The #908 Peugeot 8 ahead of the Audis

Stéphane Sarrazin took provisional pole on the Peugeot 908 n°8, completing the lap of the Sarthe circuit in 3:27:033. Audi is grouped in the next three places with the No. 18 R2 of Fassler-Lotterer-Tréluyer in ambush at 0??906. The No. 18 R1 TDI of Romain Dumas is third, but the prototype did not finish the session following an accident with the?Aston Martin Gulf n°60 by Giroix-Goethe-Wainwright.

Peugeot completes its trifecta by placing the 908 n°7 (Davidson-Gené-Wurz) in ambush behind the German trio, followed by the 908 n°9 (Bourdais-Pagenaud-Lamy). The Lioness of Team Oreca (Panis-Stone-Duval) brings up the rear of the LMP1 diesels in seventh position.

Pescarolo marks its return by placing the No. 16 in first place in the gasoline LMP1s. The Pescarolo Judd (Collard-Tinseau-Jousse) is ahead of the two Lola B 10/60s from Rebellion Racing, the n°12 of Cheers-Jani-Bleekemolen preceding the n°13 of Boullion-Belicchi-Smith.

The LMP2 category was dominated by the HPD ARX 01-dn°42 (Leventis-Watts-Kane). But the Strakka Racing LMP2 left the track violently, ending the first qualifying session prematurely. Nick Leventis was unhurt in the incident, but the car was badly damaged. The British team maintains the best time in the category (13th time in the general classification) ahead of the two Oreca 03-Nissans.

The No. 26 Signatech Nissan of Mailleux-Ayari-Ordonnez is ahead of the No. 48 of Team Oreca Matmut (Prémat-Hallyday-Kraihamer. The No. 41 Zytek Nissan of Greaves Motorsport (Ojjey-Lombard-Kimber) takes fourth place in the LMP2 class. .