’10 ALMS Finale • Petit Le Mans • '10 ILMC Round 2 Sept. 29th – Oct. 2nd

[The359]

Originally Posted by fiend540

This picture does a good job of showing it

Actually that's the reflection of the purple floor

Panoz is still AWOL.

[HORNDAWG]

RLM is up now.



L.P.

[fiend540]

Originally Posted by The359

Actually that's the reflection of the purple floor

Panoz is still AWOL.

Didn't even notice that

[chernaudi]

I tried posting this before the site/internet conked out, but pole last year was a High 1:06.

So far, only McNish is below the 1:10 barrier.

[NightStalk3r]

Originally Posted by fiend540

Didn't even notice that

i got to say i didn't either till about 15 minutes ago, i looked at the timing for GT2 and thought to myself "humm somethings missing here" then it took me a few minutes to realise it was the panoz.

[chernaudi]

Top 5 is Audi, Intersport, Audi, Pug, Pug. If they can keep this up, it'll be one helluva race, as long as they can keep the beast that's Allan McNish in check--he's leading the session by 1.4 seconds!

Should see some flying laps from the LMPs, as the GT cars' portion of the session is nearly over.

[fiend540]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

i got to say i didn't either till about 15 minutes ago, i looked at the timing for GT2 and thought to myself "humm somethings missing here" then it took me a few minutes to realise it was the panoz.

That surprises you? I feel they wont even turn a lap all weekend, finally the jag will have someone to laugh at!

[NightStalk3r]

timing is dead for me, stuck on 41:10 Remaining.

[seanyb505]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

I tried posting this before the site/internet conked out, but pole last year was a High 1:06.

So far, only McNish is below the 1:10 barrier.

For the first practice and still days away from the race... They're getting faster and faster every other lap.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

timing is dead for me, stuck on 41:10 Remaining.

Here too.


L.P.

[The359]

Surprised to see that Porsche Hybrid isn't even faster than the two Jaguars.

[chernaudi]

T&S is dead, but according to ALMSnotes, Sarazin and Truyler are 1-2 and only .04 of a second apart for fastest lap.

[NightStalk3r]

now Pug turning the wick up, Audi have no answer.

[gwyllion]

All in all, there is no big difference in lap time between Audi and Peugeot:
Montagny 1:07.766
Lotterer 1:08.717
McNish 1:09.174
Davidson 1:09.549

[NightStalk3r]

1 second is not a big difference??

[gwyllion]

Originally Posted by The359

Surprised to see that Porsche Hybrid isn't even faster than the two Jaguars.

The hybrid Porsche broke down after only 5 laps.

[The359]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

The hyrid Porsche broke down after only 5 laps.

Even more odd! Since the Jaguars both made 20+ laps!

[chernaudi]

Average the lap times, or maybe even their positions on the charts: Audi-2,3, Peugeot-1,4 Audi averages a 2.5, and Peugeot averages a 2.5 on position. And those were just flying laps run after the GT cars left the track, and it took forever, especially McNish and Montangny, to run their fast lap. McNish was the fastest for a long time, having run a flyer in traffic, which come Saturday is what will matter the most-being fast without getting into too much trouble in traffic.

Now the work kinda starts over again, as rain showers will wash down the track tonight.

One thing that will help Audi and Peugeot is that unlike the wishy-washy weather of Silverstone, conditions will be about the same through Saturday.

[gwyllion]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

1 second is not a big difference??

I looked at the average of both cars. In that case Peugeot is only .288 faster than Audi.

[chernaudi]

As I said, look at the average. If Gwyllion is correct, that's not even .3 of a second--nothing in this type of racing, and I don't think we've seen the ultimate times that Audi or Peugeot can do yet.

I was pretty impressed with the Fassler/Trulyer/Lotterer Audi--they kept out of trouble, got into a groove, and utimtely got be be pretty fast late in the session. They can surprise like at Le Mans if they keep up a good race pace and keep out of serious trouble.

[The359]

Any word on why the Libra Radical didn't go out?

[NightStalk3r]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

I looked at the average of both cars. In that case Peugeot is only .288 faster than Audi.

Average smaverage, the Peugeot's are going to rip Audi a new one yet again.

[nasdriv87]

Originally Posted by Chaos81

No breaks in the coverage as ESPN has the NASCAR coverage Saturday.

luck on you, cuz here i got speed latin america, and they'll show na$car... what a pity!!!

[fiend540]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Average smaverage, the Peugeot's are going to rip Audi a new one yet again.

Just like Lemans We all should know by now that winning these races comes down to a lot more than just speed, other wise intersport would be the top alms team

[Slowsley]

I don't know if its an optical illusion or what, but all the coupes looked faster...