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Traffic at Mosport International Raceway did little to faze Audi Sport North America's Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner on Sunday as they drove to their third straight overall American Le Mans Series victory in the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport.
Luhr crossed the finish line 21.392 seconds ahead of teammate Emanuele Pirro as Gil de Ferran ran out of fuel on the last lap while leading in LMP2. That sent David Brabham and Scott Sharp to their fourth class victory of the season.
Patrón Highcroft Racing's Brabham and Sharp won their fourth race of the season and third in four rounds. Brabham got by both Penske Racing's Romain Dumas and Lowe's Fernandez Racing's Adrian Fernandez to put the Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b in position to take advantage of de Ferran's misfortune.
Fernandez and Luis Diaz finished second in class with Penske's Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long placing third.
The victory also closed the gap in the class championship. The Porsche RS Spyder of Dumas and Timo Bernhard ran out of fuel on the last lap, meaning a sixth-place class finish. Brabham and Sharp trail the defending class champions by 10 points.
Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen won for the second straight year in GT1, going flag-to-flag in their Corvette C6.R. Corvette Racing's championship-leading duo was fastest in every session this week including qualifying.
Jaime Melo and Mika Salo won their long-awaited first Series race this season, taking a hard-fought GT2 victory for Risi Competizione and its Ferrari F430 GT. Melo in the pole-winning car got around Dirk Werner's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with 22 minutes left at Turn 1.
The next round of the American Le Mans Series is the Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch.
Race results :
1. (2) Marco Werner, Lucas Luhr ; Audi AG R10/TDI (1er LMP1), 127 tours.
2. (1) Rinaldo Capello, Emanuele Pirro ; Audi AG R10/TDI, 127.
3. (4) Scott Sharp, David Brabham; Acura ARX-01B (1er LMP2), 127.
4. (6) Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez, Acura ARX-01B, 127.
5. (8) Patrick Long, Sascha Maassen; Porsche RS Spyder, 127.
6. (5) James Rossiter, Franck Montagny ; Acura ARX-01B, 127.
7. (7) Simon Pagenaud, Gil de Ferran ; Acura ARX-01B, 126.
8. (3) Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas; Porsche RS Spyder, 126.
9. (10) Chris Dyson, Guy Smith; Porsche RS Spyder, 125.
10. (9) Marino Franchitti, Butch Leitzinger ; Porsche RS Spyder, 125.
11. (13) Gerardo Bonilla, Ben Devlin ; Lola B07 46 Mazda, 121.
12. (14) Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen ; Corvette C6.R (1er GT1), 117.
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15. (17) Jaime Melo, Brazil; Mika Salo, Finland; Ferrari F430 GT (1er GT2), 113.
Etc.
Traffic at Mosport International Raceway did little to faze Audi Sport North America's Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner on Sunday as they drove to their third straight overall American Le Mans Series victory in the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport.
Luhr crossed the finish line 21.392 seconds ahead of teammate Emanuele Pirro as Gil de Ferran ran out of fuel on the last lap while leading in LMP2. That sent David Brabham and Scott Sharp to their fourth class victory of the season.
Patrón Highcroft Racing's Brabham and Sharp won their fourth race of the season and third in four rounds. Brabham got by both Penske Racing's Romain Dumas and Lowe's Fernandez Racing's Adrian Fernandez to put the Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b in position to take advantage of de Ferran's misfortune.
Fernandez and Luis Diaz finished second in class with Penske's Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long placing third.
The victory also closed the gap in the class championship. The Porsche RS Spyder of Dumas and Timo Bernhard ran out of fuel on the last lap, meaning a sixth-place class finish. Brabham and Sharp trail the defending class champions by 10 points.
Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen won for the second straight year in GT1, going flag-to-flag in their Corvette C6.R. Corvette Racing's championship-leading duo was fastest in every session this week including qualifying.
Jaime Melo and Mika Salo won their long-awaited first Series race this season, taking a hard-fought GT2 victory for Risi Competizione and its Ferrari F430 GT. Melo in the pole-winning car got around Dirk Werner's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with 22 minutes left at Turn 1.
The next round of the American Le Mans Series is the Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch.
Race results :
1. (2) Marco Werner, Lucas Luhr ; Audi AG R10/TDI (1er LMP1), 127 tours.
2. (1) Rinaldo Capello, Emanuele Pirro ; Audi AG R10/TDI, 127.
3. (4) Scott Sharp, David Brabham; Acura ARX-01B (1er LMP2), 127.
4. (6) Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez, Acura ARX-01B, 127.
5. (8) Patrick Long, Sascha Maassen; Porsche RS Spyder, 127.
6. (5) James Rossiter, Franck Montagny ; Acura ARX-01B, 127.
7. (7) Simon Pagenaud, Gil de Ferran ; Acura ARX-01B, 126.
8. (3) Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas; Porsche RS Spyder, 126.
9. (10) Chris Dyson, Guy Smith; Porsche RS Spyder, 125.
10. (9) Marino Franchitti, Butch Leitzinger ; Porsche RS Spyder, 125.
11. (13) Gerardo Bonilla, Ben Devlin ; Lola B07 46 Mazda, 121.
12. (14) Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen ; Corvette C6.R (1er GT1), 117.
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15. (17) Jaime Melo, Brazil; Mika Salo, Finland; Ferrari F430 GT (1er GT2), 113.
Etc.
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