Peugeot maintains Spa advantage
Peugeot maintained its position at the top of the times in the final free practice session for the Spa 1000km as Stephane Sarrazin set the pace in the #2 factory 908 HDi turbo-diesel
The Frenchman was half a second quicker than his compatriot Sebastien Bourdais in the sister #3 car.
Audi put in a stronger showing in the Belgian morning sun as Allan McNish closing the gap to the pace-setters to just over a second, despite Team Joest insisting the R15 TDI Plus is running a low-downforce 'Le Mans' set-up.
Team ORECA was fourth fastest as Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre continued to mix it up with the factory cars in the privateer Peugeot.
Mike Rockenfeller put the #9 Audi in fifth position ahead of the third factory Peugeot in Alex Wurz's hands.
Jean Christophe Boullion was seventh quickest in the Rebellion Lola, the first of the petrol runners and nearly four seconds away from Sarrazin's mark.
The #8 Audi was eighth fastest after the car spent time in the pits with a diesel filter problem.
The sister Rebellion car was ninth, while the Strakka Racing LMP2 Acura completed the top ten in the hands of Danny Watts and Jonny Kane.
The Matach Competition Ford GT was quickest of the GT1 runners in the hands of Thomas Mutsch while Andrew Kirkaldy pushed the CRS Ferrari to the fore in GT2.
Pos Driver Class//Car Time 1. Montagny/Sarrazin/Minassian P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 1m59.428s 2. Lamy/Bourdais/Pagenaud P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2m00.042s 3. Capello/Kristensen/McNish P1 Audi R15 TDI 2m00.573s 4. Panis/Lapierre/Duval P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2m00.958s 5. Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller P1 Audi R15 TDI 2m02.028s 6. Gene/Wurz/Davidson P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2m02.094s 7. Belicchi/Boullion P1 Lola B10/60 - Rebellion 2m03.264s 8. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer P1 Audi R15 TDI 2m03.790s 9. Prost/Jani P1 Lola B10/60 - Rebellion 2m04.368s 10. Leventis/Watts/Kane P2 ARX-01c 2:27.882 20 2m05.322s 11. Ragues/Mailleux/Ickx P1 Lola - Aston Martin 2m05.589s 12. Erdos/Newton/Wallace P2 Lola HPD Coupe 2m06.966s 13. Ojjeh/Greaves/Ebbesvik P2 Ginetta-Zytek 09S 2m07.841s 14. Moreau/Hein P2 Pescarolo - Judd 2m08.486s 15. Geri/Piccini/Piccini P2 Lola Coupe B09 - Judd 2m09.372s 16. Francioni/Pirri P2 Lola Coupe B09 - Judd 2m10.529s 17. Noda/De Pourtales/Kennard P2 Lola B08/47 - Judd 2m10.828s 18. Lahaye/Nicolet P2 Pescarolo - Judd 2m11.581s 19. Amaral/Pla P2 Ginetta-Zytek 09S 2m13.230s 20. Frey/Meichtry/Bruneau P2 Radical SR9 - Judd 2m14.566s 21. Pillon/Verdonck/Capillaire FLM Oreca 2m14.809s 22. Kraihamer/De Crem/Delhez FLM Oreca 2m15.701s 23. Zacchia/Kaufmann/Moro FLM Oreca 2m16.851s 24. Toulemonde/Zollinger/Zampatti FLM Oreca 2m16.919s 25. Schell/Da Rocha P2 Courage-Oreca LC75 2m17.071s 26. Barlesi/Cicognani/Chalandon FLM Oreca 2m17.544s 27. Mutsch/Hirschi/Beche GT1 Ford GT 2m17.822s 28. Leinders/Palttala/De Doncker GT1 Ford GT 2m18.798s 29. Kirkaldy/Mullen GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m19.402s 30. Enge/Nygaard/Mucke GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 2m20.361s 31. Jousse/Gregoire/Hart GT1 Corvette C6.R 2m20.372s 32. Lieb/Lietz GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m20.391s 33. Pilet/Narac GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m20.512s 34. Bruni/Melo GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m20.701s 35. Ehret/Quaife/Kaffer GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m20.878s 36. Alesi/Fisichella/Vilander GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m21.277s 37. Farnbacher/Simonsen GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m21.278s 38. Gardel/Goueslard/Rees GT1 Saleen S7-R 2m21.683s 39. Holzer/Westbrook GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m21.788s 40. Bell/Turner GT2 Aston Martin Vantage 2m21.844s 41. Ragginger/Ried/Long GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m21.861s 42. Dumbreck/Coronel GT2 Spyker C8 Laviolette 2m21.885s 43. Priaulx/Mullen/Farfus GT2 BMW M3 2m22.262s 44. Muller/Werner/Alzen GT2 BMW M3 2m22.349s 45. Allemann/Frey/Zimmer GT1 Ford GT 2m22.370s 46. Schroyen/Van Dam/Lacko GT1 Saleen S7R 2m23.085s 47. Von Splunteren/Hommerson/Machiels GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m25.580s 48. Companc/Russo GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m28.344s 49. Daniels/Slingerland/Lanik GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m28.455s 50. Kutemann/Basso/Hartshorne FLM Oreca 2m27.210s
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