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*Notes First LMP Session
Weather Clear, Cool and Sunny at 8:00AM Track extremely dirty causing cars to have very little grip. Ascari-Judd overreved the gear box halfway through session and decide to change gearbox. Mario Andretti took his first laps of circuit at 9:15. Franz Konrad will not drive this year at Le Mans instead intrusting his Lola and Porsche to other drivers. #8 Audi replaced its disk during session.The Audis did have problems with brakes at Sebring. Stefan Johansson says the Reynard has made great progress.
Times 1st Session
1) #8 Audi R8 3:37.35 2) #7 Audi R8 3:38.46 3) #9 Audi R8 3:40.02 4) #21 Rafanelli Lola-Judd 3:43.19 5) #3 DAMS Cadillac 3:44.34 6) #24 Johansson Reynard-Judd 3:44.41 7) #4 DAMS Cadillac LMP 3:44.84 8) #17 Courage C60-Judd 3:45.73 9) #20 Konrad Lola-Ford 3:46.10 10)#23 TV Asahi Panoz LMP 3:46.53 11)#2 Cadillac LMP 3:46.74 12)#12 Panoz LMP 3:47.18 13)#11 Panoz LMP 3:47.61 14)#10 Den Bla Avis Panoz LMP 3:48.14 15)#1 Cadillac LMP 3:48.19 16)#16 Courage-Peugeot 3:48.68 17)#15 BMW V12LM 3:49.04 |
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*Notes Second Session
Alan McNish had an off near the end of the second session in the Porsche Curves."We don't know what happened yet," McNish said. "They are still looking into it. Something happened, I lost grip and went off line. When that happens, you've had it." He brought the car back to the pits without the front bonnet, and it did not go out again. Harrier Porsche blew its engine on the second lap of the first session and never made it out in the second.The team was using a Freisinger Motorsports engine. Telemtry shows a major failure. The Ascari also continued to experience problems during second session.It does not look good for making the final selection for the race. Panoz ran both session in a race trim. Andretti reports car to be very comfortable to drive. Rafanelli team extremely happy with cars. De Radigues feels there is more time in the car and we should see it faster in June. Final Selection will be announce by ACO around 10:00CET
Times 2nd Session
1) #9 Audi R8 McNish 3:36.6 2) #8 Audi R8 PIERRO 3:37.2 3) #7 Audi R8 ALBORETO 3:37.6 4) #21 Rafanelli-Lola De RADIGUES 3:38.7 5) #17 Courage C60-Judd FORMATO 3:39.8 6) #24 Reynard 2KQ-LM-Judd SMITH 3:40.2 7) #11 Panoz LMP BRABHAM 3:40.5 |
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*Notes GTS
Karl Wendlinger was the fastest GTS-class driver in a Viper, .3sec faster than his teammate Marc Duez. The Corvettes of Ron Fellows was nrxt setting a time of 3:59.1 on only his seventh lap. The Freisinger Porsche 911 GT2, driven solely by Wolfgang Kaufmann at this practice day, improved his
time in the second session.
"Everything is OK , we had some minor problems with fuel pressure,
but then we modified the set-up and I did a lap of 4:02, which was quicker than last year."
1 51 ORECA Viper LM GTS Wendlinger/Dupuy 3:58.45s 2 52 ORECA Viper LM GTS Duez/Huisman 3:58.76s 3 63 Corvette Racing Corvette C5-R Fellows/Kneifel/Bell 3:59.10s 4 53 ORECA Viper LM GTS Amorim/Beltoise 4:01.33s *Notes GT Dirk Muller's Barbour Racing Porsche 911GT3-R was fastest all day
in the GT category, lapping around 4:11 in the morning session 6 seconds faster than
Christophe Bouchut's Larbre Porsche and 12sec ahead of the third-placed
Skea Porsche of David Murry, Johnny Mowlem and Sascha Maassen. Muller would eventually
get the Barbour Porsche down to a 4:09.2.
Bouchut would later get the Larbre Porsche down into the 4:11 bracket.
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Combined Top 20 Times
1 9 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 McNish/Aiello/Ortelli 3m40.02s 3m36.62s 2 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 Biela/Pirro 3m37.35s 3m37.21s 3 7 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 Alboreto/Abt/Capello 3m38.46s 3m37.69s 4 21 Team Rafanelli Lola B2K/10 Schiattarella/de Radigues 3m43.19s 3m38.80s 5 17 SMG Courage C60 Gache/Formato 3m45.73s 3m39.80s 6 24 Johansson/Matthews Reynard 2KQ Matthews/Johansson/Smith 3m44.41s 3m40.31s 7 23 TV Asashi Team Dragon Panoz LMP Kageyama/Kageyama 3m46.53s 3m40.54s 8 11 Panoz Motorsports Panoz LMP Brabham/Magnussen/Andretti3m47.61s 3m41.56s 9 20 Konrad Motorsport LolaB2K/10 Coronel/Lammers 3m46.10s 3m41.89s 10 12 Panoz Motorsports Panoz LMP Katoh/O’Connell/Raphanel 3m47.18s 3m42.07s 11 3 DAMS Cadillac Bernard/Collard/Montagny 3m44.34s 3m43.43s 12 4 DAMS Cadillac Goosens/Tinseau/Kolby 3m44.84s 3m44.46s 13 10 Team Den Bla Avis Panoz LMP Nielsen/Thyrring 3m48.14s 3m44.63s 14 23 TV Asashi Team Dragon Panoz LMP Kondo/Tsuchiya/Iida 3m46.53s 3m45.92s 15 1 Bill Riley Cadillac Lagorce/ Leitzinger/Wallace 3m48.39s 3m46.19s 16 15 Thomas Bsher Promotion BMW LM Bscher/Lees/Gounon 3m49.04s 3m46.22s 17 16 Pescarolo Sport Courage C52 Clerico/Grouillard/Bordais3m48.68s 3m46.25s 18 5 ORECA Reynard 2KQ Dalmas/Beretta/Minassian no time 3m48.86s 19 2 Bill Riley Cadillac Angelelli/Taylor/vanPoele 3m46.74s 3m49.62s 20 5 ORECA Reynard 2KQ Dalmas/Beretta/Minassian no time 3m57.70s |
*Not Selected
LMP 900 #14 TEAM ASCARI ASCARI-JUDD A410 #19 GERARD McQUILLAN HARRIER-PORSCHE LMP 675 #31 PIERRE BRUNEAU DEBORA-BMW GTS #61 ROOCK RACING PORSCHE 911 GT2 GT #74 MANTHEY RACING PORSCHE 911 GT3-R(failed tech) |
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