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Petit: The Inside Track with Risi


Risi has won Sebring and Le Mans and wants to add Petit to the Endurance "Triple Crown"

It's the race that Risi Competizione wants most. It has class victories at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans to its credit. All that's left in endurance racing's "Triple Crown" is a triumph at Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6. As he has all season, Risi technical director Rick Mayer gives his insight on what it will take for Risi's two Ferrari F430 GTs to be successful in the American Le Mans Series.

So Near Yet so Far in the LMS for Modena


Victory at Silverstone but Second in the Championship

Team Modena Gallery from Silverstone Team Modena went into the final round of the Le Mans Series at Silverstone knowing that only a win would secure them the Teams and Drivers LM GT1 class titles in the five-race championship, and even then the championship leader only had to score one point to claim the crown. The team did all it could, the Aston Martin was right on the pace all weekend and Antonio Garcia and Tomas Enge drove flawlessly in the 1000km race to win by a lap - but the French run Corvette declined to challenge the DBR9 and cruised home to take third and enough points to win the titles by six points.