Porsche snatch victory from Audi
Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas took another overall victory for Porsche in the ALMS at Mosport with a late pass on the ailing Audi of Allan McNish
The Scottish driver appeared to have the race wrapped-up heading into the closing stages, but he was unable to hold on when his R10 became stuck in gear.
"I was so busy trying to pass slower traffic and maintain my position ahead of the Acuras and my teammates for the LMP2 victory that I did not realize the Audi was having mechanical problems," said Bernhard, who was in the Penske-run car during the final stint.
"I thought he had made a pit stop, and was having trouble getting back up to speed. It was only after I passed him and could not see him again in my mirrors that I heard on the radio that his car had trouble."
Audi have still not won a race overall since April in the ALMS, and their only other success came at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June.
"We were in a very good position and had the Porsche covered on lap speed," said McNish. "But with seven or eight minutes to go I had a big problem coming out of the hairpin and was stuck in gear.
"We don't know what happened. The car was great before the end. We had the race under control."
Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen took their second GT1 victory of the season, after the sister Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta lost time due to a collision with a prototype car.
Mika Salo and Jaime Melo had a relatively quiet run to a GT2 victory for Risi Competizione, after the pair gained a lap on their class rivals early in the race.
Salo was the only GT2 driver who hadn't been lapped by the leading Audi of Dindo Capello when the first full-course caution of the race came out, and after that the pair just had to stay out of trouble to take the victory.
Pos Cl Drivers Make Laps 1. P2 Dumas/Bernhard Porsche RS Spyder 125 2. P1 Capello/McNish Audi AG/R10/TDI 125 3. P2 Maassen/Briscoe Porsche RS Spyder 125 4. P1 Pirro/Werner Audi AG/R10/TDI 125 5. P2 Franchitti/Herta Acura/ARX-01a 125 6. P2 Bach/Devlin Lola/B07-40/Mazda 124 7. P2 Dyson/Smith Porsche RS Spyder 124 8. P2 Diaz/Fernandez Lola/B06-43/Acura 124 9. P2 Wallace/Leitzinger Porsche RS Spyder 124 10. GT1 O'Connell/Magnussen Corvette C6.R 116 11. GT1 Gavin/Beretta Corvette C6.R 116 12. GT1 Fellows/Pilgrim Corvette C6.R 116 13. GT2 Salo/Melo Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta 112 14. GT2 Helary/Bruni Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta 111 15. P1 McMurry/Burgess Creation CA06H-Judd 111 16. GT2 Milner/Kelleners Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 111 17. GT2 Mueller/Dumbreck Ferrari 430GT 110 18. GT2 Bergmeister/van Overbeek Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 110 19. GT2 Henzler/Liddell Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 109 20. GT2 Neiman/Pechnik Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 109 21. GT2 Farnbacher/Tafel Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 94 22. P1 Field/Field/Berry Creation/CA06H/Judd 86 23. GT2 Auberlen/Sellers/Hand Panoz Esperante GTLM 54 24. P2 Johansson/Brabham Acura/ARX-01a 48 25. P2 Pecorari/van der Steur Radical SR9/AER 6
Share Or Save This Story
Why Red Bull and Verstappen struggled at Silverstone – and expect the same at Spa
Steiner explains why teams are forgoing a profit share with MotoGP
How Leclerc has changed his steering wheel software for the first time since joining Ferrari
Why Vasseur's steady hand is exactly what fervent Ferrari needs right now
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments