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Imola, FP 3: Audi pips Peugeot by 0.026s!

Ferrari continued to dominate LM GTE Pro

By Franck Drui

2 July 2011 - 11:14

The track was dry despite a shower at sunrise, and the no. 1 Audi R18 TDI pipped the no. 7 Peugeot 908 by 0.026s, which promises a very closely-fought qualifying session for the Imola 6-Hours grid positions.

All the cars took part in the third free practice session this morning. For the first time this weekend, Audi Sport Team Joest beat Peugeot Sport Total on a dry track despite an early-morning shower.

Marcel Fässler in the no. 1 Audi R18 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest) set the benchmark time in 1m 34.809s (slower than Bourdais’ best yesterday), just in front of the two Peugeot Sport Total cars with no. 7 of Bourdais-Davidson leading no. 8 driven by Sarrazin-Montagny.

The No. 2 Audi R18 TDI, which did not come out in yesterday’s second free session run on a wet track, was 2.5s off the pace this morning.

Behind the first four, the no. 15 OAK Racing OAK Pescarolo-Judd was fifth quickest followed by the no. 12 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60-Toyota coupe and the first LM P2, the no. 45 Boutsen Energy Racing Oreca 03-Nissan.

In Formula Le Mans, Pegasus Racing was fastest in front of Hope Racing and Neil Garner Motorsport in what is a very open category.

Ferrari continued to dominate LM GTE Pro, but this time it was the no. 59 Luxury Racing F458 Italia that topped the time sheets followed by the nos 71 and 51 A F Corse entries.

In LM GTE Am, the no. 63 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR led the no. 82 CRS Racing Ferrari F430.

Qualifying will start at 13h55 (LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am) and at 14h25 the LM P1s, P2s and FLMs will take to the track.

Pos	#	Team	Driver	Car	Cat	Time	Gap
1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	T. Bernhard/M. Fassler	Audi R18 TDI	LM P1	1:34.609
2	7	Peugeot Sport Total	S. Bourdais/A. Davidson	Peugeot 908	LM P1	1:34.635	+0.026
3	8	Peugeot Sport Total	F. Montagny/S. Sarrazin	Peugeot 908	LM P1	1:34.753	+0.144
4	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	T. Kristensen/A. McNish	Audi R18 TDI	LM P1	1:37.109	+2.500
5	15	Oak Racing	P. Ragues/G. Moreau	Oak Pescarolo - Judd	LM P1	1:37.311	+2.702
6	12	Rebellion Racing	N. Jani/N. Prost	Lola B10/60 Coupe - Toyota	LM P1	1:37.628	+3.019
7	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	D. Kraihamer/N. De Crem	Oreca 03 - Nissan	LM P2	1:38.152	+3.543
8	16	Pescarolo Team	E. Collard/C. Tinseau/J. Jousse	Pescarolo - Judd	LM P1	1:39.052	+4.443
9	46	TDS Racing	M. Beche/P. Thiriet/J. Firth	Oreca 03 - Nissan	LM P2	1:39.368	+4.759
10	41	Greaves Motorsport	K. Ojjeh/O. Lombard/T. Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN - Nissan	LM P2	1:39.522	+4.913
11	26	Signatech Nissan	F. Mailleux/L. Ordoñez/S. Ayari	Oreca 03 - Nissan	LM P2	1:39.612	+5.003
12	39	Pecom Racing	L. Perez-Companc/M. Russo/P. Kaffer	Lola B11/40 - Judd	LM P2	1:39.654	+5.045
13	33	Level 5 Motorsports	S. Tucker/C. Bouchut/J. Barbosa	Lola Coupe - HPD	LM P2	1:40.417	+5.808
14	40	Race Performance	M. Frey/R. Meichtry/M. Rostan	Oreca 03 - Judd	LM P2	1:41.721	+7.112
15	35	Oak Racing	A. Barlesi/F. Da Rocha/P. Lafargue	Oak Pescarolo - Judd	LM P2	1:41.743	+7.134
16	23	MIK Corse	M. Cortes/F. Geri/G. Piccini	Zytek 09	LM P1	1:42.846	+8.237
17	13	Rebellion Racing	A. Belicchi/J. Boullion	Lola B10/60 Coupe - Toyota	LM P1	1:42.996	+8.387
18	36	RML	T. Erdos/M. Newton/B. Collins	HPD ARX -01d	LM P2	1:44.964	+10.355
19	95	Pegasus Racing	M. Schultis/P. Simon/J. Schell	FLM - Oreca - 09	FLM	1:45.196	+10.587
20	91	Hope Racing	L. Moro/S. Zhang/T. Graves	FLM - Oreca - 09	FLM	1:45.310	+10.701
21	92	Neil Garner Motorsport	J. Hartshorne/S. Keating/P. Keen	FLM - Oreca - 09	FLM	1:45.589	+10.980
22	59	Luxury Racing	S. Ortelli/F. Makowiecki	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	1:45.690	+11.081
23	71	AF Corse	J. Melo/T. Vilander	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	1:45.747	+11.138
24	93	Genoa Racing	E. Julian/C. Zugel/J. Petersen	FLM - Oreca - 09	FLM	1:45.878	+11.269
25	49	Oak Racing	J. Nicolet/A. Premat	Oak Pescarolo - Judd	LM P2	1:45.926	+11.317
26	51	AF Corse	G. Fisichella/G. Bruni	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	1:45.954	+11.345
27	44	Extreme Limite AM Paris	F. Rosier/M. Basso	Norma M200P - Judd	LM P2	1:46.015	+11.406
28	99	JMB Racing	C. Ducote/K. Marcelli/N. Marroc	FLM - Oreca - 09	FLM	1:46.297	+11.688
29	63	Proton Competition	P. Long/G. Roda	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Am	1:46.484	+11.875
30	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	P. Pilet/W. Henzler	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Pro	1:46.495	+11.886
31	56	BMW Motorsport	D. Werner/P. Lamy	BMW M3	LM GTE Pro	1:46.547	+11.938
32	75	Prospeed Competition	M. Goossens/M. Holzer	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Pro	1:46.762	+12.153
33	58	Luxury Racing	A. Beltoise/F. Jakubowski/R. Firman	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	1:46.778	+12.169
34	55	BMW Motorsport	A. Farfus/J. Muller	BMW M3	LM GTE Pro	1:46.804	+12.195
35	66	JMW Motorsport	R. Bell/J. Walker	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	1:46.923	+12.314
36	43	RLR Msport	B. Gates/R. Garofall/S. Phillips	MG Lola EX265 - Judd	LM P2	1:47.033	+12.424
37	77	Team Felbermayr - Proton	M. Lieb/R. Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Pro	1:47.050	+12.441
38	82	CRS Racing	K. Hummel/A. Christodoulou/P. Quaife	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	1:47.098	+12.489
39	50	Larbre Competition	P. Bornhauser/J. Canal/G. Gardel	Corvette C6-ZR1	LM GTE Am	1:47.592	+12.983
40	89	Hankook Team Farmbacher	D. Farnbacher/A. Simonsen	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	1:47.976	+13.367
41	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	N. Armindo/R. Narac	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Am	1:47.984	+13.375
42	79	Jota	S. Dolan/S. Hancock	Aston Martin Vantage	LM GTE Pro	1:48.440	+13.831
43	61	AF Corse	P. Perazzini/M. Cioci/S. Lemeret	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	1:48.568	+13.959
44	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	C. Ried/H. Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Am	1:49.720	+15.111
45	57	Krohn Racing	T. Krohn/N. Jonsson/M. Rugolo	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	1:49.851	+15.242
46	65	Lotus Jetalliance	J. Rossiter/J. Mowlem/J. Hirschi	Lotus Evora	LM GTE Pro	1:50.477	+15.868
47	62	CRS Racing	P. Ehret/S. Lynn/R. Wills	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	1:50.617	+16.008
48	64	Lotus Jetalliance	O. Slingerland/M. Rich/L. Lichtner-Hoyer	Lotus Evora	LM GTE Pro	1:54.248	+19.639
49	42	Strakka Racing	N. Leventis/D. Watts/J. Kane	HPD ARX -01d	LM P2	1:59.678	+25.069