Oliver Gavin drove the #64 Corvette C6.R to third in the GT1 class on the first day of qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Gavin's time of 3:52.130 is about 2.5 seconds behind the #008 Aston Martin which topped the class at 3:50.761. Jan Magussen piloted Corvette Racing's #63 C6.R to 5th in class with a lap time of 3:52.657, just .527 hundredths of a second behind the #64 C6.R.

Also in the GT1 Class, the #53 Lamborghini was involved in a crash at the Playstation chicane. Driver Marco Apicella was not seriously injured, but was transported to the medical facilities and was later released for further observation.

Here are current GT1 Class Standings after Day 1 of Qualifying:

Driver	Team	Car	Time
Bouchut	AMR Larbre Comp	#008 Aston Martin DBR9	3:50.761
Ayari	Team Oreca	#55 Saleen S7R	3:51.240
Gavin	Corvette Racing	#64 C6.R	3:52.130
Brabham	Aston Martin Racing	#009 Aston Martin DBR9	3:52.471
Magnussen	Corvette Racing	#63 C6.R	3:52.657

Thursday is the final day of qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. SPEEDtv will have coverage of the qualifying rounds early Saturday morning and live coverage begins Saturday at 9:00am EST.

Source:
LeMans.org

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