6H Imola-EL3: Audi snatches the best time

Audi placed itself at the top of the timesheets for the first time this weekend with the No. 18 R1 of T. Bernhard / M. Fässler narrowly ahead of the two Peugeot 908s on a track drying out throughout the weekend. the session.

Published on 02/07/2011 à 10:19

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6H Imola-EL3: Audi snatches the best time

The rain that fell during the night made the track wet for the start of the last free practice session for the 6 Hours of Imola. But the passage of cars and the sun dried out the track to allow the No. 18 Audi R1 of Bernhard / Fässler to achieve the best time in 1:34:609, just ahead of the Peugeot 908 n°7 of S. Bourdais / A. Davidson who fails at 0??026 of the R18. She nevertheless remains the holder of the best time in free practice (1:34:227).

The No. 908 Peugeot 8 of F. Montagny / S. Sarrazin is third, 0 behind the No. 144 Audi. Its sister, the R1 n°18 of T. Kristensen / A. McNish is fourth at 2??2.

The LMP2 category is still dominated by the Oreca 03-Nissans. The no. 45 of Boutsen Energy Racing (D. Kraihamer / N. De Crem) is first in the category (1:38??152) ahead of the no. 46 of TDS Racing (M. Beche / P. Thiriet / J. Firth). The #16 Pescarolo of E. Collard / C. Tinseau / J. Jousse is inserted between the two LMP2 prototypes. The No. 03 Oreca 26 from Signatech-Nissan (F. Mailleux / L. Ordoñez / S. Ayari) is fourth in the category behind the No. 41 Zytek-Nissan from Greaves Motorsport (K. Ojjeh / O. Lombard / T . Kimber-Smith).

In FLM, it is the No. 95 of Pegasus Racing driven by M. Schultis / P. Simon / J. Schell which leads its category with a time of 1:45:196.

Ferrari dominates the GTE Pro category. The No. 458 Luxury Racing F59 Italia (Ortelli-Makowiecki) set the best time in 1:45 ahead of No. 690 of AF Corse of J. Melo / T. Vilander. The No. 71 CRS Racing F430 (K. Hummel / A. Christodoulou / P. Quaife) leads the GTE Am.

Qualifying will take place this afternoon from 13:55 p.m. to 14:45 p.m.