Pescarolo take third LMS win
Pescarolo Sport took their third victory in as many Le Mans Series races after dominating the 1000km of Nurburgring
The No. 17 car of Emmanuel Collard, Jean-Christophe Boullion and Eric Helary won the six-hour race by an impressive lead of three laps.
Collard and Boullion have been at the helm for all three of the French team's victories this year.
The real battle of the race was for second place. Pole-sitters Creation snatched the position with just ten minutes to go, having fallen down the order midway through the race, thanks to Beppe Gabbiani suffering a puncture and losing two laps.
However, Creation were given a shot at taking the position, when the second-placed Racing for Holland Dome made a late race pitstop.
Minassian's Creation set about chasing down the Dome, and when Alex Yoong made a mistake with ten minutes to go, Minassian sneaked by to take the runner-up spot.
It is the first podium of the season for the team that missed the last round at Spa after Felipe Ortiz crashed the car beyond repair in practice.
Creation team boss Ian Bickerton was delighted with Minassian's performance.
He said: "He's more than a mega today. He's a mega, mega! Beppe and Felipe both drove very well, but Nic was matchless.
"I didn't think he was going to be able to take second as he kept hitting traffic but he kept the pressure on and it paid off."
Yoong's finished third, also taking the first podium of the year for Racing for Holland.
"It's too bad I made a mistake in the end, I was pushing a bit too hard. That made it possible for Creation to overtake us with 10 minutes to go," said Yoong. "It's been a delight driving here and I'm very happy for the team with this result".
The Team Larbre Aston Martin of Pedro Lamy, Gabrielle Gardelle and Vincent Vosse won the GT1 class, by ten seconds from the Alphand adventures Corvette of Luc Alphand, Jerome Policand and Patrice Goueslard.
Pos Drivers Make Laps 1. Collard/Boullion/Helary Pescarolo C60 Judd 189 2. Minassian/Ortiz/Gabbiani Creation Judd 186 3. Lammers/Yoong Dome Judd 186 4. Berridge/Evans/Owen Lola B06/10 AER 184 5. Amaral/Angel/Burgueno Lola B05/40 AER 183 6. Binnie/Timpany/Hancock Lola 05/42 Zytek 182 7. Johansson/Noda Zytek 06S 181 8. Short/Barbosa Radical SR9 Judd 181 9. Newton/Erdos MG Lola EX 264 180 10. Lamy/Gardel/Vosse Aston Martin DBR9 177 11. Policand/Goueslard/Alphand Corvette C5-R 177 12. Primat/Fassler Courage LC 70 Judd 176 13. Kox/Pergl/Vasiliev Ferrari 550 Maranello 176 14. Gounon/Frei/Fisken Courage LC70 Mugen 172 15. Greaves/Moseley Radical SR9 06-T AER 171 16. Zonca/Bellicchi/Cioci Ferrari 430 GT 171 17. Ortelli/Ayari Saleen S7R 171 18. Lieb/Camathias Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 170 19. Bleekemolen/Hezemans Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 170 20. Eagling/Sugden Ferrari 430 GT 170 21. Kane/Crevels Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 170 22. Bouchut/Narac Porsche 996 RSR 169 23. Tomlinson/Dean/Hynes Panoz Esperante GTLN 169 24. Drudi/Rosa/De Ferrari 430 GT 168 25. Ehret/Farnbacher Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 167 26. Vergers/Barazi/Belloc Courage C65 AER 167 27. Hughes/Bell Panoz Esperante GTLM 165 28. Yamagishi/Liddell/Basseng Porsche 996 GT3 RS 165 29. Burgess/Collin/Bergmeister Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 163 30. Lambert/Lefort/Duez Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 163 31. Rostan/Bruneau Pilbeam Judd 160 32. Daniels/Washington Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 158 33. Lueders/Petersen/Brueck Courage C65 Judd 155 34. Hartshorne/Dockerill/Greensall TVR Tuscan T400R 154 35. Kristensen/Simonsen Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 152 36. Mcgarrity/Cope/Collins Protran RS06/H 149 37. Nakano/Kurosawa Courage LC70 Mugen 73 38. Andre/Bouvet Courage C65 Ford 55 39. Nielsen/Seefried/Baas Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 34 40. Randaccio/Mancini/Collini/ Lucchini LMP2 19
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