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2009 American Le Mans Series - Round 1

57th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh from Florida

Date: March 21, 2009
Location: Sebring International Raceway - Sebring, FL
Distance: 12 Hours




Entry List: As of 03/09/09

Weekend Schedule: Final

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Coverage:
SPEED Channel (US): March 21st, 10:00am-12:00pm, 2:00pm-11:00pm
MotorsTV (Europe): March 21st, 1430GMT-0230GMT
Radio Le Mans: Practice/Qualifying/Race broadcast on http://rlm08.0157.org/ (See webpage for broadcast schedule)
Qualifying may be broadcast on http://www.americanlemans.com - watch this space!

Also, didn't want to put this in the original post as it's not got much to do with the race itself, but ESPN will be broadcasting the well-reviewed Truth in 24, which details Audi's 2008 season culminating in their Le Mans victory. The broadcast will be March 20th, from 8:00pm-10:00pm EDT. I'll be watching for sure!

Hope somebody captures it, since there's no DVD release in sight!

I've got every intention of getting it recorded to DVD, I'll get it captured and posted here sometime during the week after it's been shown.

"SPEEDtv.com will also offer original content, including a live Sebring qualifying stream on Thursday, March 19 and a return of the popular Acura SPEED On Board pass, where three camera angles will provide fans a live two-screen experience for the race."

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ ... f-sebring/

Situation with streams looks not so good race-wise... "Wheels" channel @ TVUPlayer has been dead since October. Some crappy, unrealiable streams might or might not pop-up at justin.tv, but I'm really going to miss Wheels...

Speed will also show program about Acura's challenges this year. It is sequel to the program shown last year ("Advanced to Victory" or something).

http://www.speedtv.com/programs/project ... challenge/

Okay leading up to the 12 hours this is whats on..

thurs: Speed 6:00 pm CST Live one hour pratice session. After the pratice session The Acura LMP 1 program has a show on Speed from 7:00 pm CST.

Friday: "Truth in 24" Audi doc. on ESPN 7:00 pm CST. This looks good.

Sat. Live on speed Green Flag at 9:00 Am. CST and the race end at 10:00 PM. there will be a two hour break from 11-1 due to nascar..

Should be a wonderful racing weekend. I hope some one can record all the action and Highlights.

well, the entire race is going to be shown Live on MotorsTV, so I'm pretty sure videos will popup during the event

http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/03/16/ ... t-results/
http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/03/16/ ... t-results/

Unofficial Times Sebring ALMS Test 3 + 4:

1 - #2 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI - 1.43.595
2 - #1 Audi Sport North America - Audi R15 TDI - 1:44.159
3 - #08 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - 1:45.002
4 - #07 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - 1:45.095
5 - #66 de Ferran Motorsports - Acura ARX-02a - 1:45.105
6 - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - Acura ARX-02a - 1:45.871

Acura did 1.44 during winter test though.

Will anyone be showing Star Mazda live or is it the traditional one or more weeks delay on speed showing?

Oh well, at the very least there'll be 1 min highlights during a caution period in the 12 Hours...

Looking forward to the race though, should be able to make it for the entire 12 hours....I'll probably make it longer than some of the cars...arf...

Sweet.

I hope there will be a stream of MotorsTV! (other than sopcast, never has worked for me )

Can't wait for this Truth in 24 looks amazing as well.

I think the only way for Peugeot to have a shot at winning this, is hoping for the new Audi to suffer of some reliability issues.

They really need to win at least one major event. They are getting desperate
I'll be honest, I'm a big fan of the Audi team, but it would be great to see Peugeot to win as well

They won't with the current car. They were faster than Audi but had worse reliability. Now Audi presented the new car and if they don't have any issues, Peugeot are fucked.

I know, I'm just saying it would be nice to see someone else win

Peugeot not even aiming for flat out win...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73669

"Our mission is very clear," he said. "Our objective is to prepare for Le Mans. We won't be out to start from pole or set the fastest race lap at all costs by taking unconsidered risks. We need to progress on the technical, human and strategic fronts."

le mans isnt won on a single lap and preparation is the key

that said i hope peugeot beat audi

Today's practices:

http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/s ... ebring.pdf
http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/s ... ebring.pdf

Another Peugeot is missing because they discovered a crack in the tub of the #07 caused by bumps of the track... wow. According to racecar-engineering.com, new tub is on its way from France.

It's this kind of thing that will make the Peugeot experience here worthwhile.
Since they reduced testing at Le Mans then it's better to have these kind of problems now at a "less prestigious" race (even though Sebring itself is quite prestigious, don't get me wrong ) than in the 24 hours itself...