Pescarolo tops first Silverstone session

Boullion and Tinseau lie seven points behind Aston Martin drivers Stefan Mucke, Tomas Enge and Jan Charouz with just 10 available at this weekend's season finale.

It was Boullion that set the best lap of the hour-long practice, more than two tenths of a second faster than Darren Turner in the #008 Aston Martin, which he shares with Harold Primat.

Olivier Panis set the third quickest time of practice in the sole present Oreca, the #10 car he shares with Nicolas Lapierre.

Danny Watts was fourth in the Strakka Racing Ginetta-Zytek, with Marcel Fassler (Speedy Racing Lola-Aston Martin) fifth.

The championship-leading #007 Aston Martin was only sixth quickest in the session, with Enge setting the car's best time.

*The Aston Martin Racing drivers will be signing autographs at the AUTOSPORT stand - which features a Lola T70 on display - at the entrance to the paddock on Saturday at 1130. David Brabham and Marino Franchitti will also be paying a visit to meet the crowds at 1430 on Saturday.

AUTOSPORT.com competition winner Martin Evans will be the starter for the AUTOSPORT 1000km when it gets underway on Sunday morning.

Pos Driver                        Class  Car                   Time           Gap
 1. Boullion/Tinseau              LMP1   Pescarolo             1m34.540s
 2. Primat/Turner                 LMP1   Lola-Aston Martin     1m34.782s   +0.242
 3. Panis/Lapierre                LMP1   Oreca-AIM             1m35.122s   +0.582
 4. Leventis/Watts                LMP1   Ginetta-Zytek         1m35.604s   +1.064
 5. Belicchi/Fassler/Prost        LMP1   Lola-Aston Martin     1m35.646s   +1.106
 6. Charouz/Enge/Mucke            LMP1   Lola-Aston Martin     1m36.966s   +2.426
 7. Albers/Bakkerud               LMP1   Audi                  1m36.990s   +2.450
 8. Ramos/Buncombe/Hall           LMP1   Lola-Aston Martin     1m37.062s   +2.522
 9. Amaral/Pla                    LMP2   Ginetta-Zytek         1m37.634s   +3.094
10. Ragues/Mailleux               LMP1   Oreca-Judd            1m38.070s   +3.530
11. Karthikeyan/Meyrick/Zwolsman  LMP1   Audi                  1m38.520s   +3.980
12. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Peter          LMP2   Zytek                 1m38.838s   +4.298
13. Lahaye/Ajlani                 LMP2   Pescarolo-Mazda       1m39.622s   +5.082
14. Kane/Leuenberger/Pompidou     LMP2   Lola-Judd             1m39.760s   +5.220
15. Tomlinson/Mansell/Mansell     LMP1   Ginetta-Zytek         1m39.962s   +5.422
16. Salini/Salini/Gommendy        LMP2   WR-Zytek              1m40.506s   +5.966
17. Erdos/Newton                  LMP2   Lola-Mazda            1m40.788s   +6.248
18. Hughes/Firth/Manning          LMP2   Embassy-Zytek         1m41.394s   +6.854
19. Nicolet/Hein                  LMP2   Pescarolo-Mazda       1m42.840s   +8.300
20. Bruneau/Sini/Greaves          LMP2   Radical-AER           1m45.490s  +10.950
21. Schell/Thirion/Metz           LMP2   Courage-AER           1m46.258s  +11.718
22. Cortes/Nieto/Jorda            LMP2   Lucchini-Judd         1m46.508s  +11.968
23. Ibanez/Cavailhes/da Rocha     LMP2   Courage-AER           1m46.626s  +12.086
24. Berville/Groppi/Dumez         GT1    Saleen                1m48.038s  +13.498
25. Sharp/Kox                     GT1    Aston Martin          1m49.416s  +14.876
26. Bell/Bruni                    GT2    Ferrari               1m49.524s  +14.984
27. Lieb/Lietz/Felbermayr         GT2    Porsche               1m50.604s  +16.064
28. Drayson/Cocker                GT2    Aston Martin          1m50.870s  +16.330
29. Coronel/Janis                 GT2    Spyker                1m50.972s  +16.432
30. Montanari/Kaffer              GT2    Ferrari               1m51.016s  +16.476
31. Garcia/Mansell/Melo           GT2    Ferrari               1m51.488s  +16.948
32. Narac/Pilet                   GT2    Porsche               1m52.016s  +17.476
33. Palttala/Daniels/Rich         GT2    Porsche               1m52.502s  +17.962
34. Montermini/Cadei/Rosa         GT2    Ferrari               1m52.538s  +17.998
35. Griffin/Bamford               GT2    Ferrari               1m52.554s  +18.014
36. Ehret/Farnbacher/Beltoise     GT2    Ferrari               1m52.654s  +18.114
37. Hartshorne/Kutemann/Daoudi    GT2    Ferrari               1m52.956s  +18.416
38. Basso/Plati/Tenchini          GT2    Ferrari               1m53.940s  +19.400
39. Felbermayr/Ried/Martins       GT2    Porsche               1m54.376s  +19.836
40. Jousse/Goueslard/Clairay      GT1    Chevrolet             no time