Peugeot dominates Intercontinental Le Mans Cup practice at Zhuhai
Peugeot was quickest in both Friday practice sessions ahead of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup finale at Zhuhai in China
Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin led the way each time, followed by team-mates Sebastien Bourdais and Anthony Davidson.
The Audis were third and fourth, the Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish car ahead of the Timo Bernhard/Marcel Fassler entry in both sessions, although the lead Audi cut the gap to the front from 1.7 seconds in first practice to half a second later on.
Rebellion's Lola-Toyota was top petrol car in fifth.
BMW commanding the GTE-Pro class, with one-twos for Augusto Farfus/Jorg Muller and Andy Priaulx/Uwe Alzen in both sessions. The Stephane Ortelli and Frederic Makowiecki Luxury Ferrari was next up in the morning, before AF Corse's Giancarlo Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni took that position in the second session, despite Fisichella spinning into the gravel and causing a red flag.
The AMG China Mercedes that features Mika Hakkinen in its driver line-up led the GTC class all day, beating many of the GTE cars in the afternoon.
Practice one: Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Montagny/Sarrazin Peugeot 1m21.999s 2. P1 Bourdais/Davidson Peugeot 1m22.495s 3. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m23.608s 4. P1 Bernhard/Fassler Audi 1m24.312s 5. P1 Jani/Prost Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m25.533s 6. P1 Lahaye/Moreau/Ragues Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m25.973s 7. P1 Meyrick/Mucke/Primat AMR Lola Aston Martin 1m26.020s 8. P1 Nicolet/Premat/Pla Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m26.324s 9. P2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Vernay Signatech -Nissan 1m30.309s 10. P2 Lafargue/da Rocha Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m32.820s 11. P1 Shogo/Naoki Tokai Courage-ORECA 1m34.042s 12. GTE P Farfus/Muller BMW 1m34.680s 13. GTE P Priaulx/Alzen BMW 1m35.108s 14. GTE P Ortelli/Makowiecki Luxury Ferrari 1m35.519s 15. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m35.736s 16. FLM Chen/Shanqi PTRS FLM 1m35.814s 17. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni AF Ferrari 1m35.968s 18. GTE A Ehret/Mullen/Wills CRS Ferrari 1m36.178s 19. GTE A Giroix/Goethe Gulf Aston Martin 1m36.362s 20. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Beretta Larbre Corvette 1m36.370s 21. GTE A Lietz/Ried/Roda Proton Porsche 1m36.455s 22. GTE P Beltoise/Farnbacher/Firman Luxury Ferrari 1m36.631s 23. GTC Cheng/Arnold/Hakkinen AMG China Mercedes 1m36.930s 24. GTE A Cioci/Ma AF Ferrari 1m37.130s 25. GTC Tsuzuki/Kim/Van Dam Hitotsuyama Audi 1m37.167s 26. GTC Gruber/Lee/Tak Mak Race Experience Audi 1m37.473s 27. GTC Mortara/O'Young/Imperatori C Audi 1m37.616s 28. GTE P Rossiter/Mowlem/Heinemeier Jetalliance Lotus 1m38.154s 29. GTE P Slingerland/Rich/Rasmussen Jetalliance Lotus 1m39.147s Practice two: Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Montagny/Sarrazin Peugeot 1m23.321s 2. P1 Bourdais/Davidson Peugeot 1m23.504s 3. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m23.860s 4. P1 Bernhard/Fassler Audi 1m24.389s 5. P1 Nicolet/Premat/Pla Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m25.096s 6. P1 Jani/Prost Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m25.929s 7. P1 Lahaye/Moreau/Ragues Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m26.322s 8. P1 Meyrick/Mucke/Primat Lola Aston Martin 1m27.747s 9. P2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Vernay Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m29.937s 10. P1 Shogo/Naoki Tokai Courage-ORECA 1m31.550s 11. P2 Lafargue/da Rocha Oak Pescarolo-Judd 1m32.522s 12. GTE P Farfus/Muller BMW 1m34.508s 13. FLM Chen/Shanqi PTRS FLM 1m34.686s 14. GTE P Priaulx/Alzen BMW 1m35.121s 15. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni AF Ferrari 1m35.716s 16. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 1m35.735s 17. GTC Cheng/Arnold/Hakkinen AMG China Mercedes 1m35.788s 18. GTE P Ortelli/Makowiecki Luxury Ferrari 1m35.971s 19. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Beretta Larbre Corvette 1m36.235s 20. GTE P Beltoise/Farnbacher/Firman Luxury Ferrari 1m36.315s 21. GTE A Ehret/Mullen/Wills CRS Ferrari 1m36.539s 22. GTE A Giroix/Goethe Gulf Aston Martin 1m37.003s 23. GTC Mortara/O'Young/Imperatori C Audi 1m37.255s 24. GTE A Lietz/Ried/Roda Proton Porsche 1m37.842s 25. GTE A Cioci/Ma AF Ferrari 1m38.200s 26. GTE P Rossiter/Mowlem/Heinemeier Jetalliance Lotus 1m38.296s 27. GTC Gruber/Lee/Tak Mak Race Experience Audi 1m38.988s 28. GTC Tsuzuki/Kim/Van Dam Hitotsuyama Audi 1m39.103s 29. GTE P Slingerland/Rich/Rasmussen Jetalliance Lotus 1m40.739s
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