Le Mans 1st qualifying session times (wet weather)

[FourWheelDrift]

1. Capello/Kristensen/McNish Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 4mins 19.863secs LMP1
2. Biela/Pirro/Werner Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 4mins 23.070secs LMP1
3. Montagny/Helary/Loeb Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd 4mins 23.443secs LMP1
4. Collard/Minassian/Comas Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd 4mins 24.135secs LMP1
5. Ortiz/Gabbiani/Campbell-Walter Creation Autosportif Creation CA06/H Judd 4mins 24.621secs LMP1
6. Macallister/Rostan/Pullan Pierre Bruneau Pilbeam MP93 Judd 4mins 25.398secs LMP2
7. Lammers/Yoong/Johansson Racing for Holland Dome S101H Judd 4mins 30.820secs LMP1
8. Enge/Turner/Piccini Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 4mins 31.179secs GT1
9. Sarrazin/Lamy/Ortelli Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 4mins 32.053secs GT1
10. Primat/Fassler/Peter Swiss Spirit Courage LC70 Judd 4mins 32.957secs LMP1
11. Nakano/Kurosawa/Gounon Courage Competition Courage LC70 Mugen 4mins 33.067secs LMP1
12. Pergl/Kox/Vasiliev Convers MenX Team Ferrari 550 Maranello 4mins 33.561secs GT1
13. Field/Halliday/Dayton Intersport Racing Lola B05/40 AER 4mins 34.160secs LMP2
14. Kiesa/Moller/Pickering Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm 4mins 34.644secs LMP1
15. Newton/Erdos/Wallace RML MG Lola EX264 AER 4mins 35.048secs LMP2
16. Hancock/Fisken/Frei Courage Competition Courage LC70 Mugen 4mins 35.943secs LMP1
17. Piquet Jr/Garcia/Brabham Russian Age Racing Aston Martin DBR9 4mins 37.041secs GT1
18. Amaral/de Castro/Hughes Chamberlain-Synergy Lola B05/40 AER 4mins 37.362secs LMP2
19. Barazi/Vergers/Cunningham Barazi Epsilon Courage C65 AER 4mins 38.608secs LMP2
20. Sugden/Vann/Smith Russian Age Racing Ferrari 550 Maranello 4mins 40.097secs GT1
21. Mowlem/Borcheller/Fittipaldi ACEMCO Motorsports Saleen S7R 4mins 43.103secs GT1
22. Bergmeister/Jonsson/Krohn Krohn White Lightning Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4mins 43.367secs GT2
23. Babini/Gollin/Pescatori AMR BMS Scuderia Italia Aston Martin DBR9 4mins 43.617secs GT1
24. Policand/Goueslard/Alphand Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C5-R 4mins 43.975secs GT1
25. Andre/Clairay/Bouvet Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 Mecachrome 4mins 45.086secs LMP2
26. Narac/Dumas/Riccitelli IMSA Performance MATMUT Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4mins 47.900secs GT2
27. Crevels/Dumbreck/Coronel Spyker Squadron BV Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 4mins 48.691secs GT2
28. Hahn/Morris/Leroch G-Force Racing Courage C65 Judd 4mins 48.714secs LMP2
29. Gosselin/Ojjeh/Ragues Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 Mecachrome 4mins 50.408secs LMP2
30. van Overbeek/Neiman/Long Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4mins 50.438secs GT2
31. Short/Barbosa/Moseley Rollcentre Racing Radical SR9 Judd 4mins 51.700secs LMP2
32. Terada/Timpany/Binnie Binnie Motorsports Lola B05/40 Zytek 4mins 51.872secs LMP2
33. Nielsen/Farnbacher/Ehret Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4mins 53.695secs GT2
34. Gardel/Bornhauser/Blanchemain Larbre Competition Ferrari 550 Maranello 4mins 55.957secs GT1
35. Macaluso/Lally/James Miracle Motorsports Courage C65 AER 4mins 56.168secs LMP2
36. Nielsen/Elgaard/Andersen Zytek Engineering Zytek 06S 4mins 56.828secs LMP1
37. Bleekemolen/Hezemans/Kane Spyker Squadron BV Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 4mins 57.137secs GT2
38. Apicella/Hinoi/Yamanishi JLOC Isao Noritake Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT 4mins 58.656secs GT1
39. Maxwell/Jeannette/Milner Multimatic Team Panoz Panoz Esperante GT-LM 5mins 03.616secs GT2
40. Tomlinson/Dean/Kimber-Smith Team LNT Panoz Esperante GT-LM 5mins 03.817secs GT2
41. Lambert/Lefort/Iannetta Ice Pol Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 5mins 05.275secs GT2
42. Collin/Nishizawa/Yamaji Team Taisan Advan Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 5mins 05.305secs GT2
43. Yamagishi/Konopka/de Fournoux T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 5mins 06.716secs GT2
44. Niarchos/Kirkaldy/Mullen Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari F430 GTC 5mins 07.362secs GT2
45. Pompidou/Thyrring/Ried Sebah Automotive Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 5mins 10.210secs GT2
46. Bourdais/Cloet/Sharpe Noel del Bello Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 5mins 14.657secs GT2
47. Roussel/Hauchard/Briche Welter Gerard WR Peugeot 5mins 15.480secs LMP2
48. Berridge/Evans/Owen Chamberlain-Synergy Lola B06/10 AER No time LMP1
49. Fellows/O'Connell/Papis Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R No time GT1
50. Gavin/Beretta/Magnussen Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R No time GT1

[Mannginger]

Jeez even in the wet the Audis can get the power down. I hope the Pescarolo guys can come through with a win this weekend - it sounds better!

Aston's are quick, but the 550 and Saleen aren't far off the pace. No times from the C6 boys - what's the story there?

Poor old Shorty seems to have had a torrid time of it too.

I can't wait for Saturday, pity I'm going to be here not there!

Phil

[spdpug98]

I was hoping that Creation would be able to split the Audi's and Pescarola's, fingers crossed for the weekend

[mr_yogi]

Did something happen to the Porsche prototype class cars or were they never intended for Le Mans?

[FourWheelDrift]

mr_yogi said:

Did something happen to the Porsche prototype class cars or were they never intended for Le Mans?

Edited to give a definitive answer grabbed from elsewhere - They didn't qualify and they were not invited. -

I'm pretty sure I've also read that Penske who are running them in the LMP2 class have the sole licence to run them in the ALMS only for 2006.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 15th June 10:08

[Hansgerd]

Penske run them only in the ALMS and didn't intend to run them abroad or at LM this year.

As for Rollcentre, no idea what really happened but it's test times anyway. I'm quite sure they didn't want to risk the car in the wet when the race will be in the dry. You will have to set up the car from new anyway. Today it's going to be more interesting.

[ettore]

These are out of date qulaifying times from the first session - Pescarolo went quickest (both of them) in the evening. There are two more sessions today though which will probably be dry, so it will all change.

LMP2 Porsche did not enter (boo hiss).

[FourWheelDrift]

ettore said:

These are out of date qulaifying times from the first session

Well I guess that's why I titled this thread "1st qualifying session" then

I wasn't up/online to post up the later night results althought they are here - www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/live/pages/chronos_gb.html

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 15th June 11:33

[mr_yogi]

thanks

[racefan_uk]

FourWheelDrift said:

mr_yogi said:

Did something happen to the Porsche prototype class cars or were they never intended for Le Mans?

Edited to give a definitive answer grabbed from elsewhere - They didn't qualify and they were not invited. -

I'm pretty sure I've also read that Penske who are running them in the LMP2 class have the sole licence to run them in the ALMS only for 2006.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 15th June 10:08

Posted to give the definative answer that Porsche stated from the start of the project that they would be run entirely in the US this year, with customer versions (and possible works effort) at Le Mans in 07.