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Press Snoop: No surprises as Audi wins Infineon.

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2005 American Lemans Series.  New England Grand Prix.  Lime Rock, Cn. 1-4 July 2005. #2 Audi R8
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Press Snoop: No surprises as Audi wins Infineon.

Monday, 18th July 2005

EMANUELE PIRRO and FRANK BIELA won the American Le Mans Infineon Technologies Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway Sunday. The pole-sitting Dyson Racing Lola EX257-AER finished 1min 24.572secs behind with ANDY WALLACE and CHRIS DYSON, but still on the same lap. They were the only two cars to finish on the lead lap.

The factory Corvettes dominated LMGT1. Polesitter RON FELLOWS and co-driver JOHNNY O'CONNELL won the class race in #3 Compuware Corvette C6-R. They finished seventh overall, seven laps down. Team-mates OLIVER GAVIN and OLIVIER BERETTA finished second in class and Gavin turned the fastest GT1 race lap. It was a record-breaking 1min 28.934secs in #4 Compuware Corvette C6-R. They finished eighth overall, seven laps down.

Third in the class to finish was ACEMCO Motorsports with TERRY BORCHELLER and JOHNNY MOWLEM in #63 ACEMCO Automotive Saleen S7R, ninth overall, seven laps down.

LMGT2 polesitter TIMO BERNHARD with co-driver ROMAIN DUMAS won the class, leading the entire race in #23 Hyatt/Bell/Micro/Michelin/Mobil 1/Puma Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Bernhard turned the fastest lap for the class with a record-breaking 1min 35.112secs. They finished twelfth overall, eleven laps down.

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Second in GT2 was Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing with JORG BERGMEISTER, PATRICK LONG and owner MICHAEL PETERSEN in #31 MMPIE/PAWS/Westward Ho Casino Las Vegas Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. They were twelve laps down in 13th place.

WOLF HENZLER and MIKE ROCKENFELLER drove #43 InterMedia Partners/Yokohama Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for BAM! to third in class, finishing 14th overall, twelve laps down.

All 24 entries started the race, and 19 finished. Four of the five DNFs were due to mechanical problems, and the one car which retired due to an accident - Figge - was all right, although he will have a sore back from the rough ride off course. There were two cautions for five laps - one for the Figge/Werner incident, and one for debris on track.

After the race, the winning drivers were asked if Audi had an attitude problem. Pirro was politely but firmly defensive in replying.
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