Peugeot raced to its second victory of the 2007 season when Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin recorded a three lap win, but it was the battle for second position that brought the crowd to its feet. The Rollcentre Racing Judd-powered Pescarolo ran in second place for much of the final hour but an incident with a back marker dropped it to third, and a collapsed suspension just nine laps from the end ended their chances of scoring a podium position.
There was a memorable performances from series newcomers Arena Motorsport which ran in third place until mid-distance before a broken throttle cable brought the Zytek into the pits. Two teams new to the Le Mans Series finished on the podium. Charouz Racing took second place with their Lola Judd, and Swiss Spirit finished third in their Audi-powered Lola.
In the “LM” P2 and “LM” GT2 classes there was drama in the closing stages. A puncture for the Bruichladdich Radical after contact with a back marker dropped it from second in the “LM” P2 class to third, while in the “LM” GT2 class Raymond Narac led comfortably before he was pushed off the track and crashed. Rob Bell, in the Virgo Motorsport Ferrari, hounded the Team Felbermayr Proton Porsche of Marc Lieb to the flag.
“LM” GT1
Team ORECA’s drivers Soheil Ayari and Stephane Ortelli put on a faultless display to score their first win of the year in their Saleen S7R, three laps clear of the Italian Racing Box Saleen. The chasing pack of Corvettes and Aston Martins ran into various problems which allowed the two Saleens to take victory. Racecar client Team Modena had a torrid time pitting 10 times! due to electrical problems - providing the team with a wekend to forget.
LM P11. Sarrazin/Lamy, Team Peugeot Total,Peugeot 908 HDI FAP, 235 laps2. Charouz/Mucke/Yoong, Charouz Racing,Lola B07/17, + 3 laps3. Deletraz/Fassler/Alexander, Swiss Spirit,Lola B07/10 Audi, + 4 laps4. Barbosa/Hall, Rollcentre Racing, PescaroloJudd, +5 laps5. Boullion/Dumas, Pescarolo Sport,Pescarolo Judd, + 6 laps6. Primat/Tinseau, Pescarolo Sport, PescaroloJudd, + 6 laps
LM P21. Amaral/de Castro/Burgueno, Quifel ASMTeam, Lola B05/40 AER, 224 laps2. Nicolet/Filhol/Jouanny, Saulnier Racing,Courage LC75 AER, +2 laps3. Greaves/Moseley/Liddell, Bruichladdich,Radical SR9 AER, +2 laps4. Petrov/Gounon, Noel del Bello Racing,Courage LC75 AER, + 4 laps5. Burgess/Pourtales/Siedler, KruseMotorsport, Pescarolo Judd, + 8 laps6. Erdos/Newton, RML, MG Lola EX264 AER,+ 9 laps
“LM”GT11. Ortelli/Ayari, Team ORECA, Saleen S7R,222 laps2. Perazzini/Cioci/Tavano, Racing Box,Saleen S7R, + 3 laps3. Bouchut/Gardel/Gollin, AMR Larbre, AstonMartin DBR9, +4 laps4. Alphand/Policand/Goueslard, Luc AlphandAventures, Corvette C6R, + 9 laps5. Garcia/Fittipaldi, Team Modena, AstonMartin DBR9, + 19 laps6. Fisken/Zacchia/Franchi, AMR Larbre, AstonMartin DBR9, + 30 laps
“LM”GT21. Lieb/Pompidou, Team Felbermayr Proton,Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, 211 laps2. Bell/Simonsen, Virgo Motorsport, Ferrari430 GT, + 1 lap3. Caf�� /Zardo, Scuderia Villorba Corse,Ferrari 430 GT, + 1 lap4. Werner/Ehret/Nielsen, Farnbacher Racing,Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, + 1 lap5. Reid/Felbermayr/Gruber, Team FelbermayrProton, Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, + 5 laps6. Lambert/Lefort/Paltala, Ice Pol Racing,Ferrari 430 GT, + 5 laps
