Marco Werner, com um Audi AG R10/TDi da Audi Sporth North America, da classe P1, marcou nesta sexta-feira (05/09), a pole-position para a Petit Le Mans, em Road Atlanta, 11ª etapa da temporada Petit Le Mans, em Road Atlanta, 11ª etapa da temporada. Com o tempo de 1m08s903 o alemão quebrou o recorde do circuito. O italiano Emanuele Pirro é seu parceiro de equipe.
O trio Timo Bernhard/ Romain Dumas/ Patrick Long, num Porsche RS Spyder da Penske Racing, completa a primeira fila, sendo o pole na classe P2.
O segundo carro da Audi, com Rinaldo Capello/ Allan McNish e o segundo da Penske, com trio Sascha Maassen/Ryan Briscoe/Emmanuel Collard, formam a segunda fila.
O trio Tony Kanaan/ Vitor Meira/ Bryan Herta, num Acura ARX-10a da Andretti Green Racing, sai em 6º, sendo 4º na classe P2. O trio James Bach/Ben Devlin/Raphael Matos, num Lola B07/46 Mazda da BK Motorsports, alinham em 8º na classe P2, e na 15º posição geral.
O trio Didier Theys/ Fredy Lienhard/ Andrea Bertolini, num Maserati MC-12 C da Lista Doran Racing, são os poles na classe GT1, e 17º no geral.
Pela classe GT2 a pole ficou com o trio Jaime Melo/ Mika Salo/ Johnny Mowlen, numa Ferrari 430 GT da Risi Competizione. No geral alinham em 20º.
Grid:
1. Marco Werner, Emanuele Pirro, Audi AG/R10/TDI (P1), 1:08.906, 132.703
2. Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Patrick Long, Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:09.039, 132.447
3. Allan McNish, Rinaldo Capello, Audi AG/R10/TDI (P1), 1:09.366, 131.823
4. Ryan Briscoe, Sascha Maassen, Emmanuel Collard, Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:09.462, 131.640
5. David Brabham, Stefan Johansson, Robbie Kerr, Acura/ARX-01a (P2), 1:10.000, 130.629
6. Bryan Herta, Tony Kanaan, Vitor Meira, Acura/ARX-01a (P2), 1:10.223, 130.214
7. Andy Wallace, Butch Leitzinger, Andy Lally, Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:10.499, 129.704
8. Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez, Lola/B06-43/Acura (P2), 1:10.713, 129.311
9. Clint Field, Richard Berry, Jon Field, Creation/CA06H/Judd (P1), 1:10.973, 128.838
10. Greg Pickett, Klaus Graf, Memo Gidley, Lola B06/10 AER (P1), 1:11.031, 128.733
11. Stefan Mucke, Danny Watts, Jan Charouz, Zytek 073/Zytek (P2), 1:11.058, 128.684
12. Tom Chilton, Darren Manning, England; Zytek Z07S/Zytek (P1), 1:11.166, 128.488
13. Guy Smith, Chris Dyson, Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:11.555, 127.790
14. Jamie Campbell-Walter, Harold Primat, Christophe Tinseau, Creation CA 07/Judd (P1), 1:11.976, 127.042
15. Ben Devlin, Jamie Bach, Raphael Matos, Lola/B07-40/Mazda (P2), 1:12.053, 126.907
16. Michael Lewis, Chris McMurry, Bryan Willman, Creation CA06H/Judd (P1), 1:14.755, 122.320
17. Didier Theys, Fredy Lienhard Sr., Andrea Bertolini, Maserati MC 12 (GT1), 1:17.428, 118.097
18. Jan Magnussen, Johnny O`Connell, Ron Fellows, Corvette C6.R (GT1), 1:18.415, 116.610
19. Olivier Beretta, Oliver Gavin, Max Papis, Corvette C6.R (GT1), 1:18.602, 116.333
20. Mika Salo, Jaime Melo, Johnny Mowlem, Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta (GT2), 1:21.660, 111.976
21. Lucas Luhr, Peter Dumbreck, Dirk Mueller, Ferrari 430GT (GT2), 1:21.798, 111.788
22. Johannes van Overbeek, JÁ¶rg Bergmeister, Marc Lieb, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:21.938, 111.597
23. Ralf Kelleners, Tom Milner, Graham Rahal, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:22.124, 111.344
24. Dominik Farnbacher, Wolf Henzler, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:22.158, 111.298
25. Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Tom Kimber-Smith, Panoz Esperante GTLM (GT2), 1:22.667, 110.612
26. Darren Law, Lonnie Pechnik, Seth Neiman, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:22.914, 110.283
27. Nathan Swartzbaugh, Jim Tafel, Lars Nielsen, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:23.120, 110.010
28. Tim Pappas, Terry Borcheller, Marc Basseng, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 1:23.688, 109.263
29. Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson, Darren Turner, Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta (GT2), 1:24.987, 107.593
30. David Robertson, Andrea Robertson, Arie Luyendyk, Jr, Panoz Esperante GTLM Elan (GT2), 1:33.366, 97.937
31. Joel Feinberg, Chapman Ducote, Dodge Viper (GT2), sem tempo