Albers has driven it before, so I'm surprised to see his car off the pace.Originally Posted by RacingManiac
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Albers has driven it before, so I'm surprised to see his car off the pace.
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They have not had any dry weather testing coming into the race. I expect them to be much closer come qualifying.
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Am I right in assuming that they probably tested with the Audi Sport with the R15?
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Yeah but also separately at the Lauzitsring in damp and cold conditions.
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ALMS St. Pete Live at 1:30pm EST on ABC.
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Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg street circuit, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Friday’s qualifying
1. Gil de Ferran, Brazil; Simon Pagenaud, France; Acura ARX-02a (P1), 1:03.776, 101.606
2. David Brabham, Australia; Scott Sharp, Jupiter, FL; Acura ARX-02a (P1), 1:04.722, 100.121
3. Luis Diaz, Mexico; Adrian Fernandez, Mexico; Acura ARX-01B (P2), 1:05.178, 99.420
4. Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Guy Smith, England; Lola B09 86 Mazda (P2), 1:05.464, 98.986
5. Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA; Marino Franchitti, Scotland; Lola B09 86 Mazda (P2), 1:05.666, 98.681
6. Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Chapman Ducote, Miami, FL; Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Lola B06/10 AER (P1), 1:09.044, 93.853
7. Jaime Melo, Brazil; Pierre Kaffer, Germany; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 1:12.892, 88.899
8. Wolf Henzler, Germany; Dirk Werner, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:13.173, 88.557
9. Bill Auberlen, Hermosa Beach, CA; Joey Hand, Sacramento, CA; BMW E92 M3 (GT2), 1:13.267, 88.444
10. Dirk Müller, Germany; Tom Milner, Leesburg, VA; BMW E92 M3 (GT2), 1:13.458, 88.214
11. Jörg Bergmeister, Germany; Patrick Long, Oak Park, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:13.465, 88.205
12. Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Ian James, England; Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford (GT2), 1:14.109, 87.439
13. David Murry, Cumming, GA; Andrea Robertson, Ray, MI; Doran Ford GT MK 7 (GT2), 1:14.281, 87.236
14. Lou Gigliotti, Dallas, TX; Eric Curran, Easthampton, MA; Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6 (GT2), 1:14.633, 86.825
15. Joel Feinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Chris Hall, Daytona, FL; Dodge Viper Comp Coupe (GT2), 1:15.938, 85.333
16. Tom Sutherland, Los Gatos, CA; Ryan Phinney, Carmel, CA; Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford (GT2), 1:15.996, 85.268
17. Darren Law, Phoenix, AZ; Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:18.592, 82.451
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Aston won the LMS race at Barcelona, according to Autosport....no result posted, wonder where the Kolles Audi finished...
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So, diesel lost?
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Lola wins, both P1 and P2...
The race clearly showed that it needs more than a diesel engine to win, you also need a team and experienced drivers. Next race in Spa the Peugeots will be back, and there the real debates can be opened.
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Nice to see the Lizards on top.
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Just checked out the pics of the LMS race at Motorsport.com, I see that Aston have copied the "swan neck" rear wing mount to their cars as well....and in this case it would've been a copy since they didn't have that at the Paul Ricard test...Audi have updated the R10 with that as well...
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yep and the Speedy Lola Aston Martin from last year still has the old wing.....and was not slower...
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Note to Aston Martin Racing/Prodrive, the "extensive" modification done to the Lola is purely cosmetic and serves no real purpose...
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Note to AM full stop. "Acknowledge that the car is a Lola".Note to Aston Martin Racing/Prodrive, the "extensive" modification done to the Lola is purely cosmetic and serves no real purpose...
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Didn't Acura buy a Courage chassis and something else and modify them and call them Acuras? What's the big deal with these being called Lolas? Aston Martin appears to have massively changed their looks and did they buy naming rights form Lola?
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I think Acura made modifications to the monocoque, making it eligible to be renamed if Courage agreed to it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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