Anthony Davidson puts Peugeot on pole for Zhuhai Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race
Peugeot driver Anthony Davidson claimed pole position for this season's Intercontinental Le Mans Cup finale at Zhuhai in China
The Briton recorded a best time of 1m21.760s during the 20-minute qualifying session, edging out Peugeot team-mate Stephane Sarrazin by 0.075 seconds. The best of the two Audis ended up third on 1m22.038s in the hands of Tom Kristensen.
Davidson, who shares his Peugeot 908 with Sebastien Bourdais, said: "I had to work really hard to get back ahead of Stephane. It was a good lap, but not my best."
The top petrol-powered LMP1 was the Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota coupe driven by Neel Jani. He ended up 0.7s ahead of Olivier Pla in the best of the Judd-powered OAK Pescarolos.
GT Pro class honours were claimed by the Schnitzer BMW driven by Jorg Muller. The German headed AF Corse Ferrari driver Gianmaria Bruni by 0.4s.
Pos Cl Qual Driver Team/Car Time 1. P1 Anthony Davidson Peugeot 1m21.769s 2. P1 Stephane Sarrazin Peugeot 1m21.844s 3. P1 Tom Kristensen Audi 1m22.038s 4. P1 Marcel Fassler Audi 1m22.538s 5. P1 Neel Jani Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m23.931s 6. P1 Olivier Pla Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m24.684s 7. P1 Stefan Mucke AMR Lola-Aston Martin 1m25.119s 8. P1 Matthieu Lahaye Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m25.170s 9. P2 Franck Mailleux Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m27.929s 10. P2 Patrice Lafargue Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m30.214s 11. P1 Mitsuyama Shogo Tokai Courage-ORECA 1m30.614s 12. FLM Zhang Shanqi PTRS FLM 1m33.783s 13. GTE-P Jorg Muller BMW 1m34.506s 14. GTC Edoardo Mortara C Audi 1m34.777s 15. GTC Carlo van Dam Hitotsuyama Audi 1m34.934s 16. GTE-P Gianmaria Bruni AF Ferrari 1m34.945s 17. GTE-P Andy Priaulx BMW 1m34.992s 18. GTE-A Tim Mullen CRS Ferrari 1m35.229s 19. GTE-A Richard Lietz Proton Porsche 1m35.279s 20. GTC Mika Hakkinen AMG China Mercedes 1m35.296s 21. GTE-P Frederic Makowiecki Luxury Ferrari 1m35.413s 22. GTE-A Niclas Jonsson Krohn Ferrari 1m35.598s 23. GTE-A Julien Canal Larbre Corvette 1m35.639s 24. GTE-P Anthony Beltoise Luxury Ferrari 1m35.867s 25. GTE-A Fabien Giroix Gulf Aston Martin 1m36.081s 26. GTE-A Philip Ma AF Ferrari 1m36.111s 27. GTC Florian Gruber Race Experience Audi 1m36.417s 28. GTE-P James Rossiter Jetalliance Lotus 1m36.618s 29. GTE-P Martin Rich Jetalliance Lotus 1m38.622s
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