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News:-

  • Pescarolo win, Portugese CSR Lola takes LMP2, ORECA Saleen GT1, Autorlando GT2 victors
  • Strong debut showing by ORECA Saleen
  • Variety at the head of GT2, Porsche, Panoz then Ferrari

Results

  • Pos Team Drivers Car Class Laps
    1 Pescarolo Sport COLLARD Emmanuel
    BOULLION Jean-Christophe
    Pescarolo C60 Judd LMP1 134
    2 Swiss Spirit PRIMAT Harold
    FASSLER Marcel
    Courage LC 70 Judd LMP1 133
    3 Zytek Engineering NIELSEN John
    ELGAARD Casper
    ANDERSEN Philip
    Zytek 06S LMP1 132
    4 Chamberlain Synergy AMARAL Miguel
    ANGEL DE CASTRO Miguel
    BURGUENO Angel
    Lola B05/40 AER LMP2 1:09.812
    5 RML NEWTON Mike
    ERDOS Tommy
    MG Lola EX 264 LMP2 131
    6 Binnie Motorsports BINNIE Bill
    TIMPANY Allen
    HANCOCK Sam
    Lola 05/42 Zytek LMP2 129
    7 Team Oreca ORTELLI Stephane
    AYARI Soheil
    Saleen S7R LMGT1 10.039
    8 Barazi Epsilon VERGERS Michael
    BARAZI Juan
    VALSECCHI Davide
    Courage C65 AER LMP2 128
    9 Cirtek Motorsport GARCIA Antonio
    LYONS Richard
    Aston Martin DBR9 LMGT1 3.750
    10 PSI Experience KUISMANEN Pertti
    MENTEN Jos
    PALTTALA Markus
    Corvette C6-R LMGT1 126
    11 Cirtek Motorsport HARDMAN Peter
    VANN Christian
    CAMPBELL-WALTER Jamie
    Aston Martin DBR9 LMGT1 34.351
    12 Convers Menx Team KOX Peter
    PERGL Robert
    VASILIEV Alexei
    Ferrari 550 Maranello LMGT1 43.105
    13 Alphand Aventures POLICAND Jerome
    GOUESLARD Patrice
    BELTOISE Anthony
    Corvette C5-R LMGT1 1:01.160
    14 Paul Belmondo Racing GOSSELIN Claude-Yves
    OJJEH Karim
    RAGUES Pierre
    Courage C65 Ford LMP2 123
    15 Autorlando Sport LIEB Marc
    CAMATHIAS Joel
    Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 1:27.168
    16 Team LNT TOMLINSON Lawrence
    DEAN Richard
    KIMBER-SMITH Tom
    Panoz Esperante GTLN LMGT2 122
    17 Virgo Motorsport EAGLING Dan
    SUGDEN Tim
    Ferrari 430 GT LMGT2 13.547
    18 Farnbacher Racing NIELSEN Lars Erik
    SEEFRIED Marco
    Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 47.110
    19 IMSA Perf. Matmut BOUCHUT Christophe
    NARAC Raymond
    Porsche 996 LMGT2 121
    20 Thierry Perrier SMITH Nigel
    BARBOSA Joao
    HESNAULT Philippe
    Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 119
    21 Seikel Motorsport BURGESS Tony
    COLLIN Philip
    BERGMEISTER Tim
    Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 118
    22 Ice Pol Racing Team LAMBERT Yves
    LEFORT Christian
    IANNETTA Romain
    Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 114
    23 Racesport Peninsula TVR HARTSHORNE John
    DOCKERILL Iain
    TVR Tuscan T400R LMGT2 111
    24 Spyker Squadron BLEEKEMOLEN Jeroen
    HEZEMANS Mike
    Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R LMGT2 1:11.062
    25 James Watt Automotive DANIELS Paul
    ELSEGOOD Jack
    POMPIDOU Xavier
    Porsche 996 GT3 RSR LMGT2 96
    26 Pierre Bruneau ROSTAN Marc
    BRUNEAU Pierre
    Pilbeam Judd LMP2 79
    27 Aston Martin Larbre LAMY Pedro
    GARDEL Gabrielle
    VOSSE Vincent
    Aston Martin DBR9 LMGT1 58
    28 Courage Competition GOUNON Jean-Marc
    FREI Alexander
    Courage LC70 Mugen LMP1 47
    29 Paul Belmondo Racing ANDRE Didier
    CLAIRAY Yann
    Courage C65 Ford LMP2 28
  • Mayhem at the start, G-Force Courage, Protran & Berridge Lola all damaged, Peter Owen & JF Laroche have been released from medical centre
  • Labre DBR9 did make the start, that's 2 DBR9 races in 3 days for Pedro Lamy
  • Kruse didn't make the start
  • Full qualifying times here
  • Check new liveries on infoscourse, DHL on G-Force, Gulf on Barazi, Bruichladdich on Radical (say "Brook Laddie")
  • Fassler takes pole for Swiss Spirit LC70, Erdos top LMP2 for RML
  • Pesca top in practice 3, Barazi Courage top of LMP2, third overall...
  • Moment of glory! Protran second fastest! (10:45 session 3)
  • Labre DBR9 damaged probably out (wasted trip for Pedro!)
  • Protran first run at Spa pic from infoscourse and another
  • Practice 2 sees works Courages 1st and 4th, Zytek 2nd. RML MG leads LMP2
  • Creation and 2nd PSI Corvette both out after early collision in first practice - story
  • Jamie Campbell-Walter & Richard Lyons in (separate) Cirtek DBR9s
  • 2 more LMGT2s - James Watt & Renauer join in
  • 1 out 1 in! Mugen Courage LC70 for JLMC will debut at Spa
  • RfH will not run (engine being replaced for Le Mans)
  • Stephane Ortelli & Soheil Ayari will drive ORECA saleen SR7
  • Kruse in with German crew in C65
  • Gregor Fisken shown as 3rd driver in Rollcentre Radical (no Barbosa - and no Ickx!)
  • Second Creation, Courage & Rollcentre still on list but unlikely
  • Protran, RfH & Zytek all on latest Spa entry list.
  • Spa website says RfH will be there, also says "...possible return of Vanina Ickx with Rollcentre..."
  • Racing for Holland website says, "Spa is the next round..." doesn't actually say they are going though!
  • Protran tested at Snetterton and intend to be at Spa (groupBio also tested)
  • Creation seem to be saying second car won't appear till after(or @?) Le Mans
  • Zytek 06S plan to debut
  • 2nd Rollcentre Radical in but works car won't be ready (Greaves will run 2nd Rollcentre car)
  • Binnie joins in
LMP1    
Zytek Engineering / Team Essex Invest Zytek 06S Hybrid John Nielsen, Casper Elgaard, Philip Andersen

Swiss Spirit 

Courage LC70 Judd 

Harold Primat, Marcel Fassler

Lister Racing Team 

Lister Storm Hybrid 

Nicolas KIESA, Jens Moller

Creation Autosportif

Creation CA06/H Judd

Felipe Ortiz, Giuseppe Gabbiani, Nicolas Minassian

Courage Competition

Courage LC 70 Mugen 

Alexander Frei, Jean Marc Gounon

Courage Competition

Courage LC 70 Mugen 

Haruki Kurosawa, Shinji Nakano

Pescarolo Sport 

Pescarolo C60 Judd 

Jean-Christophe Boullion, Emmanuel Collard

ProTran Competition ProTran RS06/H AER V8 Kevin MC GARRITY, Paul COPE 

Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport 

Lola B06-10 AER 

Bob Berridge, Gareth Evans, Peter Owen

LMP2

 

 

Kruse Motorsport Courage C65 Judd Jan-Dirk LUEDERS, Jens PETERSEN, Christopher BRüCK     
Binnie Motorsport Lola B05/40 Zytek Bill Binnie, Allen Timpany, Sam Hancock    

Pierre Bruneau 

Pilbeam MP93-01PB - Judd 

Marc Rostan, Pierre Bruneau

 

 

Rollcentre Racing 

Radical SR9 Judd 

Martin Short, Tim Greaves, Gregor FISKEN 

 

 

Ray Mallock Ltd

MG Lola EX 264 

Mike Newton, Thomas Erdos

 

 

Ranieri Randaccio SCI 

Lucchini 

Ranieri Randaccio, Fabio Mancini, Gianni COLLINI

 

 

Barazi - Epsilon 

Courage C65 AER

Michael Vergers, Juan Barazi, Davide VALSECCHI

 

 

G-Force 

Courage C65 Judd 

Edward Morris, Jean François Leroch, Stephan Lémeret

 

 

Paul Belmondo Racing

Courage C65 Ford 

Claude-Yves Gosselin, Karim Ojjeh, Pierre Ragues

 

 

Paul Belmondo Racing

Courage C65 Ford 

Didier Andre, Yann Clairay

 

 

Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport  / ASM Team Racing for Portugal

Lola B05/40 AER 

Miguel Amaral, Miguel Angel CASTRO, Angel BURGUEÑO 

 

 

LM GT1

 

 

Labre Competition 

Aston Martin DBR9 

Pedro Lamy, Gabriele Gardel, Vincent Vosse

 

 

B-Racing RS Line Team 

Lamborghini Murcielago GTR

Norbert Walchhofer, Benjamin Leuenberger, Marino FRANCHITTI 

 

 

Cirtek Motorsport 

Aston Martin DBR9 

Antonio Garcia, Richard Lyons

 

 

Cirtek Motorsport 

Aston Martin DBR9 

Peter HARDMAN, Christian VANN, Jamie Campbell-Walter

 

 

Convers MenX Team 

Ferrari 550 Maranello 

Peter Kox , Robert Pergl, Alex ei Vasiliev

 

 

Oreca Saleen SR7 Stephane Ortelli, Soheil Ayari    

PSI Experience 

Corvette C6-R 

Pertti Kuismanen, Jos Menten, Markus Palttala

 

 

PSI Experience 

Corvette C5-R 

DAVID HALLIDAY, Fred BOUVY, ROMAIN BERA

 

 

Luc Alphand Aventures

Corvette C5-R 

Jérôme Policand, Patrice Goueslard, Anthony Beltoise

 

 

LM GT2

 

 

Ice Pol Racing Team

Porsche GT3 RSR

Yves Lambert, Christian Lefort, Romain Iannetta

 

 

Perspective Automobiles

Porsche GT3 RSR 

Nigel Smith, Philippe Hesnault, Joao Barbosa

 

 

Autorlando Sport 

Porsche GT3 RSR 

Marc Lieb, Joel Camathias

 

 

Seikel Motorsport 

Porsche GT3 RSR 

Tony Burgess, Philip Collin

 

 

Autorlando Sport  

Porsche GT3 RSR 

Gunnar Kristensen, Carsten Leveau, Allan Simonsen

 

 

Farnbacher Racing 

Porsche GT3 RSR 

Lars Erik Nielsen, Marco Seefried

 

 

Team LNT 

Panoz Esperante GTLM

Warren Hughes, Robert Bell

 

 

Team LNT 

Panoz Esperante GTLM 

Lawrence  Tomlinson, Richard Dean

 

 

Team Icer Brakes 

Ferrari F430 GtT

Jesus Diez Villarroel, Tomas Saldana, Javier Macias

 

 

Spyker Squadron 

Spyker C8 Spyder Gt-2R 

Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mike Hezemans

 

 

Spyker Squadron 

Spyker C8 Spyder GT-2R 

Donny Crevels, Johnny Kane

 

 

Farnbacher Racing  

Porsche 996 GT3 RSR

Pierre Ehret, Dominik Farnbacher

 

 

T2M Motorsport 

Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Miro Konopka, Yutaka YAMAGISHI, Tor GRAVES 

 

 

James Watt Automotive Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Paul DANIELS, Jack ELSEGOOD     

Racesport Peninsula TVR 

TVR Tuscan T 400R 

Richard Stanton, John Hartshorne, Iain Dockerill

 

 

GPC Sport Srl 

Ferrari F430 GT

Luca  Drudi , Gabrio Rosa, Jaime Melo

 

 

Noel Del Bello Racing 

Porsche GT3 RSR 

Christophe Tinseau, Jean-Luc Maury Laribiere

 

 

Virgo Motorsport 

Ferrari F430 GT 

Dan Eagling, Tim Sugden, Ian Khan

 

 

See previous Mariantic 2006 Le Mans Series pages: Istanbul



 

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