Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking has said that if the ALMS rules are changed in Audi’s favor, Porsche may pull out of the series. The RS Spyder, which runs in LMP2, embarrassed the LMP1 entry from Audi for much of 2007, and Audi is arguing that LMP2 has an unfair weight advantage and wants something done [...]

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The RS Spyders of Team Penske didn’t take the overall win at Laguna Seca in the final race of the season, but Romain Dumas’ RS Spyder finished the race only 0.41 seconds behind Dindo Capello’s Audi R10. The Penske LMP2 RS Spyders won eight overall races — all in a row — over the supposedly [...]

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Meanwhile, across the pond, Horag Racing have confirmed they will run an RS Spyder in the 2008 Le Mans series. This is the first RS Spyder entry in the LMS and will replace their Lola-Judd. In addition to the full LMS campaign, they hope to enter the car in the ALMS races at Sebring and [...]

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After 1,000 miles and 394 laps, Penske RS Spyder driven by Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard, and Patrick Long finished the Petit Le Mans 0.923 seconds behind the Audi R10 of Dindo Capello and Allan McNish in the closest finish in Petit Le Mans history. The RS Spyder had a 30 second lead with 40 minutes [...]

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Penske Porsche claimed its eighth overall victory in a row as the RS Spyder driven by Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard won the Detroit Sports Car Challenge on Saturday at Belle Isle Park. The number seven car beat Emanuele Pirro’s Audi R10 TDI by 5.948 seconds in a thrilling finish that saw the Porsche pass [...]

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The team of Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas claimed the overall victory at Mosport and the second Penske RS Spyder driven by Ryan Briscoe and Sascha Maassen finished second in class and third overall, allowing Penske to clinch the LMP2 title. The Audi R10 TDI driven by Allan McNish and Dindo Capello lost the lead [...]

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Porsche will race the RS Spyder in Europe’s Le Mans Series next year. The RS Spyder will have more restrictions to try to keep the LMP2 entries from trouncing the LMP1 entries. The Dutch Equipe Verschuur team has a “gentleman’s agreement” to only use one professional driver in 2008, with the exception being Le Mans, [...]

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Team Penske is looking to clinch the LMP2 championship this weekend at Mosport. The RS Spyders of Team Penske lead Highcroft Racing by 72 points and Dyson Racing by 73. A victory by either Penske cars this weekend will secure the championship for them. Penske has won the last six straight overall races, and look [...]

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After practice and qualifying, it seemed certain that Audi would claim the overall victory at Road America. But, a thunderstorm that put the race under a full caution for over an hour and differing pit strategies between the Penske Porsche and Audi in the final 30 minutes of the race gave the Penske Porsche team [...]

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Qualifying at Road America is complete and Porsche RS Spyders have qualified 3rd, 4th, 7th and 9th. The two Penske entries qualified behind the 1st and 2nd place Audi R10 TDI LMP1 cars, which have been beaten five times this season by the LMP2 RS Spyders. The two Dyson entries qualified 7th and 9th. Meanwhile, [...]

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