PORSCHE EARNS BOTH GTLM AND GTD PODIUMS AT LAGUNA SECA, INCLUDING FIRST WIN FOR PARK PLACE MOTORSPORTS
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Marco Ujhasi, Project Manager, Porsche 911 RSR, Porsche Motorsport: 'It was a challenging weekend in general. We came here with three drivers because of the date conflict with the WEC race at Spa. That required a unique strategy. We had a good start to the race and were very quick early. We fell back on the first pit stop with the number 911 car and it was an awesome drive, perhaps the best drive I have ever seen in a GT car, for Patrick Pilet to bring the car back to the top-three. Michael also did a great job to bring that car home with a podium. It was an unbelievable performance on the driver side from that car and also from Jörg in the number 912. It was amazing to see what driver performance we have. This was the best that we could have hoped to achieve for the weekend.' Patrick Pilet, No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: 'It was difficult, like always, to overtake because the cars of the GTLM class are so close but I was pretty aggressive in the traffic. I had no other choice so I took some risks. The car was running well. It is a good result for us because we could not expect better today. It is good for the championship. It is good to be back on the podium.' Michael Christensen, Nos. 911/912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: 'It is a challenge to go back and forth between the cars. But, in the end I think it worked out well. You try and prepare as well as you can before hand. But, obviously, it is going to be difficult. We did a very good job on the 911. We did not get as good a result in the 912 car but I think P5 is still good.' Jörg Bergmeister, No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: 'We pitted a little earlier than the others for the last stop and, with the new Michelin tires, we were able to pass three cars, including the two Corvettes. We managed to finish fifth. So we ended the day okay.' Wolf Henzler, No. 17 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR: 'The race started very exciting for me. At the start everyone accelerated and all of a sudden I saw to the left side the Corvette in front of me was slowing down. It was very close. That hurt our start and I was not able to remake any positions. I think we learned something over the weekend. Every session we made a change but we could have continued in that direction. It is good to know and we will continue.' Bryan Sellers, No. 17 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR: 'In a lot of ways it was a good weekend but in a lot of ways it was a very frustrating weekend. We made a lot of changes in the car and found some things that really changed the car for the better. The race was difficult. The Falken crew had a really good stop and moved us to fourth but then Wolf got hit and we went backwards. It is so tough to pass here that track position was everything and we just didn't have it today.' Patrick Lindsey, No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America: 'The start was pretty bad for us. Two or three GTD cars got around me. We caught a yellow and that made it a two-stop race for us. On the restart I was able to get back into the lead and then stretch it out. That was really the key to us. If it weren't for the guys on the pit box though and our crew over the wall that executed just awesome pit stops, I would have been in a world of hurt. They gave me the chance to shoot out front and get a lead. And Spencer got in the car and did what Spencer does best which is go out, run hard and win races. It is great to get the monkey off our back. This is just the first win to get out of the way. I feel like there are a lot more to come.' Spencer Pumpelly, No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America: 'This was a team effort from start to finish. Patrick drove a really good opening stint. We had an early yellow and the decision was made to keep Patrick in the car. If he had not been so quick we probably wouldn't have been able to follow that strategy and that really is what put us in a position to win. That and great pit stops. True team effort today!' GT Le Mans Results 1. No. 24 John Edwards (USA)/Lucas Luhr (Germany, BMW Z4 GTE – 108 laps 2. No. 25 Bill Auberlen (USA)/Dirk Werner (Germany), BMW Z4 GTE – 108 laps 3. 5. No. 911 Patrick Pilet (France)/Michael Christensen (Denmark), Porsche 911 RSR – 108 laps 4. No. 62 Pierre Kaffer (Germany)/Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy), Ferrari F458 Italia – 108 laps 5. No. 912 Jörg Bergmeister (Germany)/Michael Christensen (Denmark), Porsche 911 RSR – 108 laps 8. No. 17 Wolf Henzler (Germany)/Bryan Sellers (USA), Porsche 911 RSR – 108 laps GT Daytona Results 1. No. 73 Patrick Lindsey (USA)/Spencer Pumpelly (USA), Porsche 911 GT America – 103 laps 2. No. 48 Christopher Haase (Germany)/von Moltke (USA), Audi R8 LMS – 103 laps 3. No. 23 Ian James (USA)/Mario Farnbacher (Germany), Porsche 911 GT America – 103 laps 4. No. 63 Bill Sweedler (USA)/Townsend Bell (USA), Ferrari 458 Italia – 103 laps 5. No. 007 Christina Nielsen (Denmark)/James Davison (Australia), Aston Martin V12 Vantage – 102 laps 6. No. 44 John Potter (USA)/Andy Lally (USA) Porsche 911 GT America – 102 laps 7. No. 22 Cooper MacNeil (USA)/Leh Keen (USA), Porsche 911 GT America – 102 laps
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