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Le Mans 24Hours: Audi quickest at Le Mans test day

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Khatir Soltani
The new Audi R18 were quickest at Le Mans test day, while Ferrari dominated the GT class.

Romain Dumas’ prototype was quickest in the morning session ahead of the sister car driven by Benoît Treluyer and the third Audi driven by Tom Kristensen.

The first Peugeot 908 was fourth, with Wurz, Gene and Davidson, two seconds behind the best Audi.

Audi confirmed its performances in the afternoon session, with Kristensen/ McNish/Capello quickest ahead of Dumas, Rockenfeller and Bernhard. The Peugeot 908 driven by Bourdais, Pagenaud and Lamy was third quickest.

The Oreca-Nissan were quickest in the LMP2 category, with the Signatech team prototype ahead of the official Oreca car. The third best performance was set by Greaves Motorsport’s Zytek-Nissan.

Ferrari dominated the GTE category, with the best performance of the Team Farnbacher’s F458 ahead of the AF Corse’s F458 and the BMW Motorsports M3.
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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