Peugeot
Tom Haapanen - Motorsport.com: Peugeot has been the dominant team in the Le Mans Series this year, the French works team having won every race in the series so far. However, the team was surely smarting from their loss to Audi at the 24H classic at La Sarthe last month, and they made no mistake in taking a 1-2 victory at the 1000 km of Nurburgring today.
The #8 car of Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin started the race second in the #8 Peugeot 908 HDi, behind their teammates—Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian—in the #7 car. Sarrazin and Minassian circulated in formation at the head of the field through the first set of pit stops, pulling out a steady lead on the rest of the field. Sarrazin came into the pits first, taking on fuel and a fresh set of tires, ready to attack for the lead.
“At the start of the race, I was a little faster than Nicolas on soft tyres and we decided to pit before him,” Sarrazin recounted the early-race events. “I pushed hard and was able to pass him before my second stop.”
June 30.
Crash.net Reports: They may have lost out to Audi in the Le Mans 24 Hours, but Peugeot returned to the top of the tree in qualifying for the third round of the Le Mans Series at the Nurburgring with Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian making it three pole positions from three the diesel-powered 908.
Gene posted a best time of 1min 41.867secs during the split session as Peugeot continued to show the form that has enabled them to dominate proceedings so far this season, with the #7 car ending up three tenths of a second clear of the sister car of Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin. As a further indication of just how much Peugeot has raised the bar this season, Gene’s pole time was some three seconds quicker than the time Minassian set last season to take top spot for the Creation Autosportif team.
