30/09/2011 23:46
A delighted Gianmaria Bruni put the N°51 Ferrari F458 Italia/Michelin (Bruni/Fisichella/Kaffer) at the front of the GT grid thanks to the class’s quickest time late in the session. He was joined on the GT qualifying podium by the N°55 and 56 BMW M3s of Auberlen/Werner/Farfus and Muller/Hand/Priaulx respectively.
30/09/2011 23:27
Anthony Davidson posted the week’s fastest lap at Road Atlanta today (Friday) to claim pole position for the N°7 Peugeot 908/Michelin. The Briton was chased home by Timo Bernhard (N°1 Audi/Michelin) who completed the session 0.128s adrift. The N°8 Peugeot (3rd, Sarrazin) and the N°2 Audi (4th, Capello) qualified their respective cars on the second row.
30/09/2011 21:46
There is something undeniably magical and mysterious about night-time racing. After two one-hour sessions earlier in the day, Thursday’s programme ended with a two-hour night-time run which produced the week’s fastest lap times so far.
30/09/2011 18:10
The last two rounds of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) take the teams, drivers and the ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest) to Road Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and finally Zhuhai, in southeast China. The logistics of transporting the cars and equipment from Europe, to the USA, to China and back to the teams’ bases at the end of year are covered by the ACO’s Gwenael in association with the specialist agency CARS.
30/09/2011 15:30
It was important to be at the track early today. Not just for the welcome breakfast provided by Michelin for the media, but chiefly to make sure we didn’t miss the exciting unveiling of the Project 56 DeltaWing which LeMansLive.com revealed before June’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Michelin has announced that it will be an active partner during the revolutionary car’s development.
30/09/2011 7:57
After a career dating back to Peugeot Sport’s return to world class endurance racing in 2007, the 908 HDi FAP is taking part in its final race at Road Atlanta this weekend. Just as it was at Sebring, the car will be run by the French team Oreca, with Nicolas Lapierre sharing the work behind the wheel with factory drivers Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian.
29/09/2011 22:55
With 53 of the 60-strong original entry likely to line up for the start of the 2011 Petit Le Mans on Saturday, ‘traffic’ has been one of the main topics of conversion up and down the pit-lane all week. The ease with which the top drivers succeed in passing backmarkers could well decide the outcome of the race.
29/09/2011 21:37
Since we’re in the Unites States this weekend, it seemed only right to catch up with driver/team owner Tracy W. Krohn, owner of the only American team contesting this year’s ILMC. The Houston-born 57-year old Texan is a ‘mogul’ in the oil exploration and production industry, but his passion is motorsport, especially endurance racing…
29/09/2011 20:26
Road Atlanta may be the shortest venue of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup calendar, but the 10-hour (or 1,000 miles) Petit Le Mans is also the year’s third-longest race of the after Le Mans (24 hours) and Sebring (12 hours). It is consequently an interesting challenge for the different tyre firms who are competing here this weekend.
29/09/2011 3:19
The week’s first free practice session ahead of the 2011 Petit Le Mans saw Audi top the order at Road Atlanta this afternoon. The run gave the drivers a chance to familiarise themselves with the idea of sharing the short American track with 59 other cars.
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