Peugeot vs. Audi...

It looks like Le Mans 2007 will be a showdown between to great national marks: Audi of Germany versus France's Peugeot. I think this will be a race to remember indeed.
Let battle begin...

--ryan


Peugeot Start On Pole At Le Mans

Peugeot will start from pole in Saturday's Le Mans 24 Hours race.

After a 14-year break from the endurance classic, the Peugeot driven by Sebastien Bourdais, Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin will head the field.

Rain throughout the second qualifying session on Thursday meant none of the teams improved on their opening times around the 13.629km circuit.

Audi's Allan McNish will start second alongside co-drivers Dindo Capello and seven-times winner Tom Kristensen.

The second Peugeot of Nicolas Minassian and debutants Jacques Villeneuve and Marc Gene is third, with reigning champions Frank Biela, Emmanuele Pirro and Marco Werner in fourth for Audi.


Le Mans 24 Hour Race starting positions (Saturday):

First row:
Sebastien Bourdais-Stephane Sarrazin-Pedro Lamy (Fra-Fra-Por) Peugeot

Tom Kristensen-Allan McNish-Rinaldo Capello (Den-GB-Ita) Audi

Second row:
Jacques Villeneuve-Nicolas Minassian-Marc Gené (Can-Fra-Spa) Peugeot

Frank Biela-Emanuele Pirro-Marco Werner (Ger-Ita-Ger) Audi

Third row:
Alexandre Premat-Lucas Luhr-Mike Rockenfeller (Fra-Ger-Ger) Audi

Emmanuel Collard-Romain Dumas-Jean-Christophe Boullion (Fra) Pescarolo-Judd

Fourth row:
Jean-Marc Gounon-Stefan Johansson-Guillaume Moreau (Fra-Swe-Fra) Courage-AER

Joao Barbosa-Stuart Hall-Martin Short (Por-GB-GB) Pescarolo-Judd

Fifth row:
Jan Lammers-Jeroen Bleekemolen-David Hart (Ned) Dome-Judd

Jamie Campbell-Walter-Felipe Ortiz-Shinji Nakano (GB-Swi-Jon) Creation-Judd


Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/motorsport/6755125.stm

Published: 2007/06/14 22:26:21 GMT

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