Sarrazin takes provisional pole at Le Mans

Sports car - Le Mans 24 Hour

09/06/2011 - 14:59 - Updated 09/06/2011 - 18:06

AFP

Stephane Sarrazin snatched provisional pole for Peugeot ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours race after Audi had dominated the majority of the first qualifying session.

Audi looked set to seal the top three spots on the grid after posting fast times during the first 30 minutes of the session.

But Sarrazin bested the R18s by nine-tenths of a second with a lap of three minutes 27.033 seconds, 30 minutes from time.

The session was stopped a minute from the scheduled end when Nick Leventis crashed his Strakka HPD.

Allan McNish set the early pace with a lap of 3:29.078 before Mike Rockenfeller went faster with a lap of 3:27.949.

Traffic hampered Peugeot's early attempts as Alex Wurz suffered in the final sector of the track, only managing a lap of 3:30.254.

Sebastien Bourdais was the next to post a fast lap in the number nine Peugeot but he could only manage second with a lap of 3:29.466, and failed to improve on his time throughout the session.
Tom Kristensen improved the number three R18's time, bringing it down to 3:28.301 before a five-minute delay in proceedings when Romain Dumas's Audi collided with Roald Geothe's stationary Gulf AMR Aston Martin Vantage.

Audi pulled their cars in for bodywork changes while Peugeot sent Sarrazin out on fresh tyres, 90 minutes into the session.

The Frenchman found a clear lap to storm to the top of the timesheets pushing the Andre Lotterer/Marcel Fassler/ Benoit Treluyer Audi down to second and the Rockenfeller/Dumas/Timo Bernhard Audi down into third.

Full times
1. Sarrazin/Montagny/Minassian Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 3m 27.033s LMP1
2. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI 3m 27.939s LMP1
3. Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI 3m 27.949s LMP1
4. Kristensen/Capello/McNish Audi Sport North America Audi R18 TDI 3m 28.301s LMP1
5. Davidson/Gene/Wurz Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 3m 28.796s LMP1
6. Bourdais/Pagenaud/Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 3m 29.466sLMP1
7. Lapierre/Duval/Panis Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDI 3m 30.084sLMP1
8. Collard/Tinseau/Jousse Pescarolo Team Pescarolo-Judd 3m 35.456s LMP1
9. Prost/Jani/Bleekemolen Rebellion Racing Lola Coupe-Toyota 3m 37.404sLMP1
10. Belicchi/Boullion/Smith Rebellion Racing Lola Coupe-Toyota 3m 38.351sLMP1
11. Moreau/Ragues/Monteiro OAK Racing Pescarolo-Judd 3m 39.672s LMP1
12. Amaral/Pla/Hughes Quifel-ASM Zytek 09SCM 3m 41.019s LMP1
13. Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01d 3m 42.615s LMP2
14. Ayari/Maileux/Ordonez Signatech Nissan Oreca-Nissan 3m 43.124s LMP2
15. Primat/Hallyday/Kraihamer Team Oreca Matmut Oreca-Nissan 3m 43.654s LMP2
16. Ojjeh/Kimber-Smith/Lombard Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan 3m 43.814s LMP2
17. Frey/Meichtry/Rostan Race Performance Oreca-Judd BMW 3m 44.294sLMP2
18. Ickx/Martin/Leinders Kronos Racing Lola Aston Martin 3m 44.415s LMP1
19. Companc/Russo/Kaffer Pecom Racing Lola-Judd BMW 3m 45.997s LMP2
20. Newton/Erdos/Collins RML HPD ARX-01d 3m 47.308s LMP2
21. Zacchia/Lammers/Elgaard Hope Racing Oreca Hybrid 3m 47.691s LMP1
22. Nakano/De Crem/Charouz OAK Racing Pescarolo-BMW 3m 48.211s LMP2
23. Hein/Nicolet/Yvon OAK Racing Pescarolo-Judd 3m 48.852s LMP1
24. Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa Level 5 Motorsports Lola Coupe-HPD 3m 51.149s LMP2
25. Rosier/Haezbrouck/de Fournoux Extreme Limite AM Paris Norma-Judd BMW 3m 51.438s LMP2
26. Primat/Fernandez/Meyrick Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin AMR-One3m 56.637s LMP1
27. Mucke/Turner/Klien Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin AMR-One 3m 56.847s LMP1
28. Barlesi/Da Rocha/Lafargue OAK Racing Pescarolo-Judd BMW 3m 57.453s LMP2
29. Priaulx/Muller/Hand BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT 3m 58.426s GTE-P
30. Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 58.989s GTE-P
31. Farfus/Muller/Werner BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT 3m 59.321s GTE-P
32. Gavin/Magnussen/Westbrook Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C63m 59.519s GTE-P
33. Beretta/Milner/Garcia Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 3m 59.633s GTE-P
34. Ortelli/Makowiecki/Melo Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia 3m 59.901sGTE-P
35. Goossens/Holzer/Van Lagen Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 RSR 3m 59.962s GTE-P
36. Lieb/Lietz/Henzler Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 RSR 3m 59.998s GTE-P
37. Farnbacher/Simonsen/Keen Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari 458 Italia 4m 00.260s GTE-P
38. Hancock/Dolan/Buncombe Jota Aston Martin Vantage 4m 00.747s GTE-P
39. Bergmeister/Long/Luhr Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche 997 RSR 4m 01.480s GTE-P
40. Beltoise/Thiriet/Jakubowski Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia 4m 02.017s GTE-P
41. Tandy/Al Faisal/Miller Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 RSR 4m 02.049sGTE-P
42. Bourret/Gibon/Belloc Larbe Competition Porsche 997 RSR 4m 03.918sGTE-A
43. Neiman/Law/Pumpelly Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche 997 RSR 4m 04.747s GTE-A
44. Giroix/Wainwright/Goethe Gulf AMR Middle East Aston Martin Vantage4m 04.825s GTE-A
45. Felbermayr/Felbermayr/Ried Proton Competition Porsche 997 RSR 4m 05.154s GTE-A
46. Krohn/Jonsson/Rugulo Krohn Racing Ferrari F430 4m 05.856s GTE-A
47. Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C6 4m 05.955s GTE-A
48. Bell/Sugden/Maasen JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia 4m 06.884s GTE-P
49. Hirschi/Rossiter/Mowlem Lotus Jetalliance Lotus Evora 4m 07.465s GTE-P
50. Kauffman/Waltrip/Aguas AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 4m 08.213s GTE-P
51. Perazzini/Cioci/Breslin AF Corse Ferrari F430 4m 10.316s GTE-A
52. Rodrigues/Menahem/Marroc JMB Racing Ferrari F430 4m 10.335s GTE-A
53. Slingerland/Rich/Hartshorne Lotus Jetalliance Lotus Evora 4m 17.379sGTE-P
54. Ehret/Wills/Lynn CRS Racing Ferrari F430 4m 26.249s GTE-A
55. Robertson/Robertson/Murry Robertson Racing Doran Ford GT No timeGTE-A
56. Narac/Pilet/Armindo IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 RSR No time GTE-P
56. Narac/Pilet/Armindo IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 RSR No time GTE-P
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