Le Mans am: Capello fastest
Italian Rinaldo Capello topped the times in the morning session of the pre-Le Mans 24 Hours test. The Audi Sport Japan Team Goh driver set a fastest time of 3m35.680s to shade Champion Audi R8 pilot Emanuele Pirro by 0.172secs
The Veloqx Audis were third and fourth fastest, with Johnny Herbert ahead Allan McNish, with Pescarolo Sport's Nicolas Minassian the best of the rest after setting a mark of 3m37.601s in his Courage-Judd.
Corvette driver Olivier Beretta set the GTS class pace, eclipsing the lead Prodrive Ferrari 550 Maranello shared by Tomas Enge, Peter Kox and Alain Menu, while former World Rally Champion Colin McRae had his first taste of the Le Mans circuit in the second Prodrive Ferrari.
Capello/Kristensen/Ara (Team Goh Audi R8) 3m35.680s
Pirro/Lehto/Werner (Champion Audi R8) 3m35.852s
Herbert/Davies/Smith (Veloxq Audi R8) 3m36.079s
McNish/Biela/Kaffer (Veloqx Audi R8) 3m36.804s
Minassian/Bourdais/Collard (Pescarolo-Judd) 3m37.601s
Brabham/Wallace (Zytek Engineering Zytek) 3m40.501s
Beretta/Magnussen/Gavin (Chevrolet Corvette C5-R) 3m54.177s
Enge/Kox/Menu (Prodrive Ferrari 550 Maranello) 3m55.127s
Fellows/Papis/O'Connell (Chevrolet Corvette C5-R) 3m56.161s
Ortelli/Dumas/Berhard (Freisinger Porsche 911 GT3-RSR) 4m09.071s
Sugden/Khan/Neugarten (Perrier Porsche 911 GT3-RS) 4m09.762s
Bergmeister/Long/Petersen (White Lightening Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
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