American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca 2006

Event: Monterey Sports Car Championships Laguna Seca		Date: 21.10.2006
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca
American Le Mans Series (round 10)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:45
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	27
Practiced:	27
Qualified:	27
Started:	27
Finished:	21
Classified:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	6	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 2	7	7	5
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	4	4	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	10	10	8

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

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions: laps 3-7 (no.61 off course), laps 14-20 (no.61 off course), laps 84-92 (no.27 off course), laps 93-97 (no.12 off course), laps 102-106 (no.22 off course)

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Capello / McNish
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Dumas / Luhr
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	009	Aston Martin DBR9	Lamy / Sarrazin
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ortelli / Salo
Leaders:
laps 1 - 21:	15	Zytek 06S	Stefan Johansson
laps 108 - 159:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 22 - 50:	88	Creation CA06/H Judd	Nic Minassian
laps 51 - 52:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello
laps 53 - 53:	16	Lola B06/10 AER	James Weaver
laps 54 - 70:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 71 - 76:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 77 - 80:	16	Lola B06/10 AER	James Weaver
laps 81 - 84:	15	Zytek 06S	Stefan Johansson
laps 85 - 86:	16	Lola B06/10 AER	James Weaver
laps 87 - 98:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
laps 99 - 107:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:14.1570	174.8472 km/h	lap 120
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:14.4690	174.1149 km/h	lap 58
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:21.2680	159.5488 km/h	lap 48
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Mika Salo (FIN)	1:24.1370	154.1076 km/h	lap 137
Pole Positions:
Overall:	15	Zytek 06S	Stefan Johansson (S)	1:13.7310	175.8578 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:14.0300	175.1481 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	009	Aston Martin DBR9	Stéphane Sarrazin (F)	1:21.0120	160.0525 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Mika Salo (FIN)	1:23.6110	155.0780 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Lola (4), Audi (2), Aston Martin (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Panoz (2), BMW (2), Radical (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), AER (5), Audi (2), Judd (2), Aston Martin (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Ford (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (4), Audi R10 TDI (2), Porsche RS Spyder (2), Aston Martin DBR9 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Lola B05/40 (2), Ferrari F430 (2), Panoz Esperante (2), BMW M3 (2), Radical SR9 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), D (8), GB (7), I (4), CDN (3), F (3), CH (2), MC (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (55%), front-engined (29%), rear-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4307 cc (with regard to 33% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4875 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Fredy Lienhard (59), Seth Neiman (52), James Weaver (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (23), Clint Field (23), Gunnar Jeannette (24)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

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