The ACO did not want times under 3:30. Nobody thought we would see fast times during practice today. Practice is for warm up, getting the car ramped up, new drivers exposed to the circuit, conditions and more.
Audi and Peugeot decided to ignore all that and drop times that would’ve been saved for qualifying. Even Franck Montagny was quoted saying
“This will depend on the weather. If it’s pretty cool, but the track is dirty. I could see a pole in 3:25.5.”
Both teams showed very fast times for the first two hour practice session.
In the beginning, it was a back and forth between the two diesels. The no2 Audi R18 TDI held the front for most of the time. At one point Peugeot was holding a 1-2-3-4 with the Audi’s 5-6-7.
In the last two minutes Mike Rockenfeller dropped a 3:27.986 to top his teammate into second.
GTE Pro:
BMW set the top times in GTE Pro with Corvette not far behind. The IMSA Matmut Porsche was doing great but an off at Porsche Curves, sent them to the garage and eventually back to their home 2 hours away.
GTE Am:
Aston Martin’s Giroix was at the top while the no81 Flying Lizard Porsche showed a strong performance coming in second. Darren Law was at the wheel.
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