Peugeot sweep Nurburgring front row

Marc Gene clinched pole position for the No.7 car, just two hundredths of a second faster than Pedro Lamy's best effort in the No.8.

The two Peugeots were nearly a second and a half clear of their nearest challenger, which was not an Audi but the Lola Aston Martin as Stefan Mucke pipped the first R10 by three hundredths of a second.

The Audis qualified fourth and fifth with Alexandre Premat edging out teammate Dindo Capello by half a tenth to put the No.2 car ahead.

Olivier Panis put the Courage-Oreca sixth, ahead of Jos Verstappen who was seventh in the Van Merksteijn Porsche, first of the LMP2 cars.

The LMP2 class is set for a good battle with the Team Essex car with Casper Elgaard qualifying just half a second behind Verstappen.

Tomas Enge claimed the GT1 pole for Aston Martin, over a second quicker than Olivier Beretta in the first of the Corvettes. There was only half a tenth between the two Chevrolets, though, with Guillaume Moreau right on his teammate's tail.

The Farnbacher Ferrari contiuned its good form from practice to take pole in the GT2 class, but it set for a fierce fight with three Porsches less than three tenths behind. The Felbermayr, IMSA, Farnbacher Porsches should ensure a closely contested scrap, although the next Ferraris, both JMB cars, are a second further back.

The Virgo Motorsport Ferrari 430 faces a race against time to make tomorrow's race after a fire in practice this morning. The car didn't make it out in today's qualifying session, but the team hope to have it ready for the race.

Pos  Driver                          Car                        Time
LMP1
 1.  Gene/Minassian                  Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP        1:39.492
 2.  Lamy/Sarrazin                   Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP        1:39.515
 3.  Mucke/Charouz                   Lola Aston Martin          1:40.951
 4.  Premat/Rockenfeller             Audi R10 TDI               1:40.978
 5.  Capello/McNish                  Audi R10 TDI               1:41.027
 6.  Panis/Lapierre                  Courage-Oreca Judd         1:42.292
 7.  Ortelli/Ayari                   Courage-Oreca Judd         1:43.519
 8.  Nakano/Valles                   Epsilon Euskadi Judd       1:43.649
 9.  Primat/Tinseau                  Pescarolo Judd             1:43.645
10.  Collard/Boullion                Pescarolo Judd             1:43.946
11.  Campbell-Walter/Hall            Creation CA07 - Aim        1:44.005
12.  Burgueno/de Castro              Epsilon Euskadi Judd       1:44.121
13.  Simpson/Halliday                Creation CA07 - Aim        1:44.787
14.  Barbosa/Ickx/Short              Pescarolo Judd             1:44.899
15.  Lavaggi/Kaufmann                Lavaggi LSA - AER          1:47.952
16.  Nicolet/Hein                    Pescarolo Judd             1:48.603

LMP2
 1.  Bleekemolen/Verstappen          Porsche RS Spyder          1:43.169
 2.  Elgaard/Nielsen                 Porsche RS Spyder          1:43.608
 3.  Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia       Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd     1:43.981
 4.  Barazi/Vergers/Rees             Zytek 07S Zytek            1:44.013
 5.  Amaral/Pla                      Lola B05/40 AER            1:44.682
 6.  Lienhard/Theys/Lammers          Porsche RS Spyder          1:44.828
 7.  Kane/Hughes                     WF01 Zytek                 1:44.928
 8.  Manning/Foster                  WF01 Zytek                 1:45.693
 9.  Erdos/Newton                    Lola MG                    1:45.903
10.  Ragues/Lahaye                   Pescarolo Judd             1:46.033
11.  Ojjeh/Gosselin                  Zytek 07S Zytek            1:47.106
12.  de Pourtales/Noda               Lola B05/40 Mazda          1:47.233
13.  Rostan/Peterson/Lueders         Radical SR9 AER            1:48.580
14.  Salini/Salini/Roussel           WR Zytek                   1:54.370

GT1
 1.  Garcia/Enge                     Aston Martin DBR9          1:52.387
 2.  Beretta/Policand                Corvette C6.R              1:53.559
 3.  Alphand/Moreau/Gouselard        Corvette C6.R              1:53.604
 4.  Rusinov/Kox                     Lamborghini Murcielago     1:54.712

GT2
 1.  Ehret/Kaffer/Beltoise           Ferrari F430 GT            1:57.897
 2.  Lieb/Davison                    Porsche 997 GT3 RSR        1:58.080
 3.  Narac/Lietz                     Porsche 997 GT3 RSR        1:58.189
 4.  Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen      Porsche 997 GT3 RSR        1:58.227
 5.  Aucott/Daoudi                   Ferrari F430 GT            1:58.769
 6.  Kutemann/Basso/Scheier          Ferrari F430 GT            1:59.459
 7.  Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev     Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R  1:59.613
 8.  Balandras/Lecourt/Belloc        Porsche 997 GT3 RSR        1:59.637
 9.  Chiesa/Leuenberger              Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R  2:00.132
10.  Ried/Felbyrmayr/Felbyrmayr      Porsche 997 GT3 RSR        2:00.463
11.  Sugden/Daniels/Paltalla         Porsche 997 GT3 RSR        2:00.570