Peugeots won't race each other at start

The French cars dominated practice and qualifying, but Nicolas Minassian believes that the lead Audi in particular will pose a threat to Peugeot if they spend too much time racing each other.

"We don't have any orders telling us what laptimes to do, we will just go, and see after a few laps," Minassian told autosport.com.

"Then if somebody is quicker than the others he will have to go ahead. It is just about who feels more comfortable at the time. Our car is mega, but it depends how we feel with the tyres over a long stint."

The 35-year-old added that he expects the Audi of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello to be a genuine threat.

"I'm not counting anybody out," he said. "Audi will be close, especially the fastest car. They've definitely got an advantage over the others, so this car will be much closer.

"But that is like usual. In the Le Mans Series, if Capello and McNish didn't have all their problems they would have always been much closer."