Pescarolo tops first Silverstone session
Date published : 11 Sep 2009 - 14:09:06
Pescarolo drivers Jean-Christophe Boullion and Christophe Tinseau gave their Le Mans Series title chances at this weekend's AUTOSPORT 1000km at Silverstone the best possible start by setting the quickest lap as the cars took to the track for the first time this afternoon.Boullion and Tinseau lie seven points behind Aston Martin drivers Stefan Mucke, Tomas Enge and Jan Charouz with just 10 available at this weekend's season finale.It was Boullion that set the best lap of the hour-long practice, more than two tenths of a second faster than Darren Turner in the #008 Aston Martin, which he shares with Harold Primat.Olivier Panis set the third quickest time of practice in the sole present Oreca, the #10 car he shares with Nicolas Lapierre.Danny Watts was fourth in the Strakka Racing Ginetta-Zytek, with Marcel Fassler (Speedy Racing Lola-Aston Martin) fifth.The championship-leading #007 Aston Martin was only sixth quickest in the session, with Enge setting the car's best time.*The Aston Martin Racing drivers will be signing autographs at the AUTOSPORT stand - which features a Lola T70 on display - at the entrance to the paddock on Saturday at 1130. David Brabham and Marino Franchitti will also be paying a visit to meet the crowds at 1430 on Saturday.AUTOSPORT.com competition winner Martin Evans will be the starter for the AUTOSPORT 1000km when it gets underway on Sunday morning.Pos Driver Class Car Time Gap 1. Boullion/Tinseau LMP1 Pescarolo 1m34.540s 2. Primat/Turner LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m34.782s +0.242 3. Panis/Lapierre LMP1 Oreca-AIM 1m35.122s +0.582 4. Leventis/Watts LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek 1m35.604s +1.064 5. Belicchi/Fassler/Prost LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m35.646s +1.106 6. Charouz/Enge/Mucke LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m36.966s +2.426 7. Albers/Bakkerud LMP1 Audi 1m36.990s +2.450 8. Ramos/Buncombe/Hall LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m37.062s +2.522 9. Amaral/Pla LMP2 Ginetta-Zytek 1m37.634s +3.09410. Ragues/Mailleux LMP1 Oreca-Judd 1m38.070s +3.53011. Karthikeyan/Meyrick/Zwolsman LMP1 Audi 1m38.520s +3.98012. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Peter LMP2 Zytek 1m38.838s +4.29813. Lahaye/Ajlani LMP2 Pescarolo-Mazda 1m39.622s +5.08214. Kane/Leuenberger/Pompidou LMP2 Lola-Judd 1m39.760s +5.22015. Tomlinson/Mansell/Mansell LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek 1m39.962s +5.42216. Salini/Salini/Gommendy LMP2 WR-Zytek 1m40.506s +5.96617. Erdos/Newton LMP2 Lola-Mazda 1m40.788s +6.24818. Hughes/Firth/Manning LMP2 Embassy-Zytek 1m41.394s +6.85419. Nicolet/Hein LMP2 Pescarolo-Mazda 1m42.840s +8.30020. Bruneau/Sini/Greaves LMP2 Radical-AER 1m45.490s +10.95021. Schell/Thirion/Metz LMP2 Courage-AER 1m46.258s +11.71822. Cortes/Nieto/Jorda LMP2 Lucchini-Judd 1m46.508s +11.96823. Ibanez/Cavailhes/da Rocha LMP2 Courage-AER 1m46.626s +12.08624. Berville/Groppi/Dumez GT1 Saleen 1m48.038s +13.49825. Sharp/Kox GT1 Aston Martin 1m49.416s +14.87626. Bell/Bruni GT2 Ferrari 1m49.524s +14.98427. Lieb/Lietz/Felbermayr GT2 Porsche 1m50.604s +16.06428. Drayson/Cocker GT2 Aston Martin 1m50.870s +16.33029. Coronel/Janis GT2 Spyker 1m50.972s +16.43230. Montanari/Kaffer GT2 Ferrari 1m51.016s +16.47631. Garcia/Mansell/Melo GT2 Ferrari 1m51.488s +16.94832. Narac/Pilet GT2 Porsche 1m52.016s +17.47633. Palttala/Daniels/Rich GT2 Porsche 1m52.502s +17.96234. Montermini/Cadei/Rosa GT2 Ferrari 1m52.538s +17.99835. Griffin/Bamford GT2 Ferrari 1m52.554s +18.01436. Ehret/Farnbacher/Beltoise GT2 Ferrari 1m52.654s +18.11437. Hartshorne/Kutemann/Daoudi GT2 Ferrari 1m52.956s +18.41638. Basso/Plati/Tenchini GT2 Ferrari 1m53.940s +19.40039. Felbermayr/Ried/Martins GT2 Porsche 1m54.376s +19.83640. Jousse/Goueslard/Clairay GT1 Chevrolet no time
