{"id":1477,"date":"2010-05-09T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T18:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tertrerougetimes.com\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2010-05-19T15:09:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T20:09:33","slug":"peugeot-takes-spa-le-mans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/?p=1477","title":{"rendered":"Peugeot takes Spa; it&#8217;s on to Le Mans!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 640px; max-width: 640px; \"><div class=\"img size-full wp-image-1478 \" style=\"width:640px;\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/RAE7238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" \/>\n\t<div>The victor at Spa<\/div>\n<\/div><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peugeot finished first and second at Spa in the european Le Mans series.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SPA, Belgium &#8212; With a full field of factory teams here (four Peugeots and three Audis), it was the Peugeot of Pedro Lamy, Simon Pagenaud, and Sebastien Bourdais\u00a0 that flexed its muscles, as well as taking advantage of a little luck, to win the second event in the European Le Mans series. The Audi of Allan McNish, Dino Capello, and Tom Kristenson finished third after leading in the race.<\/p>\n<p>The Spa, half the length of the Circuit de la Sarthe, with\u00a015 turns, served as a last tune-up for both the teams (and the rest of the competitors there) and it is difficult to tell if\u00a0the Peugeot and Audi teams\u00a0were more interested in preparing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, or measuring each other for the race in June. It might depend on what step one was standing on the podium and certainly neither team wanted to give away anything for the 24 hour event in June.<\/p>\n<p>The Audi R15-plus, after its innaugural win at the first Le Mans Series race of the season at Castellet, its first win since the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2009, certainly was looking to see if the new car could run with the Peugeot and Peugeot wanted to continue its dominance of the LMP1 class, where the factory has not lost since that very same 2009 Sebring race.<\/p>\n<p>It is not accurate to say that the Peugeot was dominant in the event at Spa, but the Peugeot was able to put its car in the lead when it counted and there was little that the Audis seemingly could do to battle back into contention; Indeed, late in the race the number two finishing Peugeot caught and passed the Audi for second place, again rubbing salt in the wounds of Team Audi.<\/p>\n<p>Still you have to wonder, in a spy-versus-spy sort of race what the real goals of each team actually was &#8212; no one wants to finish second &#8212; and someone has to win &#8212; but it is true that both teams are sorting out their respective cars for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>In a month we will know the truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pos\u00a0 Drivers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cl\u00a0\u00a0 Car\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Time\/Gap<\/strong><br \/>\n1.\u00a0 Lamy\/Bourdais\/Pagenaud\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 P1\u00a0\u00a0 Peugeot\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6h00m39.012s<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 Montagny\/Sarrazin\/Minassian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P1\u00a0\u00a0 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