Peugeot destroi recorde em le mans
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peugeot destroys le mans lap record in qualifying
the 76th running of the 24 hours of le mans takes place this weekend, and just like last year, audi and peugeot will be duking it out in front with their diesel-powered lmp1 cars. the audi r10 is a proven race machine, both durable and fast, but the peugeot 908 has often times proved faster. late yesterday at the first qualifying session for the endurance race, the 908 proved to be the fastest by far when it shattered the lap record at le mans by 7.8 seconds the car was being driven by french driver stephane sarrazin, who man-handled the 908 around the track in 3 minutes and 18.513 seconds. a truly amazing feat, though what s more incredible is that the next five fastest times also beat the previous lap record, two of which were audi r10s. unfortunately, the second and third fastest times behind the fastest peugeot 908 were two more peugeot 908s. the peugeot cars are clearly faster than the audis so far in qualifying, but that was the case last year and audi pulled out a win just like it has the past four years in a row. unlike the le mans series races where peugeot has won the first three races so far this year, le mans is about endurance and audi has proven seven out of the last eight years that it can last longer than the rest.
[source: reuters, photo by ker robertson/getty]
e os peugeot 908 hdi diesel-powered lmp1 ainda vão largar em 1º, 2º e 3º … na frente dos audi rt10 lmp1.
as we reported yesterday, peugeot was clearly the fastest in qualifying for this weekend s running of the 24 hours of le mans. the record-setting runs of all three 908 hdi diesel-powered lmp1 cars places peugeot s entire field of entries 1-2-3 on the starting grid. that s impressive considering two of peugeot s car crashed during the past two weeks of practice. audi is hoping that its team s experience, quicker pit stops and more fuel efficient r10 lmp1 cars will eventually carry it past the peugeots, despite starting fourth, fifth and seventh on the 55-car grid. and thanks to the speed of lola aston martin driver stefan mücke whose petrol-powered car earned the sixth spot on the starting grid, not all the front runners will be diesel-powered.
as for classes other than lmp1, the next fastest lmp2 class was dominated by the porsche spyders not surprisingly, while lmgt1 is being led by the #63 corvette racing c6.r. the corvettes will be chased this year by the particularly fast #50 larbre competition saleen s7 and some slower but determined aston martin dbr9s from aston martin racing. finally, lmgt2 will be another great battle between porsches and ferraris, with the #76 imsa performance matmut porsche 911 gt3 rsr on pole for the class. remember the amazing gt2 class finish of last year s race between flying lizard s jorg bergmeister in a porsche 911 gt3 rsr and risi competizione s jaime melo in a ferrari 430gtá if not, watch it again here as a reminder of why le mans is absolutely amazing. also check out this great post at ultimatecarpage that has a detailed breakdown of all 55 cars with an image of each one and a list of their drivers.
a corrida esse ano promete
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é peugeot andando mais rápido e audi ficando mais tempo na pista…
vai ser bem interessante mesmo...
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só falta agora um carro durável….como a reportagem disse, esses carros viram temporal, mas na hora da verdade, quebram...
eu torço pra eles quebrarem a hegemonia da audi, mas andando desse jeito, fica complicado aguentar um dia inteiro de pé embaixo
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assim é difícil bater a audi…..vai passar em algum lugar???
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o foda é fazer esse peugeot aguentar as 24 horas de pé no porão…
essa história vem se repetindo desde que o 908 entrou nas pistas...vira temporal nos treinos, mas na hora da verdade, peida
não é pq um carro da psa é campeão nos rallyes que vai ser tb ns corridas de longa duração...duas coisas completamente diferentes
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tô vendo pelo tvu player…ao vivaço no wheels tv (speed channel usa)
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minhas fichas estão nos peugeot .
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podem depositar na minha conta, que eu administro a grana das apostas
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e deu audi, de novo.
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e a audi vence pela 8 vez em 9 anos
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cavalo que anda eh cavalo que bebe.
anda forte mas precisa de mais paradas…
ué…os oooo tb têm motores a diesel.
