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Success in a
series: Porsche
in the ALMS.
Porsche Motorsport
12 races, 11 classes and 8 overall victories.
Manufacturer, team and driver titles – the
American Le Mans Series (ALMS) 2007 was
extremely successful for Porsche. Now the
challenge is to continue the series of successes
in the 2008 season.
High expectations in the ALMS.
When the ALMS 2008 starts on 15 March in
Sebring, the pilots of the Penske Racing and
Dyson Racing teams will again do their best in
their Porsche RS Spyders to dominate the LMP2
class like they have in the years before. Already
in 2006 and 2007 they were able to win the
manufacturer assessment with Porsche. In the
season just ended, in 8 out of 10 races the sport
prototypes from Weissach were even faster than
the LMP1 vehicles with their 200 bhp stronger
and clearly superior power-to-weight ratios.
The goal for 2008 is demanding: In the coming
12 runs, the Porsche pilots in their Porsche
RS Spyders – at the lead the Penske Racing
team with Sascha Maassen, Patrick Long, Timo
Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Emmanuel Collard
and Ryan Briscoe – will come up against the
numerically reinforced competition.
The RS Spyder in the LMS.
Besides the ALMS, Porsche will also start at
the European Le Mans Series (LMS) and at the
24-hour race of Le Mans. At the 6 LMS races
in 2008, each over a distance of 1.000 km, the
Horag Racing team will also drive a Porsche RS
Spyder. The Swiss are already the 2nd customer
team to implement the extremely successful
LMP2 sports car in Europe.The Dutch VM Motor
sport team will also start the Le Mans Series
in 2008 with one of the 478-bhp strong sport
prototypes.
Like the cars from the Penske Racing and Dyson
Racing teams in the ALMS, the RS Spyder from
Horag Racing will be racing on tyres from the
manufacturer Michelin. Initial test drives are
planned for November. As is customary for its
customer teams, Porsche will provide technical
support for the test and racing deployments.
24 hours of fascination –
Porsche Motorsport.
At the LMS halftime, from 14 to 15 June 2008,
one of the classics par excellence will also be
added: the 24 hours of Le Mans. The race on the
traditional French track represents a further high
point in the motor sport calendar – for Porsche
just as it is for all motor sport fans. Maximum
excitement is once again guaranteed here – just
like at the ALMS and the LMS races.
Dates for ALMS 2008
15.03. Sebring
05.04. St. Petersburg
19.04. Long Beach
26.04. Houston
18.05. Salt Lake City
12.07. Lime Rock
19.07. Mid-Ohio
09.08. Road America
24.08. Mosport
30.08. Detroit
04.10. Road Atlanta
18.10. Laguna Seca
Dates for LMS 2008
06.04. Barcelona
27.04. Monza
11.05. Spa Francorchamps
17.08. Nürburgring
14.09. Silverstone
(Date and location for the 6th LMS run were not yet set at the time
of going to press.)
Dates for 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008
14./15.06. Le Mans
You can find out more on the Internet at:
www.porsche.com/motorsport
The Porsche RS Spyder on the track in Sebring, Florida 2007