Så er testen i gang på Paul Ricard, og vejret er fantastisk. Hen imod slutningen af denne formiddags session blev der mål over 20 grader, så betingelserne er bestemt optimale for at banke nogle gode tider af. Audi Sport Team Joest er ikke overraskende hurtigst overall med tiden 1:43,002, men derimod overrasker Pescarolo Sport med at være næsthurtigst med tiden 1:43,473.
Suværent hurtigt i LMP2 var van Merksteijn Motorsport, var er næsten 4 sekunder hurtigere end Team Essex. Det var nok ikke helt det, der var håbet fra det danske team inden de tog til Frankrig.
Det var Luc Alphand Aventures der dominerede GT1 klassen med hans to Corvette C6.R. Både Aston Martin Racing og Larbre Competition hænger godt på, men mangler det sidste for at var med i førefeltet.
GT2 domineres lidt overraskende af Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, men Virgo Motorsport kæmper for at slå dem.
De nye indslag i GT2 klassen IMSA Performance MATMUT der har bygget en Corvette C5-R GT2. Bilen lavede ikke top tider, men 2:01,293 er bestemt godkendt.
Den anden GT2 bil Aston Martin Vantage GT2 var ikke på banen her i formiddag.
Formiddagens tider:
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Pl. | # | Kl. | Team / mærke | Kørere | Tid |
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1 | 1 | LMP1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Allan McNish | 1:43,002 |
| | | Audi R10 TDI | Rinaldo Capello | |
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2 | 16 | LMP1 | Pescarolo Sport | Emmanuel Collard | 1:43,473 |
| | | Pescarolo Judd | Jean-Christophe Boullion | |
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3 | 2 | LMP1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Mike Rockenfeller | 1:43,688 |
| | | Audi R10 TDI | Alexandre Primat | |
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4 | 34 | LMP2 | van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter van Merksteijn | 1:44,986 |
| | | Porsche RS Spyder | Jeroen Bleekemolen | |
| | | | Jos Verstappen | |
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5 | 10 | LMP1 | Charouz Racing System | Jan Charouz | 1:45,456 |
| | | Lola B08/60 Aston Martin | Stefan Mucke | |
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6 | 18 | LMP1 | Rollcentre Racing | Joao Barbosa | 1:45,993 |
| | | Pescarolo Judd | Martin Short | |
| | | | Dean Stirling | |
| | | | Stephan Gregoire | |
| | | | Marc Rostan | |
| | | | Pierre Bruneau | |
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7 | 4 | LMP1 | Saulnier Racing | Bruce Jouanny | 1:46,070 |
| | | Pescarolo-Judd | Richard Hein | |
| | | | Jacques Nicolet | |
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8 | 12 | LMP1 | Charouz Racing System | Klaus Graf | 1:46,483 |
| | | Lola B07/17 Judd | Greg Pickett | |
| | | | Jan Lammers | |
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9 | 40 | LMP2 | Quifel ASM Team | Miguel Amaral | 1:46,733 |
| | | Lola B05/40 AER | Olivier Pla | |
| | | | Guy Smith | |
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10 | 25 | LMP2 | RML | Thomas Erdos | 1:47,238 |
| | | MG Lola EX 265 MG | Mike Newton | |
| | | | Andy Wallace | |
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11 | 6 | LMP1 | Team Oreca MATMUT | Soheil Ayari | 1:47,549 |
| | | Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd | Nicolas Lapierre | |
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12 | 19 | LMP1 | Chamberlain-Synergy | Gareth Evans | 1:48,015 |
| | | Lola B06/10 AER | Bob Berridge | |
| | | | Amanda Stretton | |
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13 | 26 | LMP2 | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Stuart Moseley | 1:48,611 |
| | | Radical SR9 AER | Jacob Greaves | |
| | | | Jan-Dirk Luders | |
| | | | Jens Petersen | |
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14 | 31 | LMP2 | Team Essex | John Nielsen | 1:48,985 |
| | | Porsche RS Spyder | Casper Elgaard | |
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15 | 72 | GT1 | Luc Alphand Aventures | | 1:55,073 |
| | | Corvette C6.R | | |
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16 | 73 | GT1 | Luc Alphand Aventures | | 1:55,105 |
| | | Corvette C6.R | | |
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17 | 7 | GT1 | Aston Martin Racing | Darren Turner | 1:55,363 |
| | | Aston Martin DBR9 | | |
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18 | 50 | GT1 | Larbre Competition | | 1:55,964 |
| | | Saleen S7R | | |
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19 | 55 | GT1 | IPB Spartak Racing | Peter Kox | 1:57,166 |
| | | Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | | |
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20 | 61 | GT1 | Strakka Racing | Peter Hardman | 1:58,809 |
| | | Aston Martin DBR9 | Nik Leventis | |
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21 | 76 | GT2 | IMSA Performance MATMUT | Richard Lietz | 1:59,410 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | | |
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22 | 77 | GT2 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Marc Lieb | 1:59,503 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | | |
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23 | 96 | GT2 | Virgo Motorsport | Rob Bell | 1:59,735 |
| | | Ferrari F430 GT | Gianmaria Bruni | |
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24 | 75 | GT2 | IMSA Performance MATMUT | Michel Lecourt | 2:01,293 |
| | | Corvette C5-R | Richard Balandras | |
| | | | Jean-Philippe Belloc | |
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25 | 99 | GT2 | JMB | | 2:03,312 |
| | | Ferrari F430 GT | | |
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26 | 94 | GT2 | Speedy Racing Team | | 2:03,502 |
| | | Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R | | |
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27 | 33 | LMP2 | Speedy Racing Team Sebah | Robbie Keen | 2:08,079 |
| | | Lola B08/80 Judd | Xavier Pompidou | |
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28 | 5 | LMP1 | Team Oreca MATMUT | Olivier Panis | no time |
| | | Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd | Stephane Ortelli | |
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29 | 14 | LMP1 | Creation Autosportif | Jamie Campbell-Walter | no time |
| | | Creation CA07 AIM | Felipe Ortiz | |
| | | | Stuart Hall | |
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30 | 20 | LMP1 | Epsilon-Euskadi | Angel Burgueno | no time |
| | | | Epsilon-Euskadi Judd | |
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31 | 30 | LMP2 | Racing Box | Filipe Francioni | no time |
| | | Lucchini Judd | | |
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32 | 41 | LMP2 | Trading Performance | Karim Ojjeh | no time |
| | | Zytek 07S Zytek | | |
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33 | 51 | GT1 | Larbre Competition | | no time |
| | | Saleen S7R | | |
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34 | 93 | GT2 | Aston Martin Racing | | no time |
| | | Aston Martin Vantage GT2 | | |
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35 | 95 | GT2 | JWA | Paul Daniels | no time |
| | | Panoz Esperante GTLM | | |
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