The Sora Racing entered Pescarolo Judd of Shinji Nakano and Christophe Tinseau was the fastest at the end of the sixty minutes long practice session, setting a 1:20.667. A full second behind the Pescarolo was the #007 Lola Aston Martin, while the Team Oreca Matmut AIM Oreca 01 AIM was third, despite running wide at turn 1 during the session, fortunately staying clear of the wall.
A freshly repaired Drayson Racing Lola Judd took fourth place; the two Kolles Audi R10 TDIs completed the top six.
The first non-LMP1 car came around in eighth place overall and surprisingly enough it wasn’t one of the LMP2 cars but the Hitotsuyama Team Nova Aston Martin DBR9. The DBR9 was almost three seconds quicker than the two JLOC Lamborghini’s and almost 5.5 seconds quicker than the Larbre Saleen. The Larbre car went off into the gravel early in the session though.
OAK Racing had a rather difficult session. The Pescarolo Mazda failed to get out of the pit several times. On each occasion the car fired up but stalled a few meters later. When it eventually managed to get out it only completed a handful of laps before ending up in the gravel at turn 1. The second LMP2 car, the Ibanez Racing Service Courage AER only managed to set a 1:37.7, which meant the team ended the session in 19th place overall.
In GT2 it was the ‘local’ JimGainer Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 that was quickest. The #85 lapped the 3.7km long circuit in 1:31.556. Second fastest was the Team Hong Kong Racing Aston Martin Vantage, the car previously raced by Hexis Racing in FIA GT this year. Only 0.044s separated the two GT2 cars. The BMW M3 E92 of BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team completed the top three in GT2 with a time of 1:32.046.
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