Werner takes pole for Petit Le Mans
Marco Werner was one of several drivers to shatter the Road Atlanta lap record as he took pole position for Petit Le Mans
Audi are hoping that the long race will play into their hands more than most of the shorter events have this year, but they will still come under pressure from the LMP2 cars, as Romain Dumas put his Porsche alongside the Audi on the front row.
"For us it is very important to win another race overall," said Werner, who will share with Emanuele Pirro. "It would be very big and very nice to break Porsche's string, and long races I hope are the right direction for us."
Dumas was happy with the speed of the Penske-run Porsche though, and he believes that there is more to come from the car.
"I am glad we are nearly on the pace of Audi," he said. "I pushed really hard but lost some time because I was too slow through one of the corners."
The second row of the grid mirrors the first, as the second Audi R10 of Allan McNish and Dindo Capello lines up just ahead of the second Penske Porsche, while the third row of the grid is occupied by two Acuras.
Corvette Racing suffered a shock defeat in GT1 qualifying, as Andrea Bertolini gave Maserati its first pole position in the ALMS. Despite his impressive pace though, the Italian is adamant that the Lista Doran team are only focused on finishing the race.
Jaime Melo took the GT2 pole for Risi Competizione, as less than half a second covered the top five cars in the class.
Pos Drivers Car Time 1. Pirro/Werner Audi R10 TDI 1:08.906 2. Bernhard/Dumas/Long Porsche RS Spyder +0.133 3. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI +0.460 4. Maassen/Briscoe/Collard Porsche RS Spyder +0.556 5. Brabham/Johansson/Kerr Acura ARX-01a +1.094 6. Herta/Kanaan/Meira Acura ARX-01a +1.317 7. Leitzinger/Wallace/Lally Porsche RS Spyder +1.593 8. Fernandez/Diaz Lola B06/43-Acura +1.807 9. C.Field/J.Field/Berry Lola B06/10-AER +2.067 10. Pickett/Graf/Gidley Lola B06/14-AER +2.125 11. Mucke/Watts/Charouz Zytek 07S/2 +2.152 12. Chilton/Manning Zytek 07S +2.260 13. Dyson/Smith Porsche RS Spyder +2.649 14. Campbell-Walter/Primat/Tinseau Creation CA 07/Judd +3.070 15. Bach/Devlin/Matos Lola B07/46-Mazda +3.147 16. Lewis/McMurry/Willman Creation CA06H-Judd +5.849 17. Theys/Lienhart/Bertolini Maserati MC12 +8.522 18. O'Connell/Magnussen/Fellows Corvette C6.R +9.509 19. Beretta/Gavin/Papis Corvette C6.R +9.696 20. Salo/Melo/Mowlem Ferrari F430 GT +12.754 21. Dumbreck/Muller/Luhr Ferrari F430 GT +12.892 22. van Overbeek/Bergmeister/Lieb Porsche 911 GT3 +13.032 23. Kelleners/Milner/Rahal Porsche 911 GT3 +13.218 24. Henzler/Liddell Porsche 911 GT3 +13.252 25. Auberlen/Hand/Kimber-Smith Panoz Esperante +13.761 26. Long/Law/Neiman Porsche 911 GT3 +14.008 27. Tafel/Farnbacher/Nielsen Porsche 911 GT3 +14.214 28. Pappas/Borcheller/Basseng Porsche 911 GT3 +14.782 29. Turner/Jonsson/Krohn Ferrari F430 GT +16.081 30. Robertson/Robertson/Luyendyk Panoz Esperante +24.460 31. Feinberg/Ducote Viper Coupe No time
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