The Audi Sport Team Joest cars have qualified 1-2 for this weekend’s LeMans 24-hour endurance race. The Pescarolo cars were close behind but couldn’t get within 2 seconds of the blistering pace set by the Audis.
This from the LeMans web site:
There was a great deal of other action on the track. Night qualifying at Le Mans is a thing to behold. With a final chance for a good starting position, drivers reach deep for a little more speed, and adhesion is tested. So it proved this evening as numerous cars had excursions into the gravel and sometimes into the walls. Ron Fellows was amongst the first to suffer as the No.63 Corvette C6.R had its left rear tire go flat and then delaminate on his out-lap; Fellows kept the car on track and returned to the pits. The No.5 Swiss Spirit Courage Judd went through the gravel at Indianapolis, eventually limping back to the pits after help from the marshals. The No.39 Chamberlain-Synergy Lola AER lost its rear wing on track, while the leading GT2 car, the No.76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, met the wall on the inside of Karting, causing severe damage. The No.6 Lister Storm spun at the Tertre Rouge esses, and the No.24 Binnie Motorsports Lola Zytek managed to spin off in the pit-lane entry road. The No.61 Russian Age Ferrari 550 Maranello near Mulsanne corner. As the chequered flag flew, Oliver Gavin’s No.64 Corvette came to rest unexpectedly in the pits. Lack of fuel was speculated by some.
My wife’s favorite driver, Max Papis, is driving the Number 63 Corvette C6-R along with Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell. They always seem to do well.
