Brundle fastest at Le Mans pre-qualifying
Martin Brundle has rocketed to fastest time at Le Mans pre-qualifying. The Toyota driver set a time of 3:31.857 in the closing minutes of the session
'It was difficult to do a quick lap towards the end. The track was bumpy in the last part of the track and now it's really broken up,' he said. 'It's like a rallycross track.'
The only other driver to make it into the 3.31s was David Brabham in the Panoz LMP Spyder, who posted a 3:31.941.
'I waited until the end because I knew we could do a quick time,' said a delighted Brabham. 'It's good for me to show people what I can do.'
JJ Lehto came home third fastest with a time of 3:32.867 - despite going off on his final quick lap.
'I went wide into the second and hit the barrier with the front and the back of the car,' he said. 'We missed a lot of today after Yannick's accident this morning and we didn't have much time to work on set-ups.'
Bernd Schneider took the Mercedes CLR out for the last few minutes of the session, but was only able to post a time of 3:33.174.
The fastest GTS time went to the Chamberlain Chrysler Viper with a time of 4:01.970. Not GTS cars ran in this second session.
Two cars failed to make the cut: the Autoexe Motorsports Riley & Scott and the MacQuillan Gerard Porsche 911.
LM P & LM GTP classes
|
Driver |
Team |
Car |
Time |
Session |
|
|
1 |
Martin Brundle |
Toyota |
Toyota GT-One |
3m31.857s |
1B |
|
2 |
David Brabham |
Panoz |
Panoz LMP Spyder |
3m31.941s |
2B |
|
3 |
Ukyo Katayama |
Toyota |
Toyota GT-One |
3m32.426s |
1A |
|
4 |
JJ Lehto |
BMW |
BMW V12 LMR |
3m32.867s |
3B |
|
5 |
Thierry Boutsen |
Toyota |
Toyota GT-One |
3m33.174s |
4B |
|
6 |
Bernd Schneider |
AMG Mercedes |
Mercedes CLR |
3m33.864s |
5B |
|
7 |
Tom Kristensen |
BMW |
BMW V12 LMR |
3m34.493s |
6B |
|
8 |
Emanuele Pirro |
Audi Sport Joest |
Audi R8R |
3m36.390s |
7B |
|
9 |
Jan Magnussen |
Panoz |
Panoz LMP Spyder |
3m36.577s |
2A |
|
10 |
Satoshi Motoyama |
Nissan |
Nissan R391 |
3m36.955s |
8B |
|
11 |
Rinaldo Capello |
Audi Sport Joest |
Audi R8R |
3m37.509s |
3A |
|
12 |
Christophe Tinseau |
DAMS |
Lola-Judd T98/10 |
3m37.600s |
4A |
|
13 |
Eric van de Poele |
Nissan |
Nissan R391 |
3m38.000s |
5A |
|
14* |
Mark Webber |
AMG Mercedes |
Mercedes CLR |
3m38.227s |
6A |
|
15 |
Christophe Bouchut |
AMG Merecdes |
Mercedes CLR |
3m39.730s |
7A |
|
16 |
Jerome Policand |
JB-Giesse |
Ferrari 333SP |
3m40.573s |
8A |
|
17 |
Mauro Baldi |
JB-Giesse |
Ferrari 333SP |
3m41.117s |
9B |
|
18 |
Bill Auberlen |
Price + Bscher |
BMW V12 LM98 |
3m41.568s |
10B |
|
19 |
Andrea Montermini |
Courage Competition |
Courage-Nissan C52 |
3m42.785s |
9A |
|
20 |
Hiroki Kato |
Team Goh |
BMW V12 LM98 |
3m42.831s |
10A |
|
21 |
Jan Lammers |
Konrad Motorsport |
Lola-Ford B98/10 |
3m43.687s |
11B |
|
22 |
Stephane Ortelli |
Audi Sport UK |
Audi R8C |
3m43.786s |
11A |
|
23 |
Didier Cottaz |
Nissan Motorsports |
Courage-Nissan C52 |
3m44.350s |
12B |
|
W |
Yannick Dalmas |
BMW Motorsport |
BMW V12 LMR |
3m44.982s |
12A |
|
25 |
Philippe Gache |
Riley & Scott Europe |
Riley & Scott-Ford MkIII |
3m47.871s |
14A |
|
26 |
Michel Ferte |
Pescarolo Promotion |
Courage-Porsche C50 |
3m47.996s |
15A |
|
27 |
Andy Wallace |
Audi Sport UK |
Audi R8C |
3m48.406s |
13B |
|
28 |
Marco Apicella |
Riley & Scott Europe |
Riley & Scott-Ford MkIII |
3m48.884s |
14B |
|
29 |
Franck Freon |
Autoexe Motorsports |
Autoexe-Ford LMP99 |
3m50.274s |
15B |
|
NQ |
Guillaume Gomez |
Welter Gerard |
WR-Peugeot LMP99 |
3m56.956s |
16A |
LM P & LM GTP classes
LM GTS class
|
1* |
Olivier Beretta |
Viper Team ORECA |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
3m57.225s |
1A |
|
2* |
Jean-Philippe Belloc |
Viper Team ORECA |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
3m58.522s |
1B |
|
3 |
Karl Wendlinger |
Viper Team ORECA |
Chrysler GTS-R |
3m59.361s |
2A |
|
4 |
Thomas Erdos |
Hugh Chamberlain |
Chrysler GTS-R |
4m01.480s |
3A |
|
5 |
Emmanuel Clerico |
Paul Belmondo |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
4m01.875s |
4A |
|
6 |
Ni Amorim |
Hugh Chamberlain |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
4m01.970s |
2B |
|
7 |
Manuel Mello-Breyner |
Cica Team ORECA |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
4m03.827s |
3B |
|
8 |
Claudia Hurtgen |
Roock Racing |
Porsche 993 GT2 |
4m03.846s |
4B |
|
9 |
Wolfgang Kaufmann |
Freisinger Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
4m04.085s |
5A |
|
10 |
Franz Konrad |
Konrad Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
4m04.253s |
6A |
|
11 |
Paul Belmondo |
Paul Belmondo Racing |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
4m05.094s |
5B |
|
12 |
Patrice Goueslard |
Chereau Sport |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
4m07.024s |
7A |
|
NQ |
Hubert Haupt |
Roock Racing |
Porsche 993 GT2 |
4m07.207s |
8A |
|
13 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Larbre Competition |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
4m12.072s |
6B |
|
14 |
Michel Maisonneuve |
Estoril Racing |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
4m12.717s |
7B |
|
15* |
Keiichi Iketani |
Freisinger Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
4m15.623s |
8B |
|
NQ |
Gary Ayles |
Gerard MacQuillan |
Porsche 911 GT2 |
58m55.190s |
9B |
LM GT class
|
1 |
Uwe Alzen |
Manthey Racing |
Porsche 996 GT3 |
4m11.629s |
1A |
|
2* |
Dirk Muller |
Champion Racing |
Porsche 996 GT3 |
4m14.202s |
2A |
|
3 |
Thierry Perrier |
Perspective Racing |
Porsche 993 RSR |
4m31.666s |
3A |
|
4 |
Michel Neugarten |
Gerard MacQuillan |
Porsche 993 RSR |
4m33.324s |
4A |
|
NQ |
David Clark |
Brookspeed Racing |
Chrysler Viper GTS |
5m19.528s |
5A |
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