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Le Mans: Racing for Holland pleased about sixth grid position

2006-11-19T10:20:00.000-08:00

Racing for Holland will start the 74th Le Mans 24 Hours from a sixth grid position. In the two sessions on Thursday Jan Lammers set a fastest lap of 3’34.864. After the rain and a very slippery track on Wednesday, conditions were good today at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The sun was out in force and temperatures were high again. Jan Lammers started the session, going out first. After three laps Alex Yoong took over for a full race stint. Stefan Johansson then got a real chance to get to know the Dome S101 Hb Judd, taking over from Alex. At the end of the session Jan Lammers stepped in again for a qualifying session. After the first session Racing for Holland were in fifth. Everybody lined up at 10 o’clock for the second and deciding session of the day. Lammers went out for a few runs but was unable to better his time set at the end of the first two hours. Stefan Johansson took over from Lammers to get as much laps in the dark under his belt. In the end the team was pleased with the result and the race pace of the Racing for Holland Dome looks good. In total the team drove 83 laps, without any real problems.Jan Lammers: “I’m very pleased about the result. The car felt good all through the sessions. Maybe we could have gone some two seconds quicker, but on my fastest lap a Lola spun in front of me. The Audi’s were already clear, but we and the Pescarolo’s suffered a bit from that. After a few qualifying laps we concentrated on letting Stefan drive in the dark as much as possible”.Alex Yoong: “Our times and race pace look competitive. I did a long run today and the car felt good. I’m pleased about the qualifying result”.Stefan Johansson; “The car feels really good and easy to drive. I’m still learning to get the maximum out of the car. Today I did not push to hard, because I did not want to take to much risk in the dark. The result is good, of course we would have liked to start from fifth, but here your grid position is irrelevant 5 laps into the race”.Audi took the pole today, as expected, scoring a 1-2. The Pescarolo’s are directly behind, followed by the numer 13 Courage. Saturday at 17.00 hours the 74th Le Mans 24 Hours will kick off.

Ameican Le Mans Series New England Grand Prix Preview

2006-06-27T10:19:00.000-07:00

American Le Mans Series -- New England Grand Prix News and Notes

2006-06-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

The 2006 New England Grand Prix marks the American Le Mans Series' third visit to the eight-turn, 1.54-mile Lime Rock Park course. Six previous event winners are entered: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin (2004, 2005 GT1), Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas (2005 GT2), Ralf Kelleners (2004 GT2) and Chris McMurry (2005 LMP2).
• For the second year in a row, the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall crown was captured by an American Le Mans Series entry – Audi Sport North America – with its innovative diesel-powered R10 TDI in a historic performance that included a 1-3 LMP1 finish. It was the sixth Audi overall triumph in the last seven races at Le Mans and third consecutive title. And, for the eighth straight year dating back to the founding of the American Le Mans Series in 1999, including the last six years in a row, Series teams swept to multiple class championships in the world's greatest motor race. Audi R10 TDI teammates Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela each won at Le Mans for the fourth time while Marco Werner won for the second straight year.
In GT1, Corvette Racing swept to a third consecutive Le Mans title after a race-long battle with Aston Martin, another Series mainstay. It was the fifth Le Mans victory for Olivier Beretta, the Series' all-time career victory leader, and the fourth La Sarthe triumph for teammate Oliver Gavin. Gavin and Beretta have won the first three races of the 2006 American Le Mans Series season in GT1 to hold the points lead and are riding an eight-race winning streak dating back to last season. The Corvette and Aston Martin two-car teams will renew their season-long GT1 championship fight at Lime Rock Park.
In GT2, a Team LNT-entered Panoz Esperante GTLM, making its second Le Mans start, swept to victory to join marques such as Porsche and Ferrari in the Le Mans record book. The race and the emotional victory marked the 10th anniversary of Don Panoz's involvement in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. During the weekend, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Spirit of Le Mans' Award.
• Now factory affiliated in the R10 TDI endeavor, Champion Racing is in the midst of a unique and challenging competitive period: Competing at Le Mans with two new innovative diesel-powered Audi R10s and winning, and then bringing the most successful racer in sports car history – the venerable R8 – to Lime Rock Park for its farewell run. With the R8 prepped for Lime Rock prior to Le Mans, Champion personnel were scheduled for an R10 TDI training session after Le Mans at Audi AG in Ingolstadt, Germany before traveling directly to Lime Rock for Round No. 4. Beginning with the Utah Grand Prix on July 16, Audi Sport North America Team Champion will field two new pioneering race cars – the diesel-powered Audi R10 TDIs that were introduced to the racing world in March at Sebring and delivered a history-making overall victory The New England Grand Prix marks the final race for the Audi R8.Chronicling the R8: Considered the most innovative and productive race cars in sports car racing history, after six-plus years of competition and a Series record 49 victories since its introduction (2000) and five overall Le Mans championships, the New England Grand Prix marks the final race of the Audi R8's three-race ‘farewell tour.' The R8 is unbeaten in its first two visits to Lime Rock Park dating back to the inaugural event in 2004, and is on a three-race win streak in 2006 in the LMP1 class. Allan McNish and Dindo Capello piloted the R8 to an overall win at Houston and another class win at Mid-Ohio.
Audi considers the R10 TDI a "completely new design" compared to the R8. One major example: the integration of the monocoque and bodywork. On the R10 TDI, the majority of the carbon-fiber parts belonging to the monocoque are suspended directly in the air flow. There are five other areas of significant differences in the R10: 1) a second roll-over structure; 2) a more pointed nose configuration; 3) a stepped front splitter; 4) a longer wheel base; and 5) revised mounting of the rear wing on the car's center line.
For Lime Rock, Audi Sport North America has created a unique design for the R8 for its farewell race. The names of all 18 drivers who won a race in the R8 will be visible and the names of the 23 race tracks worldwide on which the R8 won – from its debut at Sebring (March, 2000) to the its 62nd overall win at Houston (May 12).
• Seven of the 12 2006 winners at Le Mans have American Le Mans Series victories as a part of their front-running résumés, and the 12 Le Mans winning drivers this year have amassed a total of 315 Series starts, a competitive compliment to the growth and status of the American Le Mans Series on the world racing stage.