Gene flies in second Monza practice
Barcelona 1000kms winner Marc Gene demonstrated Peugeot's apparent advantage in the LMS during the second free practice session for Sunday's race at Monza, lapping the Milanese circuit more than one and a half seconds quicker than the fastest Audi
Gene and teammate Nicolas Minassian moved to the top of the times in the second session, lowering the mark to 1:33.113, which was more than half second faster than even their own teammate's Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy could manage.
For once it was the Alexandre Premat/Mike Rockenfeller R10 that was the quicker of the two German diesels, the Frenchman lapping 0.2 seconds faster than Allan McNish in the sister car.
Once again the Charouz Systems Lola Aston Martin Coupe was the fastest petrol-engined LMP1 with Jan Charouz at the wheel, while the ORECA Courages of Nicolas Lapierre and Stephane Ortelli were both quicker than the fastest Pescarolo of Jean-Christophe Boullion.
In LMP2, Peter van Merksteijn ensured that his Porsches Spyder RS remained at the top of the pile.
Splitting the Porsches in second place however, was the Speedy Racing Lola Coupe driven by Andrea Belicchi. Casper Elgaard was third quickest in the Team Essex Porsche.
It was close at the top of GT1 with the Team Modena Aston Martin coming under stiff pressure from Patrice Manopoulos in one of Luc Alphand's Corvettes.
Alex Davison was once again quickest in GT2 with his Felbermayr Porsche.
Pos Driver Car Time LMP 1. Lamy/Sarrazin Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:33.113 2. Gene/Minassian Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:33.648 3. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 1:34.770 4. Premat/Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 1:34.953 5. Mucke/Charouz Lola Aston Martin 1:35.346 6. Panis/Lapierre Courage-Oreca Judd 1:36.121 7. Ortelli/Ayari Courage-Oreca Judd 1:36.547 8. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Judd 1:37.516 9. Burgueno/De Castro Epsilon Euskadi Judd 1:37.761 10. Campbell-Walter/Hall Creation CA07 - Aim 1:38.193 11. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Judd 1:38.772 12. Kerr/Jouanny Creation CA07 - Aim 1:39.777 13. Tappy/Ickx/Short Pescarolo Judd 1:41.105 14. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Pescarolo Judd 1:42.104 LMP2 1. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 1:37.798 2. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd 1:39.016 3. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 1:39.535 4. Barazi/Vergers/Rees Zytek 07S Zytek 1:40.072 5. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 1:40.379 6. Kane/Foster WF01 Zytek 1:41.554 7. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 1:42.086 8. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S Zytek 1:42.334 9. Amaral/Pla Lola B05/40 AER 1:42.715 10. Erdos/Newton Lola MG 1:42.894 11. Hughes/Haberfield WF01 Zytek 1:43.047 12. Rostan/Peterson/Lueders Radical SR9 AER 1:43.953 13. Didaio/Francioni Lucchini Judd 1:44.858 14. de Pourtales/Noda Lola B05/40 Mazda 1:45.296 15. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR Zytek 1:52.043 GT1 1. Garcia/Enge Aston Martin DBR9 1:46.443 2. Blanchmain/Dumez/Manopoulos Corvette C6.R 1:46.688 3. Beretta/Moreau/Gouselard Corvette C6.R 1:47.033 4. Rusinov/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 1:47.625 GT2 1. Lieb/Davison Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.828 2. Bell/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT 1:50.805 3. Narac/Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.547 4. Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.813 5. Daniels/Paltalla/Sugden Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:52.502 6. Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:52.546 7. Balandras/Lecourt/Belloc Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:52.822 8. Aucott/Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT 1:52.906 9. Chiesa/Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:53.783 10. Kutemann/Basso/Casadei Ferrari F430 GT 1:58.504
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