Anthony Davidson puts Peugeot on pole for Zhuhai Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race

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