Sebring promises to give us an epic battle this weekend. Waged between the untried concepts of the new Acura, the raw power of the new Audi R15 and the european interlopers, Peugeot. What makes Sebring extra special this year, though is that this will be the only time the LMP1 Acura, Audi and Peugeot will face each other this season. The Acura may only have this one chance to prove itself against Audi and Peugeot since Acura will only run in ALMS this season, Peugeot is only running this one…
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Updates on sports car racing in European Le Mans Series, World Endurance Championship, American Le Mans Series, and United SportsCar Championship
Acura Stuns Sebring
Qualifications for the 12 Hours of Sebring took place today and the story of the day was the Acura LMP1 taking pole position from the Audi and Peugeot. Scott Dixon drove the ARX-02a to a fast lap of 1:45:278. Kristensen put the new Audi R-15 in P2 and Christian Klien has the 908 Coupe starting P3. Acura was not only celebrating the overall pole position, as the Acura LMP2 car took top honors in the class at the hands of Adrian Fernandez. The new Mazda powered Dyson racing machines were…
Read MorePeugeot Quickest in Sebring Practice
The ALMS Series is gearing up for its kickoff at Sebring and Peugeot have claimed quickest during practice. The Audis followed closely behind while Acura struggled from lack of straight away speed. IndyCar champion Scott Dixon who will be piloting one of the Acuras stated the car was slow in a straight line but flew through the corners. In GT2 class, Rahal Letterman BMW put together a solid morning session finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. Qualifications will be live on SPEED here in the states Thursday afternoon.
Read MoreAudi R15 Prototype
Audi prepares to launch at Sebring with the new R15 challenger. This car is very unique and very nice to look at. Audi has won every Sebring race it has entered dating back to 2000. The fight will be intense between Audi and Puegeot . Acura is also looking to take the fight to the German outfit in the ALMS season opener. The car is awesome looking and incorporates some of the best technology seen to date. In my opinion they are going to need every bit if it. Puegeot is…
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