LeMans Qualifying after 2nd round, first day

[KC]

Qualifying results, Session 2, 24 Hours of Le Mans:

1. Michele Alboreto/Rinaldo Capello/Christian Abt, No. 7 LMP Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8R, 3.37.523
2. Frank Biela/Tom Kristensen/Emanuele Pirro, No. 8 LMP Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8R, 3:37.595
3. Allan McNish/Laurent Aiello/Stéphane Ortelli, No. 9 LMP Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8R, 3:37.653*
4. David Brabham/Jan Magnussen/Mario Andretti, No. 11 LMP Panoz Motor Sport Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S, 3:39.156
5. Johnny O'Connell/Hiroki Katoh/Pierre-Henri Raphanel, No. 12 LMP Panoz Motor Sport Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S, 3:41.359
6. Mimmo Schiattarella/Didier de Radigues/Emanuele Naspetti, No. 21 LMP Team Rafanelli Lola B2K-10/Judd, 3:42.188
7. Jan Lammers/Tom Coronel/Peter Kox, No. 20 LMP Konrad Motorsport Lola B2K-10/Ford, 3:43.584*
8. Stefan Johansson/Guy Smith/Jim Matthews, No. 24 LMP Johansson-Matthews Racing Reynard 2KQ/Judd, 3:44.012
9. Masahiko Kageyama/Masami Kageyama/Toshio Suzuki, No. 23 LMP TV Asahi Team Dragon Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S, 3:44.599
10. Masahiko Kondo/Keiichi Tsuchiya/Akira Iida, No. 22 LMP TV Asahi Team Dragon Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S, 3:44.627
11. Franck Lagorce/Butch Leitzinger/Andy Wallace, No. 1 LMP Team Cadillac Cadillac Northstar LMP, 3:44.854
12. Yannick Dalmas/Nicolas Minassian/Jean-Phillipe Belloc, No. 5 LMP Mopar Team Oreca Reynard 2KQ /Mopar, 3:45.720
13. Olivier Grouillard/Sebastien Bourdais/Emmanuel Clerico, No. 16 LMP Pescarolo Sport Courage C52/Peugeot, 3:45.771
14. Philippe Gache/Gary Formato/Didier Cottaz, No. 17 LMP SMG CourageC60/Judd, 3:46.242*
15. Marc Goossens/Christophe Tinseau/Kristian Kolby, No. 4 LMP Motorola DAMS Cadillac Cadillac Northstar LMP, 3:47.056*
16. Eric Bernard/Emmanuel Collard/Franck Montagny, No. 3 LMP Motorola DAMS Cadillac Cadillac Northstar LMP, 3:47.740
17. Max Angelelli/Wayne Taylor/Eric van de Poele, No. 2 LMP Team Cadillac Cadillac Northstar LMP, 3:47.754
18. Ralf Kelleners/David Terrien/Jean-Denis Deletraz, No. 33 LMP 675 ROC Reynard 2KQ/Volkswagen, 3:48.006
19. John Nielsen/Mauro Baldi/Klaus Graf, No. 10 LMP Team Den Bla Avis Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S, 3:51.075
20. Jordi Gene/Jean-Christophe Boullion/Jerome Policand, No. 34 LMP 675 ROC Reynard 2KQ/Volkswagen, 3:51.805
21. Didier Theys/Jeffrey van Hooydonk/Didier André, Mopar Team Oreca No. 6 LMP Reynard 2KQ/Mopar, 3:52.522
22. Thomas Bscher/Geoff Lees/Jean-Marc Gounon, No. 15 LMP Bscher Promotion BMW V12 LM, 3:53.117
23. Stéphane Daoudi/Xavier Pompidou/Jean Bernard Bouvet, No. 35 LMP 675 Gerard Welter/WR Racing WR/Peugeot, 3:55.557
24. Olivier Beretta/Karl Wendlinger/Dominique Dupuy, No. 51 GTS Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 3:56.327
25. Ron Fellows/Chris Kneifel/Justin Bell, No. 63 GTS Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 3:58.636*
26. Marc Duez/Patrick Huisman/Tommy Archer, No. 52 GTS Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 3:59.199
27. Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon, No. 64 GTS Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 4:00.785
28. Ni Amorim/David Donohue/Anthony Beltoise, No. 53 GTS Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 4:02.837*
29. Toni Seiler/Walter Brun/Christian Glasel, No. 56 GTS Team Goh Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 4:04.058
30. Boris Derichebourg/Guy Martinolle/Jean-Claude Lagniez, No. 54 GTS Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 4:04.895*
31. Mike Hezemans/David Hart/Hans Hugenholtz, No. 57 GTS Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 4:05.953
32. Sylvain Boulay/Yojiro Terada/Richard Balandras, No. 36 LMP 675 Rachel Welter/WR Racing WR-Peugeot LMP, 4:07.572
33. Wolfgang Kaufmann/Yukihiro Hane/Katsunori Iketani, No. 59 GTS Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2, 4:09.299
34. Dirk Müller/Lucas Luhr/Bob Wollek, No. 83 GT Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:10.008*
35. Scott Maxwell/John Graham/Greg Wilkins, No. 32 LMP 675 Multimatic Motorsport Lola B2K-40/Nissan, 4:13.409
36. Tom Kendall/Charlie Slater/Jurgen von Gartzen, No. 60 GTS Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2, 4:13.773
37. Christophe Bouchut/Patrice Goueslard/Jean-Luc Chereau, No. 77 GT Larbre Competition Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:16.389
38. Patrick Lemarie/Jean-Francois Yvon/Yann Goudy, No. 30 LMP 675 Didier Bonnet Debora/BMW, 4:16.538
39. Michel Neugarten/Tony Burgess/Max Cohen-Olivar, No. 76 GT Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:20.306
40. Shane Lewis/Cort Wagner/Bob Mazzuoccola, No. 71 GT Michael Colucci Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:20.578
41. Michel Ligonnet/Gabrio Rosa/Franco Babini, No. 81 GT Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:20.669
42. Atsushi Yogo/Hideo Fukuyama/Bruno Lambert, No. 73 GT Team Taisan Advan Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:21.040
43. Thierry Perrier/Jean-Louis Ricci/Romano Ricci, No. 79 GT Perspective Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:21.382
44. David Murry/Johnny Mowlem/Sascha Maassen, No. 82 GT Skea Racing International Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:22.005
45. Philip Verellen/Rudi Penders/Kent Dujardyn, No. 80 GT Renstal Excelsior Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:23.066
46. Tomas Saldana/Giovanni Lavaggi/Jesus Diez Villaroel, No. 72 GT Racing Engineering Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:23.849*
47. Jean-Luc Maury Laribière/Angelo Zadra/Bernard Chauvin, No. 78 GT Jean-Luc Maury Laribière Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:26.446*
48. Michael Lauer/Michael Brockman/Gunnar Jeannette, No. 75 GT Manthey-Gunnar Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R, 4:27.999*

I hope no one is surprised about the speed of the Team Joest Audi Sport team as they have dominated the early times. The Panoz factory effort has posted the next best times about 2.5 seconds adrift of the lead group. Next comes the Rafanelli Judd-powered Lola, an excellent effort by them and Team Dragon and Konrad Motorsports to displace the factory Cadillac entries.

By far the tightest battle falls down to the two lead American muscle car entries. The lead Team ORECA Viper leads the lead factory Corvette C5R by just over 2 seconds. This should shape up into a great battle. The Viper may be faster, but the 'Vette is more efficient.

[marcus]

yeh i guess it is no surprise to see the audi's up there or the panoz cars to...but great effort by the Olive garden rafenelli team..wonder what Pier Luigi Martini is thinking at this point in time after he quit the team nearly 2 weeks ago...i guess speed in practise isnt that important as its going to be a reliability run more than anything else..but so far looking good for an audi win.

BTW KC some of the times have little * next to them what do they mean ????

[KC]

I poached it off of the Speedvision site and have no idea what the asterisks are.

[Peter Mallett]

KC.

The asterisks are those funny star shaped things alongside some of the times. I thought you'd know that.

[Heeltoe6]

The asteriks indicate the time was set in the 1st qualifying session, and that the team did not run a faster time in the 2nd session. All the other times were set in the 2nd session

[KC]

Thanks Heeltoe. You too Mr. Mallet