Posts from — Marsz 2010

Here’s a superb photo of Ant in action at Sebring, brakes aglow in the dying light… a dramatic and beautiful shot.
You can find the original here on Flickr via Old Boone, and it was shared on Missed.Apex

Huge congrats are in order for Ant, Alex and Marc on a tremendous victory this weekend at Sebring.
Alexander Wurz’s outlap after his final stop was quick enough for an overall victory for himself and Team Peugeot Total teammates Marc Gene and Anthony Davidson. Wurz drove his diesel-powered Peugeot 908 HDi FAP to a 13.817-second win at the 58th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida, a first in the event for the famed French marque.

Sebastien Bourdais, Nic Minassian and Pedro Lamy were second, putting an exclamation point on the weekend for the French Lions. The Peugeots were 1-2 in every official session this week.

Gene and Wurz were teammates for Peugeot’s historic victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 2009. The 908 HDi now holds trophies from all of the major endurance races with a win at Petit Le Mans in September.

“We pushed, everyone was 100 percent,” said Wurz, who won at Le Mans last year with Gene. The strategy people had smoke coming out of their ears. It was down to three seconds (the margin) for the last stop. It came down to Sebastian and myself.”

The factory Peugeot team used the race as a warmup for Le Mans. Aston Martin Racing with its Lola B09/60-Aston Martin and Drayson Racing’s Lola B09/60-Judd provided the biggest challenges early. The Drayson Lola proved tough early on with Emanuele Pirro running second between the two Peugeots in the early going before it fell back with cooling and radiator issues.

“With Peugeot we came here as a team and wanted to accomplish a goal and we did,” said Ant, who finished second in GTS during the 2003 wyścig. “This was a big challenge to get through the traffic efficiently. That was where we excelled today. It’s a big challenge for the cars. We know the circuit will throw up all kinds of issues for reliability. It’s important to win the race, but also for preparations for Le Mans later in the year.”

Adrian Fernandez, Harold Primat and Stefan Mücke placed third in the Lola-Aston Martin, making its first start in the 12 Godziny. It will go up against Peugeot at Le Mans, as will Audi. Gene is convinced the trip to Sebring will be worth it come the 24 Godziny.

“We really think and after driving, this is the best prep for Le Mans,” he said. “In those corners especially the last one, you find the right places to over take, in Turn 17 you can overtake in the outside but a few times I picked up a lot of rubber. It’s a tough track but perfect practice for overtaking. The bumps are more perfect for Le Mans than maybe Paul Ricard, where it is more smooth. There isn’t any other corner in the world like that.”

Źródło: Sebring Raceway

Po #08 Peugeot miał szczycie zarówno w ciągu dnia treningów w czwartek w Sebring, siostra #07 prowadzone przez Ant Davidson, Alex Wurz genów i Marc, przeniosła się do przodu w zeszłym tygodniu noc praktyce.

Kierowcy samochodów poz Cl Time
1. P1 Gene / Wurz / 1m45.494s Peugeot Davidson
2. P1 Lamy / Bourdais / Minassian 1m45.811s Peugeot
3. P1 Mucke / Primat / Fernandez Lola-Aston Martin 1m48.180s
4. P2 Brabham / Pagenaud / Franchitti HUD 1m48.711s
5. P1 Drayson / Cocker / 1m49.888s Lola Pirro
6. P2 Pickett / Graf / Maassen Porsche 1m50.989s
7. P1 Willman / Burgess / 1m52.287s Lola Ehret
8. P2 Dyson / Smith / 1m55.700s Lola-Mazda Meyrick
9. Wallace PC / Sutherland / Hildebrand 1m57.393s ORECA
10. Tucker PC / Hunter-Reay / Gué 1m57.471s ORECA
11. Tucker PC / Bouchut / Wilkins 1m57.765s ORECA
12. Feinberg PC / Marcelli ORECA 2m00.497s
13. Zugel PC / Jeannette / Julian 2m01.355s ORECA
14. GT2 Muller / ręczne / 2m01.928s BMW Priaulx
15. GT2 Auberlen / Milner / Werner 2m02.535s BMW
16. GT2 Sharp / Overbeek van / Farnbacher Ferrari 2m02.593s
17. GT2 Brązowy / Cosmo / Barbosa Ferrari 2m02.847s
18. GT2 Magnussen / O'Connell / 2m02.905s Corvette Garcia
19. GT2 Melo / Bruni / Kaffer Ferrari 2m03.066s
20. GT2 Bergmeister / długie / Lieb 2m03.184s Porsche
21. GT2 Beretta / Gavin / Collard 2m03.259s Corvette
22. GT2 Sprzedawców / Henzler / 2m03.305s Porsche Pilet
23. GT2 Krohn / Jonsson / van de Poel Ferrari 2m05.678s
24. GT2 Robertson/Robertson/Murry Doran Ford 2m06.430s
25. GTC Gonzalez/Leitzinger/Keen Porsche 2m08.012s
26. GTC Gonzalez/Diaz/Kelly Porsche 2m08.251s
27. GTC Richard/Ende/Lally Porsche 2m08.255s
28. GTC Curtis/Sofronas/Pilgrim Porsche 2m08.430s
29. GTC Sweedler/Kapudija/Lueders Porsche 2m10.062s
30. GT2 Prawo / Neiman / 2m11.573s Porsche Lietz
31. GTC Rodriguez/Bieker/Friedman Porsche 2m11.688s
32. GTC Lewis/Vento/Aschenbach Porsche 2m11.838s
33. Pagerey PC / Wong / Ducote 2m24.812s ORECA
34. GT2 Gentilozzi / Goossens / Dalziel Jaguar