Will this year's running of LeMans be again won by a diesel? Don't know, but the top five qualifying racers on the grid are diesel-powered.
The starting grid is as follows:
1. Lamy/Sarrazin/Bourdais (No...
8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP), 3m 26.344s
2. Capello/Kristensen/McNish (Audi R10), +0.572s
3. Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve (No. 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP), +1.380s
4. Biela/Pirro/Werner (Audi R10), +1.957s
5. Luhr/Rockenfeller/Premat (Audi R10), +3.392s
It should be noted that the Peugeot 908 driven by Stéphane Sarrazin crossed the finish line just after the time limit expired, beating Alan McNish's best time in the three Audi R10s by 0.6 seconds.
The 75th Le Mans 24 Hours is being held on June 16 and 17, which is this weekend.
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2. Capello/Kristensen/McNish (Audi R10), +0.572s
3. Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve (No. 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP), +1.380s
4. Biela/Pirro/Werner (Audi R10), +1.957s
5. Luhr/Rockenfeller/Premat (Audi R10), +3.392s
It should be noted that the Peugeot 908 driven by Stéphane Sarrazin crossed the finish line just after the time limit expired, beating Alan McNish's best time in the three Audi R10s by 0.6 seconds.
The 75th Le Mans 24 Hours is being held on June 16 and 17, which is this weekend.
Full story here.
SubyTrojan says:
10:52 AM, 06/15/07
It's nice to see former F1 and Subaru World Rally Team driver, Stephane Sarrazin stick the Peugeot on the pole! Here's a video of him tearing up the French countryside in 2006 preseason testing with the Subaru Impreza WRC 2006.
http://www.carspace.com/videos/play!id=.5a06bf29
It's also nice to see champ car champion, "Kermit the Frog" (dubbed that because of his resemblence when he's wearing his glasses), I mean, Sebastian Bourdais, in their lineup--a very stacked one talent-wise.
I think that lap time may be a new track record as well. Bob, would you please confirm that for me?
If you folks out there have Speed channel, Le Mans race coverage starts tomorrow at 8:30 AM EDT/5:30 AM PDT.
Speed's coverage schedule from http://www.speedtv.com/programs/228/:
-The Start
-Sat, Jun 16 8:30AM (LIVE)
-Sat, Jun 16 5:30PM (LIVE)
-Night Into Day
-Sat, Jun 16 8:00PM (LIVE)
-Day Racing
-Sat, Jun 16 12:00AM (LIVE)
-The Finish
-Sun, Jun 17 6:00AM (LIVE)
rsholland says:
11:30 AM, 06/15/07
Here's what I found.
http://thespeedblog.com/category/le-mans/
Not sure if this is his best time, as this blog entry was dated 6/4?