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Thursday night qualifying;
an exciting spectacle where cars jostle to get the pole position,
not really important for the race to be honnest, but bragging rights
for 36 hours or s. The battle between the Audis and Peugeots was
close, very close, with pole changing hands frequently as the air
temperature dropped and speeds increased. Eventually with little
time to spare, a Peugeot in the hands of
Sarrazin nailed it.
With the diesel cars enjoying their
expected margin of superiority, Aston Martin Racing's three factory
LMP1 entries will line up seventh, eighth and 17th on the grid for
Saturday's race.
The 007 car of Jan Charouz , Tomas
Enge and Stefan Mücke was the quickest Aston Martin with a
time of 3m27.180s, qualifying in eighth overall. The sister 008 car
of Anthony Davidson , Darren Turner and Jos Verstappen
was ninth with a time of 3m27.704, while the 009 car of Stuart Hall
Peter Kox Harold Primat. qualified 17th after
setting a time of 3m33.968s
The Speedy Racing Sebah team, running
last year's Aston Martin-powered Lola, was third quickest of the
petrol cars, meaning that Aston Martin engines occupy the top three
petrol-powered places on the Le Mans grid this year. |
