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06-12-2008, 12:22 PM
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Peugeot's top speed 212mph, Audi 207mph.
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06-12-2008, 01:24 PM
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It's mayhem out here with drivers really struggling to keep the cars on the black stuff.
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06-12-2008, 05:45 PM
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End of session 2 and all the expected front runners did well. The Saleen is definitely looking dangerous, and I wouldn't discount it for a win.
Van Merksteijn and Team Essex pretty much flip flopped positions throughout the session. GT2 was a battle between IMSA Performance, Flying Lizard and Virgo.
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06-12-2008, 09:24 PM
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Franck Montagny : "We can still improve... you never know what Audi is up to."
Wednesday 11 June 2008 - 23h58 # 8 Peugeot Sport Total - 908 Franck Montagny, second fastest in the first qualifying session of Wednesday says: “We can still improve”. Frank Montagny only failed by two tenth of a second to snatch the fastet lap from Stephane Sarrazin, already poleman 2007. The new track record for the 13.629km thus still stands for the #9 Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP at nearly 247 km/h. Here is what he tells us concerning the car he will share with Ricardo Zonta and Christian Klien during the race. “I think that the current limit for us is around 3:16, my fastest lap was not entirely clear, and we could certainly optimize the tyre configuration, but track conditions were really very good, and the car was very well balanced. You never know what Audi is up to, so we continue to work towards the race.” ! Official website of 24 Heures du Mans 2008 and 24 Heures Moto 2008 - ACO 24 Greatest Le Mans Drivers of All-Time AUTO-RACING - LE MANS: 24 Greatest Le Mans Drivers of All-Time: 20-24 - SPEEDtv.com AUTO-RACING - LE MANS: 24 Greatest Le Mans Drivers of All-Time: 15-19 - SPEEDtv.com
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06-12-2008, 10:30 PM
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Driver interviews
(topic mainly concerns the Le Mans Series in Europe except for Klien Gianmaria Bruni # 96: Virgo Motorsports - Ferrari F430 GTC - Dunlops Planetlemans.com | Planetlemans talks to Gianmaria Bruni FIA GT Championship - Driver Biography : Gianmaria Bruni Vanina Ickx # 18: Rollcentre Racing - Pescarolo 01 Judd - Dunlop tires Planetlemans.com | Planetlemans talks to Vanina Ickx Site officiel de Vanina Ickx Christian Klien # 9: Peugeot Sport Total - Peugeot 908 - Michelin tires Planetlemans.com | Planetlemans talks to Christian Klien Christian Klien
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06-13-2008, 02:43 PM
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Costs of Racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing's GT2 Porsche co-funded by Krohn Racing in 2006. Petersen Motorsports Translated version of http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=2196 Team Peugeot Total's resources Translated version of http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=5824 - 3 cars in 3 stands (14-15-16) - 9 pilots totaling 393 Grand Prix Formula 1, 32 participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 15 rounds of WRC, 44 national titles or international. - 122 people including 65 full-time employees of Team Peugeot Total - 9,200 square metres reserved for receiving guests 4,250 - 800 beds - 90 m²: Peugeot Sport shop in the village for the sale of derivatives (40 different articles proposed representing a total volume of 60 m3) - 25 shuttles - 3 boxes: 114-115-119 - 2 cars TGV - 25,000 posters - 20,000 postcards - 10,000 flags - Sending SMS every two hours of racing - Website Peugeot live: lemans.peugeot-sport.com - 3 newsletter distributed to 30 000 copies each - Radio Peugeot - Two sites: Peugeot-Media.com / Peugeot Sport Automobile - Competition with Scalextric slot in the different structures Peugeot - Simulators on XBOX 360 in the various structures Peugeot - Exhibitions of 908 HDi FAP and 308 RCZ - Martin Solveig the turntables Also, another website - ..:: Peugeot Web TV ::.. - Le Mans Series in Monza: Peugeot second victory! Autocon Motorsport's costs with a new # 23 Creation CA07 Judd Autocon Motorsports - Team News Creation CA07 with Judd V-10 Car Number: 23 Car Color: Blue Budget for the Race: $400,000 (yes, for one race) Cost of Le Mans Entry Fee: $53,000 (yes, also for one race!) Gallons of Fuel Consumed: 840 Tires Consumed: 80 - Dunlops Number of Autocon Attendees: 30 Team Motor Homes in the Paddock: 2 Gallons of Wine Consumed: To Be Announced # 14 Creation CA07 AIM on the right Welcome to Creation Sport Creation CA07 with custom 90 degree V-10 
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06-13-2008, 05:34 PM
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If Peugeot's Bruno Famin is correct, the race doesn't look good for the Pugs: AUTO-RACING - LE MANS: Pruett's Thursday Trackside Blog - SPEEDtv.com
Pruett says that Famin doesn't BS, and it seems due to the problems at Sebring and during Peugeot's 24 Hour test(which are probably the same that have dogged Peugeot from day one-hydralics, wheel bearings, etc.), even some of the guys at Peugeot are questioning if they'll even be around, let alone a factor, at 3:00 PM Sunday.
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06-13-2008, 06:11 PM
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well time will tell, having 6 sec in your pocket might be the difference between running at 10/10th and running at 9/10th. And if running at 9/10th can cover the Audi they might just last the 24 hours....but with Audi being able to seemingly run 10/10th over 24 hours Peugeot might have problem....
The race will be epic, thats for sure...
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06-13-2008, 09:58 PM
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Stéphane Sarrazin gets LMP1 pole again
Motorsport.com: News channel # 8: Peugeot Sport Total - codrivers Pedro Lamy and Alexander Wurz # 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche on LMP2 pole Motorsport.com: News channel More pictures American Le Mans Series :: World Class Lizard's blog Flying Lizard at 24 Heures du Mans 2008 GT2 pole for Patrick Long in the # 76: IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche : Patrick Long Motorsport : Pole and Lap Record at Le Mans! : Cytosport, Pickett living the Le Mans dream Motorsport.com: News channel 1988 winner Jan Lammers on the left with Klaus Graf and Greg Pickett  12th in LMP1 for # 12 Charouz/Cytosport Lola B07/10 with a 5.5 liter Judd V-10 Jan Lammer's website  McNISH: YOU HAVE TO BEAT LE MANS American Le Mans Series :: World Class 4th overall for the # 2 Audi R10  Ben Devlin and Gunnar Jeannette: A Radical Pairing in the factory # 26 Radical SR9 with a turbo'd AER I-4 Jeannette, the youngest finisher of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2000 with a 911) American Le Mans Series :: World Class Radical Sportscars - Ten Years On - 1997-2007 Ben Devlin Racing Driver - MAZDASPEED and B-K MOTORSPORTS 2007  6th overall for the Charouz Lola with Aston V-12 splitting the # 3 and # 1 Audi R10 TDis Ahead of the # 11 Dome S102 Judd and # 1 Audi  No GT1 pole for Prodrive this year - Aston Martin Racing GT1 news Terry Borcheller's thoughts - # 59 Team Modena DBR9 American Le Mans Series :: World Class  # 50 Larbre Saleen misses GT1 pole by one tenth Planetlemans.com | Larbre misses pole at Le Mans by narrow margin # 32 Zytek 07S of Barazi Epsilon to start 3rd in LMP2 Planetlemans.com | Stuart Moseley to start third at Le Mans with Barazi-Epsilon Zytek 07S # 45 Embassy WF01 Zytek 5th in LMP2 Embassy Racing | AUTO | 13.06.08 Qualifying goes to plan Creation Autosportif recovering after Stuart Hall's qualfying crash Creation Press Release Risi reading for the big endurance race Risi Competizione | Ferrari 430GT | American Le Mans Series Wolf Henzler 2nd in GT2 - # 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche Wolf Henzler: Rennautofahrer / Racecar Driver Epsilon Euskadi update 24 H Le Mans
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06-14-2008, 05:43 AM
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Well maybe it has already become a usual staff for me, but here is Fabio Babini, who will drive a #97 F430 today for BMS Scuderia Italia, competing in 1999 Russian F3 Championship. In 1999 he drove a Dallara F399 for Pilot F3 Racing team. The pic is taken during the 1st round of 1999 championship - May, 14-16 at Neva Ring.
Just for the info (BTW, I wanted to upload three pics, but the system behaves strangely - it only allows to upload one of them, and when I've tried to upload them one by one it simply replaced the previous by the new one)
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