Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner captured their third straight overall victory, Audi went 1-2 overall and Acura took the top two spots on the LMP2 podium for the first time since Sebring in 2007 on a thrilling day at Canada’s Mosport International Raceway. Luhr crossed the finish line 21.392 seconds ahead of teammate Emanuele Pirro as Gil de Ferran  ran out of fuel on the last lap while leading in LMP2. That sent Australia’s David Brabham and American Scott Sharp to their fourth class victory of the season.

Luhr passed de Ferran for the overall lead with nine minutes left as the Luhr/Werner duo won in LMP1 for the seventh straight race to extend their championship lead. The Audis qualified 1-2 overall and finished in the same fashion as Pirro and overall pole-winner Dindo Capello placed second.

Brabham got by both Penske Racing’s Romain Dumas and Lowe’s Fernandez Racing’s Adrian Fernandez to put the Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b in position to take advantage of de Ferran’s misfortune. Fernandez and Luis Diaz finished second in class with Penske’s Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long placing third.

Corvette again dominated GT1

Johnny O’Connell and Jan Magnussen won for the second straight year in GT1, going flag-to-flag in their Corvette C6.R. Corvette Racing’s championship-leading duo was fastest in every session this week including qualifying.

O’Connell won for the sixth time at Mosport since 1999, and Magnussen is now a three-time winner there. They won overall at Mosport 10 years ago in a Panoz factory prototype.

Ferrari on top in GT2

 
Jaime Melo and Mika Salo won their long-awaited first ALMS race this season, taking a hard-fought GT2 victory for Risi Competizione and its Ferrari F430 GT. Melo in the pole-winning car got around Dirk Werner’s Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with 22 minutes left at Turn 1. Melo and Salo won eight times last season on their way to the class championship, and their only other victory this year was at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Werner and Pierre Kaffer finished second in the Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche. Dirk Mueller and Dominik Farnbacher placed third in Tafel Racing’s Ferrari F430 GT.

:with ALMS Media