Porsche back in the lead with double win at Mosport
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SPEED’s coverage of the AMLS Series’ eighth and penultimate round at Mosport airs at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 29. If you’re away from the TV, you can catch visit Racehub at americanlemans.com for John Hindhaugh’s call of the race on American Le Mans Radio presented by Porsche for, a production of Radio Show Ltd. Want a preview of what you’ll see when the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón races Sunday at Mosport? Visit americanlemans.com starting at 4:15 p.m. ET on Saturday to watch Live Qualifying presented by Porsche for Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. See the sights from Mosport, catch SPEED’s call of the action and stay glued to the screen for Live Timing and Scoring…all in the same place!

Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) return to the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) as teammates. The pair join forces on the “Road Atlanta” race track for the season final on 2 October to pilot the innovative Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, which features two electric motors at the front axle each developing 60 kilowatts to supplement the 480 horsepower normally-aspirated rear-engine. The third driver is former Porsche-Junior and current Audi factory pilot Mike Rockenfeller (Germany). Together, the trio won the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. In January, Rockenfeller claimed victory in a Porsche-powered Daytona Prototype at the Daytona 24 hour race. At the 1,000 mile race on the outskirts of Atlanta, the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid will not be eligible for points, as hybrid technology is not yet included in the GT regulations.

For 2011 Audi Sport is developing a new LMP1 sports car which bears the internal project name “R18.” In the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup the Audi R15 TDI, the car that enabled Audi to decide the fastest 24-hour race in Le Mans history in its favor in June, will be fielded. For the Silverstone, Road Atlanta and Zhuhai races, the aerodynamics package has been trimmed for higher downforce. Except for this modification, the R15 TDI is technically identical to the car used at Le Mans.

The Audi driver teams in the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup

1000 Kilometers Silverstone (GB), Sep 12
#7 Tom Kristensen (DK)/Allan McNish (GB)
#8 Timo Bernhard (D)/Dindo Capello (I)

Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta (USA), Oct 02
#7 Dindo Capello (I)/Tom Kristensen (DK)/Allan McNish (GB)
#9 Marcel Fässler (CH)/André Lotterer (D)/Benoît Treluyer (F)

6 Hours of Zhuhai (CN), Nov 07
#7 Tom Kristensen (DK)/Allan McNish (GB)
#8 Dindo Capello (I)/Romain Dumas (F)

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