Audi quickest in final practice at Ricard

The two had been closely matched in the first two hour-long sessions, but the Audi is the only car to have lapped the Le Castellet circuit in a low 1m42s.

Aston Martin was third quickest, with Adrian Fernandez, Harold Primat and Stefan Mucke half a second slower than the Peugeot and half a second quicker than the faster of the Rebellion Lolas.

The Strakka HPD was again the car to beat in the LMP2 class, lapping three tenths faster than the RML Lola and nearly a second quicker than the Bruichladdich Ginetta-Zytek.

The first seven cars in the GT2 class were covered by just 0.366s. The first Felbermayr Porsche led the Ferraris of AF Corse and CRS, with the Giancarlo Fisichella, Jean Alesi, Toni Vilander car second in class.

Pos Driver                          Class/Team/Car               Time
 1. Capello/McNish                  P1 Audi                 1m42.053s
 2. Panis/Lapierre/Sarrazin         P1 ORECA Peugeot        1m42.904s
 3. Fernandez/Primat/Mucke          P1 Aston Martin         1m43.428s
 4. Belicchi/Boullion/Smith         P1 Rebellion Lola       1m43.911s
 5. Ayari/Andre/Duval               P1 ORECA                1m44.454s
 6. Prost/Jani                      P1 Rebellion Lola       1m44.764s
 7. Ragues/Mailleux/Ickx            P1 Signature Aston      1m44.963s
 8. Leventis/Watts/Kane             P2 Strakka HPD          1m45.878s
 9. Mansell/Mansell/Mansell         P1 Beechdean Ginetta    1m46.223s
10. Erdos/Newton/Wallace            P2 RML Lola             1m47.106s
11. Ojjeh/Greaves/Ebbesvik          P2 Bruich. Ginetta      1m47.646s
12. Amaral/Pla/Hughes               P2 Quifel Ginetta       1m48.106s
13. Hein/Moreau                     P2 Oak Pescarolo        1m48.539s
14. Lahaye/Nicolet                  P2 Oak Pescarolo        1m49.422s
15. Geri/Piccini/Piccini            P2 Racing Box Lola      1m50.498s
16. Cioci/Perazzini/Pirri           P2 Racing Box Lola      1m50.600s
17. Salini/Salini/Gommendy          P2 WR-Zytek             1m52.049s
18. Pourtales/Noda/Kennard          P2 KSM Lola             1m52.233s
19. Frey/Meichtry/Dueck             P2 Race Perf. Radical   1m53.006s
20. Beche/Pillon/Capillaire         LC Formula Le Mans      1m54.558s
21. Stirling/Hines/Piscopo          LC Formula Le Mans      1m54.600s
22. Kraihamer/de Crem/Delhez        LC Formula Le Mans      1m54.651s
23. Zacchia/Moro/Kaufmann           LC Formula Le Mans      1m55.315s
24. Barlesi/Cicognani/Chalandon     LC Formula Le Mans      1m55.476s
25. Schell/Metz/da Rocha            P2 Pegasus Courage      1m55.680s
26. Toulemonde/Zollinger/Zampatti   LC Formula Le Mans      1m56.406s
27. Gardel/Goueslard/Canal         GT1 Larbre Saleen        1m56.987s
28. Lieb/Lietz                     GT2 Felbermayr Porsche   1m58.192s
29. Fisichella/Vilander/Alesi      GT2 AF Corse Ferrari     1m58.254s
30. Kirkaldy/Mullen                GT2 CRS Ferrari          1m58.323s
31. Ehret/Quaife/Kaffer            GT2 CRS Ferrari          1m58.344s
32. Companc/Russo                  GT2 AF Corse Ferrari     1m58.412s
33. Bruni/Melo                     GT2 AF Cornse Ferrari    1m58.458s
34. Bell/Turner                    GT2 JMW Aston Martin     1m58.558s
35. Holzer/Westbrook               GT2 Prospeed Porsche     1m58.911s
36. Dumbreck/Coronel/Bleekemolen   GT2 Spyker               1m58.955s
37. Narac/Pilet                    GT2 IMSA Porsche         1m59.673s
38. Ragginger/Ried/Long            GT2 Felbermayr Porsche   1m59.678s
39. Farnbacher/Simonsen            GT2 Farnbacher Ferrari   1m59.777s
40. Muller/Werner                  GT2 BMW                  2m00.010s
41. Kutemann/Basso/Hartshorne       LC Formula Le Mans      2m01.407s