First qualifying for Le Mans 24 Hours took place last night (thanks to Andrea in the comments for the heads up). Our Peugeot boys were on top form, taking the top three spots, with main rival Audi taking the next three:
|
Pos |
Class |
Drivers |
Team |
Car |
Time |
Gap |
|
1. |
LMP1 |
Lamy |
Team Peugeot Total |
Peugeot 908 |
3:18.513 |
|
|
2. |
LMP1 |
Montagny |
Peugeot Sport Total |
Peugeot 908 |
3:18.682 |
0.169 |
|
3. |
LMP1 |
Gene |
Team Peugeot Total |
Peugeot 908 |
3:20.451 |
1.938 |
|
4. |
LMP1 |
Capello |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R10 |
3:24.105 |
5.592 |
|
5. |
LMP1 |
Luhr |
Audi Sport Team Joest |
Audi R10 |
3:24.287 |
5.774 |
|
6. |
LMP1 |
Biela |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R10 |
3:27.580 |
9.067 |
|
7. |
LMP1 |
Boullion |
Pescarolo Sport |
Pescarolo Judd |
3:28.533 |
10.020 |
|
8. |
LMP1 |
Ito |
Dome Racing Team |
Dome Judd S102 |
3:29.352 |
10.839 |
|
9. |
LMP1 |
Groppi |
Team Oreca Matmut |
Courage-Oreca Judd |
3:30.490 |
11.977 |
|
10. |
LMP1 |
Primat |
Pescarolo Sport |
Pescarolo Judd |
3:30.618 |
12.105 |
Stephane Sarrazin set a serious benchmark, posting the fastest time that anybody has been around the Le Mans track since 1989!
But of course, we are interesting in Franck, in second:
My Peugeot 908 HDi FAP is just fantastic, and so easy to drive. I hit traffic during my first flying lap on fresh tyres and I asked the team to find me a clearer slot before going out again. Even then, my run wasn’t totally free of traffic – Le Mans rarely is – but it came together nicely.”
Marc Gene also deserves a mention, for getting back in the car, let alone doing such a great job in third, after the major crash last week.
The next qualifying is tonight, and the race is this weekend.
1 Comment
June 12, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Zonta crashed with the car… He’s ok, but the car is badly damaged. Let’s hope the Peugeot guys can fix it on time.
It’s a shame, because the car looked great, but now they’ll only have Saturday’s warm up to find the perfect set up…
Well… The race is long. Let’s hope the best. I would have loved to see Franck taking the chequered flag in 1st place on Sunday, but now we need a wonder…
Fingers crossed…
Andrea