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Pagenaud keeps Peugeot on top

September 9th, 2011

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Simon Pagenaud kept Peugeot on top in Silverstone practice with a phenomenal effort that left him more than 1.5s clear of the field.


The Frenchman, deputising for the injured Anthony Davidson, traded fastest laps with Audi’s Allan McNish in the early stages of practice, but at the half-way mark found more than three seconds as he blazed to a 1m44.945s.


Given that times had been centred in the low 1m47s it seemed that benchmark would remain unbeaten and so it proved.


Tom Kristensen in the #2 Audi came closest when he dipped into the 1m46s 15 minutes from the end, but his best effort was still more than 1.7s shy of Pagenaud.


Second practice mirrored the first session in that Peugeot headed an Audi 2-3, with the #1 R18 this time finishing third fastest, less than four tenths down the road.


The #8 Peugeot 908 meanwhile finished fourth fastest, its 1m47.845s only fractions slower than its pace-setting effort in free practice one.


The #24 Oak Racing Pescarolo-Judd of Jacques Nicolet, Alexandre Premat and Olivier Pla was fifth fastest, more than 1s off the #8 Peugeot.


Having finished fourth fastest in the morning, the #40 Race Performance ORECA-Nissan headed the LMP2 class with a 1m52.720s – around 1s than the morning session.


The #42 Strakka HPD was again in the mix, finishing half a second down in second.


The #41 Graves Motorsport Zytek meanwhile edged out the #46 TDS Racing and #45 Boutsen Energy ORECA-Nissans in the battle for third.


Ferrari were once again fastest in GTE Pro, although this time it was the #66 JMW Motorsport 458 of Rob Bell and James Walker which topped the timesheets.


Frederic Makowiecki and Stephane Ortelli were second fastest in the ##59 Luxury Racing 458, ahead of the #55 BMW M3 and the #77 Felbermayr Porsche.


Porsche and Ferrari were also locked in battle in GTE Am, the #67 IMSA 911 edging out the #57 Krohn Racing 430 for top spot.


Pos  Cl     Drivers                      Team/Car                    Time       


 1.  LMP1   Davidson/Bourdais/Pagenaud   Peugeot                     1m44.945s

 2.  LMP1   Kristensen/McNish            Audi  			     1m46.690s

 3.  LMP1   Bernhard/Fassler             Audi  			     1m47.068s

 4.  LMP1   Montagny/Sarrazin            Peugeot      	             1m47.845s

 5.  LMP1   Nicolet/Premat/Pla           Oak Pescarolo-Judd          1m49.018s

 6.  LMP1   Prost/Jani                   Rebellion Lola-Toyota       1m50.023s

 7.  LMP1   Collard/Tinseau/Jousse       Pescarolo-Judd              1m50.640s

 8.  LMP1   Belicchi/Boullion            Rebellion Lola-Toyota       1m50.652s

 9.  LMP1   Lahaye/Moreau/Ragues         Oak Pescarolo-Judd          1m51.080s

10.  LMP1   Cortes/Geri/Picini           MIK Zytek                   1m51.851s

11.  LMP1   Fernandez/Primat/Klien       AMR Lola-Aston              1m52.449s

12.  LMP2   Frey/Meichtry/Rostan         Race Performance ORECA-Judd 1m52.720s

13.  LMP2   Leventis/Watts/Kane          Strakka HPD                 1m53.255s

14.  LMP2   Ojjeh/Kimber-Smith/Lombard   Greaves Zytek-Nissan        1m53.292s

15.  LMP2   Beche/Thiriet/Firth          TDS ORECA-Nissan            1m53.701s

16.  LMP2   Kraihamer/Ebbesvik           Boutsen ORECA-Nissan        1m53.851s

17.  LMP2   Mailleux/Ordonez/Vernay      Signatech ORECA-Nissan      1m54.005s

18.  LMP2   Newton/Erdos/Collins         RML HPD                     1m54.845s

19.  LMP2   Gates/Hughes/Garofall        RLR MG Lola-Judd            1m55.550s

20.  LMP2   Companc/Russo/Kaffer         Pecom Lola-Judd             1m56.636s

21.  FLM    Hartshorne/Keating/Keen      Neil Garner FLM             1m58.187s

22.  LMP2   Barlesi/da Rocha/Lafargue    Oak Pescarolo-Judd          1m58.722s

23.  FLM    Schultis/Simon/Schell        Pegasus FLM                 2m00.500s

24.  FLM    Mitchell/Grogor/Kronfli      Genoa FLM                   2m01.144s

25.  FLM    Marcelli/Ducote/Moro         JMB FLM                     2m01.376s

26.  GTE-P  Bell/Walker                  JMW Ferrari                 2m03.006s

27.  GTE-P  Ortelli/Makowiecki           Luxury Ferrari              2m03.158s

28.  GTE-P  Farfus/Muller                BMW                         2m03.215s

29.  GTE-P  Lieb/Lietz                   Felbermayr Porsche          2m03.438s

30.  GTE-P  Pilet/Henzler                IMSA Porsche                2m03.510s

31.  GTE-P  Melo/Vilander                AF Corse Ferrari            2m03.601s

32.  GTE-P  Priaulx/Alzen                BMW                         2m03.693s

33.  GTE-P  Broniszewski/Peter           Kessel Ferrari              2m03.891s

34.  GTE-P  Goossens/Holzer              Prospeed Porsche            2m03.976s

35.  GTE-P  Fisichella/Bruni             AF Corse Ferrari            2m04.243s

36.  GTE-P  Hancock/Dolan/Buncombe       Jota Aston Martin           2m05.206s

37.  GTE-P  Jakubowski/Beltoise/Marroc   Luxury Ferrari              2m05.564s

38.  GTE-P  Farnbacher/Simonsen          Farnbacher Ferrari          2m05.638s

39.  GTE-A  Narac/Armindo                IMSA Porsche                2m05.852s

40.  GTE-A  Krohn/Jonsson/Rugulo         Krohn Ferrari               2m05.920s

41.  GTE-A  Roda/Long                    Proton Porsche              2m06.581s

42.  GTE-P  Rossiter/Mowlem/Wendlinger   Jetalliance Lotus           2m07.248s

43.  GTE-A  Ehret/Lynn/Wills             CRS Ferrari                 2m07.464s

44.  GTE-A  Felbermayr/Ried              Felbermayr Porsche          2m07.787s

45.  GTE-A  Hummel/Christodoulou/Quaife  CRS Ferrari                 2m07.790s

46.  GTE-A  Perazzini/Cioci/Lemeret      AF Corse Ferrari            2m08.079s

47.  GTE-A  Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel      Larbre Corvette             2m08.085s

48.  GTE-A  Giroix/Goethe/Wainwright     Gulf Aston Martin           2m08.636s

49.  GTE-P  Lichtner-Hoyer/Rich/Hansson  Jetalliance Lotus           2m11.411s

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