2009 American Le Mans Series

Motorsportnews · Mar 26, 2008

DYSON'S MARINO: DRIVE OF THE WEEK AT SEBRING

The American Le Mans Series is filled with incredible drivers and intriguing cars. Put the two together, and a number of stunning drives are produced at every race. After the frenetic battles witnessed at the 56th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring, SPEEDtv.com has chosen to honor the greatest drive of each race with the new "American Le Mans Series Drive of the Race Award."

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Motorsportnews · Mar 27, 2008

MICHELIN UNVEILS NEW "STREET SOFT" TIRES FOR ST. PETERSBURG AND LONG BEACH RACES

Michelin engineers are never satisfied. Despite having won every temporary circuit or "street race" in the history of the American Le Mans Series, Michelin race tire designers, chemists, engineers and technical leaders are set to unveil a new "street soft" tire option for the second and third stops of the 2008 season, the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio and the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach.

The latest Michelin Series tires will complete a foursome of dry tire options for Michelin technical partner teams including factory teams from Audi, Acura, Porsche, Corvette and Ferrari.

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Motorsportnews · Mar 28, 2008

ANOTHER TURN: THE GT1 CHASE IS ON - AGAIN

The raw numbers from Sebring don't paint a pretty picture for Bell Motorsports: their GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 piloted by Terry Borcheller, Chapman Ducote and Antonio Garcia finished 29 laps down on the class-winning Corvette of Johnny O'Connell, Ron Fellows and Jan Magnussen … and 21 laps in arrears of the sister Corvette of Olivier Beretta, Oliver Gavin and Max Papis even though the latter car lost time replacing a broken halfshaft.

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Motorsportnews · Mar 28, 2008

PRIMETIME PUSHES AHEAD AND REFLECTS ON THE PAST

With over 30 years of professional motorsports experience, Primetime Race Group steers the only Dodge Viper in the GT2 class, the most competitive class in the American Le Mans Series. The ALMS brings together more than seven different manufacturers and a fierce group of world-class, talented drivers, winning will not always come down to how fast the car is, but also how efficient the team is.

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Motorsportnews · Mar 31, 2008

PRIMETIME PUSHES AHEAD AND REFLECTS ON THE PAST

With over 30 years of professional motorsports experience, Primetime Race Group steers the only Dodge Viper in the GT2 class, the most competitive class in the American Le Mans Series. The ALMS brings together more than seven different manufacturers and a fierce group of world-class, talented drivers, winning will not always come down to how fast the car is, but also how efficient the team is.

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Wido Rossen · Apr 5, 2008

Verstappen take`s pole in LMP2

Another impressive start came from Jos Verstappen and the Merksteijn Racing team who put their LMP2 Porsche right in among the LMP1 cars, with fastest time in class and fifth overall.

The second Audi R10 TDI, crewed by Alexandre Premat and Mike Rockenfeller, will line up sixth on the grid.

In GT1, the Team Modena Aston Martin crew of Tomas Enge and Antonio Garcia fought off a concerted challenge from the Luc Alpand Aventure Corvette C6.R to take pole in the class.

1. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 1:34.422
2. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd 1:35.797
3. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 1:36.156
4. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 1:36.266
5. Amaral/Pla Lola B05/40 AER 1:36.641
6. Barazi/Vergers Zytek 07S Zytek 1:37.516
7. Hughes/Haberfield WF01 Zytek 1:38.109
8. de Pourtales/Noda Lola B05/40 Mazda 1:38.437
9. Erdos/Newton MG Lola EX 265 MG 1:38.485
10. Kane/Foster WF01 Zytek 1:38.500
11. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 1:39.594
12. Rostan/Peterson/Lueders Radical SR9 AER 1:40.750
13. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S Zytek 1:41.516
14. Didaio/Francioni/Savoldi Lucchini Judd 1:44.579
15. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR Zytek 1:49.859

Theo de Bruin · Apr 6, 2008

Well done by Jos. They're still running in 5th position now!

Yves Maex · Apr 6, 2008

I'm impressed by jos

must be :rc:

Wido Rossen · Apr 6, 2008

Well Jos finisht in first place in the lmp2 serie.
He made an exelent start by putting the porsche spider on the pole of his serie`s.
After 6 hours they crossed the line in first place.

So i think Jos has found his new race class.

Xosé Estrada · Apr 8, 2008

Peugeot won the LMS Barcelona 1000 Km this weekend:

1- Marc Gené-Nicolas Minassian (Peugeot 908 HDI-FAP), 215 vueltas
2- Mike Rockenfeller-Alexandre Prémat (Audi R10 TDI), a 1 vuelta
3- Stefan Mücke-Jan Charouz (Lola B06/90-Aston Martin), a 3 vueltas
4- Emmanuel Collard-Jean-Christophe Boullion (Pescarolo-Judd), a 5 vueltas
5- Allan McNish-Rinaldo Capello (Audi R10 TDi), a 6 vueltas
6- Jos Verstappen-Peter Van Merksteijn (Porsche RS Spyder 1º LM P2), a 7 vueltas

:drunk:

Ben Buitendijk · Apr 8, 2008

I'm very happy that Eurosport broadcasted the start and some highlights.

2 hours is better than nothing

And great job to VMR and to Jos! I think they should let Van Merksteijn's son drive, because he is much faster also in rally! And in quali VM was 3 seconds slower than Verstappen....

Would be cool if they can fight with 'the big guys'.