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In 2008 the fight was on between Van Merksteijn Motorsport and Team Essex, both racing their Porsche RS Spyders. They had quite a nice fight, something that people hoped to see again in 2009. The two Porsches tried to fight each other this year, but it was soon clear who was the best team out in the LMP2 category.

A perfect start to the French long distance classic: At the qualifying session for the Le Mans 24 hour race, Porsche race cars claimed pole position in both the LMP2 class for sports prototypes as well as in the production-based GT2 category. Competing for Denmark’s Essex racing as a regular driver, Casper Elgaard (Denmark) qualified the RS Spyder on pole in the LMP2 class in 3:37.720 minutes.

The success story of the Porsche RS Spyder continues: At the Le Mans 24 Hour race, the Essex team (Denmark) celebrated a clear victory in the LMP2 class.

When you don’t qualify on the pole in your race car, there is a tendency to rationalize your performance, but for the top Porsche competitors in the LMP2 and GT2 classes, their strategies for the race weekend are coming together nicely for tomorrow’s American Le Mans Series race after strong qualifying runs.[...]