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Spa, free 1: First blood to Audi!

Capello bagged the fastest time in 2m 03.844s

By Franck Drui

5 May 2011 - 13:58

The kick-off of the Spa-Francorchamps 1000-km weekend was given at 12h20 today when the opening practice session got under way. Early on, Alexander Wurz and Sébastien Bourdais in their Peugeot 908s set the pace.

Then Dindo Capello in the no.3 Audi R18 TDI bagged the fastest time in 2m 03.844s before Benoït Tréluyer in the no. 2 Audi went off and the session was red-flagged. It restarted for 15 minutes but Capello’s time remained unbeaten.

In LM P2, Jonny Kane in the Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01d set the pace in 2m 11.332s. The quickest of the Formula Le Mans cars was the one driven by Nicolas Marroc (Hope Racing FLM-Oreca 09), who got round in 2m 15.210s early on in the session.

The battle in GTE was much closer. In the LM GTE Pro category Gianmaria Bruni in the Ferrari F458 Italia entered by AF Corse set the reference time in 2m 20.911s. Ferrari also dominated in LM GTE Am as Klaas Hummel in the CRS Racing F430 GT topped the time sheets in 2m 23.612s.

The second session will run between 16h55 and 17h55.

Pos	#	Team	Drivers	Car	Cat	Time	Gap
1	3	Audi Sport North America	D. Capello/T. Kristensen/A. McNish	Audi R18 TDI	LM P1	2:03.844
2	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	T. Bernhard/R. Dumas/M. Rockenfeller	Audi R18 TDI	LM P1	2:04.054	+0.210
3	9	Peugeot Sport Total	P. Lamy/S. Bourdais/S. Pagenaud	Peugeot 908	LM P1	2:04.217	+0.373
4	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	M. Fassler/A. Lotterer/B. Treluyer	Audi R18 TDI	LM P1	2:05.329	+1.485
5	8	Peugeot Sport Total	F. Montagny/S. Sarrazin/N. Minassian	Peugeot 908	LM P1	2:05.392	+1.548
6	7	Peugeot Sport Total	M. Gene/A. Wurz/A. Davidson	Peugeot 908	LM P1	2:05.925	+2.081
7	10	Team Oreca Matmut	N. Lapierre/L. Duval/O. Panis	Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP	LM P1	2:07.205	+3.361
8	12	Rebellion Racing	N. Prost/N. Jani	Lola B10/60 Coupe - Toyota	LM P1	2:08.833	+4.989
9	13	Rebellion Racing	A. Belicchi/J. Boullion	Lola B10/60 Coupe - Toyota	LM P1	2:09.011	+5.167
10	20	Quifel - ASM Team	M. Amaral/O. Pla	Zytek 09SC	LM P1	2:09.901	+6.057
11	15	Oak Racing	M. Lahaye/G. Moreau/P. Ragues	Oak Pescarolo - Judd	LM P1	2:10.275	+6.431
12	42	Strakka Racing	N. Leventis/D. Watts/J. Kane	HPD ARX -01d	LM P2	2:11.332	+7.488
13	23	MIK Corse	M. Cortes/F. Geri/G. Piccini	Zytek 09 Hybrid	LM P1	2:11.417	+7.573
14	26	Signatech Nissan	F. Mailleux/L. Ordoñez/S. Ayari	Oreca 03 - Nissan	LM P2	2:12.118	+8.274
15	39	Pecom Racing	L. Perez-Companc/M. Russo/P. Kaffer	Lola B11/40 - Judd	LM P2	2:13.444	+9.600
16	36	RML	T. Erdos/M. Newton/B. Collins	HPD ARX -01d	LM P2	2:13.576	+9.732
17	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	D. Kraihamer/N. De Crem	Oreca 03 - Nissan	LM P2	2:13.893	+10.049
18	46	TDS Racing	M. Beche/P. Thiriet/J. Firth	Oreca 03 - Nissan	LM P2	2:14.442	+10.598
19	16	Pescarolo Team	E. Collard/C. Tinseau/J. Jousse	Pescarolo - Judd	LM P1	2:14.713	+10.869
20	41	Greaves Motorsport	K. Ojjeh/G. Chalandon/T. Kimnber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN - Nissan	LM P2	2:15.020	+11.176
21	91	Hope Racing	L. Moro/S. Zhang/N. Marroc	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	FLM	2:15.210	+11.366
22	35	Oak Racing	A. Barlesi/F. Da Rocha/P. Lafargue	Oak Pescarolo - Judd	LM P2	2:15.219	+11.375
23	92	Neil Garner Motorsport	J. Hartshorne/S. Keating/P. Keen	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	FLM	2:15.265	+11.421
24	43	RLR Msport	B. Gates/R. Garofall/S. Phillips	MG Lola EX265 - Judd	LM P2	2:15.792	+11.948
25	93	Genoa Racing	E. Julian/C. Zugel/J. Petersen	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	FLM	2:17.711	+13.867
26	44	Extreme Limite AM Paris	F. Rosier/J. Luco/M. Basso	Norma M200P - Judd	LM P2	2:18.806	+14.962
27	99	JMB Racing	M. Rodrigues/J. Menahem/O. Lombard	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	FLM	2:19.628	+15.784
28	33	Level 5 Motorsports	S. Tucker/C. Bouchut/J. Barbosa	Lola Coupe - HPD	LM P2	2:20.669	+16.825
29	51	AF Corse	G. Fisichella/G. Bruni	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	2:20.911	+17.067
30	71	AF Corse	J. Melo/T. Vilander	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	2:21.077	+17.233
31	66	JMW Motorsport	R. Bell/J. Walker	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	2:21.718	+17.874
32	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	M. Lieb/R. Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Pro	2:22.049	+18.205
33	56	BMW Motorsport	A. Priaulx/U. Alzen	BMW M3	LM GTE Pro	2:22.078	+18.234
34	58	Luxury Racing	A. Beltoise/F. Jakubowski/J. Deletraz	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	2:22.569	+18.725
35	59	Luxury Racing	S. Ortelli/F. Makowiecki	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	2:22.596	+18.752
36	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	D. Farnbacher/A. Simonsen	Ferrari F458 Italia	LM GTE Pro	2:22.905	+19.061
37	95	Pegasus Racing	M. Schultis/P. Simon/J. Schell	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	FLM	2:23.243	+19.399
38	82	CRS Racing	K. Hummel/A. Christodoulou/P. Quaife	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	2:23.612	+19.768
39	55	BMW Motorsport	A. Farfus/J. Muller	BMW M3	LM GTE Pro	2:23.679	+19.835
40	75	Prospeed Competition	M. Goosens/M. Holzer	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Pro	2:23.723	+19.879
41	72	AF Corse	R. Kauffman/R. Aguas	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	2:23.726	+19.882
42	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	P. Pilet/W. Henzler	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Pro	2:23.986	+20.142
43	50	Larbre Competition	P. Bornhauser/J. Canal/G. Gardel	Corvette C6-ZR1	LM GTE Am	2:24.117	+20.273
44	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	N. Armindo/R. Narac	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Am	2:24.133	+20.289
45	61	AF Corse	P. Perazzini/M. Cioci/S. Lemeret	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	2:24.973	+21.129
46	70	Kessel Racing	M. Broniszewski/P. Peter	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	2:25.280	+21.436
47	79	Jota	S. Dolan/S. Hancock	Aston Martin Vantage	LM GTE Pro	2:25.616	+21.772
48	60	Gulf AMR Middle East	F. Giroix/R. Goethe/M. Wainwright	Aston Martin Vantage	LM GTE Am	2:25.783	+21.939
49	62	CRS Racing	P. Ehret/S. Lynn/R. Wills	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	2:26.505	+22.661
50	63	Proton Competition	C. Ried/N. Hommerson	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Am	2:26.579	+22.735
51	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	H. Felbermayr Jr/B. Miller	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LM GTE Am	2:26.981	+23.137
52	57	Krohn Racing	T. Krohn/N. Jonsson	Ferrari F430	LM GTE Am	2:27.882	+24.038
53	65	Lotus Jetalliance	J. Hirschi/J. Rossiter/J. Mowlem	Lotus Evora	LM GTE Pro	2:29.590	+25.746
54	64	Lotus Jetalliance	M. Rich/O. Slingerland	Lotus Evora	LM GTE Pro	2:37.486	+33.642
55	40	Race Performance	M. Frey/R. Meichtry/M. Rostan	Oreca 03 - Judd	LM P2	-:—.---	+—.---