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Le Mans 24 Hours
Six Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at legendary long distance classic
LIVE TIMING
http://www.lemans.org/en/courses/24h-chrono-en-direct-2010.html
With six 911 GT3 RSR fielded by customer teams from Europe and the USA, the Porsche colours fly strong at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Taking up the world's most famous long distance race amongst the favourites for GT2 class honours at 15.00 hours on 12 June are works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany) competing for Germany's Felbermayr-Proton squad.
Their factory pilot colleagues Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Patrick Pilet (France) and Patrick Long (USA) as well as Porsche Junior Marco Holzer (Germany) are also tackling Le Mans. With 16 overall victories since 1970, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer by far in the history of the legendary 24 hour classic.
Like last year, Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) have been given the green light to compete for Audi. With an Audi R15 TDI, they are eager to go for overall victory in the class for the most powerful vehicles, the LMP1 sports prototypes.
At the 78th edition of the long distance classic in the Sarthe region, Porsche customer teams face strong opposition with major-league names in the GT2 class. 'We are up against tough competition this year from BMW, Ferrari, Corvette and Aston Martin," states Marc Lieb, who mans the number 77 car. 'But the 911 GT3 RSR is reliable and quick. You need a very well balanced car here, particularly for the extremely fast corners – and that's just what we have.
The long full throttle passages also suit our car and Michelin is the perfect tyre partner. We have the chance to fight for class victory, and we'll be doing everything to make it happen." As reigning GT2 champions and current points' leaders of the Le Mans Series, Richard Lietz teams up with Lieb. Lietz is looking forward to Le Mans: 'This race is always something special. The whole affair has flair and the circuit is simply fantastic." The Felbermayr team enters a second 911 with start number 88, in which the Austrians Horst Felbermayr senior and junior with Slovakian Miroslav Konopka share driving duties.
Six Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at legendary long distance classic
LIVE TIMING
http://www.lemans.org/en/courses/24h-chrono-en-direct-2010.html
With six 911 GT3 RSR fielded by customer teams from Europe and the USA, the Porsche colours fly strong at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Taking up the world's most famous long distance race amongst the favourites for GT2 class honours at 15.00 hours on 12 June are works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany) competing for Germany's Felbermayr-Proton squad.
Their factory pilot colleagues Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Patrick Pilet (France) and Patrick Long (USA) as well as Porsche Junior Marco Holzer (Germany) are also tackling Le Mans. With 16 overall victories since 1970, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer by far in the history of the legendary 24 hour classic.
Like last year, Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) have been given the green light to compete for Audi. With an Audi R15 TDI, they are eager to go for overall victory in the class for the most powerful vehicles, the LMP1 sports prototypes.
At the 78th edition of the long distance classic in the Sarthe region, Porsche customer teams face strong opposition with major-league names in the GT2 class. 'We are up against tough competition this year from BMW, Ferrari, Corvette and Aston Martin," states Marc Lieb, who mans the number 77 car. 'But the 911 GT3 RSR is reliable and quick. You need a very well balanced car here, particularly for the extremely fast corners – and that's just what we have.
The long full throttle passages also suit our car and Michelin is the perfect tyre partner. We have the chance to fight for class victory, and we'll be doing everything to make it happen." As reigning GT2 champions and current points' leaders of the Le Mans Series, Richard Lietz teams up with Lieb. Lietz is looking forward to Le Mans: 'This race is always something special. The whole affair has flair and the circuit is simply fantastic." The Felbermayr team enters a second 911 with start number 88, in which the Austrians Horst Felbermayr senior and junior with Slovakian Miroslav Konopka share driving duties.