Peugeot maintains Spa advantage
Date published : 08 May 2010 - 09:14:39
Peugeot maintained its position at the top of the times in the final free practice session for the Spa 1000km as Stephane Sarrazin set the pace in the #2 factory 908 HDi turbo-diesel.The Frenchman was half a second quicker than his compatriot Sebastien Bourdais in the sister #3 car.Audi put in a stronger showing in the Belgian morning sun as Allan McNish closing the gap to the pace-setters to just over a second, despite Team Joest insisting the R15 TDI Plus is running a low-downforce 'Le Mans' set-up.Team ORECA was fourth fastest as Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre continued to mix it up with the factory cars in the privateer Peugeot.Mike Rockenfeller put the #9 Audi in fifth position ahead of the third factory Peugeot in Alex Wurz's hands.Jean Christophe Boullion was seventh quickest in the Rebellion Lola, the first of the petrol runners and nearly four seconds away from Sarrazin's mark.The #8 Audi was eighth fastest after the car spent time in the pits with a diesel filter problem.The sister Rebellion car was ninth, while the Strakka Racing LMP2 Acura completed the top ten in the hands of Danny Watts and Jonny Kane.The Matach Competition Ford GT was quickest of the GT1 runners in the hands of Thomas Mutsch while Andrew Kirkaldy pushed the CRS Ferrari to the fore in GT2.Pos Driver Class//Car Time 1. Montagny/Sarrazin/Minassian P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 1m59.428s 2. Lamy/Bourdais/Pagenaud P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2m00.042s 3. Capello/Kristensen/McNish P1 Audi R15 TDI 2m00.573s 4. Panis/Lapierre/Duval P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2m00.958s 5. Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller P1 Audi R15 TDI 2m02.028s 6. Gene/Wurz/Davidson P1 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 2m02.094s 7. Belicchi/Boullion P1 Lola B10/60 - Rebellion 2m03.264s 8. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer P1 Audi R15 TDI 2m03.790s 9. Prost/Jani P1 Lola B10/60 - Rebellion 2m04.368s10. Leventis/Watts/Kane P2 ARX-01c 2:27.882 20 2m05.322s11. Ragues/Mailleux/Ickx P1 Lola - Aston Martin 2m05.589s12. Erdos/Newton/Wallace P2 Lola HPD Coupe 2m06.966s13. Ojjeh/Greaves/Ebbesvik P2 Ginetta-Zytek 09S 2m07.841s14. Moreau/Hein P2 Pescarolo - Judd 2m08.486s15. Geri/Piccini/Piccini P2 Lola Coupe B09 - Judd 2m09.372s16. Francioni/Pirri P2 Lola Coupe B09 - Judd 2m10.529s17. Noda/De Pourtales/Kennard P2 Lola B08/47 - Judd 2m10.828s18. Lahaye/Nicolet P2 Pescarolo - Judd 2m11.581s19. Amaral/Pla P2 Ginetta-Zytek 09S 2m13.230s20. Frey/Meichtry/Bruneau P2 Radical SR9 - Judd 2m14.566s21. Pillon/Verdonck/Capillaire FLM Oreca 2m14.809s22. Kraihamer/De Crem/Delhez FLM Oreca 2m15.701s23. Zacchia/Kaufmann/Moro FLM Oreca 2m16.851s24. Toulemonde/Zollinger/Zampatti FLM Oreca 2m16.919s25. Schell/Da Rocha P2 Courage-Oreca LC75 2m17.071s26. Barlesi/Cicognani/Chalandon FLM Oreca 2m17.544s27. Mutsch/Hirschi/Beche GT1 Ford GT 2m17.822s28. Leinders/Palttala/De Doncker GT1 Ford GT 2m18.798s29. Kirkaldy/Mullen GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m19.402s30. Enge/Nygaard/Mucke GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 2m20.361s31. Jousse/Gregoire/Hart GT1 Corvette C6.R 2m20.372s32. Lieb/Lietz GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m20.391s33. Pilet/Narac GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m20.512s34. Bruni/Melo GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m20.701s35. Ehret/Quaife/Kaffer GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m20.878s36. Alesi/Fisichella/Vilander GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m21.277s37. Farnbacher/Simonsen GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m21.278s38. Gardel/Goueslard/Rees GT1 Saleen S7-R 2m21.683s39. Holzer/Westbrook GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m21.788s40. Bell/Turner GT2 Aston Martin Vantage 2m21.844s41. Ragginger/Ried/Long GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m21.861s42. Dumbreck/Coronel GT2 Spyker C8 Laviolette 2m21.885s43. Priaulx/Mullen/Farfus GT2 BMW M3 2m22.262s44. Muller/Werner/Alzen GT2 BMW M3 2m22.349s45. Allemann/Frey/Zimmer GT1 Ford GT 2m22.370s46. Schroyen/Van Dam/Lacko GT1 Saleen S7R 2m23.085s47. Von Splunteren/Hommerson/Machiels GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m25.580s48. Companc/Russo GT2 Ferrari F430 GT 2m28.344s49. Daniels/Slingerland/Lanik GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2m28.455s50. Kutemann/Basso/Hartshorne FLM Oreca 2m27.210s
