Peugeot dominate Monza qualifying
As expected, Peugeot dominated qualifying for the Monza 1000kms as Nicolas Minassian reproduced his practice form to take pole position
The Frenchman's time of 1:31.470 was the fastest of the weekend so far and was very nearly half a second quicker than the sister diesel-powered Hdi FAP of Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin.
Audi could not live with the French cars in qualifying with Rinaldo Capello's best lap a 1:33.193, some 1.7s away from pole.
Mike Rockenfeller and Alex Premat will start fourth in the sister R10 TDI.
Stefan Mucke was easily the fastest petrol-engined driver as the Lola Aston Martin oupaced Oliver Panis' ORECA Courage by more than a second.
Jos Verstappen took the LMP2 pole for Van Merksteijn Racing, and will start 10th overall in the Porsche Spyder RS.
Porsches filled the next LMP2 places with Jan Lammers taking second for Horag and Casper Elgaard in third for Essex Racing.
Olivier Beretta stunned Team Modena's Tomas Enge by outpacing the Czech driver to take pole for Luc Alphand's Corvette team in GT1. Enge's Aston Martin was 0.2s back in second position.
Robert Bell will start from pole in GT2 for Virgo Motorsport. The battle for the top spot with Alex Davison's Felbermayr Porsche and Pierre Kaffer's Farnbacher Ferrari both within a second of pole.
Pos Driver Car Time LMP 1. Gene/Minassian Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:31.470 2. Lamy/Sarrazin Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:31.957 3. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 1:33.193 4. Premat/Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 1:33.330 5. Mucke/Charouz Lola Aston Martin 1:34.170 6. Panis/Lapierre Courage-Oreca Judd 1:35.303 7. Campbell-Walter/Hall Creation CA07 - Aim 1:35.869 8. Ortelli/Ayari Courage-Oreca Judd 1:35.891 9. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Judd 1:36.117 10. Burgueno/De Castro Epsilon Euskadi Judd 1:37.022 11. Kerr/Jouanny Creation CA07 - Aim 1:37.062 12. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Judd 1:37.229 13. Tappy/Ickx/Short Pescarolo Judd 1:38.619 14. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Pescarolo Judd 1:40.865 LMP2 1. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 1:36.842 2. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 1:37.845 3. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 1:37.957 4. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd 1:38.180 5. Barazi/Vergers/Rees Zytek 07S Zytek 1:38.570 6. Erdos/Newton Lola MG 1:38.697 7. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S Zytek 1:39.861 8. Amaral/Pla Lola B05/40 AER 1:39.998 9. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 1:40.174 10. Kane/Foster WF01 Zytek 1:40.196 11. Hughes/Haberfield WF01 Zytek 1:40.385 12. de Pourtales/Noda Lola B05/40 Mazda 1:41.007 13. Rostan/Peterson/Lueders Radical SR9 AER 1:41.785 14. Didaio/Francioni Lucchini Judd 1:44.471 GT1 1. Beretta/Moreau/Gouselard Corvette C6.R 1:44.102 2. Garcia/Enge Aston Martin DBR9 1:44.389 3. Blanchmain/Dumez/Manopoulos Corvette C6.R 1:45.507 4. Rusinov/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 1:46.243 GT2 1. Bell/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT 1:49.006 2. Lieb/Davison Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.227 3. Ehret/Kaffer Ferrari F430 GT 1:49.839 4. Narac/Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:50.008 5. Aucott/Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT 1:50.346 6. Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:50.401 7. Daniels/Paltalla/Sugden Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:50.953 9. Balandras/Lecourt/Belloc Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.057 9. Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:51.217 10. Ried/Felbermayr/Felbermayr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.468 11. Chiesa/Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:52.330 12. Kutemann/Basso/Casadei Ferrari F430 GT 1:53.17
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