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June 26, 2011 9:35 a.m. Graefin10 Reader

racerfink wrote:

Anybody else see Sabine drinking a beer right after getting out of the car after the finish?

That's not surprising, but seeing Marcos Ambrose take a big slug of Fosters right before practice yesterday was.
June 26, 2011 10:58 a.m. kabel Dork

^ ah gentlemen racers LOL Captivating race even with limited coverage and the RLM boys! I actually followed more of this 24hr race than I did the 24hr of Lemans.

Consider how endurance racing has progressed over the last couple of years. To think that multiple cars finish on the same lap even after 6, 12 or 24 hours is truly amazing on every level.
June 26, 2011 3:00 p.m. aeronca65t Dork
Top Ten-
1. Lieb/Bernhard/Dumas/Luhr (D/D/F/CH), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 156 laps
2. Müller/Farfus/Alzen/Lamy (D/BRA/D/P), BMW M3 GT, +4:23.7 seconds
3. Basseng/Fässler/Piccini/Stippler (D/CH/I/D), Audi R8 LMS, – 1 lap
4. Stippler/Hennerici/Haase/Winkelhock (D/D/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, – 1
5. Ekström/Scheider/Werner/Abt (S/D/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, – 2
6. Heyer/Jäger/Bleekemolen/Seyffarth (D/D/NL/D), Mercedes-Benz SLS, – 3
7. Arnold/Margaritis/Brück/Frankenhout (D/D/D/NL), Mercedes-Benz SLS, – 3
8. Farnbacher/Simonsen/Seefried/Melo (D/MC/D/I), Ferrari F 458, – 4
9. Abbelen/Schmitz/Kentenich/T. Bergmeister (D/D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 R, – 4
10. Weiss/Kainz/Jacobs/Krumbach (D/D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 R, – 5
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One of the Gullwing Mercedes SLS cars was 3rd until the last hour. Very disappointing for them. The popular Porsche GT3 Hybrid was 28th The Brits were there: there were at least two MINIS running at the end plus a Ginetta and several Aston-Martins (including the keen V12 Zagato).

~Full Entry List~(there were 250 cars entered!) It seemed like about 100 of them were Renault Clios!
June 26, 2011 5:41 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

9 out of the top 10 cars from sie deutscheland hmmmm
June 26, 2011 5:47 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

I don't think the #7 BMW had enough Dirk. Andy Priaulx Dirk Muller Dirk Werner Dirk Adorf
June 26, 2011 8:25 p.m. racerfink HalfDork

The Lambo had Stuck, Stuck, Stuck, and Un-Stuck...
June 26, 2011 8:38 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork

I don't think Porsche stacked Manthey's deck hard enough. Marc Leib, Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, and Lucas Luhr? Four of the most accomplished and well trained endurance racers in the game. Porsche factory drivers, the lot of them.

What happened to the Hybrid? They nearly won last year, and that was with a less experienced crew on board. Leitz, Holzer, Bergmeister, and Long? Incredible.

What does Porsche's driver lineup payroll budget look like?
June 27, 2011 2:44 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

The sanctioning body slapped a smaller air inlet tube on the car a week before the race dropping the gas engine power output from 480 to around 450. Porsche said this would put a lot more strain on the electric powertrain. Looks like that 30hp really hurt them.