Pescarolo take pole at Istanbul
Reigning champions Emmanuel Collard and Jean-Cristophe Bouillion placed their #17 Pescarolo Judd on pole position for the opening round of the Le Mans Series at Istanbul
Collard's lap of 1:40.266 was less than a tenth of a second quicker than his nearest rivals, Nicolas Minassian in the new Creation prototype.
Early practice session had been run in wet conditions, however the track dried out for the 50-minute qualifying session.
A1 GP team bosses Alex Yoong and Jan Lammers were third quickest in their Racing for Holland Dome Mugen, ahead of the top LMP2 runner, the RML Lola of Tommy Erdos and Mike Newton.
The GT1 pole position was taken by reigning FIA GT champions Labre Competition. Labre are this year running an Aston Martin DBR9 in the LMS series, with their 2005 drivers Gabriele Gardel and Pedro Lamy. Belgian Vincent Vosse also joins the team.
Collard and Bouillion clinched last year's title at the same circuit back in November in a treacherously wet race.
Current forecasts for tomorrow's 1000-km race predict cold and changeable weather conditions again.
Pos Cl Drivers Make Time 1. P1 Collard/Boullion Pescarolo C60 Judd 1:40.266 2. P1 Minassian/Ortiz/Gabbiani Creation Judd 1:40.336 + 0.070 3. P1 Lammers/Yoong Dome Mugen 1:42.140 + 1.874 4. P2 Newton/Erdos MG Lola EX 264 1:42.336 + 2.070 5. P1 Gounon/Nakano/Kurosawa Courage LC70 Mugen 1:42.672 + 2.406 6. P1 Primat/Fassler Courage LC 70 Judd 1:42.883 + 2.617 7. P2 Barbosa/Short/Greaves Radical SR9 Judd 1:43.359 + 3.093 8. P2 Vergers/Barazi/Belloc Courage C65 AER 1:43.820 + 3.554 9. P2 Belmondo/Andre/Clairay Courage C65 Ford 1:44.336 + 4.070 10. P1 Berridge/Evans/Owen Lola B06/10 AER 1:44.976 + 4.710 11. P1 Keen/Kiesa/Moller Lister Storm Hybrid 1:46.258 + 5.992 12. P2 Rostan/Bruneau Pilbeam Judd 1:46.546 + 6.280 13. P2 Gosselin/Ojjeh/Ragues Courage C65 Ford 1:46.594 + 6.328 14. P2 Morris/Leroch/Hahn Courage C65 Judd 1:48.093 + 7.827 15. GT1 Lamy/Gardel/Vosse Aston Martin DBR9 1:48.180 + 7.914 16. GT1 Kuismanen/Menten/Paltta. Corvette C6-R 1:49.187 + 8.921 17. GT1 Kinch/Garcia Aston Martin DBR9 1:49.328 + 9.062 18. GT1 Kox/Pergl/Vasiliev Ferrari 550 1:49.468 + 9.202 19. GT1 Policand/Goueslard/Belt. Corvette C5-R 1:50.156 + 9.890 20. GT1 Hardam/Vann Aston Martin DBR9 1:53.367 +13.101 21. GT2 Villarroel/Sundberg Ferrari 430 GT 1:55.774 +15.508 22. GT2 Tomlinson/Dean Panoz Esperante 1:56.234 +15.968 23. GT2 Eagling/Sugden/Khan Ferrari 430 GT 1:56.523 +16.257 24. GT2 Drudi/Rosa/De Ferrari 430 GT 1:56.539 +16.273 25. GT2 Lieb/Camathias Porsche 996 GT3 1:56.774 +16.508 26. GT2 Hughes/Bell Panoz Esperante 1:56.890 +16.624 27. GT2 Bouchut/Dumez/Narac Porsche 996 1:57.093 +16.827 28. GT2 Kristensen/Edmann/Simon. Porsche 996 GT3 1:57.836 +17.570 29. GT2 Ehret/Farnbacher Porsche 996 GT3 1:57.844 +17.578 30. GT2 Bleekemolen/Hezemans Spyker C8 Spyder 1:57.914 +17.648 31. GT2 Kane/Crevels Spyker C8 Spyder 1:58.735 +18.469 32. GT2 Burgess/Collin/Bergmeis. Porsche 996 GT3 1:58.820 +18.554 33. GT2 Lambert/Lefort/Iannetta Porsche 996 GT3 2:01.312 +21.046 34. GT2 Nielsen/Seefried Porsche 996 GT3 2:01.336 +21.070 35. GT2 Smith/Hesnault/Wilson Porsche 996 GT3 2:02.196 +21.930
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