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      06-11-2009, 02:15 AM   #1
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Wednesday 6 hours practice mostly in rain.
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1) Audi Sport Team [Audi R15 TDI] (Capello, Kristensen, Mc Nish) 3:30.708
2) Audi Sport NA [Audi R15 TDI] (Rockenfeller, Werner, Luhr) +0.054
3) Team Peugeot Total [Peugeot 908 HDi FAP] (Brabham, Gene, Wurz) +0.394
4) Pescarolo Sport [Peugeot 908 HDi FAP] (Boullion, Pagenaud, Treluyer) +2.320
5) Team Peugeot Total [Peugeot 908 HDi FAP] (Bourdais, Montagny, Sarrazin) +2.718
6) Audi Sport Team [Audi R15 TDI] (Bernhard, Premat, Dumas) +4.008
7) Pescarolo Sport [Pescarolo 01-Judd] (Tinseau, Juoanny, Barbosa) +5.160
8) Aston Martin Racing [Lola-Aston Martin B09/60] (Davidson, Turner, Verstappen) +5.288
9) Aston Martin Racing [Lola-Aston Martin B09/60] (Charouz, Enge, Mucke) +6.024
10) Team Peugeot Total [Peugeot 908 HDi FAP] (Minassian, Lamy, Klien) +7.272
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1) Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP Montagny/Sarrazin/Bourdais 3:22.888 min
2) Audi R15 TDI Capello/Kristensen/McNish 3:23.650 min
3) Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP Minassian/Klien/Lamy 3:24.860 min
4) Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP Treluyer/Pagenaud/Boullion 3:25.062 min
5) Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP Brabham/Wurz/Gene 3:25.252 min
6) Audi R15 TDI Luhr/Rockenfeller/Werner 3:25.780 min
7) Audi R15 TDI Premat/Dumas/Bernhard 3:27.106 min
8) Lola-Aston Martin Enge/Charouz/Mücke 3:27.180 min
9) Lola-Aston Martin Davidson/Turner/Verstappen 3:27.704 min
10) Lola-Aston Martin Belicchi/Jani/Prost 3:28.134 min
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I hope they kick some Audi arse this weekend.
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I hope they kick some Audi arse this weekend.
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Fellow Dutchmen Verstappen and Kox are driving the nr 08 and 09 Astons, go Aston!
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I hope they kick some Audi arse this weekend.

I know what you mean, it's as if Audi now own Le Mans, they've won it that many times.

But you would be mad to bet against them, no other team is more professional or reliable.

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Czech Aston Martin team Enge/Charous/Mucke is the fastest gasoline powered car.
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Fellow Dutchmen Verstappen and Kox are driving the nr 08 and 09 Astons, go Aston!
That's another group I hope to win. I'm also sick of Corvette owning that class as well.
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I know what you mean, it's as if Audi now own Le Mans, they've won it that many times.

But you would be mad to bet against them, no other team is more professional or reliable.

Sky HD is set on record.
The R15 is a (turbo)diesel so not a racing/sportscar in MY book. Pug/Audi made 'the rules'.Period.
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I'm going to try to watch most of it. I think I did 8-10 hours last year and more before that.
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can't wait! If F1 isn't on at least we are still going to get some good racing!
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I'm there now, 9th year running Can't wait for the start of the race tomorrow, but plenty of beers to keep me occupied til then!
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I'm rooting for Audi here. They know what their doing and do it very professionally.
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Peugeot fastest in the morning warmup.
Franck Montagny set the fastest lap of the session in the pole position-winning #8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (3:26.457), just three tenths of a second quicker than Alexander Wurz in the #9 sister car. Pedro Lamy in another Peugeot was third. Forth fastest Alexandre Premat was the quickest Audi driver in R15 TDI (3:28.6040).
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I'm up watchin' live...anyone else get juiced up for the race by watching "Truth in 24" last night?
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Peugeot fastest in the morning warmup.
Franck Montagny set the fastest lap of the session in the pole position-winning #8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (3:26.457), just three tenths of a second quicker than Alexander Wurz in the #9 sister car. Pedro Lamy in another Peugeot was third. Forth fastest Alexandre Premat was the quickest Audi driver in R15 TDI (3:28.6040).

Peugeot are the fastest PERIOD. But traditionally they haven't been as reliable as Audi are and that is what this race is all about. The thing is that Audi have stood up to challenges from all sides over the last few years are always seem to come out on top, though this year I find they will have their hardest battle to date.

Should be a good race.


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The R15 is a (turbo)diesel so not a racing/sportscar in MY book. Pug/Audi made 'the rules'.Period.
Don't quite understand how you feel that way. There is no ruling against diesel and I don't see how the choice of fuel should define what makes a true racing/sportscar and what doesn't.

If F1 is at a turning point and the main teams don't compete next year then this could see an increased interested for them into other forms of motorsport with the likes of BMW, Ferrari and Mercedes returning to factory run Le Mans teams.
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There is no ruling against diesel and I don't see how the choice of fuel should define what makes a true racing/sportscar and what doesn't.
The question is how fair is the turbocharged diesel against non-turbocharged gasoline engine. Remember F1 with two different rules for engines? The current dispute wit FIA is about limit on spending and mainly two rules for engines.
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Video coverage seems so piss-poor. You have cars running off or crashing and the commentators talking about something else and then when they start talking about the crash, the video jumps somewhere else.
Sorry, but I guess I'm spoiled by sports tv coverage in the US where the producer works with the commentators and has control over the video. The video feed here seems almost random (or at least being run by somneone with ADD) with not a lot of ryhme or reason. I hoping they recap the major action when they restart live broadcasting on Speed.
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It's looking like it's going to be Peugeot's year. Without the testing in race conditions Audi are struggling, all hope for Audi are squarely with the number 1 car.

And with both Astons holding their own with the diesels we might see Gulf colours taking victory once more.

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The question is how fair is the turbocharged diesel against non-turbocharged gasoline engine. Remember F1 with two different rules for engines? The current dispute wit FIA is about limit on spending and mainly two rules for engines.

Exactly my point.
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I'm up watchin' live...anyone else get juiced up for the race by watching "Truth in 24" last night?
Yes I watched it on the plane back to the states for a visit via ipod Very good. But couldn't watch any live
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Well done Peugeot. A well deserved win, they were totally dominate on the day, but to be fair to Audi they didn't get the amount of race time needed to fine tune it's aerodynamics or full test the new mechanics.

Can't wait for next year, God willing.
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