[LMS] Official Monza Race thread !!!

[1LM1]

Pedro lamy did a great job today in practice 2.
He seems to have a good feeling with the car already.
Let's see if Sarrazin or Minassian will grab the first pole for Peugeot now! I do hope so.

[harvick#1]

I think its Peugeots race to lose

they clearly are ahead of the pack of the cars, just like with Audi in the ALMS.

Charouz Racing seems to be the only one that could somewhat run with Pug.

the Pescarolos are fast but they are still 2nd best

[Tom206wrc]

Pictures of yesterday free practices !!!

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/sel...ctice_1&Y=2007


The fire around Alphand team stand(running the Corvette) was really scary
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/sel...ctice_2&Y=2007

I hope the three injured mechanics(one of them would be more severly burnt than the two others) will recover...

[1LM1]

To Harvick#1: yes fortunately, they are quicker than the others like I expected. It's a very good start. Of course, the race should be difficult for Peugeot tomorrow because according to them, the race is just another testing session.
They think they are just not ready for such a race on such a circuit (big challenge for the engine reliability) yet. So the most reliable car between the Pescarolo and the Lola Charouz could win on sunday.

But now, hopefully Peugeot have the pace to put some pressure on Audi at Le Mans this year and to challenge Audi for the win from 2008.

[Tom206wrc]

Third session running: Mücke(Charouz/Lola-Judd) again in front of both 908(Sarrazin ahead of Minassian) and Bouillon(Pescarolo)

Live-times are locked since several minutes

New pictures of yesterday free sessions
http://www.endurance-info.com/articl...rder=0&thold=0

[Erki]

I'm surprised of the fifth overall and LMP1 by Bob Berridge. Didn't see that one coming. hock: (Although he was fast already at HTTT)

[Tom206wrc]

End of last free session !!!

The Peugeot drivers didn't manage(or didn't try??) to do a better time than Mücke despite they improved their pace(Sarrazin was 6/100th slower than the Lola-Judd, and Minassian was 3/10th slower)...

This afternoon(at 2.00pm) is the qualifying session...

[1LM1]

I'm surprised of the fifth overall and LMP1 by Bob Berridge. Didn't see that one coming. hock: (Although he was fast already at HTTT)

Yes. In fact, Berridge is quite old but quite fast.

[Erki]

Quali: http://www.lemans-series.com/results/monza/lmsent.htm
Pugs 1.5 seconds faster than anyone else.
They're even lapping faster than the World Series by Renault cars.

[Tom206wrc]

I can't tell my happiness with Pug's qualifying results !!!

Amazing job by Minassian and Sarrazin gathered in the same second !!