Drayson takes dominant pole

The Lola-Judd driver was unbeatable throughout the session, and generally held a margin of under a second over the competition regardless of what his rivals tried.

Cocker ended on a 1m10.034s lap, which put him 0.932 seconds clear of second-placed Chris Dyson's best effort in the Dyson Lola-Mazda.

Championship leader Highcroft was third with Simon Pagenaud, the team feeling that the LMP1/LMP2 equalisation balance required fine-tuning at this venue.

But it fared far better than Lime Rock winner CytoSport, which will miss the rest of the event after a mechanical failure pitched Greg Pickett into a massive crash in the pre-race test. The Porsche RS Spyder landed upside down atop the Turn 4 tyre barrier, though Pickett escaped with bruises.

Christophe Bouchut gave the Level 5 team another LMPC pole, while GT saw a Ferrari one-two with Risi's Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruno just ahead of the two Corvettes. Black Swan Racing's Jereon Bleekemolen led the way in the GT class again.

Pos  Drivers                    Cl   Car         Time       Gap
 1.  Drayson/Cocker             P    Lola        1m10.034s
 2.  Dyson/Smith                P    Lola-Mazda  1m10.966s  + 0.932s
 3.  Brabham/Pagenaud           P    HPD         1m11.360s  + 1.326s
 4.  Field/Field                P    Lola        1m14.008s  + 3.974s
 5.  Tucker/Bouchut             PC   ORECA       1m15.906s  + 5.872s
 6.  Gonzalez/Diaz              PC   ORECA       1m16.141s  + 6.107s
 7.  Marcelli/Wong              PC   ORECA       1m16.557s  + 6.523s
 8.  Jeannette/Julian           PC   ORECA       1m16.573s  + 6.539s
 9.  Montecalvo/Zugel           PC   ORECA       1m17.973s  + 7.939s
10.  Tucker/Wallace             PC   ORECA       1m18.339s  + 8.305s
11.  Buncombe/Prendeville       P    Radical     1m19.351s  + 9.317s
12.  Fisichella/Vilander        GT   Ferrari     1m19.682s  + 9.648s
13.  Melo/Bruni                 GT   Ferrari     1m19.759s  + 9.725s
14.  Beretta/Gavin              GT   Corvette    1m20.019s  + 9.985s
15.  Magnussen/O'Connell        GT   Corvette    1m20.189s  + 10.155s
16.  Mueller/Hand               GT   BMW         1m20.267s  + 10.233s
17.  Brown/Cosmo                GT   Ferrari     1m20.498s  + 10.464s
18.  Auberlen/Milner            GT   BMW         1m20.548s  + 10.514s
19.  Bergmeister/Long           GT   Porsche     1m20.612s  + 10.578s
20.  Sharp/van Overbeek         GT   Ferrari     1m20.884s  + 10.850s
21.  Murry/Robertson/Robertson  GT   Doran       1m21.771s  + 11.737s
22.  Sellers/Henzler            GT   Porsche     1m21.805s  + 11.771s
23.  Gentilozzi/Goossens        GT   Jaguar      1m22.125s  + 12.091s
24.  Pilet/Neiman               GT   Porsche     1m24.848s  + 14.814s
25.  Pappas/Bleekemolen         GTC  Porsche     1m24.954s  + 14.920s
26.  Miller/Hines               GTC  Porsche     1m25.260s  + 15.226s
27.  Curtis/Sofronas            GTC  Porsche     1m25.729s  + 15.695s
28.  Lewis/Vento                GTC  Porsche     1m26.105s  + 16.071s
29.  Sweedler/Kapudija          GTC  Porsche     1m27.059s  + 17.025s
30.  Rodriguez/Bieker           GTC  Porsche     1m27.291s  + 17.257s
31.  Beggs/Baron                GTC  Porsche     1m28.267s  + 18.233s
32.  Willman/Drissi             P    Lola
33.  Richard/Pumpelly           GTC  Porsche
34.  Pickett/Graf               P    Porsche