Peugeot fastest in final practice
Peugeot remained on top of the pile in the final free practice session for round three of the LMS at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday
The No 8. 908 Hdi FAP dipped below the two-minute mark for the first time this weekend, as the car shared by Stephane Sarrazin, Pedro Lamy and Alexander Wurz went quickest of all ahead of the two Audi R10s.
Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello's German diesel was a second off the best time, which was a 1:58.180, while the sister Audi of Alex Premat and Mike Rockenfeller was third.
Fourth was the continually impressive Charouz Racing Systems Lola Aston Martin, while the second Peugeot, which features Jacques Villeneuve among its line-up, was only fifth.
Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre were sixth quickest in the Oreca Courage.
Peter van Merksteijn and Jos Verstappen set the fastest time in LMP2 with their Porsche RS Spyder, while in GT1 the Modena Aston Martin of Antonio Garcia and Tomas Enge was quickest.
Virgo Motorsport's Robert Bell and Gianmaria Bruni led the pack in GT2.
The session was stopped twice. The red flags came out after ten minutes when Jan-Dirk Leuders crashed his Radical at Turn 9.
Then, after 20 minutes it was halted again, when the Salini Zytek spun into the barriers at Eau Rouge. Neither driver was hurt.
Pos Driver Car Time Class 1. Lamy/Sarrazin/Wurz Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:58.180 LMP1 2. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 1:59.208 LMP1 3. Premat/Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 2:00.773 LMP1 4. Mucke/Charouz Lola Aston Martin 2:01.817 LMP1 5. Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 2:02.037 LMP1 6. Panis/Lapierre Courage-Oreca Judd 2:02.950 LMP1 7. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Judd 2:04.016 LMP1 8. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 2:04.771 LMP2 9. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 2:05.550 LMP2 10. Barazi/Vergers/Rees Zytek 07S 2:07.048 LMP2 11. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Judd 2:07.117 LMP1 12. Erdos/Newton Lola MG 2:07.167 LMP2 13. Hall/Kerr Creation - Aim 2:07.251 LMP1 14. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 2:07.621 LMP2 15. Amaral/Pla Lola AER 2:07.625 LMP2 16. Burgueno/De Castro Epsilon Euskadi Judd 2:08.066 LMP1 17. Hughes/Kane WF01 Zytek 2:08.082 LMP2 18. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola Judd 2:08.424 LMP2 19. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 2:08.649 LMP2 20. Kimber-Smith/Foster WF01 Zytek 2:09.016 LMP2 21. Barbosa/Ickx/Forsten Pescarolo Judd 2:09.761 LMP1 22. De Pourtales/Noda Lola Mazda 2:11.387 LMP2 23. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Pescarolo Judd 2:11.396 LMP1 24. Lavaggi/Kaufmann Lavaggi AER 2:12.303 LMP1 25. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S 2:12.345 LMP2 26. Rostan/Petersen/Lueders Radical AER 2:14.784 LMP2 27. Garcia/Enge Aston Martin DBR9 2:17.119 GT1 28. Alphand/Moreau/Goueslard Corvette C6.R 2:17.570 GT1 29. Blanchemain/Dumez/Lemeret Corvette C6.R 2:19.014 GT1 30. Rusinov/Kox Lamborghini 2:19.365 GT1 31. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR Zytek 2:19.457 LMP2 32. Hardman/Leventis Aston Martin DBR9 2:19.509 GT1 33. Bell/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT 2:21.225 GT2 34. Ehret/Kaffer Ferrari F430 GT 2:21.482 GT2 35. Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:22.194 GT2 36. Lieb/Davison Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:22.482 GT2 37. Narac/Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:23.977 GT2 38. Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev Spyker C8 Laviolette 2:24.063 GT2 39. Aucott/Ferte Ferrari F430 GT 2:24.214 GT2 40. Kutemann/Basso/Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT 2:24.639 GT2 41. Daniels/Palttala/Sugden Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:25.679 GT2 42. Balandras/Lecourt Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:26.983 GT2 43. Chiesa/Leuenberger/Alexander Spyker C8 Laviolette 2:27.476 GT2 44. Ried/Felbermayr/Felbermayr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:28.662 GT2
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