Due to loss of my mobile I was rushing around trying (and failing) to find it so I will leave you in the capable hands of 'Le Grand Fromage' to tell you ( and me !) what happened in tonight's first qualifying session... there was a happy ending though as the errant device resurfaced at 00:50 just as all hope of finding it had been abandoned.
With the threat of thunderstorms later, teams were keen to set fast times early in the session. Less than half an hour into the two hours of qualifying, the No.2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro driven by Loic Duval set a blistering time of 3:22.349.
One of the Toyotas, the No.8 was stranded out on the circuit near Arnage and had to be recovered. At 23:04 Pierre Thiriet in the Oreca 03-Nissan No.46 had a big accident at the second chicane on the Mulsanne straight. Half an hour later, the barrier was still not repaired, and the race director Eduardo Freitas declared that the session would not be restarted.
In LM P2 it was the Russian entered G-Drive Oreca Nissan No.26 that finished with the fastest time, followed by the No.43 Morand racing Morgan Judd. Aston Martin set the top times in both LM GTE classes No.99 in Pro and No.95 in Am.
There will be more qualifying tomorrow from 19:00 to 21:00 and from 22:00 to midnight.
Pictures courtesy of "Dottore" ( kristof.vermeulen@gmail.com Raceshots.be )
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