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Peugeot flies to Sebring pole

Peugeot driver Stephane Sarrazin claimed pole position for tomorrow's Sebring 12 Hours by more than a second

Sarrazin set a best time of 1m46.571s at the wheel of the French manufacturer's new 908 HDi turbodiesel LMP1 coupe. Second place on the grid for the opening round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup went to the Audi R15 Plus driven by Romain Dumas on a 1m47.680s.

Sarrazin, who is sharing his 908 with Franck Montagny and Pedro Lamy this weekend, said: "I decided to wait a few minutes before going out. I found a good lap, which was better than expected."

Peugeot and Audi also shared out the second row, with Marc Gene just ahead of Tom Kristensen.

The year-old 908 entered by the French ORECA team claimed fifth place in the hands of Loic Duval.

The first US team in qualifying at Sebring, which is also the opening round of the American Le Mans Series, was the Muscle Milk AMR squad. Klaus Graf ended up a couple of tenths quicker in the Lola-Aston Martin coupe than Simon Pagenaud aboard Highcroft Racing's HPD-01e.

Soheil Ayari took LMP2 honours in the SignaTech ORECA-Nissan, while Gianmaria Bruni claimed the GTE pole in his AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT from Oliver Gavin's Chevrolet Corvette C6.R.

Pos  Cl      Drivers                        Team/Car                Time
 1.  LMP1    Montagny/Sarrazin/Lamy         Peugeot                 1m46.571s
 2.  LMP1    Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller    Audi                    1m47.680s
 3.  LMP1    Wurz/Gene/Davidson             Peugeot                 1m48.020s
 4.  LMP1    Capello/Kristensen/McNish      Audi                    1m48.173s
 5.  LMP1    Lapierre/Duval/Panis           ORECA Peugeot           1m48.569s
 6.  LMP1    Pickett/Graf/Luhr              Muscle Milk Lola-Aston  1m49.679s
 7.  LMP1    Brabham/Franchitti/Pagenaud    Highcroft HPD           1m49.802s
 8.  LMP1    Prost/Jani/Bleekemolen         Rebellion Lola-Toyota   1m50.756s
 9.  LMP1    Lahaye/Moreau/Ragues           OAK Pescarolo-Judd      1m51.781s
10.  LMP1    Dyson/Smith/Cochran            Dyson Lola-Mazda        1m52.233s
11.  LMP2    Mailleux/Ordonez/Ayari         Signatech ORECA-Nissan  1m53.815s
12.  LMPC    Petersen/Cameron/Guasch        Genoa ORECA             1m55.232s
13.  LMPC    Bennett/Montecalvo/Dalziel     Core ORECA              1m55.430s
14.  LMPC    Jeannette/Gonzalez/Junco       Core ORECA              1m55.905s
15.  LMPC    Dobson/Lewis/Richard           PR1 Mathiasen ORECA     1m56.494s
16.  LMP1    Nicolet/Hein/Yvon              OAK Pescarolo-Judd      1m56.498s
17.  LMP2    Tucker/Hunter-Reay/Diaz        Level 5 Lola-Honda      1m57.168s
18.  LMPC    Lux/Julian/Zugel               Genoa ORECA             1m57.957s
19.  LMPC    Moro/Mowlem/Lombard            WRO ORECA               1m58.231s
20.  LMPC    Marcelli/Drissi/Mitchell       Intersport ORECA        1m58.391s
21.  LMP2    Barlesi/da Rocha/Lafargue      OAK Pescarolo-Judd      2m00.880s
22.  GT      Fisichella/Bruni/Kaffer        AF Corse Ferrari        2m01.561s
23.  GT      Gavin/Magnussen/Westbrook      Corvette                2m01.743s
24.  GT      Farfus/Auberlen/Werner         BMW                     2m01.841s
25.  GT      Priaulx/Muller/Hand            BMW                     2m02.139s
26.  GT      Melo/Vilander/Salo             Risi Ferrari            2m02.290s
27.  GT      Bergmeister/Long/Lieb          Flying Lizard Porsche   2m02.334s
28.  GT      Brown/Cosmo/Bell               Extreme Speed Ferrari   2m02.406s
29.  GT      Ortelli/Mackowiecki/Deletraz   Luxury Ferrari          2m02.524s
30.  GT      Beretta/Milner/Garcia          Corvette                2m02.633s
31.  GT      Sharp/van Overbeek/Farnbacher  Extreme Speed Ferrari   2m02.877s
32.  GTE Am  Lietz/Roda/Ried                Proton Porsche          2m02.942s
33.  GT      Henzler/Sellers/Ragginger      Falken Porsche          2m03.004s
34.  GT      Murry/Lazzaro/Braun            Robertson Doran Ford    2m03.309s
35.  GT      Robertson/Robertson/Said       Robertson Doran Ford    2m03.454s
36.  GTE Am  Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo           Krohn Ferrari           2m03.500s
37.  GTE Am  Giroix/Goethe/Wainwright       Gulf Aston Martin       2m04.098s
38.  GT      Junqueira/da Matta/Servia      RSR Jaguar              2m04.260s
39.  GT      James/Leuenberger              Panoz                   2m04.372s
40.  GTE Am  Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel        Larbre Corvette         2m04.567s
41.  GT      Jones/Moran/Wilden             RSR Jaguar              2m05.327s
42.  GT      Miller/Rast/Maassen            Miller Porsche          2m05.784s
43.  GTE Am  Ehret/Lynn/Wills               CRS Ferrari             2m05.993s
44.  GTC     Sweedler/Keen/Wong             Alex Job Porsche        2m07.373s
45.  GTC     Potter/Stanton/Marsh           Magnus Porsche          2m07.395s
46.  GTC     Pappas/Faulkner/Bleekemolen    Black Swan Porsche      2m07.433s
47.  GTC     Curtis/Sofronas/Seyffarth      GMG Porsche             2m08.187s
48.  GTC     LeSaffre/Davis/Faieta          Kelly Moss Porsche      2m08.248s
49.  GTC     Von Moltke/Ludwig/Norman       TRG Porsche             2m08.578s
50.  GTC     Enda/Pumpelly/Li               TRG Porsche             2m08.723s
51.  GTC     Ham/Blackett/Cumming           JDX Porsche             2m08.887s
52.  GT      Law/Neiman/Holzer              Flying Lizard Porsche   2m11.909s
53.  LMP2    Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa         Level 5 Lola-Honda      2m23.917s
54.  LMPC    Nicolosi/Boon/Lueders          Performance Tech ORECA
55.  GT      Pastorelli/Schwager            West Lamborghini
56.  GTC     Cisneros/Kauffmann/Edwards     NGT Porsche

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