American Le Mans Series Lime Rock 2005

Event: New England Grand Prix		Date: 4.7.2005
Track: Lime Rock Park (United States), 2.478 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Lime Rock
American Le Mans Series (round 4)

Weather:	mid 80's, dry, sunny, no wind
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	23
Practiced:	22
Qualified:	22
Started:	22
Finished:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	3
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	6	6
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	9	9

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

Race notes:
4 full-course cautions for 36 laps, 57 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 1/7
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 2/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 2/7
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Lehto / Werner
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Bucknum / McMurry
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Beretta / Gavin
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Dumas / Bernhard
Leaders:
laps 123-129:	1	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 130-132:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 133-165:	1	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 1-67:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 68-74:	1	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 75-122:	16	MG Lola EX257	James Weaver
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro (I)	47.7870	186.7080 km/h	lap 47
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Jeff Bucknum (USA)	50.9700	175.0483 km/h	lap 34
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	51.5340	173.1316 km/h	lap 49
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	54.9190	162.4617 km/h	lap 84
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner (D)	46.7530	190.8376 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Jeff Bucknum (USA)	49.5030	180.2353 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	50.1700	177.8389 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Patrick Long (USA)	53.7480	166.0006 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Chevrolet (3), Lola (3), Audi (2), Courage (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (7), AER (4), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Audi R8 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Courage C65 (2), Lola EX257 (2), Panoz Esperante (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), GB (9), D (6), I (4)
Team nationalities:	USA (21)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (40%), rear-engined (31%), front-engined (29%)
Average engine size:	4390 cc (with regard to 28% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4881 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (58), Seth Neiman (51), James Weaver (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (22), Michele Rugolo (23), Ben Devlin (23)

Official Race Programme:

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