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No improvements of lap-times in final qualifying
Audi Sport Team Joest will tackle the 75th running of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours from the front row of the grid. Heavy rain showers on Thursday evening prevented improvements over the times from Wednesday’s first qualifiyng session. The starting grid thus remained unchanged.

Allan McNish fastest in the rain
Fastest on the rain-soaked track on Thursday was Allan McNish who set the best time of the day in 4m 01.257s shortly before midnight. 24 hours before, the Scotsman at the wheel of the number two Audi R10 TDI, had lost the exciting battle for pole-position against the best Peugeot by just 0.572 seconds.

Strong performance also from Tom Kristensen
Tom Kristensen set almost an identical time as Allan McNish on Thursday evening. The Le Mans record winner proved as in the previous day that he is in a good shape following his accident-enforced break.

On Saturday, Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello will start from second on the grid with their Audi R10 TDI. The two other diesel- powered sports cars from Ingolstadt will go into the race from the second and the third rows of the grid. Last year’s winners Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner qualified fourth, the "rookie” team of Lucas Luhr, Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller fifth.

With positions two, four and five, Audi has achieved a very good basis for the "race of the year”. The three Audi R10 TDI sports cars also ran without major problems on Thursday evening. All three cars were disassembled and rebuilt after the first qualifying session on Wednesday. In the second qualifying session they were already running in their race configuration.

Similar changeable weather conditions as during the two days of qualifying are forecast for the race which will start on Saturday at 3 p.m.


Result of the test day

1 Lamy/Sarrazin/Bourdais

Peugeot 3m 26.344s

2 Capello/Kristensen/McNish

Audi R10 TDI 3m 26.916s

3 Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve

Peugeot 3m 27.724s

4 Biela/Pirro/Werner

Audi R10 TDI 3m 28.301s

5 Luhr/Prémat/Rockenfeller

Audi R10 TDI 3m 29.736s

6 Collard/Boullion/Dumas

Pescarolo-Judd 3m 33.590s

7 Gounon/Moreau/Johansson

Courage-AER 3m 35.171s

8 Barbosa/Hall/Short

Pescarolo-Judd 3m 35.559s

9 Lammers/Hart/Bleekemolen

Dome-Judd 3m 35.660s

10 Campell-Walter/Ortiz/Nakano

Creation-Judd 3m 36.279s


Entries

1 AUDI Sport North America 

AUDI R10 202

2 AUDI Sport North America 

AUDI R10 204

3 AUDI Sport Team Joest

AUDI R10 203

5 Swiss Spirit 

LOLA B07-10  B0718 HU 01

7 Team Peugeot Total

Peugeot 908 02

8 Team Peugeot Total

Peugeot 908 03

9 Creation Autosportif LTD

Creation CA07  001

10 Arena International Motorsport

Zytek 07S 07S-02

12 Courage Competition 

Courage LC70  LC 70 N° 3

13 Courage Competition 

Courage LC70  LC 70 N° 4

14 Racing For Holland BV 

Dome S101  S 101.5 - 02

15 Charouz Racing System

LOLA B07-17  B0610 HU 03

16 Pescarolo Sport 

Pescarolo 01 005

17 Pescarolo Sport 

Pescarolo 01 001

18 Rollcentre Racing 

Pescarolo 01 004

19 Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport 

LOLA B06 - 10  HU 07

20 Pierre Bruneau 

Pilbeam MP93  MP93-01 PB

21 Team Bruichladdich Radical

Radical SR9  SR9 002

24 Noel Del Bello

Courage - LC75 LC 70 N°1

25 RML LOLA B05-40 

MG LOLA EX284 HU05 B0540

29 T2M Motorsport 

Dome S101.5  S 101.5 - 01

31 Binnie Motorsports 

LOLA B05-40  B05 40 HU 02

32 Barazi Epsilon 

ZYTEK 07S/2 07S-01

33 Barazi Epsilon 

ZYTEK 07S/2 07S-03

35 Saulnier Racing 

Courage LC75  LC 70 N°2

40 Quifel - ASM Team 

LOLA B05 - 40  B05 40 HU 01

44 Kruse Motorsport 

Pescarolo 01 002

006 A.M.R. Larbre Competition

Aston Martin DBR9  DBR9 / 1

007 Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin DBR9  DBR9 / 7

008 A.M.R. Larbre Competition

Aston Martin DBR9  DBR9 / 3

009 Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin DBR9  DBR9 / 10

53 Jloc Isao Noritake 

Lamborghini Murcielago ZA9BC10E04LA01063

54 Team Oreca 

Saleen S7R S7-06-067R (1S9SB181565000067)

55 Team Oreca 

Saleen S7R S7-06-066R (1S9SB181365000066)

59 Team Modena 

Aston Martin DBR9  DBR9 / 101

63 Corvette Racing 

Corvette C6.R C6R - 005

64 Corvette Racing 

Corvette C6-R C6R - 006

67 Convers Menx Team

Ferrari 550 Maranello  09 (ZFFR49B000108391)

70 PSI Experience 

Corvette C6-R C6R - 002

72 Luc Alphand Aventures

Corvette C6.R C6R - 004

73 Luc Alphand Aventures

Corvette C5-R C5R - 10

100 Aston Martin Racing BMS 

Aston Martin DBR9  DBR9 / 9

71 Seikel Motorsport 

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)  WP0ZZZ99Z7S799937

76 IMSA Performance Matmut

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)  WP0ZZZ99Z7S799923

78 AF Corse 

Ferrari F 430 GT F131 EVOGT 2466

80 Flying Lizard Motorsport

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)  WP0ZZZ99Z7S799913


81 TEAM LNT 

Panoz Esperante EGTLM 005 (1P9PB68313B213015)

82 TEAM LNT 

Panoz Esperante EGTLM 006 (1P9PB88334B213031)

83 GPC Sport SRL

Ferrari F 430 GT F131 EVOGT 2410

85 Spyker Squadron B.V.

Spyker C8 Spyder  XL9GB11HX50363097

86 Spyker Squadron B.V.

Spyker C8 Spyder  XL9GB11H150363098

87 Scuderia Ecosse 

Ferrari F 430 GT F131 EVOGT 2418

93 Autorlando Sport 

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)  WP0ZZZ99Z7S799925

97 RISI Competizione 

Ferrari F 430 GT F131 EVOGT 2406

99 RISI Competizione 

Ferrari F 430 GT F131 EVOGT 2438


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