Third time's a charm for Audi R10 at Miller Motorsports Park
Pair of Audi R10s find front row again at fifth round of ALMS
After two high-profile victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Audi R10 will begin settling into a routine this weekend as it joins up with the American Le Mans Series in Salt Lake City for a race at the new Miller Motorsports Park.
The Audi R10 is proving to be a worthy successor to the R8, which retired with one last win at Lime Rock Park two weeks ago. Both Audi R10 racecars, one driven by Allan McNish and Dindo Capello and the other by Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro, are starting from the front row after three of Audi's four drivers held the fastest lap time during qualifying at one point. Frank Biela finally claimed the fastest time lapping Milller Motorsports Park in 2m 21.553s.
The diesel-powered R10 racers will be put to the test racing at 4,921 feet above sea level in the deserts of Utah where temperatures are expected to reach 104 degrees F.
[Source: Audi]
After two high-profile victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Audi R10 will begin settling into a routine this weekend as it joins up with the American Le Mans Series in Salt Lake City for a race at the new Miller Motorsports Park.
The Audi R10 is proving to be a worthy successor to the R8, which retired with one last win at Lime Rock Park two weeks ago. Both Audi R10 racecars, one driven by Allan McNish and Dindo Capello and the other by Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro, are starting from the front row after three of Audi's four drivers held the fastest lap time during qualifying at one point. Frank Biela finally claimed the fastest time lapping Milller Motorsports Park in 2m 21.553s.
The diesel-powered R10 racers will be put to the test racing at 4,921 feet above sea level in the deserts of Utah where temperatures are expected to reach 104 degrees F.
[Source: Audi]
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Chris K 1:29PM (7/15/2006)
That's it, I'm done with Autoblog. I've been a loyal reader for a long time here, but I'm sick of Autoblog spoiling races I haven't seen yet, and I'm REALLY sick harping on the posters to make posts friendly to TV watchers. This is the last time Autoblog is going to spoil a race for me.
Yeah, I know: big loss. I just wanted to voice my undying frustration with Autoblog one last time before disappearing.
Ugh.
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DNA550 2:52PM (7/15/2006)
How does a press release about the qualifying results from Friday afternoon ruin the race to be held Saturday evening?
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chewy 3:52PM (7/15/2006)
Turbos should help with the altitude. Turbos perform extremely well at altitude. While naturally aspirated engines lose their power at altitude, turbos keep on going with almost no power loss. However, the hot temperature could take some of that advantage away.
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Tim 4:59PM (7/16/2006)
Bollocks Chewy. Unless Audi have increased boost pressure or fitted larger intercoolers they will lose considerable power. Granted it's easier to retune a turbo engine to work at high altitude but you can't just turn up and expect it to work.
If you activated the second-stage supercharger on a Merlin at low altitude in a Spitfire you'd break stuff. Same principle.
I saw the Le Mans R10 go up the hill at Goodwood. It's spookily quiet after hearing other competition cars all day.
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