Brabham and Garcia set GT1 pace on wet-dry Le Mans test day.
Aston Martin completed the traditional pre-Le Mans test day on top of the competitive GT1 class, but admits that it expects usual rivals Corvette and Saleen to be closer come the race weekend.
Briton immediately at home in 07S.
Stuart Moseley showed just why the Barazi-Epsilon team had taken a punt on his abilities for the forthcoming Le Mans 24 Hours by setting the team's fastest time in pre-race testing after just four dry laps in the Zytek 07S.
Marc Gene shunt tempers pace-setting perfection.
Team Peugeot Total may have scooped the top two positions in Sunday's official pre-race test for the Le Mans 24 Hours, but is still faces a major challenge in the build-up to the event after Marc Gene wrote off the #7 car.
Dislocated toe the worst of it, but cars come off badly.
Marc Gene and Tracy Krohn have both escaped serious injury despite suffering heavy impacts in the rain-affected Le Mans 24 Hour test day on Sunday.
Marc Gene, Tracy Krohn suffer major impacts as Peugeot takes 1-2-4 in Le Mans pre-race test.
Team Peugeot Total led the way in the official pre-24 Hours test at La Sarthe, but the French squad's performance was again overshadowed by on-track incidents that saw drivers - including its own Marc Gene - hospitalised.
Gene, Krohn hospitalised as Peugeot takes 1-2-4 result in official test.
Team Peugeot Total led the way in the official pre-24 Hours test at La Sarthe, but the French squad's performance was again overshadowed by on-track incidents that saw drivers - including its own Marc Gene - hospitalised.
Team Peugeot Total led the way in the official pre-24 Hours test at La Sarthe, but the French squad's performance was again overshadowed by on-track incidents that saw drivers - including its own Marc Gene - hospitalised.
Briton added to Barazi-Epsilon line-up for Le Mans 24 Hours.
Stuart Moseley has secured a slot at the Le Mans 24 Hours after being named in the line-up of the Barazi-Epsilon team for the annual French classic.
'You know that if everything doesn't go strictly 100 per cent, somebody else will win'.
by Russell Atkins
TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW IN FULL: CLICK HERE
Antonio Garcia is optimistic that Aston Martin Racing is on-track to repeat its GT1 class success in next month's Le Mans 24 Hours, even if he acknowledges the need for every member of the team to be 'on it' from lights out to chequered flag.
Le Mans is a 24-hour sprint, seasoned Austrian asserts, with precious little margin for error...
by Russell Atkins
TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW IN FULL: CLICK HERE
Karl Wendlinger is confident that Aston Martin Racing is 'in good shape' to retain its GT1 class crown in the 2008 edition of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours round-the-clock classic, even if he acknowledges the pace will be relentless and the competition fierce.
|
|
International
