17/06/2008 06:24. You might have thought that Chevrolet had regained its Le Mans GT1 crown, judging by Corvette program manager Doug Fehan's smile immediately after the race. In fact, Aston Martin won again at the end of a thrilling race in which the top car from each manufacturer battled hard and fast all the way through. But Fehan is a racer, and he lives for a good old scrap between the Pratt & Miller Chevy team and old sparring partner Prodrive.

"Would I prefer finishing second in that kind of race [rather than] an easy victory?" he said. "Yes, personally, I would!"

Chevy took qualifying glory, courtesy of the fastest-ever GT1 lap of the track, by Jan Magnussen. But the best of the Prodrive-run Aston DBR9s held a narrow performance edge for the majority of the race. The DBR9 driven by Antonio Garcia,... // AutoWeek