Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Petit Le Mans & Laguna Seca


Petit Le Mans LMP1:

Creation: Awesome showing for them at Petit Le Mans: taking pole, then battling through multiple problems that left the drivers battered, before finally finishing fourth - they deserved a podium, but that is racing.

Zytek: They are quick, and reliable. A little more speed here and there and they will have their win.

Petit Le Mans LMP2:

Van der Steur/Radical: Reliability obviously an issue in their first race with the new Radical. The car looks beautiful, handles amazingly, but doesn't yet have the speed of the Porsche's. This is new territory for Radical though, with their carbon fibre chassis. Rumors have come about a Radical LMP1 in 2007, which would be appropriately ambitious for the company, but unlikely.

Porsche: They have greatly improved their reliability since the begining of the season.

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Laguna Seca:

LMP1: Dyson has decided to run only one car after their crash at Petit Le Mans. Creation and Zytek will get another go at the Audis.

LMP2: Hopefully Radical can get their misfire under control. Porsche has the title. Intersport has second.

GT1: Seven points - tyre, manufacturer, and team championships are all a seven point spread with Aston down going into the final race.

GT2: Johannes Van Overbeek still leads Jorg Bergmeister by four points. Ten points back is Patrick Long. Wolf Henzler is thirteen points off Long. The driver battle will be good, but the team battle will be great: Risi leads Flying Lizard by six points, but the Lizards only have four points over Petersen/White Lightning. Panoz will stay in fourth, but the battle for fifth is close as well: BMW Team PTG only leads Alex Job Racing by five points. This is the class to watch. Good luck to all.

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