Audi's Tom Kristensen tops final Petit Le Mans practice amid red flags
Audi's Tom Kristensen was quickest between red flags in a truncated final practice session before qualifying for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
A total of three stoppages interrupted, and then curtailed, the one-hour session. The first red flag was required to retrieve the stranded Performance Tech LMPC car, the second when the #15 OAK Racing Pescarolo went off at Turn 2, and the last for a big crash between the Robertson Racing Doran Ford and Intersport's #89 LMPC entry at the first corner. The session was abandoned after the latter, with 11 minutes left on the clock.
Before the red flag, Kristensen had put the #2 Audi in front with a 1m10.179s lap, 0.168 seconds ahead of Anthony Davidson in the #7 Peugeot.
The #1 Audi and #8 Peugeot were a further half-second back. It was again an all-diesel top five, with ORECA's older Peugeot following on.
Dyson was the quickest petrol-powered team, courtesy of Steven Kane in its #20 Lola-Mazda.
BMW held first and second again in GT with Dirk Muller leading Dirk Werner, 0.066s apart, ahead of the #062 AF Corse and #51 Risi Ferraris, and the #3 Corvette.
Signatech's Jean-Karl Vernay, CORE Autosport's Gunnar Jeanette and Black Swan Racing's Jeroen Bleekemolen topped LMP2, LMPC and GTC respectively.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m10.179s 2. P1 Bourdais/Pagenaud/Davidson Peugeot 1m10.347s 3. P1 Bernhard/Dumas/Fassler Audi 1m10.680s 4. P1 Montagny/Sarrazin/Wurz Peugeot 1m10.807s 5. P1 Lapierre/Minassian/Gene ORECA Peugeot 1m11.507s 6. P1 Al Masaood/Kane/Leitzinger Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m11.507s 7. P1 Prost/Jani/Belicchi Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m11.678s 8. P1 Pla/Premat/Yvon OAK Pescarolo-Judd 1m11.706s 9. P1 Luhr/Graf/Pickett Muscle Milk Lola-Aston 1m12.341s 10. P1 Fernandez/Primat/Mucke AMR Lola-Aston 1m12.645s 11. P1 Lahaye/Moreau/Ragues OAK Pescarolo-Judd 1m13.128s 12. P2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Vernay Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m13.906s 13. P1 Dyson/Smith/Cochran Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m13.979s 14. P2 Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa Level 5 HPD 1m14.169s 15. P2 Nicolet/da Rocha/Lafargue OAK Pescarolo 1m15.639s 16. P2 Tucker/Franchitti/Diaz Level 5 HPD 1m16.567s 17. PC Jeannette/Gonzalez/Junco CORE Autosport FLM 1m17.171s 18. P2 Brown/Johansson/Patterson OAK Pescarolo 1m17.378s 19. PC Grogor/Mitchell/Kronfli/Cameron Genoa FLM 1m17.553s 20. PC Dobson/Richard/Lewis PR1 Mathiasen FLM 1m17.791s 21. PC Bennett/Montecalvo/Dalziel CORE Autosport FLM 1m18.573s 22. PC Lux/Julian/Zugel/Grogor Genoa FLM 1m18.992s 23. GT Muller/Hand/Priaulx BMW 1m19.300s 24. GT Auberlen/Werner/Farfus BMW 1m19.366s 25. PC Nicolosi/Boon/Lueders Performance Tech FLM 1m19.403s 26. GT Melo/Vilander/Matos Risi Ferrari 1m19.590s 27. GT Fisichella/Bruni/Kaffer AF Corse Ferrari 1m19.611s 28. GT Beretta/Milner/Garcia Corvette 1m19.918s 29. GT Bergmeister/Long/Pilet Flying Lizard Porsche 1m19.957s 30. GT Brown/Cosmo/Bell Extreme Speed Ferrari 1m19.983s 31. GT Sharp/van Overbeek/Farnbacher Extreme Speed Ferrari 1m20.017s 32. GT Ortelli/Makowiecki/Beltoise Luxury Ferrari 1m20.017s 33. GT Gavin/Magnussen/Westbrook Corvette 1m20.084s 34. PC Ducote/Ducote/Marcelli/Drissi Intersport FLM 1m20.333s 35. GTE-A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m20.354s 36. GT Firman/Jakubowski/Halliday Luxury Ferrari 1m20.826s 37. P1 Burgess/McMurry/Willman Autocon Lola-AER 1m20.979s 38. GTE-A Lietz/Ried Proton Porsche 1m21.235s 39. GTE-A Kauffman/Aguas/Bell AF Corse Ferrari 1m21.406s 40. GT Neiman/Holzer/Law Flying Lizard Porsche 1m21.732s 41. GT Miller/Maassen/Collard Miller Porsche 1m21.738s 42. GTE-A Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel Larbre Corvette 1m21.925s 43. GT Henzler/Sellers/Ragginger Falken Porsche 1m22.031s 44. GT Rossiter/Mowlem/Hansson Jetalliance Lotus 1m22.609s 45. GTE-A Ehret/Mullen/Wills CRS Ferrari 1m22.942s 46. GT Robertson/Snow/Murry Robertson Doran Ford 1m23.036s 47. GTC Pappas/Bleekemolen/Bleekemolen Black Swan Porsche 1m24.853s 48. GTE-A Giroix/Kauffman/Wainwright Gulf Aston Martin 1m24.951s 49. GT Slingerland/Rich/Kasper Jetalliance Lotus 1m25.164s 50. GTC Sweedler/Wong/Keen Alex Job Porsche 1m25.501s 51. GTC Ende/Pumpelly/Ludwig TRG Porsche 1m26.010s 52. GTC von Moltke/Norman/Keating TRG Porsche 1m26.438s
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