ALMS Round 5 - Results

Overall: This was almost the most memorable race of the last ten years. Despite Porsche's consitent claims of only being in ALMS for the LMP2 championship, the last fifteen laps saw a furious charge by the Porsches to get within .318 seconds crossing the finish line. .318 seconds in a 2hr 45min sprint race is absolutely nothing when it comes to the Le Mans 24hour next year.


LMP1: So, Audi won again. The good news is Dyson appeared to have defeated their bad luck and took second in class, third overall, ahead of the second Audi. The Audi R10 has a 100% win record still.


LMP2: Porsche shook up an all LMP1 top five and got themselves a second overall, first in LMP2. Intersport took second in class but finished 9th, behind the Aston Martins. The other Porsche finished 16th overall.


GT1: Aston Martin took their second straight victory with their first ALMS 1-2 finish. The Corvettes came in third and fourth.


GT2: This is the story of the race. Risi took pole, then started dead last because they changed tyres between qualifying and the race start. So, from dead last, on a brand new track, it took them 42 minutes to get into the lead. 2:03 later Risi took their first win of the season. Well deserved as they have consistently lost due to bad luck. Second was Peterson/White Lightning. A late caution helped Flying Lizard finish third to retain their class lead. Fourth went to Panoz. BMW took fifth. Alex Job racing, after leading then staying in second behind Risi, went off at the restart from yellow, continuing their bad luck.