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| The end |
#50 |
Panoz |
The #50 car wins by 0.4 of a second from the Audi.
Corvettes are 1st & 2nd in GTS with Olive Green Ferrari 3rd.
Alex Job racing get 1st & 3rd, with The Racers Group car 2nd. |
| 2hrs 43 |
#50 |
Panoz |
| White flag lap, and the Panoz has a 5 second lead over Herbert. Herbert is now right behind Magnussen....and winner is.... Magnussen as another Panoz hits Herbert in the final corner. Oops |
| 2hrs 42 |
#50 |
Panoz |
| Meanwhile at the front of the race, the #38 Audi is now 8 seconds behind the Panoz. |
| 2hrs 41 |
#26 |
Saleen |
| #26 Konrad car has pitted allowing the Ferrari passed. Uhmmm, there is, or was a Schumacher in the race...I wonder. |
| 2hrs 39 |
#38 |
Audi |
| .....make that 12.5 seconds. |
| 2hrs 38 |
#38 |
Audi R8 |
| Herbert is now 15.5 seconds behind the Panoz of Magnussen. |
| 2hrs 38 |
#38 |
Audi |
| The #38 Audi is now only 17 seconds behind the lead #50 Panoz. |
| 2hrs 33m |
#0 |
Ferrari |
| #0 Ferrari has got past the Saleen.....and now the Saleen has got back past the Ferrari. Maybe the Konrad car will slow down before the finish line and let the Ferrari past! |
| 2 hrs 32 |
#38 |
Audi |
Herbert is lapping 5 seconds ahead of everyone else. The Audi may still have to pit.
#51 Panoz may have a problem, the car is certainly off the pace. |
| 2hrs 28 |
#0 |
Ferrari |
| #0 Ferrari is right up with the #26 Saleen. They also have the Audi of Pirro with them. Pirro is 19th overall. |
| 2hrs 25m |
#26 |
Saleen |
Since losing a place to the Corvette, the Konrad Saleen has taken to smoking. It looks as though it is giving the smoking up though!
20 minutes to go. |
| 2hrs 24m |
#38 |
Audi |
| Johnny Herbert has opened up a gap of 15.5 seconds over the 3rd placed #51 Panoz. |
| 2hrs 21m |
All |
All |
| All the cars laps have suddenly dropped back into the 1:30's. |
| 2hrs 19m |
#37 |
MG Lola |
| The #37 MG Lola is now finally running properly, in fact so properly it is now the quickest car on the track. Better late than never I suppose. |
| 2hrs 16m |
#4 |
Corvette |
| The #4 Corvette has finally got passed the Konrad Saleen. |
| 2hrs 12m |
All |
All |
The race goes back to green. The #51 Panoz is right behind the #38 Audi. They are fighting for second place.
In the GTS class the #4 Corvette is almost welded to the back of the Konrad Saleen. |
| 2hrs 1m |
|
Viper GTS-R |
| Buried in the barrier. Johnny Mowlem's gear shift has ceased to work but he has managed to get it back to the pits. The are going to try and fix the gear lever. |
| 2hrs |
All |
All |
| Another full course yellow, so in they all come....again. |
| 1hr 57m |
#1 |
Audi |
The car is cruising around back to the pits.
#31 Porsche is having problems.
Johnny Herbert is on the charge, but it is a big gap. |
| 1hr 55m |
#1 |
Audi |
| Pirro rejoins the race in 23rd place. Then spins off again. Oh well, that's life. |
| 1hr 51m |
#1 |
Audi |
| Pirro's car is wheeled back out the garage and ready to go. Our guess is that they replaced the entire rear end car in six minutes!!!!!!!!!! I wonder when the local Audi dealership will service your own car in those times. |
| 1hr 50 |
#23 |
Porsche |
The lead Alex Job Porsche is upto 6th place overall!
The #22 Porsche is in 8th place overall. |
| 1hr 46 |
#4 |
Corvette |
The #4 Corvette is now only 12 seconds behind the 2nd placed Saleen.
The Audi crew has taken the back off the car in only 3 minutes. |
| 1hr 40m |
#50 |
Panoz |
The #50 Panoz leads by 1 lap from the #51 Panoz.
Positions. #50, #51, #38, #1, #30, #3, #23, #30
The #1 Audi makes it back to the pits, the car is pushed back into the garage so they can change the rear end and send it back out.
Amanda Stretton interviews the head Audi mechanic and states the obvious!! |
| 1hr 40 |
#1 |
Audi |
Pirro has a huge crash with the #44 Viper. The race goes to a full course yellow. Pirro is attempting to drive the 3 wheeler back!!
Johnny Herbert pits for tyres just before the pits close. |
| 1hr 38 |
#38 |
Audi |
| Johnny Herbert eventfull weekend continues as he gets a puncture to his front right and loses the tyre. |
| 1hr 38 |
#50 |
Panoz |
| Magnussen puts in a lap of 1:29. The gap is now 12.5 seconds to Herbert. |
| 1 hr 35 m |
#38 #50 |
Panoz, Audi |
| The gap between the lead Panoz and the Audi by 7.5 seconds |
| 1 hr 31m |
#50 |
Panoz |
| Jan Magnussen buts in a lap of 1:33.5 sec miles quicker than anyone. The race is gradually moving towards the Panoz. Johnny Herbert has taken over in the #38 Audi. |
| 1 hr 28 m |
#22 |
Porsche |
| The Alex Job Porsche is lapping quicker than the lead Audi!! The #22 Porsche is second in class 10 seconds behind the #23 car. |
| Lap 41 |
#50 |
Panoz |
| #50 Panoz pits for fuel & Tyres. Jan Magnussen takes over the car. They are now running on slicks. |
| 1 hr 25 m |
#51 |
Panoz |
| The car is now lapping 5 seconds a lap quicker than the leaders |
| 1 hr 23 |
#51 |
Panoz |
| The #51 Panoz of Bill Auberlen is now lapping 2 seconds quicker than anybody. The car is the only LMP900 to have pitted for fuel and tyres. The car is on slicks but is 2 laps down. Watch this space. |
| 1 hr 24m |
#50 |
Panoz |
| The gap to the lead #38 Audi is now 5.5 seconds. 39 laps |
| 1 hr 21m |
#66 |
Porsche |
| Johnny Mowlem takes over the driving and immediatley goes quickest in class on slicks. 4th in class |
| 1 hr 16m |
#50 |
Panoz |
The Panoz responds with a quicker lap. Only 1.5 seconds split them.
The third quickest car on the track is the 2nd Panoz down in 10th place. |
| 1 hr 15 |
#38 |
Audi |
| #38 Audi puts in the fastest lap on the race with 1:43.067. 3 seconds quicker than before. |
| 1 hr 14 m |
#0 |
Ferrari |
| Changes to slicks. |
| Lap 33 |
All |
All |
| As the cars pit for slicks for the drying track, the rains is slowly starting again. |
| Lap 33 |
#38 |
Audi |
Kristensen takes lead from #50 Panoz. The Panoz slides wide on the drier part of the circuit.
|
| 1 hr 8 mins |
#3 |
Corvette |
#3 Corvette is lapping 3 seconds a quicker than the second place Saleen.
Clouds look to be gathering for more rain. |
| Lap 27 |
Alex Job |
Porsche |
| The 2 Alex Job Porsche GT3 R lead the GT Class. |
| Lap 28 |
#50 & #38 |
LMP900 |
| Lead 2 cars are lapping 3.5 seconds quicker than anyone else. |
| 1 hour |
All |
All |
The #50 Panoz leads by 1.5 seconds from the #38 Audi, #30 Panoz 1 lap, #1 Audi.
GTS #3 Corvette leads by 1 lap from the Konrad Saleen. |
| Lap 23 |
GT |
All |
| Only six seconds seperate the first 4 cars. #23, #22, #99, #66 |
| Lap 22 |
#3 |
Corvette |
| The Corvette leads the GTS class by 15 seconds over the Konrad Saleen. The Olive Green Ferrari is a further 13 seconds back. |
| Lap 21 |
#38 |
Audi |
| Tom Kristensen has closed to less than a second of the lead Panoz. |
| Lap 20 |
#52 |
Porsche |
| Spins off the track whilst trying to get out of the way of the leaders. No grip with the slicks off line. |
| Lap 19 |
#1 |
Audi |
| Frank Biela is currently in 8th place 50 seconds behind the leader following earlier spin. |
| Lap 17 |
LMP 900 |
All |
The track is drying out very quickly and the teams are preparing slicks. The #50 Panoz leads the #38 Audi by 2 seconds. The #51 Panoz is a further 14 seconds behind.
Car #52 goes onto slicks. |
| Lap 16 |
GTS |
All |
GTS Positions
#3
#26
#0 |
| 11 Laps |
#0 |
Ferrari |
| #0 Ferrari goes past Corvette under yellows and has to drop back |
| Lap 11 |
Positions |
All |
11 laps- Panoz, Audi, Panoz
GTS Corvette, Ferrari, Saleen
LMP675 Knighthawk, Archangel
|
| Lap 8 |
#1 |
Audi |
| #1 Audi spins off the circuit whilst under yellows. Car comes off at turn 11. Damage to the left hand side of the car. |
| Lap 2 |
#26 |
Saleen |
| #26 Konrad Saleen over takes under yellows lap 2 |
| Start |
No 1 |
Audi |
| The second round of the ALMS gets underway behind the safety car due a wet track. The race cars follow the safety car for 6 laps before the race goes to green, only for the lead Audi to immediately lose the lead to the second Audi. The Panoz of David Brabham makes a daring move the Champion Audi to take the lead. |
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