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I think it will be a Corvette


But yes it has been a fantastic race. I just woke up from my 2 hour nap that was only supposed to be 30 minutes.

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Man Pug scared me there for a sec by making Bourdais slow down for the other 2 Pug's.

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Audi has been de-throned

[Denthúl]

Congratulations to Gene, Wurz and Brabham. Couldn't fault their race

Disappointed for Davidson, but there's always next time if he doesn't get back in to Formula One (although the new teams would be mad not to want him!). I really enjoyed this, even though I slept through most of the early morning

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I hope Pug dont call it quits since they've won now

[cap-dude]

Great race.
And great result At last, the audi dominance ends. Peugeot FTW!!

I really hope Peugeot carry on at LeMans, simply because it would be such a shame to see their challenge go. We can't let audi walk away with things again. Hopefully next year aston will be in the running for more too. Then we can perhaps see 3 teams and 9 cars, and 27 drivers racing for the victory.

[EwanM]

Well it was an awesome race. Hopefully the ACO does finally does something effectively to slow down the diesels. LMP1 has split into 2 classes basically, and we need Aston and co to catch up.

I'd expect a very strong R15 next year, hopefully Pug continue though so they have a challenge.

[EwanM]

Peugeot drops Audi protest

By Matt Beer Saturday, July 4th 2009, 11:51 GMT http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76692

Le Mans winner Peugeot has dropped its protest against main rival Audi's R15 TDI.

The French manufacturer had believed that flaps and appendages fixed to the R15's front wings were in violation of the rule that parts of the bodywork cannot be fitted with the sole purpose of generating downforce.

When Le Mans organiser the ACO declared the Audi legal, Peugeot announced that it would take the matter to the FIA, but it has now issued a statement saying that it has dropped the protest in favour of working with the ACO to ensure that grey areas such as this were resolved in future regulations.

"The ACO has announced its intention to develop its communication with all the manufacturers involved in the Le Mans Series, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Asian Le Mans Series," said the Peugeot statement.

"This communication will ensure transparency between all the discipline's players, which is key to guaranteeing the spirit of endurance racing.

"As a consequence, Peugeot Sport has decided to withdraw its appeal with immediate effect."

After rejecting Peugeot's original protest during the Le Mans weekend, ACO president Jean-Claude Plassart had admitted that the nature of the event's rules meant such rows were always possible.

"The Le Mans regulations are not always as precise as perhaps they should be, but we don't want all the cars to be the same," he said. "The teams interpret the regulations and the ACO arbitrates."

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finally...

[texasmr2]

Did anyone catch the ALMS race on saturday?? I forgot to record it because I had to work.

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I watched most of it. Nothing special, the grid was really small which is a sad sight because its such a great series. The next one is Mid Ohio and it should be good cuz Corvette debuts their GT2 vettes.