McNish Audi sets Silverstone pace
Date published : 10 Sep 2010 - 13:47:33
Allan McNish and Audi set the pace in the first free practice session for the AUTOSPORT 1000km at Silverstone on Friday.In an odd session that was interrupted by a safety car test just as a brief but sensibly-sized rain shower soaked the track halfway through, the #7 Audi TDI R15 set the pace throughout, with Tom Kristensen leading the way in the rain too.But McNish was quickest early-on when the track was at its driest, when it counted.It was only in the last ten minutes of the session - which was delayed by a brief red flag for to recover the Hope Polevision Oreca from a spin - that teams began experimenting with drys and intermediates again as the track dried out again.It was in that period that Anthony Davidson secured the second fastest time with a 1m46.698s - some four tenths behind his fellow Briton, in the fastest of the Peugeots.Neel Jani was an impressive third fastest in the Rebellion Lola, which revels in such conditions because of its ability to garner heat in its tyres, ahead of Nicolas Lapierre in the Oreca Peugeot.Le Mans-winner Timo Bernhard joins Dindo Capello in the #8 Audi, which was fifth fastest ahead of Jean-Christophe Boullion in the second Rebellion Lola.The #009 and #007 Aston Martins were seventh and eight fastest, just in front of the giant-killing LMP2 Strakka Acura which was ninth, and quickest in class.The Larbre Competition Saleen was the only GT1 runner, while Richard Westbrook and Marco Holzer's Prospeed Porsche headed the GT2 battle.Pos Cl Drivers Car Time 1. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m46.259s + 2. P1 Davidson/Minassian Peugeot 1m46.698s + 0.439s 3. P1 Prost/Jani Lola-Rebellion 1m46.926s + 0.667s 4. P1 Lapierre/Sarrazin Peugeot 1m46.976s + 0.717s 5. P1 Bernhard/Capello Audi 1m48.732s + 2.473s 6. P1 Belicchi/Boullion Lola-Rebellion 1m49.094s + 2.835s 7. P1 Barazi/Hancock/Mucke Aston Martin 1m49.107s + 2.848s 8. P1 Fernandez/Primat/Meyrick Aston Martin 1m49.237s + 2.978s 9. P2 Leventis/Watts/Kane HPD 1m49.525s + 3.266s10. P1 Ragues/Mailleux/Ickx Lola Aston Martin 1m50.663s + 4.404s11. P1 Mansell/Mansell Ginetta-Zytek 1m51.009s + 4.750s12. P2 Moreau/Hein Pescarolo-Judd 1m51.445s + 5.186s13. P2 Ojjeh/Greaves/Ebbesvik Ginetta-Zytek 1m52.314s + 6.055s14. P2 Erdos/Newton/Collins Lola-HPD 1m53.092s + 6.833s15. P2 Amaral/Pla Ginetta-Zytek 1m53.823s + 7.564s16. P2 Lahaye/Nicolet Pescarolo-Judd 1m54.538s + 8.279s17. P1 Burgess/Mowlem/McMurry Ginetta-Zytek 1m54.645s + 8.386s18. P2 Pirri/Cioci/Perazzini Lola-Judd 1m55.961s + 9.702s19. P1 Drayson/Cocker Lola-Judd 1m57.480s + 11.221s20. P2 Case/Babini/Leo Lola-Judd 1m58.256s + 11.997s21. P2 Gates/Garofall/Phillips MG Lola-AER 1m58.839s + 12.580s22. FLM Pillon/Verdonck/Hollings FLM ORECA 2m00.566s + 14.307s23. P2 Frey/Rostan/Bruneau Radical-Judd 2m00.740s + 14.481s24. FLM Kraihamer/De Crem/Delhez FLM ORECA 2m01.193s + 14.934s25. FLM Firth/Hughes FLM ORECA 2m01.274s + 15.015s26. P2 de Pourtales/Ordonez/Kennard Lola-Judd 2m02.735s + 16.476s27. FLM Zacchia/Lombard/Moro FLM ORECA 2m03.132s + 16.873s28. GT1 Gardel/Goueslard/Rees Saleen 2m03.749s + 17.490s29. GT2 Westbrook/Holzer Porsche 2m04.431s + 18.172s30. P2 Schell/Da Rocha Courage-ORECA 2m04.627s + 18.368s31. GT2 Muller/Werner BMW 2m04.788s + 18.529s32. GT2 Ragginger/Ried/Dumas Porsche 2m05.141s + 18.882s33. GT2 Lieb/Lietz Porsche 2m05.313s + 19.054s34. GT2 Pilet/Narac Porsche 2m05.545s + 19.286s35. GT2 Bell/Turner Aston Martin 2m05.828s + 19.569s36. GT2 Alesi/Fisichella/Vilander Ferrari 2m05.971s + 19.712s37. FLM Barlesi/Cicognani/Chalandon FLM ORECA 2m06.079s + 19.820s38. GT2 Kirkaldy/Mullen Ferrari 2m06.161s + 19.902s39. GT2 Bruni/Melo Ferrari 2m06.303s + 20.044s40. GT2 Companc/Russo Ferrari 2m06.532s + 20.273s41. GT2 Ehret/Quaife/Kaffer Ferrari 2m07.018s + 20.759s42. GT2 Dumbreck/Coronel Spyker 2m07.079s + 20.820s43. GT2 Farnbacher/Simonsen Ferrari 2m07.345s + 21.086s44. FLM Kutemann/Basso/Hartshorne FLM ORECA 2m09.320s + 23.061s45. GT2 Giroix/Goethe Lamborghini 2m34.401s + 48.142s
