Lizards’ Last Lap Heroics Light Up the Night as Porsche Edges BMW in GT at Petit Le Mans[...]
Victory for the Peugeot of Montagny-Sarrazin-Wurz with second place of Lapierre-Minassian-Gené and constructors’ title for LM P1 teams 2011 : The French constructor made sure after the sixth round of the ILMC season. Larbre Competition wins the team title in LM GTE Am and Signatech Nissan team title in LM P2.[...]
The 1,000-mile “Petit Le Mans” race at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) was extremely disappointing for Audi. In the battle for the lead Romain Dumas in the Audi R18 TDI #1 on lap 297 became fautlessly entangled in an accident that forced him to retire. After several collisions, Audi Sport Team Joest took the second Audi R18 TDI out of the race early for safety reasons.[...]
After having secured the Petrol LMP1 pole position and 6th place on the grid, REBELLION Racing team was confident for the 14th Petit Le Mans race.[...]
As winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring in March, Team ORECA-Matmut was making its return to the United States for the Petit Le Mans. Alongside two Peugeot 908 and in front of two Audi R18, the objective of reaching the podium put forth by Hugues de Chaunac was a challenging one. In front of a crowd that always gives them a warm welcome, the team wanted to shine on the Road Atlanta track.[...]
Road Atlanta, 1 October 2011. At the final round of the American Le Mans Series, and the penultimate Intercontinental Le Mans Cup round, Aston Martin Racing scored its second consecutive podium as it finished a superb third overall and the best-placed petrol car at Petit Le Mans. The 007 car finished just one lap behind the 2nd placed diesel car.[...]
Peugeot won Petit Le Mans after a dramatic start of the final quarter of the race. Whilst fighting for the lead the #1 Audi R18 TDI crashed out of the race in a controversial move by Peugeot driver Montagny.[...]
The third quarter of Petit Le Mans 2011 saw the #8 Peugeot maintaining its lead. There were more incidents in GT and LMPC, but the #8 kept on track and ahead of the #1 Audi. After 296 laps the gap was just 1 second.[...]
The second part of the 2011 Petit Le Mans brought more drama. Rebellion Racing and Audi Sport Team Joest hit trouble but at the halfway point it was still Audi vs Peugeot for the overall lead – the Peugeot now almost a lap ahead.[...]
The first quarter of Petit Le Mans 2011 saw drama for the works LMP1 teams. Both Peugeot and Audi hit trouble, allowing Oreca to be leading the race.[...]