LeMans 2008: Corvette Racing Dominates 1st Qualifying Round

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Keith Cornett
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#63 Corvette C6.R at Le Mans

The twin Velocity Yellow C6.R Corvettes belonging to the Corvette Racing team should be very pleased with their performance today in the opening qualifying sessions of the 76th running of the 24 Hours of LeMans. Both Corvettes traded the lead in the GT1 class with each other during the two periods and at the end of the first day it was Jan Magnussen in the #63 Corvette leading the GT1 class with a lap of 3:49.406 while Oliver Gavin is 1.360 seconds behind with a time of 3:50.766.

Q1 Results – LMGT1 Class
Car # Team Car Driver Time
63 Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R Magnussen, J. 3:49.406
64 Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R Papis, M. 3:50.766
50 Labre Competition Saleen S7R Smet, D. 3:50.920
55 IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini Murcielago Hezemans, M. 3:52.175
009 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 Turner, D. 3:52.266
007 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 Piccini, A. 3:52.527
72 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R Moreau, G. 3:53.990
73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R Goueslard, P. 3:55.736
53 Vitaphone Racing Team Aston Martin DBR9 Leventis, N. 3:57.371
59 Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 Borcheller, T. 3:58.193

Today’s qualifying times are much faster than what we saw last year. Although bad weather caused the 2nd Qualifying round to be cancelled, During last year’s 1st Round, Gavin ran the fastest time for Corvette Racing at 3:52.130 which was good for a third place start while Magnussen’s 3:52.657 put the #63 Corvette C6.R on the grid at 5th place.

The 2nd Qualifying Session picks up again tomorrow afternoon and you can follow the action at LeMans.org


Source
LeMans.org
Photo Credit: LeMans.org Michel Jamin – ACO/Nikon

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