American Le Mans Series St. Petersburg 2007

Event: Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg		Date: 31.3.2007
Track: St Petersburg Street Circuit (United States), 2.897 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series St. Petersburg
American Le Mans Series (round 2)

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

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

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8	7
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	2	2	1
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	11	10	10

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

Race notes:
5 full-course cautions: laps 31-34 (no.8 stopped on course), laps 38-44 (no.26 accident), laps 60-64 (no.20 stopped on course), laps 93-102 (no.31 accident), laps 107-110 (no.18 and no.20 accident)

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

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R10 TDI	McNish / Capello
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Briscoe / Maassen
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Beretta / Gavin
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Salo
Leaders:
laps 1-4:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 19-32:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 33-35:	26	Acura ARX-01a	Marino Franchitti
laps 36-60:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 5-18:	26	Acura ARX-01a	Marino Franchitti
laps 61-81:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 82-114:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Ryan Briscoe (AUS)	1:04.3400	162.0851 km/h	lap 53
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish (GB)	1:04.7250	161.1211 km/h	lap 8
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:10.1620	148.6358 km/h	lap 79
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Ferrari F430 GTC	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:12.6990	143.4489 km/h	lap 50
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas (F)	1:03.0390	165.4309 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish (GB)	1:03.4150	164.4492 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:09.5310	149.9844 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Ferrari F430 GTC	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:12.0250	144.7911 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Lola (3), Audi (2), Acura (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Acura (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (6), Porsche RS Spyder (4), Audi R10 TDI (2), Acura ARX-01 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Ferrari F430 (2), Panoz Esperante (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), D (8), GB (7), I (2), MEX (2), AUS (2), BR (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (58%), rear-engined (25%), front-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	4023 cc (with regard to 18% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4312 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2006)
Oldest known drivers:	Jon Field (52), Stefan Johansson (51), Bryan Willman (48)
Youngest known drivers:	Dominik Farnbacher (23), Clint Field (24), Ben Devlin (25)

Official Race Programme:

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