Originally Posted by HeilSvenska
(Post 836057)
It was a good race because there were massive competition in all the classes. There was an Audi vs. Peugeot race, which ran right to the end. The same story with the Astons and the Corvettes. There was a Ferrari Porsche battle which gave out to Ferrari's advantage and all the Porsches just died.
Audi. Yes. Vorsprung durch Technik indeed. But Peugeot was so close to winning. If they can iron out those kinks... We'll see next year. But for now, Allan McNish on his second Le Mans win. Massive 8 wins for Kristensen and Audi. 3 for Dindo Capello. Poor Capello. I totally ignored him once to talk to McNish. Only pictures of him I have are of him giving me funny looks. Anyways. Go McNish!
They should also worry about the Charouz Lola-Aston Martin. That car, despite the initial off that ruined it chances, was fast. Climbing back into top ten in the end. If ACO tries to even out the performance gap between the diesels and petrols more, it might have a chance at the podium. Dome S102 was quick too, but as it is a brand new prototype, techinical problems were expected, as with the Euskadi Epsilons.
RS Spyders... They're so much faster than the field. Zyteks and such. Oh well. I kinda wanted Team Essex to win. (strange team name)
Aston Martin vs. Corvette. Corvette Racing's my default favorite, but I'm glad Aston Martin won. Both teams put on quite a show, and both are equally deserving. #009 and #63 were just perfect. Although a part of me is sad that Ron Fellows didn't win, I'm happy Aston Martin was able to win Gulf a racing victory (the only one that counts) for its 40th anniversary. All they have to do is return and do the same thing next year for 50th anniversary of Aston Martin's first Le Mans victory. ;-)
I'm also happy for Mika Salo and Jaime Melo. They've been having a sucky year, but at least they'll be enormously happy with the big Le Mans trophy in the cabinet, which, let's be honest, probably is more important to them than anything else. Flying Lizards, tough luck. And to all the Porsches. Ferrari domination, is it a sign of things to come?
I've never seen such competition. Top LMP2 car and GT1 cars were within 30 seconds of each other for so long...
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