59th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

[AlexM]

I hope the Peugeots are more reliable than last year at Le Mans..

 

[Galahad]

Well, last year they were tried and tested cars - this car is brand new (despite looking identical...Peugeot assure us it is in fact new!)

And if anything the famous Sebring bumps look worse than ever. Was it a particularly hard winter in Florida???

 

[McZiderRed]

You snooze, you lose

You wouldn't have happen to have watched "American Dad", would you..?

 

[Galahad]

Sebring is 1 hour old; Peugeot 1-2, Audi no.1 with a rear left puncture

http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=live

 

[Brogan]

Pit stops are a bit different to F1

The feed keeps freezing for me unfortunately

 

[Galahad]

The rules state you have to complete refuelling before making tyre or driver changes...they do it as quickly as they can!

 

[Brogan]

Looks like that's the first Audi out then.

There must be some damage which is causing the punctures.

Aaarghh! The feed is freezing constantly, very frustrating.

 

[Galahad]

Looks like that's the first Audi out then.

There must be some damage which is causing the punctures.

Well, you never know, but its chances of victory are definitely receding.

Aaarghh! The feed is freezing constantly, very frustrating.

I know

 

[Galahad]

Isn't McNish driving superbly though.

 

[Brogan]

Indeed.

Such a shame we can't get decent coverage of the race/series.

 

[chimera]

Stream's also a bit behind the actual action now though. Frustrating indeed.

 

[Galahad]

Woah, nasty GT accident

 

[Matthew Little]

FWIW, whoever decided in the ALMS office not to renew their TV contract w/Speed Channel oughta' be shot..........

Anyway, approaching the 2hr,30min. mark of the race; here are the class leaders.............
LMP-1} #8 Team Peugeot Sport Peugeot 908(S. Sarrazin), 1st overall
LMP-2} #055 Level 5 Mtrspts. Lola-Honda(L. Diaz), 10th overall/-1 lap
LMPC} #038 WRO Oreca-FLM(J. Mowlem), 13th overall/-3 laps
GT} #55 BMW Motorsport BMW M3(B. Auberlen), 19th overall/-3 laps
GTE-Am} #63 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR(G. Roda), 24th overall/-4 laps
GTC} #023 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3(B. Sweedler), 31st overall/-5 laps

ALMS Timing & Scoring

 

[Brogan]

Nice to see the BMW doing well

I've always been a fan of the racing BMW's with the original colours.

 

[Matthew Little]

Speed Channel: Sebring 12 Hours Race Blog
American LeMans Series Radio

.....couple of additional links to follow the action from Sebring..........

 

[Galahad]

The BMWs are being run by the Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan team at Sebring, but for the European rounds the cars will be handed over to the preferred BMW factory racing team, Schnitzer (who are to BMW what AMG are to Mercedes).

Last season Rahal-Letterman put Schnitzer to shame...I hope the Germans can keep their end up a bit better this year. Only the AF Corse and Luxury Racing Ferraris are entered for the full ILMC season, so it's important for BMW to show well.

 

[Matthew Little]

Watching the ESPN3 video feed atm...........one of the Audis' just had a close encounter w/one of the Ferrari GT entries; as he passed by, Kristensen in the Audi R15 gave an ice-cold stare towards whoever was in the Ferrari as he passed by.......

 

[Brogan]

The feed seems a lot better now.

 

[Matthew Little]

Sarrazin pits...........waiting for T/S to catch up
New leader over in LMP2; Ordonez in the Signatech Oreca-Nissan

 

[Matthew Little]

Sarrazin pits...........waiting for T/S to catch up
New leader over in LMP2; Ordonez in the Signatech Oreca-Nissan

Kristensen now leads overall; LMP-1 top-3 atm are Kristensen, Davidson & Sarrazin(Audi, Peugeot, Peugeot)