I am planning to go if the weather is ok ..ie not a downpour usually a
yearly thing for us here as Sebring is about a 3 hr trip But i don't
think the 908 will be there.
George N
From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Steven Harris
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:22 PM
To: petermcgarvey@att.net; Peugeot Group
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] Peugeot 908 @ Sebring Results
Is anyone on the list planning to attend?
Steven
petermcgarvey@att.net <mailto:petermcgarvey%40att.net> wrote:
PEUGEOT FASTEST ON FINAL DAY OF WINTER TEST
The final day of the fourth annual American Le Mans Series wrapped up on
Wednesday with Peugeot on top of the timing charts, with a fastest lap
of 1:43.771. The driving team of Pedro Lamy, Nic Minassian and Stephane
Sarrazin piloted the diesel-powered Peugeot 908 to the fastest time for
the second consecutive day of Winter Test.
The Equipe Peugeot Total team's time was 0.136 seconds ahead of another
diesel prototype, the Audi R10 TDI. Tom Kristensen of Audi set the
team's best time Wednesday during the first session in the in the
morning with a time of 1:44.110.
The first of Penske Racing's two Porsche RS Spyders, the No. 7 of
defending LMP2 champions Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas, was third
fastest overall and quickest in class Wednesday. The Porsche set a time
of 1:44.610 in the morning session, its best time of the week. The
sister Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder of Patrick Long and Sascha
Maassen was second quickest in class with a time of 1:45.214.
Lowe's Fernandez Racing's tandem of Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz was
third quickest at 1:45.818 in their new Acura ARX-01b for its best time
of the week. The Andretti Green Racing Acura of Bryan Herta and
Christian Fittipaldi was close behind at 1:46.153.
In GT1, Bell Motorsports continued to shake down its new Aston Martin
DBR9 with a quick time Wednesday of 1:58.774.
Risi Competizione continued to hold on to the top spot in GT2 with a
2:01.493 for Jaime Melo and the No. 62 Ferrari F430 GT. Melo is the
defending class champion with Mika Salo. Tafel Racing's Ferrari closed
the gap with a 2:01.641 in the day's second session. The team is testing
its Ferrari for the first time in North America with Dirk Muller,
Dominik Farnbacher, Pierre Ehret and Jim Tafel.
Rounding out the top three was Panoz Team PTG's Panoz Esperante GTLM of
Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Tom Milner and Tom Sutherland. The car's best
time was a 2:02.979 in the third session.
The 2008 season opens with the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
presented by Fresh from Florida on Saturday, March 15. The race will
start at 10 a.m. ET and will be broadcast live by SPEED, which will
begin its coverage at 9:30 a.m. MotorsTV, Fox Latin America, 7TV in
Russia and Greenlight Television will provide international coverage as
well. American Le Mans Radio and IMSA's Live Timing & Scoring will be
available at americanlemans.com.
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