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Test session

The official test session for Le Mans was run on June 3, which serves as the only practice session that is not park of qualifying timing. A total of eight hours of track time was allowed for teams to find their set-ups and rookie drivers to get in their required ten laps to learn the circuit.

Times would be lead by Sébastien Bourdais, with his Peugeot 908 leading two Audi R10s with a time of 3:26.707, a full second and a half ahead of the trailing Audi. Pescarolo Sport would have the fastest gasoline-powered car in fourth. In LMP2, the pair of Barazi-Epsilon entries would lead with identical times, 3:39.016. ASM team would trail the pair in class.

In GT1, the #63 Corvette would take the top time at the end of the day, running a 3:49.207, followed by the #007 Aston Martin and second factory Corvette. GT2 on the other hand would be dominated by Porsche, with all three positions being taken by new 997s. IMSA Performance Matmut would lead with a 4:01.598 with Autorlando and Flying Lizard following behind. The Risi Competizione entry would be the first Ferrari, in fourth.

Although there were various small incidents, there were three major accidents that lead to a red flag for the session. The #13 Courage Compétition driven by Guillaume Moreau went off at the Porsche Curves during the second hour.[1] The car would not return due to major damage that has bent the chassis. The second red flag involved the #24 Noël del Bello entry going off track at the same location in the hands of Vitaly Petrov.[2] The #10 Arena Motorsports Zytek went off at the same corner near the final hour, causing the final red flag when it briefly caught fire.[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying's first session began with the bulk of teams attempting to set times due to the treat of rain. The Audis and Peugeots would trade off the overall pole, with the #1 Audi leading at the end of the session with a 3.28.301. The #33 Barazi-Epsilon Zytek would lead LMP2 after correcting a misfire problem. Both of Oreca's Saleens would be the strongest in the GT1 field, while Ferrari and Porsche would trade off the lead in GT2. Unfortunately the session was red flagged approximately halfway through due to a heavy accident by the #53 JLOC Lamborghini Murcielago which hit the wall at the first Mulsanne chicane. Marco Apicella was driving but uninjured. The #25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Lola and #81 LNT Panoz would be the only cars not to set a lap time before the session briefly returned to green as rain began. The session was extended by fifteen minutes by the ACO to make up for the red flag.

The second session started several minutes late with a track that was still damp from the earlier rain. A red flag briefly came out for the #5 Swiss Spirit Lola car a few minutes after the session began due to the car stopping on the side of the track. Although the track was drying, it was not until the last half hour that teams were able to improve on their first session times. The #2 Audi and #8 Peugeot traded off the pole position multiple times before the session ended with the #8 Peugeot claiming the top position on the final lap of the session with a 3:26.344. In GT1 the #008 Larbre Aston Martin would also take the class lead on the final lap with a 3:50.761. The rest of the class leaders would however not improve their times.

The first session on Thursday would begin with heavy rain. Although some cars attempted to do some wet weather testing, the track would become wet enough to force all teams back to the garages. However cars returned to the track after a half hour when the rain began to taper off, but the rain would never end. No cars would be able to improve their qualifying times before the session ended.

The second session would continue to be run under rain, with most teams concentrating on their wet weather setups in preperation for the race. Approximately halfway through the session the #7 Peugeot in the hands of Marc Gené would miss the turn at Arnage and hit the tire barrier. The car was unable to return to the pits and would be taken behind the wall by the marshalls. This was soon followed by the #73 Luc Alphand Corvette missing the same turn as well, but would continue on. The #70 PSI Corvette would have an accident in the last five minutes of the session, bringing out the only red flag of the day and ending all of qualifying.

Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R10	M
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve Marc Gené	Peugeot 908	M
					Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais	Peugeot 908	M
					Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas	Pescarolo 01	M
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Stuart Hall João Barbosa Martin Short	Pescarolo 01	D
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
	GT1	009	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Darren Turner Rickard Rydell	Aston Martin DBR9	M
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
	GT1	008	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Fabrizio Gollin Casper Elgaard	Aston Martin DBR9	M
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
	LMP1	15	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	Lola B07/17	M
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Johnny Herbert Peter Kox Tomas Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	M
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
	GT1	54	Team Oreca	Laurent Groppi Nicolas Prost Jean-Philippe Belloc	Saleen S7-R	M
					Ford 7.0L V8
	GT1	100	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Fabio Babini Jamie Davies Matteo Malucelli	Aston Martin DBR9	P
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
	LMP2	31	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Allen Timpany Chris Buncombe	Lola B05/42	K
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau Bénoit Treluyer	Pescarolo 01	M
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
	GT1	67	Convers MenX Racing	Alexei Vasiliev Tomáš Kostka Robert Pergl	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	P
					Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari Nicolas Lapierre	Saleen S7-R	M
					Ford 7.0L V8
	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio Garcia Jos Menten Christian Fittipaldi	Aston Martin DBR9	M
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
	GT2	99	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun	Ferrari F430 GT2	M
					Ferrari F136 4.0L V8
	GT2	93	Autorlando Sport Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Gareth Evans Bob Berridge Peter Owen	Lola B06/10	M
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
	LMP2	33	Barazi-Epsilon Zytek Engineering	Adrian Fernández Haruki Kurosawa Robbie Kerr	Zytek 07S/2	M
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Didier André Vincent Vosse	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	M
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
	GT2	78	AF Corse JMB Racing	Joe Macari Ben Aucott Adrian Newey	Ferrari F430 GT2	M
					Ferrari F136 4.0L V8
	GT2	82	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Rob Bell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Alexander Frei Jonathan Cochet Bruno Besson	Courage LC70	M
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
	LMP1	14	Racing for Holland b.v.	Jan Lammers Jeroen Bleekemolen David Hart	Dome S101.5	M
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
	GT1	70	PSI Experience	Claude-Yves Gosselin David Hallyday Philipp Peter	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	P
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
	GT2	83	G.P.C. Sport	Matthew Marsh Carl Rosenblad Jesus Villarroel	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	252
					Ferrari F136 4.0L V8
	GT1	006	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Patrick Bornhauser Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken	Aston Martin DBR9	M	248
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
32 DNF	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10	M	262
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
33 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek 07S/2	M	252
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
34 DNF	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Mike Newton Andy Wallace Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX264	M	251
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
35 DNF	GT2	87	Scuderia Ecosse	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	241
					Ferrari F136 4.0L V8
36 DNF	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75	M	224
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
37 DNF	GT2	97	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Johnny Mowlem Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	223
					Ferrari F136 4.0L V8
38 DNF	LMP2	24	Noël del Bello Racing	Vitaly Petrov Romain Ianetta Liz Halliday	Courage LC75	M	198
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
39 DNF	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon Guillaume Moreau Stefan Johansson	Courage LC70	M	175
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	M	145
					Audi 3.8L V8
41 DNF	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team Racing for Portugal	Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes Miguel Angel de Castro	Lola B05/40	D	137
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
42 DNF	LMP2	20	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Chris MacAllister Gavin Pickering	Pilbeam MP93	M	126
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
43 DNF	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes Van Overbeek Seth Neiman Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	124
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
44 DNF	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean De Pourtales Norbert Siedler	Pescarolo 01	K	98
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
45 DNF	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jaroslav Janis Mike Hezemans Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	M	70
					Audi 3.8L V8
46 DNF	GT2	71	Seikel Motorsport Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. Philip Collin	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Y	68
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
47 DNF	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Marcel Fässler Jean-Denis Délétraz Iradj Alexander	Lola B07/18	M	62
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
48 DNF	GT2	81	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts Tom Milner Jr.	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	60
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
49 DNF	LMP2	29	T2M Motorsport	Robin Longechal Yutaka Yamagishi Yojiro Terada	Dome S101.5	M	56
					Mader 3.4L V8
50 DNF	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Jamie Campbell-Walter Shinji Nakano Felipe Ortiz	Creation CA07	D	55
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
51 DNF	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10	M	23
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
52 DNF	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	22
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
53 DNF	LMP2	21	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Tim Greaves Stuart Moseley Robin Liddell	Radical SR9	D	16
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
54 DNF	GT1	53	JLOC Isao Noritake	Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	Y	1
					Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12
DNQ	LMP1	10	Arena Motorsports International	Stefan Johansson Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek 07S	M	-
					Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8