Petit Le Mans

[Werner333]

Vanavond zijn er de kwalifs, morgen de race.

De Audi van Pirro en Biela is de snelste tot nu toe in de vrije training.

The Pirro-Biela Audi turned the rapidly-drying Road Atlanta circuit in 1:12.666 to lead the LMP 900 class. The Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 of Max Angelelli was second-fastest at 1:13.022.

Dyson Racing's Lola EX257-MG of James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace was third overall and the leader of the LMP 675 class with a lap of 1:14.020. The Saleen S7R of Terry Borcheller, Toni Seiler andd Franz Konrad led the GTS class at 1:20.444.

Leading the GT class was the Porsche 911 GT3 RS of Stephane Ortelli and Christophe Bouchut at 1:25.494.
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Since his car had been the fastest in all practice sessions, it was no surprise that Frank Biela placed his Audi R8 on the pole for the American Le Mans Series season finale in Friday's qualifying session at Road Atlanta.
But the biggest surprise in qualifying for Saturday's Audi presents Petit Le Mans was the performance of James Weaver, who was third-fastest while driving Dyson Racing's LMP 675 Lola EX257-MG. The smaller, less-powerful Prototype led its class and outqualified all but two of the powerful LMP 900 machines.

Biela, winning the pole for the second consecutive race on the American Le Mans Series, turned the 2.54-mile circuit in a non-record time of 1:10.939. He and co-driver Emanuele Pirro are the defending champion of the event and Biela still has a mathematical chance of overtaking fellow Audi driver Tom Kristensen for the series championship.

"Our engineer came up with the plan to get the qualifying point in case something happens to the other car," said Biela. "During practice, conditions were constantly changing so it was hard to judge how well we were doing. We only had one problem: a little too much understeer, which could be a problem during the race. One important thing is that our car is always pretty reliable."

Kristensen qualified second at a very close 1:11.070 in a car he will share with Rinaldo Capello. Weaver, who will co-drive with Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace, timed in at 1:11.883.

"We thought we could get third quickest," said Weaver. "Anything better than that would have taken a bit of a miracle. This is a fabulous little car. It's very, very fast."

The Champion Audi of Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson will start fourth in the 1,000-mile (or 10-hour) event, with the Panoz LMP-1 of David Brabham, Jan Magnussen and David Donohue to start fifth. The Panoz team worked all night to repair the car after a mechanical failure sent Donohue into a barrier in Thursday's practice.

In the GTS class, the Prodrive Ferrari piloted by Tomas Enge led the way with a lap of 1:19.069, barely beating the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R of Ron Fellows. The Ferrari was the first non-Corvette to win in the ALMS this season.

"The pole will give the team a big boost for the race," said Enge, who will co-drive with Peter Kox and Alain Menu in the Ferrari 550 Maranello. "We know it will be hard against the Corvettes because they are two and we are alone. A win would be a really good way to end the season."

Fellows, who won the first six poles of the season in the GTS class, has now been beaten four consecutive times in qualifying and still stands one pole short of owning the series record for the most poles in any class.

"The car felt good and the tires were only decent," said Fellows, who can win the GTS class driver title in Saturday's race. "The hot track temperatures were not what we expected and kinda went off after the second lap. The weather is going to be a lottery this weekend."

In the GT class, Alex Job Racing driver Jorg Bergmeister won the first pole of his brief ALMS career with a lap of 1:23.922 in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS he will share with Timo Bernhard and Marc Lieb. The other Job machine, to be co-driven by Sascha Maassen an Lucas Luhr, was second at 1:24.068, followed by the Cirtek Motorsport Porsche of Stephane Ortelli and Christophe Bouchut.

"It's my first pole and I'm really happy," said Bergmeister. "Thank you to the team because they did a great job. I was just pushing as hard as I could."

The race starts at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) and will be televised live by the SPEED Channel. The American Le Mans Series Radio Web will have live coverage online at www.americanlemans.com.

Starting lineup for Saturday's American Le Mans Series Audi presents Petit Le Mans at 2.54-mile Road Atlanta showing drivers, type car (class), qualifying speed in miles per hour and qualifying time:

1. Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro; Audi R8 (LMP 900), 128.899, 1:10.939.
2. Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello; Audi R8 (LMP 900), 128.662, 1:11.070.
3. James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace; Lola EX257-MG (LMP 675), 127.207, 1:11.833.
4. Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson; Audi R8 (LMP 900), 126.854, 1:12.083.
5. Jan Magnussen, David Brabham and David Donohue; Panoz LMP-1 (LMP 900), 126.741, 1:12.147.
6. Jim Matthews, Tony Ave and Marc Goossens; Riley & Scott MkIIIC-Elan (LMP 900), 126.727, 1:12.155.
7. Eric Bernard, Emmanuel Collard and Wayne Taylor; Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 (LMP 900), 126.468, 1:12.303.
8. Jon Field, Duncan Dayton and Michael Durand; Lola EX257-MG (LMP 675), 126.398, 1:12.343.
9. JJ Lehto, Max Angelelli and Christophe Tinseau; Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 (LMP 900), 125.987, 1:12.579.
10. John Nielsen and Casper Elgaard; Reynard 02S-Zytek (LMP 675), 125.732, 1:12.726.
11. Bryan Herta, Bill Auberlen and Gunnar Jeannette; Panoz LMP-1 (LMP 900), 124.623, 1:13.373.
12. Milka Duno, Christian Vann and Xavier Pompidou; Dome S101-Judd (LMP 900), 124.400, 1:13.505.
13. Steve Knight, Andy Lally and Chad Block; Lola EX257-MG (LMP 675), 124.400, 1:15.009.
14. Clint Field, Joel Field and Mark Neuhaus; Lola B2K10-Judd (LMP 900), 119.906, 1:16.260.
15. Earl Goddard, Andrew Davis and John Mefford; Reynard 01Q-McLaren (LMP 675), 118.132, 1:17.405.
16. Ben Devlin, Jason Workman and Georges Forgeois; Lola B2K40-Millington (LMP 675), 116.613, 1:18.413.
17. Tomas Enge, Peter Kox and Alain Menu; Ferrari 550 Maranello (GTS), 115.646, 1:19.069.
18. Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Oliver Gavin; Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (GTS), 115.497, 1:19.171.
19. Franz Konrad, Terry Borcheller and Toni Seiler; Saleen S7R (GTS), 114.804, 1:19.649.
20. Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins and Franck Freon; Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (GTS), 115.497, 1:19.827.
21. Yojiro Terada, Jim Downing and Stephane Daoudi; AutoExe LMP02-Mazda (LMP 675), 113.981, 1:20.224.
22. Thomas Erdos, Robin Liddel and Rob Barff; Saleen S7R (GTS), 113.751, 1:20.386.
23. Emanuele Naspetti, Mimmo Schiattarella and Max Papis; Ferrari 550 Maranello (GTS), 113.157, 1:20.808.
24. Chris McMurry, Bryan Willman and Jeff Bucknum; Pilbeam MP84-Nissan (LMP 675), 112.598, 1:21.209.
25. Patrice Roussel, John Mirro and Jeret Schroeder; Norma M20002-Ford (LMP 900), 112.544, 1:21.248.
26. Tom Weickardt, Marc Bunting and Jean-Philippe Belloc; Dodge Viper GTS-R (GTS), 111.737, 1:21.835.
27. Pierre Ehret, Melanie Paterson and John Olsen; Pilbeam MP84-Nissan (LMP 675), 110.693, 1:22.607.
28. Marino Franchitti, Fabio Babini and Mike Hezemans; Dodge Viper GTS-R (GTS), 110.246, 1:22.942.
29. Dennis Spencer, Rich Grupp and Ryan Hampton; Lola B2K42-Mazda (LMP 675), 109.655, 1:23.389.
30. Charles Slater, Sean Murphy and Jean Francois Yvon; Saleen S7R (GTS), 109.189, 1:23.745.
31. Timo Bernhard, Jorg Bergmeister and Marc Lieb; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 108.958, 1:23.922.
32. Lucas Luhr and Sascha Maassen; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 108.769, 1:24.068.
33. Stephane Ortelli and Christophe Bouchut; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 108.559, 1:24.231.
34. Vic Rice, Mike Newton and Shaun Balfe; Saleen S7R (GTS), 108.196, 1:24.513.
35. Anthony Lazzaro and Ralf Kelleners; Ferrari 360 Modena (GT), 107.445, 1:25.104.
36. Randy Pobst, Johnny Mowlem and Michael Petersen; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 107.043, 1:25.424.
37. Philipp Peter, Joe Foster and Giovanni Anapoli; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 107.032, .1:25.432.
38. Justin Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald and David Murry; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 106.884, 1:25.551.
39. Kevin Buckler, Brian Cunningham and Michael Schrom; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 106.830, 1:25.594.
40. Leo Hindery, Peter Baron and Tony Kester; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 106.667, 1:25.725.
41. Steve Donovan, Piers Masarati and Gavin Pickering; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 105.594, 1:26.596.
42. Boris Derichebourg, Angelo Barretto and Thierry Perrier; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 105.256, 1:26.874.
43. Tony Burgess, Phillip Collin and Grady Willingham; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 104.953, 1:27.125.
44. Craig Stanton, Hugh Plumb and Gilles Vannelet; Ferrari 550 Maranello (GT), 104.554, 1:27.457.
45. Emil Assentato, Chris Gleason and Nick Longhi; BMW M3 (GT), 102.429, 1:29.272.
46. Gary Schultheis, Joe Policastro and Jay Policastro; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT), 102.407, 1:29.291.
47. Carlos de Quesada, Boris Said and Scooter Gable; BMW M3 (GT), 92.908, 1:38.420.
48. Bart Hayden, Richard Dean and Jurgen Von Gartzen; Porsche 911 GT3 R (GT), no speed.

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Slechts 1 Belg aan de start. Het is ooit al anders geweest.

[JPMontoya]

Na 5h
1.Kristessen
2. Herbert
...
6.Goossens/Ave

[Pascal]

Opgave GOOSSENS na iets meer dan 6 uren race.

C U

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Tony Ave heeft de Riley&Scott in de banden geparkeerd.

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De uitslag:

p no class team drivers car time f.lap
1 2 900 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello / Tom Kristensen
Audi R8 394 laps 1:12.443
2 38 900 Champion Racing Johnny Herbert / Stefan Johansson
Audi R8 394 laps 1:12.587
3 8 900 Team Cadillac Max Angelelli / JJ Lehto / Christophe Tinseau
Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 389 laps 1:13.520
4 7 900 Team Cadillac Eric Bernard / Emmanuel Collard / Wayne Taylor
Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 389 laps 1:13.737
5 51 900 Panoz Motor Sports Bill Auberlen / Bryan Herta / Gunnar Jeannette
Panoz LMP01 379 laps 1:15.083
6 1 900 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 376 laps 1:11.877
7 50 900 Panoz Motor Sports Jan Magnussen / David Brabham / David Donohue
Panoz LMP01 372 laps 1:13.423
8 37 675 Intersport Jon Field / Duncan Dayton / Mike Durand
Lola EX257 /AER / MG 366 laps 1:14.553
9 3 GTS Corvette Racing Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Oliver Gavin
Corvette C5-R 361 laps 1:20.993
10 33 GTS Prodrive Peter Kox / Tomas Enge / Alain Menu
Ferrari 550 Maranello 360 laps 1:20.547
11 4 GTS Corvette Racing Andy Pilgrim / Kelly Collins / Franck Freon
Corvette C5-R 357 laps 1:21.307
12 13 675 Archangel Motorsports Ben Devlin / Jason Workman / Georges Forgeois
Lola B2K / 40 Ford 351 laps 1:20.537
13 0 GTS Team Olive Garden Emanuelle Naspetti / Mimmo Schiattarella / Max Papis
Ferrari 550 Maranello 351 laps 1:23.083
14 23 GT Alex Job Racing Lucas Luhr / Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 347 laps 1:24.577
15 31 GT Petersen Motorsports Johnny Mowlem / Randy Pobst / Mike Petersen
Porsche 911GT3-RS 345 laps 1:26.850
16 35 GT Risi Competizione Anthony Lazzaro / Ralf Kelleners
Ferrari 360 Modena 344 laps 1:26.903
17 43 GT Orbit Leo Hindery / Peter Baron / Tony Kester
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 341 laps 1:26.447
18 25 GTS Konrad Motorsport Charles Slater / Jean-Francois Yvon / Sean Murphy
Saleen S7-R 332 laps 1:23.283
19 66 GT The Racers Group Kevin Buckler / Brian Cunningham / Michael Schrom
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 331 laps 1:26.380
20 87 900 Sezio Florida Racing Team Patrice Roussel / John Mirro / Jeret Schroeder
Norma M2000-2 Ford 330 laps 1:22.377
21 60 GT PK Sport Philipp Peter / Joe Foster / Giovanni Anapoli
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 329 laps 1:27.783
22 52 GT Seikel Motorsport Tony Burgess / Philip Collin / Grady Willingham
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 327 laps 1:28.463
23 40 GT Alegra Motorsports Carlos de Quesada / Scooter Gabel / Boris Said
BMW M3 327 laps 1:28.033
24 98 GT Cirtek Motorsport Stephane Ortelli / Christophe Bouchut
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 325 laps 1:25.563
25 26 GTS Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad / Terry Borcheller / Toni Seiler
Saleen S7-R 319 laps 1:21.133
26 42 GT Orbit Gary Schultheis / Joe Policastro / Jay Policastro
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 317 laps 1:31.123
27 21 GT Perspective USA Corporation Thierry Perrier / Angelo Barretto / Boris Derichebourg
Porsche 911 GT3-RS 315 laps 1:27.843
28 45 GTS American Viperacing Marino Franchitti / Fabio Babini / Mike Hezemans
Dodge Viper GTS-R 296 laps 1:22.797
29 55 675 Team Bucknum Racing Pierre Ehret / Melanie Paterson / John Olsen
Pilbeam MP84 Nissan 273 laps 1:25.107
30 11 675 KnightHawk Racing LLC Steve Knight / Andy Lally / Chad Block
Lola EX257 / AER / MG 252 laps 1:15.760
31 56 675 Team Bucknum Racing Chris McMurry / Bryan Willman / Jeff Bucknum
Pilbeam MP84 Nissan 248 laps 1:22.363
32 36 900 Riley & Scott Racing Jim Matthews / Tony Ave / Marc Goossens
R&S Mk lll C Elan 246 laps 1:13.353
33 29 GT Sebah Automotive Limited Bart Hayden / Richard Dean / Jurgen von Gartzen
Porsche 911 GT3-R 244 laps 1:26.053
34 83 GTS Graham Nash Motorsport Shaun Balfe / Mike Newton / Vic Rice
Saleen S7-R 221 laps 1:24.750
35 27 900 Chamberlain Milka Duno / Christian Vann / Xavier Pompidou
Dome S101 Judd 213 laps 1:15.420
36 74 675 Archangel Motorsports Earl Goddard / Andrew Davis / John Mefford
Reynard 01Q Nicholson McLaren 190 laps 1:19.313
37 34 GT XL Racing Hugh Plumb / Craig Stanton / Gilles Vannelet
Ferrari 550 Maranello 171 laps 1:28.797

Niet geklasseerd:
16 675 Dyson Racing Team James Weaver / Butch Leitzinger / Andy Wallace
Lola EX257 / AER / MG
22 GT Alex Job Racing Timo Bernhard / Jorg Bergmeister / Marc Lieb
Porsche 911 GT3-RS
30 900 Intersport Clint Field / Joel Field / Mark Neuhaus
Lola B2K / 10 Judd
44 GTS American Viperacing Tom Weickardt / Marc Bunting / Jean-Philippe Belloc
Dodge Viper GTS-R
84 GTS Graham Nash Motorsport Robin Liddell / Thomas Erdos / Rob Barff
Saleen S7-R
10 GT Alegra Motorsports Emil Assentato / Chris Gleason / Nick Longhi
BMW M3
79 GT J3 Racing Justin Jackson / Mike Fitzgerald / David Murry
Porsche 911 GT3-RS
15 675 RN Motorsport John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard
IRM 02S Zytek
61 GT PK Sport Piers Masarati / Gavin Pickering / Robin Liddell
Porsche 911 GT3-RS
62 675 Team Spencer Motorsports Dennis Spencer / Rich Grupp / Ryan Hampton
Lola B2K / 42 Mazda
24 675 AutoExe Jim Downing / Yojiro Terada / Stephane Daoudi
AutoExe LMP02 Mazda

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