Aston's Turner leads final practice
Aston Martin Racing topped the times in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for tomorrow's AUTOSPORT 1000km Le Mans Series finale at Silverstone
Darren Turner clocked the best time of the weekend so far with a 1m33.821s aboard the #009 Lola-Aston LMP1 coupe. The Briton set this mark late in the hour-long the session to knock AMR team-mate Stefan Mucke off the top of the times by a margin of nearly three tenths of a second.
The solo AIM-engined ORECA driven by Nicolas Lapierre ended up third fastest, a further two tenths back. Jean-Christophe Boullion claimed fourth place in the Pescarolo-Judd that had been fastest in the previous two free practice sessions.
Olivier Pla was again fastest in LMP2 aboard the ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek with a time that put in fifth overall.
Laurent Groppi headed the three-car GT1 field in the Larbre Saleen S7R and Gianmaria Bruni topped the competitive GT2 class in JMW Motorsport's Ferrari 430 GT.
Pos Drivers Cl Car Time 1. Primat/Turner LMP1 Lola Aston Martin 1m33.821s 2. Charouz/Enge/Mucke LMP1 Lola Aston Martin 1m34.100s 3. Panis/Lapierre LMP1 ORECA-AIM 1m34.284s 4. Boullion/Tinseau LMP1 Pescarolo-Judd 1m34.330s 5. Amaral/Pla LMP2 Ginetta Zytek 1m34.739s 6. Karthikeyan/Meyrick/Zwolsman LMP1 Audi 1m34.929s 7. Watts/Leventis LMP1 Ginetta Zytek 1m35.174s 8. Belicchi/Fassler/Prost LMP1 Lola Aston Martin 1m35.603s 9. Albers/Bakkerud LMP1 Audi 1m36.005s 10. Tomlinson/Mansell/Mansell LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek 1m36.215s 11. Buncombe/Hall/Ramos LMP1 Lola Aston Martin 1m36.905s 12. Ragues/Mailleux LMP1 Oreca Judd 1m37.254s 13. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Peter LMP2 Zytek 1m38.399s 14. Kane/Leuenberger/Pompidou LMP2 Lola Judd 1m38.558s 15. Manning/Firth/Hughes LMP2 WF01 Zytek 1m39.496s 16. Salini/Salini/Gommendy LMP2 WR Zytek 1m39.556s 17. Lahaye/Ajlani LMP2 Pescarolo Mazda 1m40.102s 18. Erdos/Newton LMP2 Lola Mazda 1m40.201s 19. Nicolet/Hein LMP2 Pescarolo Mazda 1m40.474s 20. Jorda/Cortes/Nieto LMP2 Lucchini Judd 1m43.840s 21. Schell/Thirion/Metz LMP2 Courage AER 1m44.119s 22. Cavailhes/Da Rocha/Ibanez LMP2 Courage AER 1m44.128s 23. Bruneau/Greaves/Sini LMP2 Radical AER 1m44.684s 24. Berville/Dumez/Groppi GT1 Saleen 1m46.079s 25. Sharp/Kox GT1 Aston Martin 1m46.119s 26. Clairay/Jousse/Goueslard GT1 Corvette 1m48.847s 27. Bell/Bruni GT2 Ferrari 1m49.639s 28. Pilet/Narac GT2 Porsche 1m50.070s 29. Kaffer/Montanari GT2 Ferrari 1m50.079s 30. Lieb/Lietz/Felbermayr GT2 Porsche 1m50.195s 31. Coronel/Janis GT2 Spyker 1m50.338s 32. Garcia/Mansell/Melo GT2 Ferrari 1m50.532s 33. Cocker/Drayson GT2 Aston Martin 1m50.687s 34. Ehret/Farnbacher/Beltoise GT2 Ferrari 1m50.703s 35. Rosa/Montermini/Cadei GT2 Ferrari 1m50.939s 36. Griffin/Bamford GT2 Ferrari 1m50.945s 37. Hartshorne/Kutemann/Daoudi GT2 Ferrari 1m51.699s 38. Palttala/Daniels/Rich GT2 Porsche 1m52.098s 39. Tenchini/Basso/Plati GT2 Ferrari 1m53.877s 40. Ried/Felbermayr Jr/Martins GT2 Porsche 1m53.914s
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