Peugeot takes the lead at Silverstone

Audi-Peugeot , it is on the Silverstone circuit that the battle between the two behemoths of theEndurance resumed. If in the ILMC Manufacturers ranking, the French firm has a comfortable margin, Audi intends to make up part of its gap this weekend in Great Britain.

After a first free practice session seeing the two 908s and the two R18s grouped together in six tenths of a second, the second saw the Peugeot n°7, already best time a few hours earlier, set the fastest time this Friday in 1?44??945 in the hands of simon pagenaud. She relegates her closest pursuer, the R18 n°1 of Tom Kristensen to 1??745. The Audi n°2 and the Peugeot n°8 logically complete the leading quartet.

En LMP1 essence, après la Lola-Toyota Rebellion de Jani-Cheers this morning (1:48:694), it was the Oak Pescarolo-Judd n°24 entrusted to Olivier Pla who set the 5th overall time of the 2nd session. Completing a lap in 1:49:018, the Toulouse native did not take long to find the instructions for a car that he recently discovered during private testing.

Surprise in LMP2, where, although it is indeed an Oreca 03 which stands out, it is not a model equipped with the Nissan engine. With a time of 1:52:720, Ralph Meichtry made the Race Performance team shine. However, there are many to follow closely, starting with Danny Watts at the wheel of the HPD ARX-01d of Strakka Racing, Olivier Lombard on the Zytek Z11SN Greaves Motorsport and Jean-Karl Vernay on the Oreca 03 of Team Signatech Nissan, respectively at 0??535, 0??572 and 0??745.

Et si en GTE Am, la Porsche 997 GT3 RSR du duo Narac-Armindo a dominé les deux séances, le GTE Pro a vu un triplé Ferrari 458. Gianmaria Bruni takes the #51 of AF Corse to the top of the timesheet in 2:02:647, and is ahead of the #66 of JMW Motorsport of Rob Bell and the #59 of Luxury Racing driven by Frédéric Makowiecki.

Tomorrow, the 49 competitors entered will take part in a third free practice session at 9 a.m. local time (10 a.m. French time) before qualifying, at 13:35 p.m. local time, which will give a first idea of ​​the hierarchy.