2004 AMERICAN LE MANS : LAGUNA SECA

• BERNHARD WINS GT CHAMPIONSHIP
  
  "... It is great to be the GT driver's champion. I am sorry that Jorg can't share it with me, but his support throughout the year really helped me ... It would have been nice to win the race; we were the fastest car all day and really had a nice lead until the rain. The car was handling great, there were no problems. I will trade the winners trophy for the driver's championship trophy any day."

LAGUNA SECA, USA, OCT 14: 2004 SEASON

RACE

• ALM Round 9 of 9:
• 4 hour race
• Johnny Herbert and Pierre Kaffer to drive for Champion Racing again this weekend.

CIRCUIT: LAGUNA SECA

• 2003 winner: AUDI, Frank Biela / Marco Werner

RACE RESULT:

FINAL RESULT

• 1 J.Herbert, P.Kaffer Audi R8, Champion Racing 169 laps, 4 hours
• 2 JJ Lehto, M.Werner Audi R8, Champion Racing +56s
• 3 J.Weaver, A.Wallace, B.Leitzinger , Lola EX257 AER +2 laps
• 4 R.Fellows, J.O'Connell, M.Papis , Corvette C5-R +7 laps ** GTS WINNER **
• 5 O.Gavin, O.Beretta, J.Magnussen , Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
• 6 T.Borcheller, J.Mowlem, J.Barbosa , Saleen S7R
• 7 C.Field, R.Liddell, M.Duno , Lola B2K/40 Judd
• 8 R.Dumas, M.Lieb, W.Hentzler , Porsche ** GT WINNER **
• 9 T.Bernhard, J.Bergmeister, S.Maassen , Porsche
• 10 J.van Overbeek, D.Law, P.Huisman , Porsche

QUALIFYING

GRID

• 1 N.Minassian, J.Campbell-Walter , Reynard DBA 035-Zytek 1m 15.893
  "... That was good, I pushed really hard and the team did a great job ... I had to push for it and take a little risk to get pole. I just take one corner at a time and when I put it all together it was a great feeling. This stuff is all about teamwork and we work well together and I really wanted this pole, it is important for the race tomorrow so now we just need to win the race and take a trophy home."
• 2 JJ Lehto, M.Werner Audi R8, Champion Racing +0.21s
• 3 J.Herbert, P.Kaffer Audi R8, Champion Racing
• 4 J.Weaver, A.Wallace, B.Leitzinger , Lola EX257 AER
• 5 C.Dyson, A.Wallace, Lola EX257- AER
• 6 I.James, J.Macaluso, J.Gue , Courage C65- AER
• 7 J.Field, D.Dayton, M.Durand , Lola B162-Judd
• 8 C.Field, R.Liddell, M.Duno , Lola B2K-44- Judd

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