| Peugeot sets early pace at Le Mans 15/06/2008 01:25. “John Dagys - Motorsport.com The opening hour of the 76th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has gone relatively uneventful, with Peugeot pulling out to” // Motorsport.com14/06/2008 03:51. As we reported yesterday , Peugeot was clearly the fastest in qualifying for this weekend's
running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans . The record-setting runs of all three 908 HDi diesel-powered LMP1
cars places Peugeot's entire field of entries 1-2-3 on the starting
grid. That's impressive considering two of Peugeot's car crashed
during the past two weeks of practice. Audi is hoping that its
team's experience, quicker pit stops and more fuel efficient R10
LMP1 cars will eventually carry it past the Peugeots, despite
starting fourth, fifth and seventh on the 55-car grid. And thanks
to the speed of Lola Aston Martin driver Stefan Mcke whose
petrol-powered car earned the sixth spot on the starting grid, not
all the front runners will be diesel-powered. As for classes other than LMP1, the next... // Autoblog
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