Peugeot dominate Barcelona qualifying
Reigning Le Mans Series champions Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin got their defense off to a perfect start by taking pole position for the opening round of the 2008 championship at Barcelona
True to form the pair once again lowered their fastest lap time to 1m31.875 as the two factory Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP diesel-powered racers continued to dominate proceedings at the Spanish track.
Audi Motorsport, embarking on a full-blown two-car assault on the European series in 2008, had no answer to the rapid French machines and the leading German car, driven by Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello, was 0.8s slower than the second Peugeot of Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian.
The factory-backed Charouz Racing Lola Aston Martin continued its impressive competition debut by setting the fourth fastest time overall.
Another impressive start came from Jos Verstappen and the Merksteijn Racing team who put their LMP2 Porsche right in among the LMP1 cars, with fastest time in class and fifth overall.
The second Audi R10 TDI, crewed by Alexandre Premat and Mike Rockenfeller, will line up sixth on the grid.
In GT1, the Team Modena Aston Martin crew of Tomas Enge and Antonio Garcia fought off a concerted challenge from the Luc Alpand Aventure Corvette C6.R to take pole in the class.
Rob Bell and Gianmaria Bruni will start from the front in the GT2 class.
Pos Driver Car Time
LMP
1. Lamy/Sarrazin Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:31.875
2. Gene/Minassian Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:32.454
3. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 1:33.250
4. Mucke/Charouz Lola Aston Martin 1:33.734
5. Premat/Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 1:34.671
6. Panis/Lapierre Courage-Oreca Judd 1:35.078
7. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Judd 1:35.641
8. Campbell-Walter/Hall/Ortiz Creation CA07 - Aim 1:36.375
9. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Judd 1:36.516
10. Barbosa/Ickx/Short Pescarolo Judd 1:36.640
11. Ortello/Ayari Courage-Oreca Judd 1:36.797
12. Burgueno/De Castro Epsilon Euskadi Judd 1:36.922
13. Evans/Berridge/Stretton Lola B06/10 AER 1:39.063
14. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Pescarolo Judd 1:40.594
15. Lavaggi/Kauffman Lavaggi LS1 - AER 1:41.610
LMP2
1. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 1:34.422
2. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd 1:35.797
3. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 1:36.156
4. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 1:36.266
5. Amaral/Pla Lola B05/40 AER 1:36.641
6. Barazi/Vergers Zytek 07S Zytek 1:37.516
7. Hughes/Haberfield WF01 Zytek 1:38.109
8. de Pourtales/Noda Lola B05/40 Mazda 1:38.437
9. Erdos/Newton MG Lola EX 265 MG 1:38.485
10. Kane/Foster WF01 Zytek 1:38.500
11. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 1:39.594
12. Rostan/Peterson/Lueders Radical SR9 AER 1:40.750
13. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S Zytek 1:41.516
14. Didaio/Francioni/Savoldi Lucchini Judd 1:44.579
15. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR Zytek 1:49.859
GT1
1. Garcia/Enge Aston Martin DBR9 1:44.484
2. Alphand/Moreau/Goueslard Corvette C6.R 1:44.531
3. Rusinov/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 1:44.969
4. Blanchemain/Dumez/Bervillec Corvette C6.R 1:46.718
GT2
1. Bell/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT 1:47.844
2. Lieb/Davison Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.093
3. Narac/Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.250
4. Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.250
5. Ehret/Kaffer/Beltoise Ferrari F430 GT 1:49.343
6. Balandras/Lecourt/Belloc Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.593
7. Aucott/Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT 1:50.297
8. Chiesa/Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:50.953
9. Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:50.953
10. Van der Merve/Lemeret/Outzen Aston Martin Vantage V8 1:51.015
11. Ried/Felbermayr/Felbermayr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.218
12. Daniels/Paltalla/Fortsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.250
13. Bassc/MacCormick/Casadei Ferrari F430 GT 1:52.078
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