ALMS
Laguna Seca: Pirelli preview
PIRELLI-SHOD ASTONS HOPE TO ICE THE CAKE AT LAGUNA Championships Already Won in Le Mans Series and FIA-GT Series LAGUNA SECA, Calif. Oct.18, 2006 - The year 2006 (Pirelli's 99th year of motorsports) has certainly been a vintage year for Pirelli ...
Edited: Oct 26, 2006, 1:10 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
PIRELLI-SHOD ASTONS HOPE TO ICE THE CAKE AT LAGUNA
Championships Already Won in Le Mans Series and FIA-GT Series
LAGUNA SECA, Calif. Oct.18, 2006 - The year 2006 (Pirelli's 99th year of motorsports) has certainly been a vintage year for Pirelli and its various sports car race teams throughout the world.
With Vitaphone Maserati's 1-2 finish in the FIA GT race at Adria, Italy, last Sunday, the Pirelli-shod team of Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini won the GT1 Drivers' Championship, adding to the Team, Manufacturers' and Tire Championships already won in the FIA GT1. Equally significant was the GT2 Drivers' Championship won by Matteo Bobbi and Jaime Melo; their AF Corse Team had earlier won the Team, Manufacturers' and Tire GT2 Championships. Eight out of eight for Pirelli in the 2006 FIA GT Championships!
But eight is NOT enough. Back in August, the Pirelli-shod Autorlando Porsche Team clinched the Team, Manufacturers', Drivers' and Tire GT2 Championships in the 2006 Le Mans Series. A clean sweep in all three of the European GT Championships that Pirelli participated in!
What's left? Well, the best champagne in this vintage year may still be waiting to be uncorked at the Monterey Sports Car Championship, the final round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Laguna Seca this Saturday, October 21.
The Pirelli-shod Aston Martin DBR9s can put the icing on Pirelli's cake by winning this weekend's race: Tomas Enge, Aston Martin and Pirelli are still in the running for the Drivers', Team, Manufacturers' and Tire Championships...but the factory Corvettes certainly won't be easy. Corvette drivers Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin lead Enge by eleven points, while a real possibility exists for a tie between Aston Martin and Corvette if the DBR9s finish 1-2 like they did at Petit Le Mans last month. The permutations are considerable so watch the four-hour race into the Pacific sunset on Speed Channel at 2:45 PDT or listen to John Hindhaugh on ALMS Radio to figure out "Who's on First."
-credit: pirelli
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Laguna Seca: Multimatic/Team Panoz preview
Next article Laguna Seca: Liz Halliday preview
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Oliver Gavin
Special edition Corvette Stingray commemorates IMSA glory
IMSA
IMSA
Detroit
Special edition Corvette Stingray commemorates IMSA glory
Corvette's Garcia 'gave it all' for Gavin send-off podium
WEC
WEC
Spa-Francorchamps
Corvette's Garcia 'gave it all' for Gavin send-off podium
Corvette star Gavin to retire from racing after Spa WEC
IMSA
IMSA
Corvette star Gavin to retire from racing after Spa WEC
More from
Porsche Team
Antonio Felix da Costa defends Jaguar, says Pascal Wehrlein took Jake Dennis out “on purpose”
Formula E
Formula E
London ePrix II
Antonio Felix da Costa defends Jaguar, says Pascal Wehrlein took Jake Dennis out “on purpose”
Pascal Wehrlein: Jaguar wanted to "destroy my race” in controversial London finale
Formula E
Formula E
London ePrix II
Pascal Wehrlein: Jaguar wanted to "destroy my race” in controversial London finale
Pascal Wehrlein responds to Porsche’s team tactics after dominant London win
Formula E
Formula E
London ePrix I
Pascal Wehrlein responds to Porsche’s team tactics after dominant London win
Latest news
Brennan Poole to leave Alpha Prime Racing; team owners 'disappointed' to see him go
NASCAR O'Reilly
NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly
Charlotte II
7 h
Brennan Poole to leave Alpha Prime Racing; team owners 'disappointed' to see him go
Oscar Piastri on his Singapore puncture: “Ironically, it probably helped”
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Singapore GP
8 h
Oscar Piastri on his Singapore puncture: “Ironically, it probably helped”
Winners and losers from NASCAR Cup at Charlotte after dramatic finish
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
11 h
Winners and losers from NASCAR Cup at Charlotte after dramatic finish
Charles Leclerc admits he missed a chance against Max Verstappen – but not the obvious one
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Singapore GP
11 h
Charles Leclerc admits he missed a chance against Max Verstappen – but not the obvious one
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe