Aug 21, 2005
The winning streak of the Audi R8 continues: One week after Allan McNish and Stéphane Ortelli won the 1000-kilometre race at Silverstone, Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro secured the 60th victory for the most successful Le Mans Prototype at Road America (USA). With their third consecutive victory, Biela/Pirro extended their lead in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).
Their Team ADT Champion Racing team-mates JJ Lehto and Marco Werner were leading the race for a long time but eventually had to settle for third position following a stop-and-go penalty. Biela/Pirro took the lead in the last third of the race during the final sequence of pit-stops. They defended the lead despite a late safety car period reduced their margin from 20 seconds to a single second.
Result and points
Road America (USA), 21 August, American Le Mans Series (ALMS) round 7
1 Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro (Audi R8) 72 laps in 2h 45m 46.441s
2 Chris Dyson/Andy Wallace (Lola-AER) + 3.239s
3 JJ Lehto/Marco Werner (Audi R8) + 3.777s
4 Oliver Gavin/Olivier Beretta (Chevrolet) -1 lap
5 Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell (Chevrolet) - 1 lap
Positions after 7 of 10 rounds: 1 Biela and Pirro, 124 points; 3 Wallace, 109; 4 Dyson, 106; 5 Lehto and Werner, 100.
Next race: Mosport (CDN), 4 September
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