American Le Mans Series Houston 2007

Event: Grand Prix of Houston		Date: 21.4.2007
Track: Houston Reliant Park Circuit (United States), 2.709 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Houston
American Le Mans Series (round 4)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	25
Practiced:	24
Qualified:	24
Started:	24
Finished:	20
Classified:	21

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8	8
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	2	2	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	11	11	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
1 full-course caution: laps 112-118 (no.73 accident)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held
1 qualifying session held
pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Dumas / Bernhard
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	McNish / Capello
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	O'Connell / Magnussen
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Salo
Leaders:
laps 1 - 49:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 101 - 114:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Sascha Maassen
laps 115 - 146:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
laps 50 - 61:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 62 - 100:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:02.8930	155.0361 km/h	lap 105
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:03.0470	154.6580 km/h	lap 97
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:07.4230	144.6205 km/h	lap 29
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Ferrari F430 GTC	Dirk Müller (D)	1:09.9480	139.3998 km/h	lap 47
Pole Positions:
Overall:	9	Acura ARX-01a	David Brabham (AUS)	1:01.8240	157.7173 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish (GB)	1:01.8300	157.7012 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:06.9630	145.6134 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Mika Salo (FIN)	1:09.4190	140.4619 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ferrari (3), Acura (2), Audi (2), Lola (2), Chevrolet (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Acura (3), Ferrari (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (6), Porsche RS Spyder (4), Ferrari F430 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (19), D (8), GB (7), I (2), MEX (2), S (2), AUS (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (58%), rear-engined (25%), front-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	4114 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4327 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2006)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (53), Tracy Krohn (53), Jon Field (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Dominik Farnbacher (23), Clint Field (24), Ben Devlin (25)

Official Race Programme:

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