Pescarolo drivers Jean-Christophe Boullion and Christophe Tinseau gave their Le Mans Series title chances at this weekend's AUTOSPORT 1000km at Silverstone the best possible start by setting the quickest lap as the cars took to the track for the first time this afternoon.
Boullion and Tinseau lie seven points behind Aston Martin drivers Stefan Mucke, Tomas Enge and Jan Charouz with just 10 available at this weekend's season finale.
It was Boullion that set the best lap of the hour-long practice, more than two tenths of a second faster than Darren Turner in the #008 Aston Martin, which he shares with Harold Primat.
Olivier Panis set the third quickest time of practice in the sole present Oreca, the #10 car he shares with Nicolas Lapierre.
Danny Watts was fourth in the Strakka Racing Ginetta-Zytek, with Marcel Fassler (Speedy Racing Lola-Aston Martin) fifth.
The championship-leading #007 Aston Martin was only sixth quickest in the session, with Enge setting the car's best time.
*The Aston Martin Racing drivers will be signing autographs at the AUTOSPORT stand - which features a Lola T70 on display - at the entrance to the paddock on Saturday at 1130. David Brabham and Marino Franchitti will also be paying a visit to meet the crowds at 1430 on Saturday.
AUTOSPORT.com competition winner Martin Evans will be the starter for the AUTOSPORT 1000km when it gets underway on Sunday morning.
Pos Driver Class Car Time Gap 1. Boullion/Tinseau LMP1 Pescarolo 1m34.540s 2. Primat/Turner LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m34.782s +0.242 3. Panis/Lapierre LMP1 Oreca-AIM 1m35.122s +0.582 4. Leventis/Watts LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek 1m35.604s +1.064 5. Belicchi/Fassler/Prost LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m35.646s +1.106 6. Charouz/Enge/Mucke LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m36.966s +2.426 7. Albers/Bakkerud LMP1 Audi 1m36.990s +2.450 8. Ramos/Buncombe/Hall LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin 1m37.062s +2.522 9. Amaral/Pla LMP2 Ginetta-Zytek 1m37.634s +3.094 10. Ragues/Mailleux LMP1 Oreca-Judd 1m38.070s +3.530 11. Karthikeyan/Meyrick/Zwolsman LMP1 Audi 1m38.520s +3.980 12. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Peter LMP2 Zytek 1m38.838s +4.298 13. Lahaye/Ajlani LMP2 Pescarolo-Mazda 1m39.622s +5.082 14. Kane/Leuenberger/Pompidou LMP2 Lola-Judd 1m39.760s +5.220 15. Tomlinson/Mansell/Mansell LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek 1m39.962s +5.422 16. Salini/Salini/Gommendy LMP2 WR-Zytek 1m40.506s +5.966 17. Erdos/Newton LMP2 Lola-Mazda 1m40.788s +6.248 18. Hughes/Firth/Manning LMP2 Embassy-Zytek 1m41.394s +6.854 19. Nicolet/Hein LMP2 Pescarolo-Mazda 1m42.840s +8.300 20. Bruneau/Sini/Greaves LMP2 Radical-AER 1m45.490s +10.950 21. Schell/Thirion/Metz LMP2 Courage-AER 1m46.258s +11.718 22. Cortes/Nieto/Jorda LMP2 Lucchini-Judd 1m46.508s +11.968 23. Ibanez/Cavailhes/da Rocha LMP2 Courage-AER 1m46.626s +12.086 24. Berville/Groppi/Dumez GT1 Saleen 1m48.038s +13.498 25. Sharp/Kox GT1 Aston Martin 1m49.416s +14.876 26. Bell/Bruni GT2 Ferrari 1m49.524s +14.984 27. Lieb/Lietz/Felbermayr GT2 Porsche 1m50.604s +16.064 28. Drayson/Cocker GT2 Aston Martin 1m50.870s +16.330 29. Coronel/Janis GT2 Spyker 1m50.972s +16.432 30. Montanari/Kaffer GT2 Ferrari 1m51.016s +16.476 31. Garcia/Mansell/Melo GT2 Ferrari 1m51.488s +16.948 32. Narac/Pilet GT2 Porsche 1m52.016s +17.476 33. Palttala/Daniels/Rich GT2 Porsche 1m52.502s +17.962 34. Montermini/Cadei/Rosa GT2 Ferrari 1m52.538s +17.998 35. Griffin/Bamford GT2 Ferrari 1m52.554s +18.014 36. Ehret/Farnbacher/Beltoise GT2 Ferrari 1m52.654s +18.114 37. Hartshorne/Kutemann/Daoudi GT2 Ferrari 1m52.956s +18.416 38. Basso/Plati/Tenchini GT2 Ferrari 1m53.940s +19.400 39. Felbermayr/Ried/Martins GT2 Porsche 1m54.376s +19.836 40. Jousse/Goueslard/Clairay GT1 Chevrolet no time
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