BMW Rahal Letterman GT2 cars #90 and #92 had a hard start with the post stall test failed, but finishing second and third is a strong start to the season. That Ferrari had a good race.
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Risi Competizione won in GT2, the team’s sixth straight victory in a major endurance race. Jaime Melo, Gimmi Bruni and Pierre Kaffer took a one-lap victory in their Ferrari F430 GT over BMW Rahal Letterman Racing’s two BMW M3s, which swapped positions on the last turn of the last lap.
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BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team Scores Double Sebring Podium
* 21.03.2010
* Press Release
Sebring , Fla. – March 21, 2010, 1:00 AM Eastern Time… The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team proved JOY IS BMW with a double-podium class finish for the BMW M3 GT Coupes in yesterday’s 58th annual American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring.
Bill Auberlen, Tommy Milner and Dirk Werner co-drove the No. 92 BMW M3 GT to a second place finish (seventh overall), finishing 330 laps of the 3.7-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway.
The No. 90 M3 GT co-driven by Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx completed the same number of laps to finish third (eighth overall). Hand set a new GT class race record with a 2:00.985 minute lap (lap 185) during his final stint.
Both M3s ran flawlessly for the entire race, turning some of the fastest laps in the closing hours of the race as they chased the class leader which had gained a substantial lead during the race’s second full-course caution period.
The Long Beach Grand Prix, the second round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series, will be held April 16-17.
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Bobby Rahal:
Dirk Mϋller, No. 90:
Joey Hand, No. 90:
Andy Priaulx, No. 90:
Bill Auberlen, No. 92:
Tommy Milner, No. 92:
Dirk Werner, No. 92: