First 100% Peugeot line in Zhuhai

Thanks to a time of 1:21:868, Stéphane Sarrazin placed the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP n°2 in pole position for the 1000 km of Zhuhai, last round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. The domination of the Lion firm is total, the sister car having signed, in the hands of simon pagenaud, the second best time. For its last outing in competition, the 908 monopolizes the first row of the starting grid. An exercise in which she has always excelled.

“It’s very good for us to monopolize the first line, says pole sitter Stéphane Sarrazin. The car was very good, but quite difficult to drive on this slippery track. We feared the rain would arrive, which is why we drove fast from the start of the session. »

If the Audi Sport Team Joest was never really left behind during free practice, the same cannot be said in qualifying. The two Audi R15 plus are third and fourth, but Tom Kristensen, who will be supported by Allan McNish, and Rinaldo Capello, Romain Dumas' weekend teammate, are respectively 1??2 and 2??7 from the cars French. A chasm on a route of 4,319 km.

In the duel between the Lamborghini JLOC and the Saleen Larbre Compétition in GT1, it was the Italian who took the advantage over the American, Yuhi Sekiguchi being faster than Pedro Lamy.

Mais en Grand Tourisme, la surprise vient de la Porsche GT3 R Hybrid. Jorg Bergmeister a signé un chrono de 1?33??789, reléguant les deux meilleures GT3 à plus d?une seconde, et la meilleure GT2 à plus de deux secondes ! Une catégorie GT2 qui a vu Gianmaria Bruni s?illustrer au volant de la Ferrari F430 AF Corsica. The Felbermayr Porsche of Richard Lietz and the BMW M3 of Jorg Müller complete the top three in a class in which the first six are grouped into less than a second.