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 трке. “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 Сати. 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 Сати.

“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.”

Source: Sebring Raceway

Након #08 Пеугеот је врху и по дану тренинга у Себринга у четвртак, сестра #07 вођени Мрав Дејвидсон, Алекс Вурз и Марц Гене, се вратио на фронт у ноћи синоћ у пракси.

Пос Цл Возачи аутомобила време
1. П1 Гене / Вурз / Дејвидсон Пеугеот 1м45.494с
2. П1 Лами / Бурде / Минассиан Пеугеот 1м45.811с
3. П1 Муцке / Примат / Фернандес Лола Астон Мартин 1м48.180с
4. П2 Брабхам / Пагенауд / Францхитти ХПД 1м48.711с
5. П1 Драисон / Кокер / Српско Лола 1м49.888с
6. П2 Пикет / Граф / Маассен Порше 1м50.989с
7. П1 Виллман / Бургесс / Ехрет Лола 1м52.287с
8. П2 Дајсон / Смит / Меирицк Лола Мазда 1м55.700с
9. ПЦ-Волас / Садерланд / Хилдебранд Ореца 1м57.393с
10. ПЦ Такер / Хантер-Реаи / Гуе Ореца 1м57.471с
11. ПЦ Такер / Боуцхут / Вилкинс Ореца 1м57.765с
12. ПЦ Феинберг / Марцелли Ореца 2м00.497с
13. ПЦ Зугел / Јеан / Јулијан Ореца 2м01.355с
14. ГТ2 Милер / рука / Приаулк БМВ 2м01.928с
15. ГТ2 Ауберлен / Милнер / Вернер БМВ 2м02.535с
16. ГТ2 Оштро / комби Овербеек / Фарнбацхер Ферари 2м02.593с
17. ГТ2 Браон / Цосмо / Барбоса Ферари 2м02.847с
18. ГТ2 Магнуссен / О'Цоннелл / Гарсија Корвета 2м02.905с
19. ГТ2 Мело / Бруни / Каффер Ферари 2м03.066с
20. ГТ2 Бергмеистер / Дуго / Лиеб Порше 2м03.184с
21. ГТ2 Беретта / Гавин / Цоллард Корвета 2м03.259с
22. ГТ2 Продавац / Хензлер / Пилет Порше 2м03.305с
23. ГТ2 Крохн / Јонсон / ван де Поел Ферари 2м05.678с
24. ГТ2 Robertson/Robertson/Murry Doran Ford 2m06.430s
25. ГТЦ Гонзалес / Леитзингер / одушевљен Порше 2м08.012с
26. ГТЦ Гонзалес / Дијаз / Кели Порше 2м08.251с
27. Ричард ГТЦ / Енде / Лалли Порше 2м08.255с
28. ГТЦ Кертис / Софронас / Вјерски 2м08.430с Порше
29. ГТЦ Свеедлер / Капудија / Луедерс Порше 2м10.062с
30. ГТ2 Закон / Најман / Лиетз Порше 2м11.573с
31. ГТЦ Родригез / Биекер / Фридман Порше 2м11.688с
32. ГТЦ Луис / Венто / Асцхенбацх Порше 2м11.838с
33. ПЦ Пагереи / Вонг / Дуцоте Ореца 2м24.812с
34. ГТ2 Гентилоззи / Гооссенс / Далзиел Јагуар