ILMC 2011 : Imola

Plex · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:27 am Post subject: ILMC 2011 : Imola

Davidson, Bourdais to share at Imola

Peugeot duo Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Bourdais will share a car for the first time at the next round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup at Imola next weekend.

British driver Davidson won the Spa round in May in the number seven Peugeot 908 with Marc Gene and Alex Wurz while Bourdais has usually driven the number nine machine with Pedro Lamy and Simon Pagenaud.

With only two of the turbodiesel machine entered for Imola, Bourdais will move across to Davidson's 908 while the number eight car will be driven by regular occupants Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin.

"We fully expect a very closely-fought contest throughout the six hours at Imola, and that's why we're entering two cars driven by sprinters," said Peugeot Sport director Olivier Quesnel.

"We saw at Le Mans that we had to push through the entire 24 Hours, at Sebring the top three were separated by just 44 seconds after 12 hours of racing and at Spa-Franorchamps we finished one-two with only 40 or so seconds between our cars."

Peugeot leads the manufacturers race ILMC - for which there is no drivers' title – 34 points ahead of long-time rival Audi.

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Plex · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject:

Plex · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:44 am Post subject:

Anthony Davidson puts Peugeot on Imola ILMC pole

Peugeot driver Anthony Davidson claimed pole position for the fourth round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup at Imola.

Davidson, who shares his Peugeot 908 turbodiesel with Sebastien Bourdais, set a best time of 1m31.736s around the former home of the San Marino Grand Prix to claim the top spot by six tenths of a second.

Davidson, who also set pole at the Petit Le Mans ILMC race last year, said: "It's good to be on pole position anywhere but especially on this track. It's good to get to the traffic first. With 49 cars on the track, traffic is going to be everything tomorrow."

Le Mans 24 Hours winner Marcel Fassler, who is driving here with Timo Bernhard, took second place in the best of the Audi R18 TDIs on a 1m32.354s.

Stephane Sarrazin ended up third in the second Peugeot, with Allan McNish fourth in the other turbodiesel Audi. Guillaume Moreau was top petrol-powered contender in OAK Racing's OAK Pescarolo-Judd.

LMP2 honours went to Mathias Beche in the TDS Racing ORECA-Nissan. The Swiss driver edged out the similar Boutsen Energy Racing car driven by Dominik Kraihamer.

Jorg Muller narrowly claimed pole from Schnitzer BMW team-mate Dirk Werner in the hotly-contested GTE class. There was just two tenths between the two BMW M3 drivers and the top nine cars were covered by a second.

Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time
1. P1 Bourdais/Davidson Peugeot 1m31.736s
2. P1 Bernhard/Fassler Audi 1m32.354s
3. P1 Montagny/Sarrazin Peugeot 1m32.732s
4. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m32.974s
5. P1 Ragues/Moreau Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m34.746s
6. P1 Jani/Prost Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m35.047s
7. P1 Belicchi/Boullion Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m35.700s
8. P1 Collard/Tinseau/Jousse Pescarolo-Judd 1m35.996s
9. P1 Cortes/Geri/Piccini MIK Zytek 09 1m36.084s
10. P2 Beche/Thiriet/Firth TDS ORECA-Nissan 1m37.208s
11. P2 Kraihamer/de Crem Boutsen ORECA-Nissan 1m37.476s
12. P2 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD 1m38.118s
13. P2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Ayari Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m38.351s
14. P2 Ojjeh/Lombard/Kimber-Smith Greaves Zytek-Nissan 1m38.533s
15. P2 Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa Level 5 Lola-HPD 1m38.959s
16. P2 Frey/Meichtry/Rostan Race Performance ORECA-Judd 1m38.991s
17. P2 Nicolet/Premat Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m39.130s
18. P2 Perez-Companc/Russo/Kaffer Pecom Lola-Judd 1m39.198s
19. P2 Rosier/Basso Extreme Limite Norma-Judd 1m39.848s
20. P2 Barlesi/da Rocha/Lafargue Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m40.146s
21. P2 Gates/Garofall/Phillips RLR MG Lola-Judd 1m40.543s
22. P2 Erdos/Newton/Collins RML HPD 1m40.642s
23. FLM Julian/Zugel/Petersen Genoa FLM 1m42.574s
24. FLM Ducote/Marcelli/Marroc JMB FLM 1m42.755s
25. FLM Schultis/Simon/Schell Pegasus FLM 1m43.285s
26. GTE P Farfus/Muller BMW 1m44.468s
27. FLM Moro/Zhang/Graves Hope FLM 1m44.550s
28. GTE P Werner/Lamy BMW 1m44.683s
29. GTE P Melo/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 1m44.691s
30. GTE P Ortelli/Makowiecki Luxury Ferrari 1m44.725s
31. GTE P Bell/Walker JMW Ferrari 1m44.730s
32. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Felbermayr Porsche 1m44.895s
33. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni AF Corse Ferrari 1m45.130s
34. GTE P Farnbacher/Simonsen Farnbacher Ferrari 1m45.384s
35. GTE P Pilet/Henzler IMSA Porsche 1m45.467s
36. GTE A Long/Roda Proton Porsche 1m45.650s
37. GTE P Goossens/Holzer Prospeed Porsche 1m45.767s
38. GTE P Beltoise/Jakubowski/Firman Luxury Ferrari 1m45.779s
39. GTE P Dolan/Hancock Jota Aston Martin 1m45.841s
40. GTE A Perazzini/Cioci/Lemeret AF Corse Ferrari 1m45.906s
41. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m46.219s
42. GTE A Armindo/Narac IMSA Porsche 1m46.283s
43. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel Larbre Corvette 1m46.614s
44. GTE A Hummel/Christodoulou/Quaife CRS Ferrari 1m46.798s
45. GTE A Ehret/Lynn/Wills CRS Ferrari 1m48.176s
46. GTE A Ried/Felbermayr Felbermayr Porsche 1m48.197s
47. GTE P Rossiter/Mowlem/Hirschi Jetalliance Lotus 1m49.037s
48. GTE P Slingerland/Rich/Lichtner-Hoyer Jetalliance Lotus 1m50.053s
49. FLM Hartshorne/Keating/Keen Neil Garner FLM

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Plex · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:54 pm Post subject:

Plex · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:11 pm Post subject:

Peugeot dominates the Imola Six Hours

Sebastien Bourdais and Anthony Davidson claimed victory in the Imola Six Hours on a day when Peugeot had the upper hand over arch-rival Audi.

The Peugeot 908 turbodiesels finished one-two and a lap clear of the pair of Audi R18 TDIs in the fourth round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup at the former home of the San Marino Grand Prix. Bourdais led for the first two stints before a botched pitstop allowed Stephane Sarrazin to move ahead in the car he shared with Franck Montagny.

Davidson closed down a 10-second deficit to Sarrazin and emerged ahead after the next round of pitstops. With the Audis beginning to fade at this stage, Peugeot decided to freeze the order.

The winning Peugeot looked to have lost the race in the penultimate hour when Bourdais had contact with a slower car and suffered a puncture. Eight laps later, Montagny had a similar problem after going off line, switching the Bourdais car back to the head of the leaderboard.

Davidson said: "This was such a fantastic race to win. First and second [for Peugeot] is unbelievable; we didn't expect such domination."

The Audi R18 appeared to be in the mix early on, but a combination of braking issues caused by debris blocking the front cooling ducts and the Peugeot's superior straight-line speed, which allowed it to cut through the traffic much easier, meant the cars drifted out of contention in the second and third hours.

LMP2 honours went to the Le Mans-winning Greaves Motorsport Zytek driven by Tom Kimber-Smith, Olivier Lombard and Karim Ojjeh. The Nissan-engined contender was not the fastest car in class, but its major rivals all suffered technical glitches.

BMW looked on course for GTE honours until the car driven by Jorg Muller and Augusto Farfus Jr was hit with a one-minute stop-go penalty in the final hour. The AF Corse Ferrari team eventually finished one-two, Toni Vilander and Jaime Melo coming out on top over Gianmaria Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella, who suffered a repeat of the misfire that deprived them of victory at Le Mans last month.

Results - 220 laps:

Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time/Gap
1. P1 Bourdais/Davidson Peugeot 6h01m01.623s
2. P1 Montagny/Sarrazin Peugeot + 1m08.688s
3. P1 Bernhard/Fassler Audi + 1 laps
4. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi + 1 laps
5. P1 Belicchi/Boullion Rebellion Lola-Toyota + 7 laps
6. P1 Jani/Prost Rebellion Lola-Toyota + 7 laps
7. P1 Collard/Tinseau/Jousse Pescarolo-Judd + 13 laps
8. P2 Ojjeh/Lombard/Kimber-Smith Greaves Zytek-Nissan + 15 laps
9. P2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Ayari Signatech ORECA-Nissan + 17 laps
10. P2 Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa Level 5 Lola-HPD + 19 laps
11. P2 Perez Companc/Russo/Kaffer Pecom Lola-Judd + 19 laps
12. P2 Premat/Nicolet Oak Pescarolo-Judd + 20 laps
13. GTE P Melo/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari + 22 laps
14. P2 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD + 23 laps
15. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni AF Corse Ferrari + 23 laps
16. GTE P Farfus/Muller BMW + 23 laps
17. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Felbermayr Porsche + 24 laps
18. GTE P Pilet/Henzler IMSA Porsche + 24 laps
19. FLM Ducote/Marcelli/Marroc JMB FLM + 25 laps
20. FLM Schultis/Simon/Schell Pegasus FLM + 25 laps
21. P2 Beche/Thiriet/Firth TDS ORECA-Nissan + 26 laps
22. GTE A Armindo/Narac IMSA Porsche + 26 laps
23. FLM Moro/Zhang/Graves Hope FLM + 26 laps
24. GTE A Long/Roda Proton Porsche + 26 laps
25. P2 Rosier/Basso Extreme Limite Norma-Judd + 27 laps
26. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel Larbre Corvette + 27 laps
27. FLM Julian/Zugel/Petersen Genoa FLM + 28 laps
28. GTE A Perazzini/Cioci/Lemeret AF Corse Ferrari + 28 laps
29. GTE P Goossens/Holzer Prospeed Porsche + 29 laps
30. P2 Barlesi/Da Rocha/Lafargue Oak Pescarolo-Judd + 29 laps
31. GTE P Dolan/Hancock Jota Aston Martin + 29 laps
32. P2 Kraihamer/de Crem Boutsen ORECA-Nissan + 29 laps
33. P1 Moreau/Ragues Oak Pescarolo-Judd + 32 laps
34. GTE A Ehret/Lynn/Wills CRS Ferrari + 33 laps
35. P2 Erdos/Newton/Collins RML HPD + 34 laps
36. GTE A Hummel/Christodoulou/Quaife CRS Ferrari + 35 laps
37. GTE P Werner/Lamy BMW + 38 laps
38. GTE A Rugolo/Krohn/Jonsson Krohn Ferrari + 50 laps

Retirements:

GTE P Beltoise/Jakubowski/Firman Luxury Ferrari 189 laps
P1 Cortes/Geri/Piccini MIK Zytek 157 laps
GTE A Felbermayr Jr/Ried Felbermayr Porsche 147 laps
GTE P Bell/Walker JMW Ferrari 143 laps
P2 Gates/Garofall/Phillips RLR MG Lola-Judd 140 laps
GTE P Farnbacher/Simonsen Farnbacher Ferrari 101 laps
P2 Frey/Meichtry/Rostan Race Performance ORECA-Judd 69 laps
GTE P Lichtner-Hoyer/Rich/Slingerland Jetalliance Lotus Evora 26 laps
GTE P Hirschi/Rossiter/Mowlem Jetalliance Lotus Evora 8 laps
GTE P Ortelli/Makowiecki Luxury Ferrari 1 lap

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Plex · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:36 am Post subject: