Peugeot go ever quicker in practice
Peugeot ramped up the pressure on their rival diesel counterparts Audi in the final practice session for the opening round of the Le Mans Series at Barcelona, as Pedro Lamy set a time of 1:32.797, 0.4s faster than his nearest rival on Saturday morning
As the French manufacturer continued to dominate proceedings in Spain, the scale of the task ahead of Audi, ahead of its first full factory European assault, became ever more clear as the new factory-backed Lola Aston Martin went second quickest in the hands of Stefan Mucke.
In fact the fastest Audi R10 TDI, that of Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish, could only manage fourth fastest behind the second of the Peugeot 908s, driven by Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin.
Andre Premat was fifth fastest in the sister Audi.
The Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche Spyder RS continued to run things in the LMP2 category as Jos Verstappen put the car well among the LMP1 racers.
The closed-roof Lola, run by the Speedy Racing Team was second quickest.
Luc Alphand's Corvette was quickest in GT1 ahead of the Team Modena Aston Martin while Virgo Motorsport's Ferrari 430 GT topped the GT2 class.
Pos Driver Car Time LMP 1. Lamy/Sarrazin Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:32.797 2. Mucke/Charouz Lola Aston Martin 1:33.187 3. Gene/Minassian Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:33.969 4. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 1:34.218 5. Premat/Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 1:34.453 6. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Judd 1:35.125 7. Panis/Lapierre Courage-Oreca Judd 1:35.687 8. Burgueno/De Castro Epsilon Euskadi Judd 1:36.187 9. Ortello/Ayari Courage-Oreca Judd 1:36.562 10. Campbell-Walter/Hall/Ortiz Creation CA07 - Aim 1:36.610 11. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Judd 1:37.219 12. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Pescarolo Judd 1:39.266 13. Barbosa/Ickx/Short Pescarolo Judd 1:39.469 14. Evans/Berridge/Stretton Lola B06/10 AER 1:39.547 15. Lavaggi/Kauffman Lavaggi LS1 - AER 1:42.781 LMP2 1. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 1:34.125 2. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd 1:35.578 3. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 1:35.875 4. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 1:36.016 5. Amaral/Pla Lola B05/40 AER 1:36.531 6. Erdos/Newton MG Lola EX 265 MG 1:36.735 7. Barazi/Vergers Zytek 07S Zytek 1:37.266 8. de Pourtales/Noda Lola B05/40 Mazda 1:37.359 9. Kane/Foster WF01 Zytek 1:38.640 10. Hughes/Haberfield WF01 Zytek 1:39.250 11. Rostan/Peterson/Lueders Radical SR9 AER 1:40.438 12. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 1:40.640 13. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S Zytek 1:41.000 14. Didaic/Francioni/Savoldi Lucchini Judd 1:45.594 15. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR Zytek 1:47.860 GT1 1. Alphand/Moreau/Goueslard Corvette C6.R 1:44.937 2. Garcia/Enge Aston Martin DBR9 1:45.140 3. Rusinov/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 1:45.172 4. Blanchemain/Dumez/Bervillec Corvette C6.R 1:46.219 5. Makowiecki/Bornhauser/Bouchutal Saleen S7R Ford 5:52.703 GT2 1. Bell/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT 1:47.891 2. Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:47.891 3. Lieb/Davison Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:48.109 4. Narac/Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:48.515 5. Ehret/Kaffer/Beltoise Ferrari F430 GT 1:50.390 6. Ried/Felbermayr/Felbermayr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:50.719 7. Daniels/Paltalla/Fortsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:50.735 8. Chiesa/Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:50.860 9. Balandras/Lecourt/Belloc Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:51.329 10. Van der Merve/Lemeret/Outzen Aston Martin Vantage V8 1:51.547 11. Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 1:51.984 12. Bassc/MacCormick/Casadei Ferrari F430 GT 1:53.891 13. Aucott/Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT 1:56.281
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