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Pagenaud flies for Peugeot at Spa

The factory Peugeot squad revealed its true pace in the second free practice session for the Spa 1000km after Simon Pagenaud lapped more than a second under last year's pole time to go fastest of all on the now-dry track

The Frenchman's lap of 1m59.826s, set relatively early in the second hour, was 1.5s faster than that of his team-mate Anthony Davidson.

The works 908 HDi FAP's domination was completed with Franck Montagny in third in the #2 car.

Andre Lotterer was the fastest Audi driver in fourth position as Team Joest focused on a set-up close to that it plans to run at Le Mans. Lotterer was more than 3s away from Pagenaud's pace.

Olivier Panis was fifth fastest for ORECA in the privateer Peugeot ahead of the other works Audis of Timo Bernhard and Rinaldo Capello.

All three R15 TDI Plus crews reported a lack of grip and Allan McNish completed virtually no running at all on Friday after his late stint was scuppered by a red flag near the end of the session.

Mike Newton was quickest LMP2 runner in the RML Lola Coupe ahead of the Quifel Ginetta and Oak Racing's Pescarolo.

Stefan Mucke set the pace in GT1 for the factory Aston Martin squad while Rob Bell was fastest, again in an Aston, in GT2.


Pos Driver                            Class/Car                    Time
 1. Lamy/Bourdais/Pagenaud            P1  Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP       1m59.826s
 2. Gene/Wurz/Davidson                P1  Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP       2m01.365s
 3. Montagny/Sarrazin/Minassian       P1  Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP       2m02.771s
 4. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer         P1  Audi R15 TDI              2m02.894s
 5. Panis/Lapierre/Duval              P1  Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP       2m03.313s
 6. Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller       P1  Audi R15 TDI              2m03.394s
 7. Capello/Kristensen/Mcnish         P1  Audi R15 TDI              2m04.037s
 8. Prost/Jani                        P1  Lola B10/60 - Rebellion   2m04.284s
 9. Belicchi/Boullion                 P1  Lola B10/60 - Rebellion   2m04.875s
10. Erdos/Newton/Wallace              P2  Lola HPD Coupe            2m06.858s
11. Amaral/Pla                        P2  Ginetta-Zytek 09S         2m08.488s
12. Moreau/Hein                       P2  Pescarolo - Judd          2m08.881s
13. Leventis/Watts/Kane               P2  ARX-01c 2:27.882 20       2m08.950s
14. Ragues/Mailleux/Ickx              P1  Lola - Aston Martin       2m08.952s
15. Lahaye/Nicolet                    P2  Pescarolo - Judd          2m09.503s
16. Geri/Piccini/Piccini              P2  Lola Coupe B09 - Judd     2m11.346s
17. Francioni/Pirri                   P2  Lola Coupe B09 - Judd     2m12.196s
18. Ojjeh/Greaves/Ebbesvik            P2  Ginetta-Zytek 09S         2m13.142s
19. Noda/De Pourtales/Kennard         P2  Lola B08/47 - Judd        2m15.696s
20. Frey/Meichtry/Bruneau             P2  Radical SR9 - Judd        2m17.574s
21. Pillon/Verdonck/Capillaire        FLM Oreca                     2m18.228s
22. Zacchia/Kaufmann/Moro             FLM Oreca                     2m19.413s
23. Enge/Nygaard/Mucke                GT1 Aston Martin DBR9         2m20.044s
24. Kraihamer/De Crem/Delhez          FLM Oreca                     2m20.052s
25. Mutsch/Hirschi/Beche              GT1 Ford GT                   2m20.806s
26. Bell/Turner                       GT2 Aston Martin Vantage      2m21.318s
27. Lieb/Lietz                        GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR       2m21.561s
28. Leinders/Palttala/De Doncker      GT1 Ford GT                   2m21.652s
29. Companc/Russo                     GT2 Ferrari F430 GT           2m22.021s
30. Bruni/Melo                        GT2 Ferrari F430 GT           2m22.128s
31. Schell/Da Rocha                   P2  Courage-Oreca LC75        2m22.193s
32. Barlesi/Cicognani/Chalandon       FLM Oreca                     2m22.217s
33. Farnbacher/Simonsen               GT2 Ferrari F430 GT           2m22.587s
34. Alesi/Fisichella/Vilander         GT2 Ferrari F430 GT           2m22.660s
35. Jousse/Gregoire/Hart              GT1 Corvette C6.R             2m22.780s
36. Pilet/Narac                       GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR       2m22.804s
37. Priaulx/Mullen/Farfus             GT2 BMW M3                    2m22.973s
38. Allemann/Frey/Zimmer              GT1 Ford GT                   2m23.355s
39. Ehret/Quaife/Kaffer               GT2 Ferrari F430 GT           2m23.374s
40. Muller/Werner/Alzen               GT2 BMW M3                    2m23.428s
41. Gardel/Goueslard/Rees             GT1 Saleen S7-R               2m23.675s
42. Kirkaldy/Mullen                   GT2 Ferrari F430 GT           2m23.731s
43. Dumbreck/Coronel                  GT2 Spyker C8 Laviolette      2m23.786s
44. Holzer/Westbrook                  GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR       2m23.900s
45. Schroyen/Van Dam/Lacko            GT1 Saleen S7R                2m23.926s
46. Ragginger/Ried/Long               GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR       2m24.034s
47. Von Splunteren/Hommerson/Machiels GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR       2m26.917s
48. Kutemann/Basso/Hartshorne         FLM Oreca                     2m27.210s
49. Daniels/Slingerland/Lanik         GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR       2m32.390s

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