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• 12 Hours of Sebring: Audi makes a Peugeot sandwich on starting grid

  Filed under: Motorsports , Audi , Peugeot As we mentioned yesterday , Audi and Peugeot have been locked in a battle of lap times all week at Sebring Raceway in preparation for the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race on Saturday. In yesterday's practice sessions, Audi turned in a very fast lap of 1:43.195s that would eventually earn it the pole position. Peugeot answered Audi's effort later in the day, however, during the actual qualifying session for the race that would determine the starting grid. The 908 HDi driven by Stephane Sarrazin crushed Audi's top lap in practice with a time of 1:43:117s, which effectively secured Peugeot the pole position. Unfortunately for Peugeot, fate stepped in and bitch slapped the French automaker's racing team. Welcome to America, guys. Just nine minutes after the qualifying session began and after the 908 HDi had recorded its fast lap, the No. 8 Mazda was involved in an accident bad enough to cancel the session entirely. ALMS rules state... Posted Mar 14 2008, 06:58 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Audi, Motorsports, peugeot, audi peugeot sebring, AudiSebring, audi sebring, PolePositionSebring, AudiPeugeotSebring, peugeot sebring, PeugeotSebring, pole position sebring