the only way we can win this is that the temp dips below 0 and the turbo will be smiling, we're the only ones with turbo!

anyways, 1:50 is quite impressive given last year's record, as RG said, the competition up front could possibly give us an advantage. There will probably be a lot of passings between the top LMP2 cars. If they could squeeze about two seconds more, which will really make them competitive.

p.s. the car looks gorgeous
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Glass Bubblers

 

The times just keep getting closer and closer. Being this close with a car that didn't exist only a few weeks ago is actually quite promising. We know the chassis is good and the engine builder is good. That only leaves the car's setup and the driver's skill levels to really make it a contender. It appears that they keep improving that with every session.

Competition should be pretty tough now. There should be quite a bit of traffic and that really evens times out unless you are just absolutely pathetic. It's not the car who's fastest on the first lap that counts!

 

I wanna know if they're running Direct Injection!!! RG do you know?
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Marijuana Card

 

NO... later in the season

-Bern

 

this is wat happened last night..... they're trying to ship the old 06 car here
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Laguna Bay II Condo Pattaya

 

Thats got to hurt, but I heard that intersport had contact with the wall too?

 

yah, i think so, and i think some porsches, ferraris too, but nothing like wat the Audi suffered.
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MissShenanigans cam

 

Audi can fix those cars damn fast!

http://www.planetlemans.com/cmsv2/in...k=view&id=2403

 

 

Anyone have the times from this mornings practice?

 

ALMS Provisional Grid


1 1 2 P1 3 -.--- 1:44.974 2 Audi AG / R10 TDI 126.889 Pirro/Werner*/(Biela) †

2 2 1 P1 7 0.352 1:45.326 5 Audi AG / R10 TDI 126.465 (Capello*)/McNish/Kristensen

3 1 7 P2 4 1.072 1:46.046 3 Porsche / RS Spyder 125.606 Dumas/(Bernhard*)/Castroneves †

4 2 9 P2 7 2.135 1:47.109 6 Acura / ARX-01a 124.359 (Brabham*)/Johansson/Dayton

5 3 16 P2 6 2.156 1:47.130 5 Porsche / RS Spyder 124.335 (Wallace*)/Leitzinger/Lally

6 4 26 P2 5 2.449 1:47.423 5 Acura / ARX-01a 123.996 Herta*/(Franchitti)/Kanaan

7 5 20 P2 8 3.201 1:48.175 7 Porsche / RS Spyder 123.134 (Dyson*)/Smith

8 6 15 P2 6 3.443 1:48.417 3 Lola / B06-43 122.859 Fernandez*/(Diaz)/Martinez

9 7 6 P2 7 5.211 1:50.185 6 Porsche / RS Spyder 120.888 (Maassen*)/Briscoe/Collard

10 8 8 P2 11 5.338 1:50.312 11 Lola / B07-40 120.748 Bach/(Devlin*)/Matos

11 3 12 P1 7 8.151 1:53.125 4 Lola / EX257 117.746 Lewis/(McMurry*)/Willman

12 9 27 P2 7 8.620 1:53.594 4 Lola / B05-40 117.260 Lienhard/(Theys*)/van de Poele

 

Friday Practice - ALMS Practice 5

1 1 2 P1 20 -.--- 1:48.318 1 Audi AG / R10 TDI 122.971 Pirro/Werner/Biela

2 1 7 P2 15 0.369 1:48.687 13 Porsche / RS Spyder 122.554 Dumas/Bernhard/Castroneves

3 2 1 P1 8 1.153 1:49.471 7 Audi AG / R10 TDI 121.676 Capello/McNish/Kristensen

4 2 15 P2 19 3.925 1:52.243 14 Lola / B06-43 118.671 Fernandez/Diaz/Martinez

5 3 6 P2 2 14.277 2:02.595 2 Porsche / RS Spyder 108.650 Maassen/Briscoe/Collard

6 1 62 GT2 18 16.916 2:05.234 13 Ferrari / 430 GT 106.361 Salo/Melo/Mowlem

7 2 45 GT2 18 17.255 2:05.573 16 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR 106.074 van Overbeek/Bergmeister/Lieb

8 3 44 GT2 17 17.646 2:05.964 3 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR 105.744 Law/Neiman/Pechnik

9 4 21 GT2 16 17.716 2:06.034 4 Panoz / Esperante GTLM 105.686 Auberlen/Hand/Kimber-Smith

10 5 85 GT2 19 17.854 2:06.172 3 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR 105.570 Ehret/Nielsen/Werner

11 6 22 GT2 19 18.380 2:06.698 4 Panoz / Esperante GTLM 105.132 Maxwell/Smith/Sellers

12 7 54 GT2 18 20.670 2:08.988 3 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR 103.265 Pappas/Borcheller/Basseng

13 8 24 GT2 15 22.099 2:10.417 2 Ferrari / 430 GT 102.134 Aucott/Macari/Wilson

14 9 10 GT2 15 23.908 2:12.226 5 Porsche / 911 GT3 RS 100.737 Collin/Herman/DaSilva

15 10 61 GT2 4 27.887 2:16.205 3 Ferrari / 430 GT 97.794 Krohn/Jonsson/Braun

16 11 53 GT2 18 28.441 2:16.759 3 Panoz / Esperante GTLM 97.398 Robertson/Robertson/Luyendyk Jr

17 12 77 GT2 19 30.274 2:18.592 5 Porsche / 911 GT3 RS 96.109 Konopka/McCormick/Casadei

18 4 8 P2 5 49.626 2:37.944 2 Lola / B07-40 84.334 Bach/Devlin/Matos


19 1 3 GT1 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Corvette / C-6R --- O'Connell/Magnussen/Fellows
20 2 4 GT1 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Corvette / C-6R --- Beretta/Gavin/Papis
21 3 63 GT1 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Aston Martin / DBR9 --- Garcia/Halliday/Turner
22 13 18 GT2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR --- Kelleners/Milner/Rahal
23 14 31 GT2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Ferrari / 430 GT --- Bergmeister/Enge/Gidley
24 15 32 GT2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Ferrari / 430 GT --- Mediani/Aguas/Lopez
25 16 71 GT2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR --- Henzler/Liddell/Long
26 17 73 GT2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Porsche / 911 GT3 RSR --- Tafel/Farnbacher/James
27 18 86 GT2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Spyker / C8 --- Kox/Janis
28 3 12 P1 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Lola / EX257 --- Lewis/McMurry/Willman
29 4 37 P1 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Creation / CA06H --- Field/Field/Berry
30 5 9 P2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Acura / ARX-01a --- Brabham/Johansson/Dayton
31 6 16 P2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Porsche / RS Spyder --- Wallace/Leitzinger/Lally
32 7 20 P2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Porsche / RS Spyder --- Dyson/Smith
33 8 26 P2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Acura / ARX-01a --- Herta/Franchitti/Kanaan
34 9 27 P2 0 -.--- -.--- 0 Lola / B05-40 --- Lienhard/Theys/van de Poele



PRACTICE NOTE: At the time of the red flag for the Ferrari, the No. 8 BK Motorsports Mazda was moving slowly around the course at the same time, so once both cars were cleared the practice got underway again....

More info....
At 10:26 am, red flag all. Nic Jonsson (#61-GT2 Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta) has stopped on course with a throttle problem (at turn 7). The car is in an unsafe position and will be towed off course. The team now reports there may be a radiator problem.

Also, Raphael Matos (#8-P2 Lola/B07-40/Mazda) is being towed back on the flat bed. There is no word on what happened to the car, other than apparent engine problems.



-Bern

 

^^ thanks Bern.

 

I was going to mention this, but was hopping my info was not true, the engine went bye bye

 

An engine failure already? Wow! What happened to rotary reliability?

 

so much for the MZR-R.
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Laguna Bay II Condo Pattaya

 

Those damn seals.

 

 

from my sources on the ground... No blown motor, only a throttle setting issue, no real big deal...

-Bern

 

they snapped a throttle cable.
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Carole

 

good one!!

 

YES, only the throttle, Im hopping for a top 3, think we can?

The corvette looks great in white!

 

looks like BK has resumed their role of a back marker...

 

the car does look great

they were pass by the acura like they were siting still

 

they have some serius problem, beeng in the pits for a long time