the beginning everything looked great for us. Emanuele (Pirro) had a superb start; he really pushed and passed many cars taking the lead. After the first stop I was able to bring the car again to the front. However, at the second stop we simply lost too much time during refueling. That’s how the regulations are. Today we lost the race in the pits because the car and the tires were perfect.”
Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): “What happened at the start of the race was very bad – our race was immediately destroyed. We knew that we had a very competitive car for the race, one that could have allowed us to fight for outright victory. That is precisely why I wasn’t prepared to take any risks at the start. Stefan Johansson was aggressive at the green light and I gave him sufficient room. I was really surprised when he moved over on me and forced me off the track – I thought someone must have pushed him in to me. My car was then undriveable – it was a struggle due to the damaged nose section. Especially in the slow corners I had no grip.”
Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): “A new nose section was fitted on the car when I took over from Dindo (Capello). I was really able to push hard and my lap times were quick, fast in traffic, allowing me to unlap myself. This showed what we could have been capable of had we not suffered at the start – we could have won this race. It was obviously unsatisfactory that Dindo got taken out unnecessarily – Stefan (Johansson) had enough room to make the maneuver without compromising us. So while disappointed, I’m encouraged that we seem to have got back some of our speed in race trim in comparison to recent races which is good for future.”
Dave Maraj (Team Director Audi Sport North America): “This was quite an exciting race. I’m a little bit disappointed we weren’t able to get the overall victory. But it’s quite obvious that the smaller fuel capacity is hurting us. Porsche was able to short fill and beat us twice out of the pits.”
The results at Mid-Ohio
1 Dumas/Bernhard (Porsche) 134 laps in 2h 46m 01.062s
2 Maassen/Briscoe (Porsche) + 2.360s
3 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) + 15.073s (1st in LM P1)
4 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) + 39.352s
5 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) + 1m 04.633s (2nd in LM P1)
6 Wallace/Leitzinger (Porsche) - 1 lap
7 Dyson/Smith (Porsche) - 1 lap
8 Brabham/Johansson (Acura/Honda) - 2 laps
9 Pickett/Graf (Lola-AER) - 6 laps (3rd in LM P1)
10 Herta/Franchitti (Acura/Honda) - 8 laps
Audi R10 TDI Remains Undefeated In The ALMS - German Car Scene
In the seventh round at Mid-Ohio, Team Audi Sport North America achieved a commanding 1-2 victory in the LM P1 class. Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) finished third overall missing the outright victory by just 15.073 seconds. Their teammates Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) came home in fifth position and second in the LM P1 class.
The Audi R10 TDI made life difficult for the 330 lb. lighter LM P2 sports cars at Mid-Ohio. On the opening lap, Emanuele Pirro cannoned himself from eighth on the grid to third position. It took the Audi driver just seven laps to also pass the two “factory” Porsches with great maneuvers thus taking the overall lead. During the first hour, Pirro was able to open a lead of more than 10 seconds.
Marco Werner showed a similar strong performance after taking over the #2 Audi R10 TDI from Pirro. The German also needed only a few laps to regain the lead, which had been lost during the first pit stop.
Despite being longer in the lead than every other car (67 of 134 laps) and having the fastest car for much of the race Pirro/Werner, however, in the end had to settle for third overall because the refueling stops of the LM P2 cars were much shorter than the ones of the R10 TDI – a consequence of the regulations which this year forces diesel sports cars to run with nine liter smaller fuel tanks.
Dindo Capello and Allan McNish lost all chance for victory as early as on the opening lap when Capello was pushed off the track by a LM P2 car into a tire wall. The #1 Audi R10 TDI dropped to the back of the field. On top of that the damaged front bodywork had to be changed during the first pit stop. Consistent fast lap times allowed Allan McNish to get back onto the lead lap.
Dindo Capello and McNish retained their lead in the Drivers’ Championship. For Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner it was the best result since the St Petersburg race in April and the end of a long period of bad luck.
Quotes after the race
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): “The R10 TDI was once again the dominating LM P1 car. However, the much lighter LM P2 cars had a track-related advantage also at Mid-Ohio. On such tracks the weight difference between the LM P1 and LM P2 cars is simply too big. On top of that we have the disadvantage of a smaller fuel tank which was race-decisive today.”
Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #2): “This was a really great race. As we thought we had a good race set-up. After the first stint I was hoping we could make it to the finish in first position overall. But with the smaller fuel tank we are really penalized. The Porsches beat us in the pits due to their bigger tanks and needing less fuel. Apart from that I’m really pleased with our performance. All our stints were really good. On such a race track this was the best result we could hope for.”
Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): “Generally this was a great race. At the beginning everything looked great for us. Emanuele (Pirro) had a superb start; he really pushed and passed many cars taking the lead. After the first stop I was able to bring the car again to the front. However, at the second stop we simply lost too much time during refueling. That’s how the regulations are. Today we lost the race in the pits because the car and the tires were perfect.”
Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): “What happened at the start of the race was very bad – our race was immediately destroyed. We knew that we had a very competitive car for the race, one that could have allowed us to fight for outright victory. That is precisely why I wasn’t prepared to take any risks at the start. Stefan Johansson was aggressive at the green light and I gave him sufficient room. I was really surprised when he moved over on me and forced me off the track – I thought someone must have pushed him in to me. My car was then undriveable – it was a struggle due to the damaged nose section. Especially in the slow corners I had no grip.”
Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): “A new nose section was fitted on the car when I took over from Dindo (Capello). I was really able to push hard and my lap times were quick, fast in traffic, allowing me to unlap myself. This showed what we could have been capable of had we not suffered at the start – we could have won this race. It was obviously unsatisfactory that Dindo got taken out unnecessarily – Stefan (Johansson) had enough room to make the maneuver without compromising us. So while disappointed, I’m encouraged that we seem to have got back some of our speed in race trim in comparison to recent races which is good for future.”
Dave Maraj (Team Director Audi Sport North America): “This was quite an exciting race. I’m a little bit disappointed we weren’t able to get the overall victory. But it’s quite obvious that the smaller fuel capacity is hurting us. Porsche was able to short fill and beat us twice out of the pits.”
The results at Mid-Ohio
1 Dumas/Bernhard (Porsche) 134 laps in 2h 46m 01.062s
2 Maassen/Briscoe (Porsche) + 2.360s
3 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) + 15.073s (1st in LM P1)
4 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) + 39.352s
5 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) + 1m 04.633s (2nd in LM P1)
6 Wallace/Leitzinger (Porsche) - 1 lap
7 Dyson/Smith (Porsche) - 1 lap
8 Brabham/Johansson (Acura/Honda) - 2 laps
9 Pickett/Graf (Lola-AER) - 6 laps (3rd in LM P1)
10 Herta/Franchitti (Acura/Honda) - 8 laps
Audi R10 TDI Remains Undefeated In The ALMS - German Car Scene
Audi once more demonstrated the impressive performance of modern diesel engines in round eight of the American Le Mans Series at Road America (US state of Wisconsin.)
Both Audi R10 TDI sportscars were the dominating cars on the fastest track of the season, achieving another 1-2 victory in the LM P1 class. After a fierce inter-team battle, Dindo Capello/Allan McNish (Italy/Scotland) beat their team-mates Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner (Italy/Germany) by just 0.796 seconds.
Team Audi Sport North America lost the fight for the overall victory by just 1.783 seconds to the fastest LM P2 car after the two R10 TDI sportscars had been in the lead for almost the entire four-hour distance. The longer pit-stops, caused by the regulations, and tire issues cost Audi any chance of the possible outright victory.
In humid and hot conditions, the two Audi R10 TDI prototypes were easing away from the start before Allan McNish suffered a left rear puncture in one of the fastest parts of track 45 minutes into the race. Despite that, both diesel-powered sportscars held a commanding 1-2 lead when a thunderstorm caused a more than 60-minute long intervention of the Safety Car allowing the competition to close the gap.
In the final stages of the race, Team Audi Sport North America did not take any risk by not changing the tires on both R10 TDI cars. This caused Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro to drop behind the two “factory” Porsches. The exciting final laps saw the two Audi drivers pass one of the two lighter LM P2 cars and almost completely cancel out a 18-second gap to the second “factory” Porsche. The race was decided on the final lap when both R10 TDI cars hit slower traffic in the long “Carousel” section making them lose valuable seconds.
Quotes after the race
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): “Once again the Audi R10 TDI was the dominating LM P1 car and remains undefeated in its class. That we were not able to get the overall victory even on the fastest track of the American Le Mans Series shows once more that the weight difference between the LM P1 and the LM P2 cars is simply too big. On top of that comes the smaller fuel tank we must use compared to our opposition.”
Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): “The final result was open until the very end. I enjoyed a close but fair fight with Emanuele (Pirro) in the closing stages and I felt that I was faster than him. Four laps from the end, I lost front end grip, making braking very difficult, but I still tried absolutely everything to catch the leading Porsche. But I hit some very bad traffic just two laps from the checkered flag and lost too much time and any chance of a race victory was gone from that moment.”
Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): “It’s disappointing to have started from pole-position and ultimately finish second by less than two seconds having led much of the race despite two tire issues when I was leading. I suppose I should be satisfied for winning the LM P1 class for the sixth time this season but as a racing driver, I’m never content to finish a race in second place overall. There was a very good possibility of us winning this race but it slipped away from us.”
Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #2): “I think we have driven a very strong race. I’m really proud of the job we did. Personally I enjoyed it very much in the rain and in the dry. I was fighting with Dindo (Capello) to the absolute limit. We were very close many times. We tried everything. Despite that we came out with a second and a third place. This is not what we are here for. But I’m not here to judge the rules.”
Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): “This was definitely a difficult race, also for me at the beginning. It doesn’t make you confident if a teammate in front of you has a tire explode. I already had the same problem in practice. This was an alert signal for me. I reduced the speed a little bit in order to save the left rear tire in the Carousel and the ‘Kink’. Despite that the pace was good. The rain finally destroyed our race. We were driving too long behind the Safety Car which put the field together. This is why we could not get the overall victory yet again. At the moment we are simply too slow in the pits due to the regulations.”
Dave Maraj (Team Director Audi Sport North America): “It was an incredibly exciting race from start to finish but unfortunately we just missed out on an outright victory. The full course cautions did not do us any favors – we needed a ‘clean’ race to negate the disadvantage of our smaller fuel tank. The rain also didn’t help but all four drivers drove incredibly well, in changeable and demanding conditions, while the Audi Sport North America pit crews played a major part in earning Audi yet another LM P1 class win.”
The results at Road America
1 Dumas/Bernhard (Porsche) 96 laps in 4h 01m 17.701s
2 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) + 1.783s (1st in LM P1)
3 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) + 2.489s (2nd in LM P1)
4 Maassen/Briscoe (Porsche) + 1m 00.727s
5 Brabham/Johansson (Acura/Honda) - 2 laps
6 Dyson/Smith (Porsche) - 2 laps
7 Wallace/Leitzinger (Porsche) - 2 laps
8 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) - 2 laps
9 Herta/Franchitti (Acura/Honda) - 2 laps
10 Pickett/Graf (Lola-AER) - 5 laps (3rd in LM P2)
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Photos I took at the ALMS weekend at Mosport, this past weekend.
Album: Mosport 2007
Normally, I'd've taken more photos, but I had a girl with me...
Note to self: Don't bring a girl you're interested in to a race track...even if she's a race fan.
Album: Mosport 2007
Normally, I'd've taken more photos, but I had a girl with me...
Note to self: Don't bring a girl you're interested in to a race track...even if she's a race fan.
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