Audi dominate Petit Le Mans
Audi completed their American Le Mans Series domination on Saturday night, securing the team championship and class manufacturers title with a commanding win of Petit le Mans
Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello won for the seventh time this season, giving Audi ten consecutive victories in Road Atlanta and seven straight wins at Petit Le Mans.
McNish and Capello finished four laps ahead of the Zytek 06S of Stefan Johansson, Johnny Mowlem and Haruki Kurosawa, after the Audi duo lead the final three hours of the race.
In the GT1 class, Aston Martin took an important win to close the points gap to leaders Corvette, as Tomas Enge and Darren Turner took the No. 007 Aston to a class victory, ahead of teammates Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lami, with Corvette's Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen in third.
Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister took the GT2 class win in their Porsche, finishing two laps ahead of the Risi Competizione Ferrari F430GT.
Pos Cl. Drivers Car Laps 1. P1 McNish/Capello Audi R10 TDI Power 394 2. P1 Johansson/Mowlem/Kurosawa Zytek 06S 390 3. P1 Dayton/Gidley/Meira Lola EX257 AER 389 4. P1 Minassian/Primat/C.-Walter Creation CA06/H-01 388 5. P2 Bernhard/Collard/Maassen Porsche RS Spyder 386 6. P2 Luhr/Dumas/Rockenfeller Porsche RS Spyder 385 7. P1 Werner/Pirro/Biela Audi R10 TDI Power 383 8. GT1 Turner/Enge Aston Martin DB9 374 9. GT1 Sarrazin/Lamy Aston Martin DB9 373 10. GT1 Gavin/Magnussen/Beretta Corvette C6.R 372 11. GT1 Fellows/O'Connell/Papis Corvette C6.R 371 12. P2 Theys/van de Poele/Lienhard Lola B05/40 Judd 371 13. P2 Field/Halliday/Field Lola B05/40 AER 357 14. GT2 Bergmeister/Jonsson/Long Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 356 15. GT2 Mediani/Franchitti/Lazzaro Ferrari 430 GT 354 16. GT2 Maxwell/Brabham/Bourdais Panoz Esperante GTLM 352 17. GT2 Jeannette/Milner/Lally Panoz Esperante GTLM 351 18. GT2 Lieb/vanOverbeek/Henzler Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 346 19. GT2 Auberlen/Said/Hand BMW E46 M3 344 20. GT2 Law/Neiman/Pechnik Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 343 21. GT2 Liddell/Tiemann/Farnbacher Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 339 22. P2 Cosmo/Forbes-Robinson/ Bach Courage C65 Mazda 309 23. GT2 James/Marks/Sellers BMW E46 M3 304 24. P1 Weaver/Leitzinger/Wallace Lola B06/10 AER 221 25. P1 Lewis/Willman/McMurry Lola EX257 AER 127 26. P1 Dyson/Smith Lola B06/10 AER 100 27. GT2 Kelleners/Palttala/Ortelli Ferrari 430 GT 61 28. P2 Devlin/Greaves/Van der Steur Radical SR 9 AER 6
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