| Every team and driver, will take a trip into the unknown | | | | points' lead," says Richard Lietz about the race that |
| with this brand new circuit for this Le Mans Series | | | | runs well into the night. Marc Lieb, as the most |
| round, Algarve will see one of the first international | | | | successful driver in the Le Mans Series with three |
| competitions & it will be played at night!. As the | | | | GT2 titles to his credit, adds: "The circuit is extremely |
| Algarve can be very hot in mid-summer the race | | | | diverse. Aside from interesting roller-coaster passages |
| starts at the end of the afternoon, under a milder | | | | there are several crests and blind corners. You have |
| temperature, in August in Portugal, it will finish by the | | | | to be particularly cautious at night not to run into a bad |
| middle of the night. The atmosphere promises to be | | | | surprise. Still, we all look forward to the darkness, |
| electric! Imagine sipping your drinks under the cool | | | | because during the day the temperature reaches |
| evening breeze & enjoying this spectacular event. | | | | around 40 degrees Celsius." |
| Dabut Last Year:At their debut last year on the 4.652 | | | | The results for 2009 race were: |
| kilometre circuit in Portimao not far from Portugal's | | | | 1000 Km do Algarve Best Lap: Olivier PANIS/Nicolas |
| most beautiful beaches, Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz | | | | LAPIERRE (COURAGE ORECA LC70-AIM n°11) |
| claimed pole position. "The handling of our 911 GT3 | | | | 1:32.376 – 186e lap |
| RSR was fantastic and we anticipate it to be the | | | | 1000 Km do Algarve Pole Position: Nicolas LAPIERRE |
| same this year. Our aim is to win, or at least retain our | | | | (COURAGE ORECA LC70-AIM n°11) 1.31. |