ILMC: Pagenaud offers pole to Peugeot

Si simon pagenaud discovers the Silverstone track, that doesn’t stop it from shining! Uploaded by Peugeot Sport to qualify the No. 908 7, the Frenchman acquitted himself of the task very well since he had the luxury of taking pole position, completing a lap of the Silverstone circuit in 1:43:924. Poitevin achieved his time very early. Well he was lucky because a few minutes later, a downpour soaked the track.

“It turned out to be very difficult because there was drizzle right from the start of our session, explains Pagenaud. The team sent me on track at the right time with the right tires, which resulted in pole position. This obviously makes me very happy, even if of course it is not the most important thing. The most important thing is tomorrow, we have to finish the race well with both cars well placed. »

The first Audi, number 2, is in the same second. Tom Kristensen set the second best time of the day, ahead of the #908 Peugeot 8 of Stéphane Sarrazin and the #1 Audi of Bernhard.

Belle bataille du côté des « LMP1 essence ». La Lola-Toyota du Rebellion Racing de Nicolas Cheers stole 5th place from Guillaume Moreau's Oak Pescarolo in the very last moments.

The Strakka Racing HPD, still in the hands of the fast Danny Watts, set the best time in the LMP2s.

Start of the race tomorrow at 11:35 a.m. local time, 12:35 p.m. French time.