Peugeot's Simon Pagenaud quickest in Petit Le Mans night practice session
Simon Pagenaud put Peugeot on top right at the end of another extremely tight practice session for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
The Frenchman lapped in 1m09.027s with his final lap of the two-hour night session, allowing him to beat Audi's Romain Dumas by just 0.080 seconds.
The second works Peugeot was third, 0.159s off the pace in Stephane Sarrazin's hands.
The top five was completed by the #2 Audi and the ORECA Peugeot.
Muscle Milk's Lola-Aston Martin was again the fastest petrol-powered contender.
Last year's Indy Lights champion Jean-Karl Vernay led LMP2 in the Signatech ORECA-Nissan, ahead of Level 5's HPD.
BMW stayed in front in GT thanks to Augusto Farfus, although Toni Vilander got the Risi Ferrari up to second, ahead of the second M3 GT.
CORE Autosport's Gunner Jeanette and TRG's Duncan Ende were quickest in LMPC and GTC respectively.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Bourdais/Pagenaud/Davidson Peugeot 1m09.027s 2. P1 Bernhard/Dumas/Fassler Audi 1m09.107s 3. P1 Montagny/Sarrazin/Wurz Peugeot 1m09.186s 4. P1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m10.210s 5. P1 Lapierre/Minassian/Gene ORECA Peugeot 1m11.016s 6. P1 Luhr/Graf/Pickett Muscle Milk Lola-Aston 1m12.278s 7. P1 Fernandez/Primat/Mucke AMR Lola-Aston 1m12.644s 8. P1 Al Masaood/Kane/Leitzinger Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m12.831s 9. P1 Pla/Premat/Yvon OAK Pescarolo 1m12.842s 10. P1 Lahaye/Moreau/Ragues OAK Pescarolo 1m12.922s 11. P1 Prost/Jani/Belicchi Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m13.101s 12. P1 Dyson/Smith/Cochran Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m13.623s 13. P2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Vernay Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m13.864s 14. P2 Tucker/Franchitti/Diaz Level 5 HPD 1m14.821s 15. P2 Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa Level 5 HPD 1m15.942s 16. P2 Brown/Johansson/Patterson United OAK Pescarolo 1m17.097s 17. P2 Nicolet/Da Rocha/Lafargue OAK Pescarolo 1m17.297s 18. PC Jeannette/Gonzalez/Junco CORE Autosport FLM 1m17.982s 19. PC Ducote/Ducote/Marcelli/Drissi Intersport FLM 1m18.573s 20. PC Grogor/Mitchell/Kronfli/Cameron Genoa FLM 1m18.582s 21. PC Bennett/Montecalvo/Dalziel CORE Autosport FLM 1m18.806s 22. PC Lux/Julian/Zugel/Grogor Genoa FLM 1m19.017s 23. P1 Burgess/McMurry/Willman Autocon Lola-AER 1m19.050s 24. PC Nicolosi/Boon/Lueders Performance Tech FLM 1m19.215s 25. GT Auberlen/Werner/Farfus BMW 1m19.747s 26. GT Melo/Vilander/Matos Risi Ferrari 1m20.027s 27. GT Muller/Hand/Priaulx BMW 1m20.109s 28. GT Fisichella/Bruni/Kaffer AF Corse Ferrari 1m20.111s 29. GT Ortelli/Makowiecki/Beltoise Luxury Ferrari 1m20.142s 30. GT Gavin/Magnussen/Westbrook Corvette 1m20.149s 31. GT Bergmeister/Long/Pilet Flying Lizard Porsche 1m20.326s 32. GT Sharp/van Overbeek/Farnbacher Extreme Speed Ferrari 1m20.372s 33. GT Brown/Cosmo/Bell Extreme Speed Ferrari 1m20.894s 34. GT Beretta/Milner/Garcia Corvette 1m21.079s 35. GTE-A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m21.637s 36. GTE-A Kauffman/Aguas/Bell AF Corse Ferrari 1m21.717s 37. GT Neiman/Holzer/Law Flying Lizard Porsche 1m21.812s 38. PC Dobson/Richard/Lewis PR1 Mathiasen FLM 1m21.850s 39. GT Junqueira/Wilden/James RSR Jaguar 1m21.964s 40. GT Miller/Maassen/Collard Miller Porsche 1m22.361s 41. GTE-A Ehret/Mullen/Wills CRS Ferrari 1m22.382s 42. GT Firman/Jakubowski/Halliday Luxury Ferrari 1m22.671s 43. GTE-A Lietz/Ried Proton Porsche 1m22.792s 44. GT Henzler/Sellers/Ragginger Falken Porsche 1m22.893s 45. GT Rossiter/Mowlem/Hansson Jetalliance Lotus 1m23.286s 46. GT Robertson/Snow/Murry Robertson Doran Ford 1m23.318s 47. GTE-A Giroix/Kauffman/Wainwright Gulf Aston Martin 1m24.191s 48. GTE-A Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel Larbre Corvette 1m24.261s 49. GTC Ende/Pumpelly/Ludwig TRG Porsche 1m25.472s 50. GTC Potter/Stanton/Eversley Magnus Porsche 1m25.846s 51. GTC von Moltke/Norman/Keating TRG Porsche 1m26.076s 52. GTC Sweedler/Wong/Keen Alex Job Porsche 1m26.124s 53. GTC Pappas/Bleekemolen/Bleekemolen Black Swan Porsche 1m26.345s 54. GT Jones/Moran/Lewis RSR Jaguar 1m37.060s
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