Tom Kristensen is driving pretty poorly atm. nearly took Fisi out. It looked the other way around but the GT cars stay on it's own racing line.
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Tom Kristensen is driving pretty poorly atm. nearly took Fisi out. It looked the other way around but the GT cars stay on it's own racing line.
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That was close with Fisi and TK,
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no need for an investigation, just an incident.
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Minor touch between Fisichella #51 Ferrari and Kristensen in #2 Audi - under investigation
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No need for an investigation!
Eurosport are as bad as Sky at times in willing on the British guys.
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I've always wondered if Michael was ever given the option of GT racing after 2006, afterall he had done a Le Mans before.
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I dont think he was that interested in doing anymore after he retired. SC has handed win too Toyota, dont like 2 SCs apart from at Le-Mans
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The safety cars rules in Endurance racing are terrible!
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Oh snap!Originally Posted by Rob
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Oh balls the aston is ahead of us
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19:45:47After SC period, 43.7s gap now between Wurz in Toyota #7 and Fassler in Audi #1
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Fisi looks old!
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I have serious man love for Bruni!
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#51 AF Corse back in the lead, nice move by Bruni
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IMO Audi could win any race it wishes to if they developed their cars for the different circuits, but they live for Le Mans and that's the race above all they want to win.
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Just got higher tyre deg here for some reason..
#51 AF Corse leading GTE Pro by a minute.
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Karun now in the car, he will drive until the end of the race. Fuel and new tyres onboard, 14th overall
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#51 AF Corse still leading GTE Pro, about 13.5 seconds now. Fog coming in, Toyota still leading LMP1.
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Toyota has just lapped 2nd place Audi
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Stop and go of 30s for Ferrari F458 AF Corse Waltrip #61 for pitlane speeding
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How are you Rob anyway?
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try this...
http://tv.audi.de/#/01
just over half an hour left, or its on Motors TV.
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yeah im good thanks, really enjoying this race, and cannt wait for Singapore, are how you?
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Thank you for the link!
I was really enjoying the race when I was watching it too, so close between the GT Pro class cars, the saftey car ruined the LMP1 race.
I'm good as well and same as you really looking forward to the next races!
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I do love the racing at these old tracks. except monaco and silverstone (sorry I just don't like airfield tracks such as silverstone).
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Amazing win for #51 AF Corse and stunning win for Toyota, wow, great race.
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RACE REPORT LMGTE: AF CORSE TAKE THIRD WIN IN A ROW IN BRAZIL
15/09/2012 - 23h32
UPDATED FOLLOWING STEWARDS DECISION 25: With quality not necessarily being synonymous with quantity, the LMGTE Pro class is often one of the most exciting despite a reduced number of entrants compared to other categories. The 6 Hours of Sao Paulo was no exception to the rule: the No.51 Ferrari 458 Italia of AF Corse lifted its third trophy in three races following success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 6 Hours of Silverstone, but the No.97 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 made life difficult for them.
Darren Turner claimed pole position for the British constructor yesterday, but it was his team mate Stefan Mucke who took the start of the race. He quickly lost two places to Gianmaria Bruni in the NO.51 AF Corse Ferrari and to Marc Lieb in the No.77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche. The latter quickly lost ground leaving only the Ferrari and the Aston to fight it out, Giancarlo Fisichella doing his stint in the Ferrari at the same time as Darren Turner in the Aston Martin. The Italian drivers finally got the better of the Anglo-German duo and one lap separated them at the finish.
The battle in the LMGTE Am class was, on the other hand, a short one. The No.88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche, in the hands of Paolo Ruberti, Gianluca Roda and Christian Ried, got caught up in the skirts of the No.50 Larbre Competition Corvette during the first hour but, thereafter, the gap between them got bigger and bigger. Patrick Bornhauser, Julien Canal and the Brazilian Fernando Rees went through to the finish without having any further problems or scares. However the post technical checks revealed a problem with the Corvette and the LMGTE winning car was excluded from the results (stewards decision nr25). The No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche was promoted to first place, while the second Larbre Compétition Corvette, the No.70 driven by Jean-Philippe Belloc, Christophe Bourret and Pascal Gibon was classified in second and the all Brazilian AF Corse-Waltrip Ferrari in third. Larbre Competition have appealed the Stewards Decision and therefore the result and championship positions remain provisional.
The No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche was promoted to first place, while the second Larbre Compétition Corvette, the No.70 driven by Jean-Philippe Belloc, Christophe Bourret and Pascal Gibon was classified in second and the all Brazilian AF Corse-Waltrip Ferrari in third. Larbre Competition have appealed the Stewards Decision and therefore the result and championship positions remain provisional.
It’s now off to the Middle East for competitors for the next round at Bahrain in two weeks on 29th September. The race will run partly at night and will once again be for six hours.
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Pos N° Cat Driver Car T Laps Total Time Gap Gap Prev. Best lap Best time Best speed
1 7 LMP1 Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre, Toyota TS030 - Hybrid M 247 6:01'08.356 165 1'23.419 186.0
2 1 LMP1 Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer, Benoit Tréluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 247 6:02'09.134 1'00.778 1'00.778 218 1'23.740 185.2
3 2 LMP1 Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish, Lucas Di Grassi Audi R18 ultra M 247 6:02'23.035 1'14.679 13.901 213 1'23.070 186.7
4 12 LMP1 Nicolas Prost, Neel Jani, Lola B12/60 Coupé - Toyota M 242 6:01'16.750 5 Laps 5 Laps 175 1'24.838 182.8
5 21 LMP1 Nick Leventis, Danny Watts, Jonny Kane HPD ARX 03a - Honda M 240 6:01'48.032 7 Laps 2 Laps 230 1'24.915 182.7
6 13 LMP1 Andrea Belicchi, Harold Primat, Lola B12/60 Coupé - Toyota M 240 6:01'51.142 7 Laps 3.110 168 1'25.410 181.6
7 44 LMP2 Vicente Potolicchio, Ryan Dalziel, Stéphane Sarrazin HPD ARX 03b - Honda D 234 6:01'42.190 13 Laps 6 Laps 189 1'28.198 175.9
8 49 LMP2 Luis Perez Companc, Nicolas Minassian, Pierre Kaffer Oreca 03 - Nissan D 231 6:02'28.457 16 Laps 3 Laps 187 1'28.586 175.1
9 22 LMP1 David Brabham, Karun Chandhok, Peter Dumbreck HPD ARX 03a - Honda M 230 6:01'24.825 17 Laps 1 Laps 175 1'25.257 181.9
10 24 LMP2 Jacques Nicolet, Matthieu Lahaye, Olivier Pla Morgan - Nissan D 230 6:01'56.824 17 Laps 31.999 207 1'27.848 176.6
11 41 LMP2 Christian Zugel, Roberto Gonzalez, Elton Julian Zytek Z11SN - Nissan D 229 6:02'01.666 18 Laps 1 Laps 192 1'29.057 174.2
12 25 LMP2 John Martin, Jan Charouz, Tor Graves Oreca 03 - Nissan D 228 6:01'39.572 19 Laps 1 Laps 176 1'28.689 174.9
13 32 LMP2 Vitantonio Liuzzi, James Rossiter, Kevin Weeda Lola B12/80 Coupé - Lotus D 228 6:02'21.606 19 Laps 42.034 166 1'28.805 174.7
14 26 LMP2 Nelson Panciatici, Pierre Ragues, Roman Rusinov Oreca 03 - Nissan D 227 6:01'09.782 20 Laps 1 Laps 203 1'28.073 176.1
15 31 LMP2 Thomas Holzer, Mirco Schultis, Luca Moro Lola B12/80 Coupé - Lotus D 226 6:01'09.677 21 Laps 1 Laps 160 1'29.865 172.6
16 51 LMGTE Pro Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, Ferrari F458 Italia M 221 6:01'51.398 26 Laps 5 Laps 190 1'34.390 164.3
17 97 LMGTE Pro Stefan Mücke, Darren Turner, Aston Martin Vantage V8 M 220 6:01'09.440 27 Laps 1 Laps 139 1'34.715 163.8
18 77 LMGTE Pro Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, Porsche 911 RSR (997) M 220 6:02'19.633 27 Laps 1'10.193 153 1'34.405 164.3
19 71 LMGTE Pro Andrea Bertolini, Olivier Beretta, Ferrari F458 Italia M 219 6:01'39.145 28 Laps 1 Laps 191 1'35.323 162.7
20 50 LMGTE Am Patrick Bornhauser, Julien Canal, Fernando Rees Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 M 216 6:02'18.896 31 Laps 3 Laps 193 1'36.293 161.1
21 88 LMGTE Am Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, Paolo Ruberti Porsche 911 RSR (997) M 213 6:02'23.799 34 Laps 3 Laps 183 1'36.021 161.6
22 70 LMGTE Am Jean-Philippe Belloc, Christophe Bourret, Pascal Gibon Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 M 211 6:01'09.346 36 Laps 2 Laps 183 1'36.110 161.4
23 61 LMGTE Am Francisco Longo, Alexandre Negrão, Enrique Bernoldi Ferrari F458 Italia M 210 6:01'28.117 37 Laps 1 Laps 170 1'35.852 161.8
24 55 LMGTE Am Joël Camathias, Markus Palttala, Paul Daniels Porsche 911 RSR (997) P 195 6:01'34.134 52 Laps 15 Laps 128 1'37.680 158.8
25 29 LMP2 Fabien Giroix, Keiko Ihara, Jean-Denis Deletraz Lola B12/80 Coupé - Nissan D 194 6:02'35.122 53 Laps 1 Laps 126 1'29.754 172.8
26 35 LMP2 Bertrand Baguette, Dominik Kraihamer, Alex Brundle Morgan - Nissan D 164 4:15'45.211 83 Laps 30 Laps 151 1'28.999 174.3
27 23 LMP2 Franck Mailleux, Olivier Lombard, Jordan Tresson Oreca 03 - Nissan D 96 2:29'25.502 151 Laps 68 Laps 4 1'29.374 173.6
28 57 LMGTE Am Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jönsson, Michele Rugolo Ferrari F458 Italia M 1 2'09.020 246 Laps 95 Laps
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RACE REPORT LMP: FIRST HISTORIC FIA WEC VICTORY FOR TOYOTA
15/09/2012 - 23h30
The 30,000 spectators for the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, were treated to the sight of a flawless outright victory for the No.7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid. Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre started from pole position and led nearly the whole race, only leaving Audi to enjoy a brief moment at the head of the time sheets during the first pit stop.
The Japanese constructor was certainly helped by the only safety car period of the race, the two German prototypes finding themselves behind the second safety car while the first was ahead of the Toyota. However, the Franco-Austrian duo had already built a comfortable lead on track, aware that the two Audis could do more laps in a stint between two pit stops.
In the end, the first three cars in the overall classification all finished on the same lap after six hours of racing. André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer, at the wheel of the No.1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro crossed the finish line one minute behind the Japanese racing car and 14 seconds ahead of the No.2 Audi R18 ultra of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Brazilian Lucas di Grassi.
The domination of the No.12 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota was also clear cut as Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost took the chequered flag with two laps in hand over the second LMP1 Privateer, the No.21 Strakka Racing HPD-Honda. The Franco-Swiss pairing just missed out on an overall podium after having had a trouble-free race, unlike the 100% British line up of Jonny Kane, Danny Watts and Nick Leventis. The latter had contact with Harold Primat, who had taken over from Andrea Belicchi, and the No.13 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota in the penultimate hour of the race, but the two drivers were able to continue and there was only a gap of three seconds between Strakka and the No.13 at the finish.
There was also a dazzling victory in the LMP2 class for the Starworks Motorsport HPD-Honda after a win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, opening round of the Championship in March, and above all at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Stephane Sarrazin, who clinched pole in the category yesterday, Enzo Potolicchio and Ryan Dalziel had three laps in hand at the finish, but the result doesn’t truly represent their race which didn’t go altogether smoothly for the American team.
Although it started off at the front, Starworks Motorsport battled with the No.35 Oak Racing Morgan-Nissan for more than four hours, but the latter’s race ended on the side of the track following a technical problem, putting an end to the hopes of the French team. OAK Racing had to be content with the third step of the podium for the No.24 sister car of Jacques Nicolet, Matthieu Lahaye and Olivier Pla, despite a penalty for speeding in the pit lane and a brush on the first lap with the No.49 Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan. The Argentinian entry in the end finished second in class. Pierre Kaffer, Luis Perez-Companc, partnered by Nicolas Minassian, were able to pass a good many competitors after the first lap incident and mounted the second step of the podium having not had any other problem.
The competitors will be gathered together again in two weeks on 29th September in Bahrain for the sixth round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, a six-hour race which will run into the night.
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Wow...I really wanted to see this one..Thx again Rob.
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