In hardly his eighth race in the Daytona Prototypes like equipment, car no. 05 Luggage Express Team Sigalsport BMW Riley of pilots Bill Auberlen and Matthew Alhadeff obtained to its first triumph in the Series Grand-A.m. Rolex Sports Car presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve in the Industrial Linder Komatsu Grand Prix of disputed Miami east Saturday in the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
To 11 returns of the end, Auberlen put by the internal part of the car driven by one of the champions of the Daytona Prototypes in 2005, Max Angelelli (no. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley) in curve 6 and left the maneuver like leader. Auberlen passed the returns remaining maintaining to Angelelli and to the rest of the pilots in his rear view mirrors and on the end twice the champion of the GT of the Rolex Series gained the race by 1,759 seconds.

Auberlen/Alhadeff winners of the equipment Luggage Express Team Sigalsport BMW

“First that nothing, feels incredible”, said Auberlen. ” (The triumph) he arrived before which he hoped. He knew that we had a curve of learning with the car. The equipment had a learning curve, had to be united. Everything is happening so fast. Now we have a good program of motors and everything is well, so that gaining this, is one of the best victories than I have obtained. Also she has been one of the fights harder than I have had by the victory ".
“With regard to the advancement to Angelelli in the resumption before that, I was much more fast who he, but was as if he handled in his mirrors. He does not matter to where he went, there was. He was like: “I cannot happen so I must make me invisible.” If you put to right a Daytona Prototype behind another one, verte cannot. I put myself just behind him where it knew that it could not see me, I hoped by its lights of braking, and when a second restrained I was right further on. It was much for him. It had done if it, we had had to hit. I advanced it and the car was strong ".
For Alhadeff, that handled the first 21 returns before giving the car to Auberlen during second of the seven yellow flags of the day, he was his first victory in a professional race. For Alhadeff (25) this was his eighth race in the Daytona Prototypes and the 26 in the Rolex Series, in a race that began in 2005.
“This he is one of the most important days of my life”, said Alhadeff. “I feel so contented by all my equipment and my family and my same one. We have worked so it last to obtain this. A pair of times we have there been and one has escaped to us for some reason. Now, we obtained finally it. It was a deserved good end because at the outset we battled with some things that happened in the track and with a shutdown in pits that was not so huge. Simply they did all it. Bill Auberlen, that man is incredible”.

The car drived by the Taylor/Angelelli/Magnussen trio

Angelelli and its teammate Jan Magnussen finished secondly in which it has been his better turn out of the season after to finish thirdly in the two first races of season 2007. Magnussen took from pole position and led the first 21 returns of its turn to the steering wheel before passing the car to Angelelli. Something that is interesting is that machine no. 10 never has gained a race in which has taken from pole position.
“Obvious, I feel very contented by the equipment”, said Magnussen. “By a time it seemed that we were going to gain this race, but Bill was very hard in the end and happened to Max after the resumption of return 80. From my point of view, I did not make so many returns in this race, but I had a good one started and I secured a little advantage. All the others were fighting behind mine. I had a clean race. My car today was simply very good. Soon I went it to Max and was a really exciting race until the end”.
Angelelli led 15 returns before surrendering before Auberlen. It is the tenth consecutive race in which Angelelli and Magnussen finish within the five first positions and the result allows them to be located to a point of the leader of the Daytona Prototypes, Scott Pruett (92-93).
“I enjoyed the race”, said Angelelli. “That are the races of Grand-A.m. You cannot rest by a minute or they advance to you. Bill really made a movement fantastic. It really surprised to me. When I saw it could not believe it. If it had known had closed the door, with certainty, I did since it before. He knew that he really hard had a car in the two first returns (resumption) and I really did not have it. One hid behind my car in means and he could not see them in my rear view mirrors, he did so it really well. The race was difficult for all. When handling behind other Daytona Prototypes my car was really difficult to lead. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed all the race”.

The Lexus Riley de Red Pruett/

Pruett handled to car no. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley it took and it to a third place next to the Mexican Red Memo, and so it stays as leader by smallest of the margins. This podio of Pruett is the second during the season - the previous one was in the first race of the season the Rolex 24 AT Daytona that gained next to Salvador Durán and Juan Pablo Montoya, and was first podio for Red in the Rolex Series.
“I had to advance to Ian (James, the leader) in the later straight line and could pass it on the inside and take the commando by one or two seconds, but I remained without space and it did not want to strike it”, said Pruett. “I had myself to leave a little and that allowed Max to happen to me and it was engaged in to car 05 with him. That are the races of Grand-A.m. We had a good effort on the part of all. Memo did a great work, Lexus did a great work and all the Ganassi equipment was simply phenomenal”.
“I feel like contentment with first podio”, added Red. “The race was really hard. It seemed that always we were in the fight trying to go to the front. In the end, fodder that anyone of the cars running to the front had the opportunity following the traffic. It was really a very good race”.

Green Banderazo in the Homestead-Miami Speedway

Patrick Carpentier and Milka Duno continued with their good results when obtaining a fourth place to the controls of car no. 11 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac Riley. This first this season was its second result between the four, again thanks to a second place, the previous one, obtained in Rolex 24 AT Daytona, and so Canadian and the Carpentier and Duno they are to 13 points of the leader of the championship of pilots, Pruett.
Hurley Haywood and JC France, of Florida, completed the group of the five first handling to car no. 59 Waxes Porsche/Kendall Porsche Riley. First in the three disputed races to date this year was the second result between the five since in Rolex 24 AT Daytona they obtained a fourth place.

The Porsche Riley de Donohue/Law

The nine first finished in a margin of 10,5 seconds of the winner. Darren Law led 20 returns in the no. 58 Red Bull/Waxes Racing Porsche Fabcar that share with David Donohue and finished in the sixth place. Rob Finlay and Michael Valiante crossed the goal in the seventh square 19 car no. Z-Line Designs/Mission Residential/Make-A-Wish Ford Crawford followed by Colin Braun and Max Papis (75 no. Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley). The champion of the 2006, Jörg Bergmeister, and the winner in Homestead the last year, Patrick Long, finished in the ninth square with 23 car no. Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche Crawford, whereas Burt Frisselle and Mark Wilkins completed the group of the 10 first with 61 machine no. Exchange Traded Gold/AIM Autosport Lexus Riley.
James led 15 returns finishing 12º with the machine no. 6 that shared with Henri Zogaib, and Christian Fittipaldi led nine returns before finishing 14º with its companion of escudería, Harrison Brix, in the 39 no. Crown Royal Special Reserve/Cheever Racing Porsche Fabcar.

Source: Average Racing
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