ALMS Round 10 - Laguna Seca - Qualifying

Overall: Not Audi. Zytek (above) leads by .1 seconds over Creation, and .3 over the #6 Porsche LMP2 RS Spyder. Then the two Audi's.


LMP1: Not Audi. (I just like saying it.) Audi tried to make excuses by saying this track is the opposite of Le Mans and the R10 was designed for Le Mans, no other censors. Zytek is at 1:13.7. Audi is .4 seconds off, and gunning for a perfect LMP1 record for the season. Creation (above) was held up by Dumas in the #7 Porsche on their two hot laps. Dyson is unsure if they will be on pace for the race or not. They were inexplicably slow at 1:15.105.


LMP2: Porsche, Porsche, Radical, Radical. The Bruichladdich's (above) 1:15.311 is a half second faster than earlier - which is a great improvement in the 10 minutes between the final practice and the qualifying session. The Van Der Steur Radical also improved greatly, ending with a 1:16.267. This will be fun to see the gorgeous Radical SR9 take a podium spot. Horag and B-K are way off pace.

GT1: Half a second and seven points seperate all four cars. 009 is up by a quarter, #3 leads #4 by a tenth, and the 007 trails by a tenth and a half.


GT2: Poor Lizards. Their only car that did qualify finished two seconds off the lead. Risi took a stunning time across the line, finishing at 1:23.611 - fully half a second faster than the nearest car. The #23 Porsche of Alex Job (above) took second - a wonderful accomplishment for a team that has really struggled this year, and is battling with BMW over second-to-last place in the GT2 team championships. Peterson/White Lightning took third, while the other Ferrari is fourth. Panoz has the next two spots, followed by BMW, Flying Lizard, BMW, and Flying Lizard.

Predictions:

LMP1/Overall: Creation, Zytek, Audi.

LMP2: Porsche, Bruichladdich, Porsche.

GT1: Aston, Vette, Vette.

GT2: Risi, Peterson, Risi.