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Petit Le Mans LIVE – Chapter 2
Two hours have gone and we’ve already seen a lot of drama. Audi’s Allan McNish is slowly getting to the front after starting from the pits while LMP2 title contenders Patron Highcroft Racing and the Corsa Zytek retired from the race in separate accidents. As we move into the third hour of the race Sarrazin is leading.[...]
Fässler takes Nogaro FIA GT pole position
Qualifying for the Nogaro round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship took place this afternoon and it was the Fässler who set the fastest lap time. The time of 1:23.703 means the Corvette will start from pole position tomorrow, with the Larbre Saleen in second place. Prospeed Competition will be starting from the GT2 pole.[...]
Petit Le Mans LIVE- Chapter 1
Everything ready for the 11th running of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Peugeot barely snatching the pole position from Audi was the final demonstration of how close things have become in the closing months of the 2008 season. Close battles are expected at both prototype classes as well as GT2. Many records broken, championships at stake….what else could one ask? So sit back, relax and keep refreshing your browser while we cover this one for you minute by minute until the chequered flag!
Larbre fastest in Nogaro Pre-Qualifying Session
With things slowly warming up, the cars took to the track for the second time this weekend. Returning after their heavy Spa crash, the Labre Competition Saleen S7 of Vosse and Franchi was fastest this session, setting a lap of 1:23.920. [...]
Aston Martin and Corvette claim Nogaro pole positions
After two hectic qualifying sessions on the 3.6km Nogaro circuit, pole position for race 7 of the FIA GT3 European Championship was claimed by the No.8 Hexis Racing Aston Martin DBRS9, ahead of two Matech GT Racing Ford GT entries – the No.19 car claimed second, with the No.21 car third. [...]
ALMS Petit Le Mans – Qualifying Report (update)
Qualifying for the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta just took place, and it was an exciting session, in very good (warm) weather conditions. The first session that took place, is GT qualifying. After only a few minutes on track, almost the entire GT2 field smashed the lap record by seconds compared to last year [...]
ALMS Petit Le Mans – Night Practice Report
After two day time practice sessions it was time for the night practice session at Road Atlanta. Once again the diesel engined cars were the quickest, with the LMP2 cars close behind. At 9 pm it was the Peugeot 908 on the top spot for the second time in succession[...]
ALMS Petit Le Mans – First Practice Report
After the test session on Wednesday it was time for the first of three practice sessions today (Thursday). Between 10:30 am and 11:30 am the 38 cars entered had the time to go out on the Road Atlanta track again in their search for the best set-up for this weekends qualifying and race[...]
ALMS Petit Le Mans – Test Session Report
The waiting is over, the Petit Le Mans weekend has begun. The tenth round of the American Le Mans Series 2008 season officially started today with the Test Session at the 2.54 mile long Road Atlanta circuit[...]
Planetlemans analyzes the Silverstone 1000km
Within the Silverstone 1000km official program a Peugeot advertisement announced triumphantly: “4 down, 1 to go”. Something tells me that the marketing person in charge of this ad at Peugeot does not get many compliments after Sunday. It was Audi’s day, the same way it had been at Le Mans, reliability and teamwork projecting the Ingolstadt squad once more to the very top.
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