[ALMS09]12h of Sebring - official thread

[Tom206wrc]

OK, in exactly 18 days from today will start the week of the first 2009 American Le Mans Series round, the famous 12h of Sebring race !!!

It's time to create the thread of it then


Usefull links:

http://www.americanlemans.com/
http://www.imsaracing.net

Pictures/News on http://www.motorsport.com


This will be the Le Mans pre-test for the duel AUDI vs PEUGEOT
Pitty Aston-Martin will only run LMS though

We will also discover what the new R15 TDI has in its guts
And for the new ACURA LMP1 it'll be the only occasion to compete against the "bigs" in ALMS

Among the line-up for the overall win
Audi:
Kristensen-Capello-McNish
Werner-Luhr-Rockenfeller

Peugeot:
Klien-Lamy-Minassian
Montagny-Sarrazin-Bourdais

Acura:
Brabham-Franchitti-Sharp
De Ferran-Dixon-Pagenaud


Can't wait the race to start

[rob01]

i'd love to see Brabbams car kick ass!

[Tom206wrc]

Start of the great week next week


For information Peugeot will be on the track this saturday for first private tests

[F1boat]

I was cheering for Gil de Ferran in CART, I hope that he will bring the new Acura's first major victory. But I think that Audi will win again.

[Shifter]

Pity this hasn't been chatted up some more. ALMS has had some sterling races over the past couple of years and I'm really looking forward to this race, especially because Peugeot will be there with their beautiful 908.

[Tom206wrc]

At last we have entered the week of the 2009 12h of Sebring

This afternoon are the first free practices

[rob01]

i get the feeling your running around like an excited kid tom?!

looking forward to it. some shots from monday testing at Sebring...
http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/03/...onday-testing/

love the look of the new GT2 Vantage. the Acura looks very aggressive, hope it does well.

i'm starting to think the Audi is a little boring compared with some cars, it just doesnt look as eye catching as some. of course its not about the way it looks though.

the BMW looks a little on the tame side too but hopefully its performance will make up for that!

[Shifter]

Satisfy my curiosity regarding your respective European countries: Here in the States, ALMS gets pretty good coverage, and the Euro-based LMS gets little-to-none, with Speed choosing to broadcast about 2 random events per year, and the picture quality then makes me wonder if they didn't bother to send for the DVD and instead downloaded it off the internet.

How closely can you European fans follow the ALMS? Eurosport?

[Mad_Hatter]

Unofficial Times Sebring ALMS Test 3 + 4:

1 - #2 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI - 1.43.595
2 - #1 Audi Sport North America - Audi R15 TDI - 1:44.159
3 - #08 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - 1:45.002
4 - #07 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - 1:45.095
5 - #66 de Ferran Motorsports - Acura ARX-02a - 1:45.105
6 - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - Acura ARX-02a - 1:45.871
7 - #16 Dyson Racing Team - Lola B09/86 - 1:50.864
8 - #3 Corvette Racing - Chevrolet Corvette C6.R - 1:59.638
9 - #4 Corvette Racing - Chevrolet Corvette C6.R - 1:59.958
10 -#95 Pecom Racing Team - Ferrari F430 GT2 2:04.007
11 - #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR -2:04.415
12 - #62 Risi Competizione - Ferrari F430 GT2 - 2:05.078
13 - #61 Risi Competizione - Ferrari F430 GT2 - 2:05.311
14 - #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team - BMW E92 M3 - 2:05.329
15 - #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team - BMW E92 M3 - 2:05.331
16 - #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - 2:05.522
17 - #21 Panoz Team PTG - Panoz Esperante - 2:06.213
18 - #28 LG Motorsports - Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6 - 2:06.242
19 - #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - 2:06.454
20 - #40 Robertson Racing - Doran Ford GT - 2:06.681
21 - #007 Drayson Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT2 - 2:07.424
22 - #11 Primetime Race Group - Dodge Viper GT2 - 2:13.931

from planetlemans. Did the LMP2 Acura not run today?

[F1boat]

The new Audi seems shockingly fast - as fast and it is ugly - I opened autosport.com to check the F1 news and when I saw the Audi, I felt like kicked in the gut. Still, great job for the Audi team, I am surprised that they have over a second to Peugeot, although Peugeot maybe is not revealing its true pace. Acura looks cool and I am happy for de Ferran