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HTTT: Rebellion snatches pole for the Le Castellet 6 Hours

Bruni and Amarindo bag pole in LM GTE

By Franck Drui

2 April 2011 - 15:50

Neel Jani bagged the LM P1 pole for the Le Castellet 6 Hours in the no. 12 Lola-Toyota entered by Rebellion Racing. Manu Collard in the no. 16 Pescarolo-Judd gave the Swiss driver a run for his money, but Jani held on to pole by a few tenths of a second with a time of 1m 46.783s.

In LM P2, Mathias Beche in the TDS Racing Oreca 03-Nissan came out on top in 1m 48.928s. Newcomer, Nicolas Marroc, was quickest of the Formula Le Mans in 1m 53.659s.

LM GTE – Bruni and Amarindo bag pole positions

After three free practice sessions, the LM GTE cars took to the track for qualifying. In LM GTE Pro, Gianmaria Bruni, Giancarlo Fisichella’s team-mate, bagged pole in the AF Corse-entered Ferrari F458 Italia in 1m 58.522s.

Nicolas Amarindo in the no. 67 IMSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3 RSR topped the time sheets in LM GTE Am in 1m 59.370s beating three of the Pro teams in the process.

Pos.	N°	Cat.	Team	Car	Driver	Time
1	12	LM P1	REBELLION RACING	Lola B10/60 Coupé - Toyota	PROST/JANI	1:46.783
2	16	LM P1	PESCAROLO TEAM	Pescarolo - Judd	COLLARD/TINSEAU/JOUSSE	1:47.025
3	20	LM P1	QUIFEL - ASM TEAM	Zytek 09SC	AMARAL/PLA	1:47.231
4	13	LM P1	REBELLION RACING	Lola B10/60 Coupé - Toyota	BELICCHI/BOULLION	1:48.491
5	46	LM P2	TDS RACING	Oreca 03 - Nissan	BECHE/THIRIET/FIRTH	1:48.928
6	45	LM P2	BOUTSEN ENERGY RACING	Oreca 03 - Nissan	KRAIHAMER/DE CREM	1:49.692
7	41	LM P2	GREAVES MOTORSPORT	Zytek Z11SN - Nissan	OJJEH/CHALANDON/KIMBER-SMITH	1:50.008
8	40	LM P2	RACE PERFORMANCE	Oreca 03 - Judd	FREY/MEICHTRY/EBBESVIK	1:50.356
9	39	LM P2	PECOM RACING	Lola B11/40 - Judd	COMPANC/RUSSO/KAFFER	1:51.744
10	44	LM P2	EXTREME LIMITE AM PARIS	Norma M200P - Judd	ROSIER/LUCO/BASSO	1:52.158
11	009	LM P1	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AMR - One	TURNER/PRIMAT/MUCKE	1:52.267
12	43	LM P2	RLR MSPORT	MG Lola EX265 - Judd	GATES/GAROFALL/PHILIPPS	1:53.414
13	42	LM P2	STRAKKA RACING	HPD ARX -01d	LEVENTIS/WATTS/KANE	1:53.582
14	91	FLM	HOPE RACING	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	MARROC/MORO/SHANQI	1:53.659
15	93	FLM	GENOA RACING	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	PETERSEN/JULIAN/ZUGEL	1:54.044
16	92	FLM	NEIL GARNER MOTORSPORT	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	HARTSHORNE/KEATING/KEEN	1:54.081
17	95	FLM	PEGASUS RACING	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	SCHULTIS/SIMON	1:55.829
18	99	FLM	JMB RACING	Formula Le Mans - Oreca - 09	RODRIGUES/MENAHEM/MISSLIN	1:56.806
19	51	LM GTE Pro	AF CORSE	Ferrari F458 Italia	FISICHELLA/BRUNI	1:58.522
20	86	LM GTE Pro	YOUNG DRIVER AMR	Aston Martin Vantage	ENGE/MULLER	1:58.773
21	66	LM GTE Pro	JMW MOTORSPORT	Ferrari F458 Italia	BELL/WALKER	1:59.119
22	71	LM GTE Pro	AF CORSE	Ferrari F458 Italia	MELO/VILANDER	1:59.144
23	89	LM GTE Pro	HANKOOK TEAM FARNBACHER	Ferrari F458 Italia	FARNBACHER/SIMONSEN	1:59.244
24	75	LM GTE Pro	PROSPEED COMPETITION	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	GOOSSENS/HOLZER	1:59.244
25	67	LM GTE Am	IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	NARAC/ARMINDO	1:59.370
26	77	LM GTE Pro	TEAM FELBERMAYR-PROTON	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	LIEB/LIETZ	1:59.455
27	76	LM GTE Pro	IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	PILET/HENZLER	1:59.457
28	79	LM GTE Pro	JOTA	Aston Martin Vantage	HANCOCK/DOLAN	2:00.336
29	88	LM GTE Am	TEAM FELBERMAYR-PROTON	Porsche 911 RSR (997)	FELBERMAYR Sr/FELBERMAYR Jr/RIED	2:00.354
30	61	LM GTE Am	AF CORSE	Ferrari F430	PERAZZINI/CIOCI/LEMERET	2:00.470
31	70	LM GTE Am	Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430	BRONISZEWSKI/PETER	2:00.698
32	82	LM GTE Am	CRS RACING	Ferrari F430	HUMMEL/CHRISTODOULOU/QUAIFE	2:01.137
33	72	LM GTE Am	AF CORSE	Ferrari F430	KAUFFMAN/AGUAS/CIRO	2:01.691
34	36	LM P2	RML	HPD ARX -01d	NEWTON/ERDOS/COLLINS	-:—.---