Peugeot remain on top at Spa
Peugeot continued to dominate proceedings at Spa-Francorchamps this afternoon, finish the second practice session for this weekend's Le Mans Series round with both cars at the top of the timesheets
But Audi are at least onto the same pace as their rivals now, thanks to Allan McNish's 2:01.618 lap, which was just half a second shy of the lead Peugeot.
It was Marc Gene who set the best time in the No7 908 HDi, taking over from Jacques Villeneuve, who drove for most of the session, and beating Alex Wurz's time in the sister car by three tenths of a second.
Nicolas Lapierre broke into the top four in the Courage Oreca he shares with fellow Frenchman Olivier Panis. Lapierre pushed the No. 2 Audi of Mike Rockenfeller and Alexandre Premat down to fifth place, with Jan Charouz sixth in the Lola Aston Martin.
Jos Verstappen again led the way in LMP2. The Dutchman's best time in the Porsche RS Spyder was two seconds quicker than any of his class rivals, and he had run as high as fourth overall. But the car dropped to seventh as times were bettered throughout the session and Peter van Merksteijn couldn't beat his benchmark.
The LMP1 Lavaggi LS1 turned its first laps of the season with Wolfgang Kaufmann at the wheel. The car finished the session 25th overall, 12 seconds off the ultimate LMP1 pace.
Peter Kox and Romain Rusinov led the GT1 class in their Lamborghini Murcielago, with Richard Lietz on top in GT2 for Porsche.
Pos Driver Car Time Class 1. Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2:00.567 LMP1 2. Lamy/Sarrazin/Wurz Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2:01.877 LMP1 3. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 2:03.197 LMP1 4. Panis/Lapierre Courage-Oreca Judd 2:04.584 LMP1 5. Premat/Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 2:04.456 LMP1 6. Mucke/Charouz Lola Aston Martin 2:06.317 LMP1 7. Van Merksteijn/Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder 2:05.013 LMP2 8. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Judd 2:05.309 LMP1 9. Burgueno/De Castro Epsilon Euskadi Judd 2:08.776 LMP1 10. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Porsche RS Spyder 2:09.654 LMP2 11. Erdos/Newton MG Lola EX 265 MG 2:10.076 LMP2 12. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Judd 2:07.007 LMP1 13. Belicchi/Pompidou/Zacchia Lola B08/80 Coupe Judd 2:11.928 LMP2 14. Barbosa/Ickx/Forsten Pescarolo Judd 2:08.886 LMP1 15. Hall/Kerr Creation CA07 - Aim 2:09.420 LMP1 16. Amaral/Pla Lola B05/40 AER 2:09.287 LMP2 17. Hughes/Kane WF01 Zytek 2:10.102 LMP2 18. Kimber-Smith/Foster WF01 Zytek 2:11.252 LMP2 19. Barazi/Vergers/Rees Zytek 07S Zytek 2:09.127 LMP2 20. Elgaard/Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder 2:08.658 LMP2 21. Ragues/Lahaye Pescarolo Judd 2:19.894 LMP2 22. de Pourtales/Noda Lola B05/40 Mazda 2:12.297 LMP2 23. Rostan/Peterson/Lueders Radical SR9 AER 2:13.376 LMP2 24. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Pescarolo Judd 2:13.672 LMP1 25. Lavaggi/Kaufmann Lavaggi LS1 AER 2:19.307 LMP1 26. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Zytek 07S Zytek 2:15.485 LMP2 27. Rusinov/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 2:19.625 GT1 28. Alphand/Moreau/Goueslard Corvette C6.R 2:16.574 GT1 29. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR Zytek 2:23.571 LMP2 30. Hardman/Leventis Aston Martin DBR9 2:21.162 GT1 31. Blanchemain/Dumez/Lemeret Corvette C6.R 2:20.496 GT1 32. Narac/Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:23.549 GT2 33. Lieb/Davison Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:22.398 GT2 34. Bell/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT 2:21.903 GT2 35. Nielsen/Westbrook/Simonsen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:23.940 GT2 36. Daniels/Paltalla/Sugden Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:26.861 GT2 37. Aucott/Ferte Ferrari F430 GT 2:30.927 GT2 38. Ehret/Kaffer Ferrari F430 GT 2:24.153 GT2 39. Dumbreck/Kelleners/Vasiliev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 2:27.329 GT2 40. Balandras/Lecourt Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:27.275 GT2 41. Ried/Felbermayr/Felbermayr Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:27.644 GT2 42. Chiesa/Leuenberger/Iradj Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R 2:28.659 GT2 43. Kutemann/Basso/Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT 2:25.499 GT2
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