TV Alert: 12 Hours of Sebring Recap on ABC
March 20, 2011
In case you didn’t spend 12 hours sitting in front of the laptop watching the ESPN3 stream-cast of the 12 hours of Sebring, you can catch a 90 minute recap of the race today on ABC. Since this is not a live broadcast, it is uncertain about what time the race is being broadcast in each market. I’ve heard of it airing at 12:30 in the east, and 3:00 in the west.
Here is Los Angeles, it is airing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on ABC 7.
Check your local listings for exact time and channel to view this program.
Re-Load: Risi seeks to build on Utah win in ALMS GT battle at Lime Rock
July 22, 2010
Houston, Texas - Tuesday, July 20 - Hot on the heels of its dominant GT victory in the Utah Grand Prix, Risi Competizione now heads to Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, for the second round of the five-race ALMS summer odyssey.
Its central aims will be to not only secure a back-to-back ‘sprint’ victory, but also to consolidate its position in the championship points’ battles. Melo and Bruni currently lead the Drivers’ Championship by two points over Bergmeister/Long, and Risi/Ferrari are one point away from leading the Teams/Manufacturers’ chase.
With a view to breaking the stranglehold that the Flying Lizard Porsches have had on class victories over the last three years, the Houston-based Ferrari team has drafted in a second F430 GTC to be driven by Finland’s Mika Salo and Germany’s Pierre Kaffer, racing alongside Miller Motorsport Park winners, Jaime Melo and Gianmaria Bruni.
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LM24 mid-race update: Risi #82 retires with gear selection issues
June 12, 2010
LM24 2010 has been tough on a couple of favorites, and the latest major player to fall out of the race is the #82 Risi Competitzione Ferrari. The Risi squad was aiming for their third GT2 win, and looked to again have the right car to do it. The retirement of the #82 car means that the incredible battle between it and the #64 Corvette is over. It was fun while it lasted.
Here’s the presser from Risi Comp:
The No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GTC will have no opportunity in 2010 to challenge for a third consecutive GT2 victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans; the car has been retired in the 10th hour of the race due to gear selection problems.
The retirement is a bitter blow for the team after an intense and exciting battle with the two factory Corvettes in the first quarter of the race. Nose-to-tail racing between all three cars provided heightened interest in the GT2 category, with Pierre Kaffer and Jaime Melo both having hard, but fair, battles on track with Emmanuel Collard and Oliver Gavin.
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Le Mans news alert: Peugeot #3 retires, Bourdais out
June 12, 2010
You didn’t even have to see his face. With a shrug in his shoulders and helmet sagging into his chest, you knew the dejection Sebastian Bourdais was feeling as he found out that his mighty #3 Peugeot LMP1 machine had just dropped out due to a mechanical failure and resulting chassis damage.
Bourdais, who grew up near Le Mans, had put this car on pole, and seemed poised to lead his three-driver team that included Pedro LAMY and Simon PAGENAUD to another 24 Hour victory. It wasn’t to be.
This is sure to give the Audi LMP1 camp a morale boost, because they’ve not been able to keep up the pace. But can they win the endurance battle? There’s 21 more hours left before we find out.
Live Timing and Scoring: http://www.lemans.org/en/courses/24h-chrono-en-direct-2010.html
24 Hours of Le Mans Hour 1 Tweetcast
June 12, 2010
Hour 1 of the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans has been pretty exciting and eventful despite the Peugeots early drubbing of the LMP1 class. The big story of the first hour was a fairly large shunt by Nigel Mansell in the Beechdean LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek that brought out the safety cars for a long full course yellow period. Mansell was transported to a hospital via ambulance, but SPEED TV reported that Mansell is ok.
The safety car “situation” created by the early crash really screwed the Audi P1 effort. Track officials don’t use one safety car, they use four, all seemingly spaced out evenly on the race track. The Audi’s get caught by a different safety car than the leading Peugeot cars, and were put 3 or 4 minutes down due to the ridiculous safety car rules.
The cast of characters on Twitter have been doing a heck of a job keeping the world updated on this years “#LM24″. Here’s some of the best for Hour One’s “Tweetcast”.
TWEETCAST - HOUR 1 - 2010 24 HOURS OF LEMANS
sniffpetrol: Cars on parade lap. For some reason the ACO is pumping out EuroToss music on the pit straight about 1 hour ago via Twitterrific
TheAardvrk: Here we go!! About to start the #24Hours of Le Mans. LIVE on #SPEED. The coolest race you’ll see all year! Good luck to the #ALMS teams!!
MidwkMotorsport: So bloody excited with #LM24 on the flat screen @radiolemans reverberating around the house! Just magic! Come on Nishy & @Audi!
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Risi holds on to GT2 pole for the 24 hours of Le Mans
June 11, 2010
UPDATE: Risi disqualified during technical inspection, Corvette assumes pole.
Risi Competizione ruled GT2 qualifying in Le Mans today, taking the class pole, and making ALMS fans here in North America proud. The Ferrari F430 piloted by Gianmaria Bruni put up the fast time on Thursday in the provisional qualifying session. Risi was followed by the ALMS GT2 Corvette driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Emmanuel Collard.
The GT classes will again be the race to watch unless Peugeot has some mechanical issues. The Sebastian Bourdais piloted Peugeot is smoking the Audio R15’s by about two seconds per lap. It could turn into yet another massacre by the diesels.
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Now for some good ALMS news: Peugeot to run Petit Le Mans
August 4, 2009
While the news of Acura’s likely exit out of ALMS at the end of ‘09 is still hot on the blogosphere, some much better and brighter news has emerged. Peugeot has announced that they will be running the Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road America coming up in late September.
Now we wait to hear from Audi. Hopefully they will jump into the mix and bring some competition to the Peugeots who would pretty much destroy the rest of the field otherwise.
Wired News: Peugeot Comes To The Petit Le Mans
What will ALMS look like if Acura leaves at year’s end?
August 4, 2009
AutoWeek put out a story today that brings new light to the rumors that Acura will exit ALMS at the end of 2009, leaving the series without much of a LMP1 class.
AUTOWEEK:
Acura looks increasingly likely to quit its LMP1 prototype program in the American Le Mans Series.
News that all three of its teams–De Ferran Motorsports, Highcroft Racing and Fernandez Racing–are eyeing a move to the IndyCar Series has fueled speculation that the sports-car effort will come to an end and supports AutoWeek sources that insist that the decision has been made.
“[The future of the Acura program] doesn’t look good from everything you hear and everything you see,” said team owner Adrian Fernandez. “The future of [LMP] prototypes doesn’t look good to me.”
While this is depressing, I’m not sure if it is as depressing as Murphy The Bear’s rumor that the Daytona Prototype “Guppies” might find their way into ALMS?
The horror!
In 2007 as Champ Car was folding, it seemed like ALMS had an opportunity to become the premier American road racing series. The series was touting its “green racing” and technology, and seemed to be emerging into the mainstream of the American sports landscape. But with P1 and P2 both gutted with the exit of Porsche and Audi in 2009, things have rapidly changed for the worse.
These latest developments will add fuel to the fire regarding the M-word with Grand Am, that’s for sure. And what a shame that would be. While the two series don’t have the enmity against each other like Champ Car and the IRL had, they are as different in philosophy and technology as their open wheel counterparts were to each other.
Why is it that American racing fans generally lose out on the better of two series when it comes down to one folding and the other standing? If racing were like stick-n-ball sports, today we’d be watching the USFL and the ABA.
Peugeot storms back to 24 Hours pole
June 12, 2009
Alan McNish and Audi had their provision pole snatched away by Stephane Sarrazin and the Peugeot team tonight in night qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The French super-team again showed that their machine is the quickest on the grid. They’ve got the speed thing figured out. The looming question is in regards to their ability to put together a 24 hour race.
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McNish fastest in Le Mans round 1 qualifier
June 11, 2009
Reigning 24 Hours champ Allan McNish put up the best time in the first round of qualifying for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday. While McNish is happy about the result, he doesn’t think his numbers will hold up against the Peugeot later in night qualifying.
More at auotsport.com –> McNish expects his time to be beaten
QUALIFYING TIMES-OPENING ROUND
Pos # Class Time Drivers Car 1 1 LM P1 03:23.7 D.Capello, T.Kristensen, A.McNish Audi R15 TDI 2 8 LM P1 03:24.9 S.Bourdais, F.Montagny, S.Sarrazin Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 3 17 LM P1 03:25.1 J.C.Boullion, S.Pagenaud, B.Treluyer Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 4 2 LM P1 03:26.4 L.Luhr, M.Rockenfeller, M.Werner Audi R15 TDI 5 7 LM P1 03:27.0 C.Klien, P.Lamy, N.Minassian Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 6 9 LM P1 03:27.0 D.Brabham, M.Gene, A.Wurz Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 7 3 LM P1 03:27.1 T.Bernhard, R.Dumas, A.Premat Audi R15 TDI 8 8 LM P1 03:29.5 A.Davidson, D.Turner, J.Verstappen Lola B09/60-Aston Martin 9 23 LM P1 03:29.8 P.Hardman, N.Leventis, D.Watt Ginetta Zytek 09S 10 16 LM P1 03:30.5 C.Tinseau, J.Barbosa, B.Jouanny Pescarolo 01-Judd 11 13 LM P1 03:30.6 A.Belicchi, N.Jani, N.Prost Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 12 15 LM P1 03:31.2 C.Albers, C.Bakkerud, G.Mondini Audi R10 TDI 13 7 LM P1 03:32.5 J.Charouz, T.Enge, S.Mucke Lola B09/60-Aston Martin 14 10 LM P1 03:33.7 B.Senna, T.Ortelli, T.Monteiro ORECA 01-AIM 15 9 LM P1 03:34.2 S.Hall, P.Kox, H.Primat Lola B09/60-Aston Martin 16 14 LM P1 03:34.4 N.Karthikeyan, A.Lotterer, C.Zwolsman Audi R10 TDI 17 11 LM P1 03:34.7 O.Panis, N.Lapierre, S.Ayari ORECA 01-AIM 18 31 LM P2 03:38.1 C.Elgaard, K.Poulsen, E.Collard Porsche RS Spyder 19 4 LM P1 03:39.2 J.Campbell-Walter, V.Ickx, R.Ianetta Creation Judd 20 12 LM P1 03:39.3 P.Ragues, F.Mailleux, D.Andre Courage LC70-Judd 21 5 LM P2 03:40.4 S.Ara, K.Kunimoto, S.Maassen Porsche RS Spyder 22 6 LM P1 03:40.9 L.Tomlinson, R.Dean, N.Moore Ginetta Zytek 09S 23 33 LM P2 03:43.7 J.Kane, B.Leuenberger, X.Pompidou Lola B09/80-Judd 24 40 LM P2 03:44.3 M.Amaral, O.Pla, G.Smith Ginetta Zytek 09S 25 25 LM P2 03:44.4 T.Erdos, M.Newton, C.Dyson Lola B09/86-Mazda 26 35 LM P2 03:46.2 M.Lahaye, K.Ajlani, G.Moreau Pescarolo 01-Mazda 27 41 LM P2 03:46.4 K.Ojjeh, C.Y.Gosselin, P.Peter Zytek 07S 28 30 LM P2 03:46.5 T.Biagi, M.Bobbi, A.Piccini Lola B09/80-Judd 29 32 LM P2 03:53.0 J.Barazi, S.Moseley, P.Bennett Zytek 07S 30 39 LM P2 03:54.2 H.Noda, J.de Pourtales, M.Marsch Lola B07/46-Mazda 31 63 LM GT1 03:54.2 J.Magnussen, J.O'Connell, A.Garcia Corvette C6.R 32 64 LM GT1 03:54.7 O.Gavin, O.Beretta, M.Fassler Corvette C6.R 33 26 LM P2 03:55.3 P.Bruneau, T.Greaves, M.RostaN Radical-AER 34 66 LM GT1 03:56.1 L.Lichtner-Hoyer, A.Muller, T.Gruber Aston Martin DBR9 35 72 LM GT1 03:57.2 L.Alphand, P.Goueslard, S.Gregoire Corvette C6.R 36 24 LM P2 03:59.4 J.Nicolet, R.Hein, J.F.Yvon Pescarolo 01-Mazda 37 73 LM GT1 04:01.2 Y.Clairay, X.Maasen, J.Jousse Corvette C6.R 38 80 LM GT2 04:03.2 S.Neiman, D.Law, J.Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 39 77 LM GT2 04:03.2 M.Lieb, R.Lietz, W.Henzler Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 40 97 LM GT2 04:04.3 F.Babini, M.Malucelli, P.Ruberti Ferrari F430 GT 41 76 LM GT2 04:05.4 P.Long, P.Pilet, R.Narac Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 42 78 LM GT2 04:05.4 G.Bruni, L.Perez Companc, M.Russo Ferrari F430 GT 43 99 LM GT2 04:05.9 C.Bouchut, Y.Lebon, M.Rodrigues Ferrari F430 GT 44 89 LM GT2 04:06.6 A.Simonsen, D.Farnbacher, C.Montanari Ferrari F430 GT 45 82 LM GT2 04:07.0 J.Melo, M.Salo, P.Kaffer Ferrari F430 GT 46 92 LM GT2 04:08.4 R.Bell, A.Kirkaldy, T.Sugden Ferrari F430 GT 47 83 LM GT2 04:08.8 T.Krohn, N.Jonsson, E.van de Poele Ferrari F430 GT 48 70 LM GT2 04:10.0 Felbermayr Jr,Felbermayr Sr, Lecourt Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 49 87 LM GT2 04:10.0 J.Cocker, P.Drayson, M.Franchitti Aston Martin Vantage 50 85 LM GT2 04:10.5 T.Coronel, J.Janis, J.Bleekemolen Spyker C8 Laviolette 51 84 LM GT2 04:11.2 P.Ehret, L.Mansell, R.Rusinov Ferrari F430 GT 52 75 LM GT2 04:11.7 D.O'Young, P.Hesnault, P.Kralev Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 53 81 LM GT2 04:13.9 P.Dempsey, J.Foster, D.Kitch Jr Ferrari F430 GT 54 96 LM GT2 04:14.1 M.McInerney, S.McInerney, M.Vergers Ferrari F430 GT 55 68 LM GT1 04:22.2 M.Apicella, A.Yogo, Y.Yamagishi Lamborghini Murcielago
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