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American Le Mans
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ALMS at Mid-Ohio
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
SATURDAY AUGUST 25, 2001
PIT NOTES: Page 11
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
SATURDAY AUGUST 25, 2001
PIT NOTES: Page 11
Tom Kristensen (#1-P900 Audi R8) “There
is a lot of traffic. Most of the people are doing really well. The
traffic is hard on the circuit, and it’s a big challenge. But it
(the car) worked so far pretty well, but we just lost track position
with the misfire and we had difficulty with the driver change.”
Sascha Maassen (#23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS)
“The stint was OK. The car ran great, the tires were great. It was a
little hot at the end and I became a little tired. I ran until we were
at the fuel reserve. I hope we can make it on one stop.”
Andy Pilgrim (#4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette
C5-R) “The traffic’s not bad, people are being really nice. It’s
a slippery place, nobody wants to go off line and do anything wrong.
The car’s working well but we made a bit of a gamble on the setup,
and its paid off.”
James Weaver (#16-P900 R&S Mk IIIC/Lincoln)
“The circuit and the car couldn’t be better!”
Christophe Tinseau (#7-P900 Cadillac LMP
01) “There’s too much compound (rubber) on the track causing a lot
of sliding. The car is driving good.”
At 3:09, car #6-GT BMW M3 GTR into the
pits after being restarted.
At 3:10, car #69-GT Porsche 911 GT3-R has stopped off course with a gearbox problem.
At 3:12, car #15-GT Porsche 911 GT3-R into the pits and drives through without changes.
At 3:10, car #69-GT Porsche 911 GT3-R has stopped off course with a gearbox problem.
At 3:12, car #15-GT Porsche 911 GT3-R into the pits and drives through without changes.
At 3:13, green flag. Car #50-P900 leads
car #16-P900 by 3.1 seconds.
At 3:15, Car #50-P900 leads car #16-P900 by 5.2 seconds, 5.9 seconds over car #1-P900.
At 3:16, Car #50-P900 leads car #16-P900 by 6.5 seconds, 6.9 seconds over car #1-P900.
At 3:18, Car #50-P900 leads car #16-P900 by 7.7 seconds, 8.2 seconds over car #1-P900.
At 3:19, car #1-P900 Audi R8 has gotten around car #16-P900 for second overall, 9.3 seconds behind the leader. In the other classes, team cars #3/#4-GTS are first and second, team cars #42/43-GT are also first and second. #5-P675 continues to pull away from #11-P675.
At 3:21, Car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 10.7 seconds, turning laps of 1:17.5 vs. 1:18.8.
At 3:23, Car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 9.6 seconds, with the #1-P900 following the #51-P900 Panoz (team car to the #50).
At 3:25, with 100 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 10.2 seconds.
At 3:26, with 101 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.9 seconds.
At 3:29, with 103 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 11.2 seconds.
At 3:31, with 105 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.6 seconds.
At 3:34, with 107 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 14.3 seconds. Car #16-P900 trails car #1-P900 by 0.091 seconds.
At 3:37, with 109 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.3 seconds.
At 3:39, car #1-P900 Audi R8 and car #16-P900 R&S Mk IIIC/Lincoln make contact going into turn 2, the #16 trying to go under the #1, #16 spinning off and the #1 continuing.
At 3:41, with 112 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 15.5 seconds.
At 3:43, white flag - with 115 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.2 seconds.
At 3:45, checkered flag (116 laps) - car #50-P900 wins by an official margin of 11.338 seconds over #1-P900 Audi R8.
At 3:15, Car #50-P900 leads car #16-P900 by 5.2 seconds, 5.9 seconds over car #1-P900.
At 3:16, Car #50-P900 leads car #16-P900 by 6.5 seconds, 6.9 seconds over car #1-P900.
At 3:18, Car #50-P900 leads car #16-P900 by 7.7 seconds, 8.2 seconds over car #1-P900.
At 3:19, car #1-P900 Audi R8 has gotten around car #16-P900 for second overall, 9.3 seconds behind the leader. In the other classes, team cars #3/#4-GTS are first and second, team cars #42/43-GT are also first and second. #5-P675 continues to pull away from #11-P675.
At 3:21, Car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 10.7 seconds, turning laps of 1:17.5 vs. 1:18.8.
At 3:23, Car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 9.6 seconds, with the #1-P900 following the #51-P900 Panoz (team car to the #50).
At 3:25, with 100 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 10.2 seconds.
At 3:26, with 101 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.9 seconds.
At 3:29, with 103 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 11.2 seconds.
At 3:31, with 105 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.6 seconds.
At 3:34, with 107 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 14.3 seconds. Car #16-P900 trails car #1-P900 by 0.091 seconds.
At 3:37, with 109 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.3 seconds.
At 3:39, car #1-P900 Audi R8 and car #16-P900 R&S Mk IIIC/Lincoln make contact going into turn 2, the #16 trying to go under the #1, #16 spinning off and the #1 continuing.
At 3:41, with 112 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 15.5 seconds.
At 3:43, white flag - with 115 laps completed, car #50-P900 leads car #1-P900 by 12.2 seconds.
At 3:45, checkered flag (116 laps) - car #50-P900 wins by an official margin of 11.338 seconds over #1-P900 Audi R8.
Top three: #3-GTS, #4-GTS, #26-GTS;
#42-GT, #43-GT, #22GT; #5-P675, #11-P675, #48-P675.
For the #50-P900 Panoz LMP1 Roadster S,
this is the second win of the season, and sixth for the Panoz stable.
David Brabham scores his fifth career victory and Jan Magnussen scores
his fourth win. The #5-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd wins the fourth straight
for Dick Barbour in the P675 class and the fourth career victory for
driver Didier de Radigues and second for Bruno Lamber. Corvette wins
their fourth in a row, fifth of the season, and seven series victory.
Ron Fellows ups his wins to six as does Johnny O’Connell. BMW wins
its fourth GT class victory in a row, the third for the #42 car this
season, with JJ Lehto climbing to nine career ALMS wins, and Jörg Müller
winning for the sixth time in the ALMS.