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Ultimatecarpage.com update (04-08-08)
Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,
This weekend Europe's endurance racing season got off to a flying start with the first race of the 2008 Le Mans Series at Barcelona. A colourful mix of familiar and brand new machines lined up for the Catalunya 1000 km race. All eyes were of course at the head of the field where reigning champions Peugeot were challenged by new-comers Audi. It was the second time the rivals faced off this season in preparation for what already promises to be an epic 24 Hours of Le Mans race. While everybody expected the diesels to easily run away with it, they were actually challenged by the brand new petrol engined Lola Aston Martin, which showed both speed and durability.
The LMP2 class saw the European debut of the Porsche RS Spyder and again Lola surprised with their equally new Judd engined coupe. It was quite a start of the season for the British company that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In the two GT-classes there were familiar faces heading the charts. In GT2 the brand new Spyker pulled off a great performance even though the two cars had not turned a wheel before the weekend.
Our photographer Wouter Melissen cut his holiday short to fly out to Barcelona in time to capture the race in great detail. His findings have been compressed in a full report and a spectacular 160-shot slideshow.
Catalunya 1000 km report and slideshow
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event...a-1000-km.html
Regards,
Wouter Melissen
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