The 2010 American Le Mans Series Winter Test recorded a record number of entries and proved to be a great opportunity for all teams!
Aston Martin Racing was the quickest around the track in testing the Aston Martin-powered Lola B09/60 LMP1 machine with an overall best lap time of 1 min and 46.894 seconds….FAST! In GT-2 racing, the competition was tight and thrilling as expected. Risi Competizione, reigning class winner at Le Mans, in the Ferrari F 430 GT was a knockout but with a couple of Porsche’s right there beating down the door. As it ended Tuesday, February 23rd, the 8 fastest cars were all within 1 second of each other! That’s pretty competitive considering it was only a testing session.
With the 2010 ALMS Winter Test concluded, teams are now gearing up for the 58th Annual Mobil 1 12 hours of Sebring! This is one of the nation’s premier and most prestigious endurance races of the season. It’s the first race in the 2010 ALMS and one which many teams use as preparation for the grand daddy of them all, the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans! As of 2/26, scheduled to compete are 35 cars in total: seven P1, three P2, fourteen GT2, five LMPC, and six GTC cars…you’ve got to be happy with that. As the past has proven, anything can happen and that’s why we play the game. More power doesn’t always equal the winner in this 12 hour endurance race. Teams need to prove consistent and reliable. Don’t be surprised to perhaps see an overall victory come from a class other than LMP1.
The green flag is set to fall Saturday morning, March 20th. As much as I love the Ferraris, I’m a BMW car club member so I’m gonna have to pull for the BMW Rahal Letterman M3s! Any other cheering sections or predictions…???
Authored by Jason Schiavone
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…So the Flying Lizard RSR’s, you say. OK, ok, I suppose they look good too, did well at Winter Testing. We’ll see but I think the new M3′s are gonna turn some heads and the important thing is, I agree, a strong competitive event!
I haven’t had the opportunity to grace the pavement at Sebring personally, but have heard/read that it’s not so smoothe. Have you driven it, are there particular corners driver’s need be weary of?
For those unaware, Sebring International Raceway is a 3.7 mile, 17 turn circuit road course in Florida. SPECTACULAR!
Jason,
I am routing for the Porsche 911 RSR’s because they are just keep on pushing the envelope in endurance racing. But with that said, I like the BMW’s chance’s at the helm of Rahal-Letterman team. Tom Milner is a great young driver and a DC kid so you have to root for the local kid. He lives in Leesburg now.
I really don’t see the Ferrari’a taking the pounding of the Sebring pavement though it is ten times better than several years ago.Just want a nice competitve race.
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