C’est finalement Audi qui décroche la pole position de l’édition 2011 des 24 Heures du Mans sur le circuit Bugatti. L’équipage Fassler, Lotterer et Treluyer s’élancera donc depuis la position de pointe devant l’autre Audi de Bernhard, Dumas et Rockenfeller.
Derrière les deux R18 TDI on retrouve les deux Peugeot 908 de Lamy, Bourdais et Pagenaud, et celle de Montagny, Sarrazin et Minassian. La troisième Audi R18 complète le top 5 avec à son bord Capello, Kristensen et McNish.
La troisième Peugeot 908 officielle, celle de Gene, Wurz et Davidson se hisse en 6ème position devant l’ORECA de Lapierre, Duval et Panis.
Le classement en détail :
1. LMP1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi R18 TDI 3m25.738s 2. LMP1 Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller Audi R18 TDI 3m25.799s 3. LMP1 Lamy/Bourdais/Pagenaud Peugeot 908 3m26.010s 4. LMP1 Montagny/Sarrazin/Minassian Peugeot 908 3m26.156s 5. LMP1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish Audi R18 TDI 3m26.165s 6. LMP1 Gene/Wurz/Davidson Peugeot 908 3m26.272s 7. LMP1 Lapierre/Duval/Panis ORECA Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 3m30.084s 8. LMP1 Jani/Prost/Bleekemolen Rebellion Lola-Toyota 3m32.883s 9. LMP1 Collard/Tinseau/Jousse Pescarolo-Judd 3m33.066s 10. LMP1 Belicchi/Boullion/Smith Rebellion Lola-Toyota 3m34.573s 11. LMP1 Monteiro/Moreau/Ragues Oak Pescarolo-Judd 3m34.933s 12. LMP1 Ickx/Martin/Leinders Kronos Aston Martin 3m36.551s 13. LMP1 Amaral/Pla/Hughes Quifel-ASM Zytek 3m37.393s 14. LMP2 Mailleux/Ordonez/Ayari Signatech ORECA-Nissan 3m41.458s 15. LMP1 Hein/Nicolet/Yvon Oak Pescarolo-Judd 3m41.908s 16. LMP2 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD ARX-01d 3m42.615s 17. LMP2 Premat/Hallyday/Kraihamer Oreca-Nissan 3m43.098s 18. LMP2 Perez Companc/Russo/Kaffer Pecom Lola-Judd 3m43.223s 19. LMP2 Nakano/De Crem/Charouz Oak Racing Pescarolo-BMW 3m43.479s 20. LMP2 Ojjeh/Kimber-Smith/Lombard Greaves Zytek-Nissan 3m43.812s 21. LMP2 Frey/Meichtry/Rostan Race Performance ORECA-Judd 3m44.294s 22. LMP1 Mucke/Turner/Klien Aston Martin AMR-One 3m45.918s 23. LMP2 Erdos/Newton/Collins RML HPD ARX-01d 3m47.308s 24. LMP1 Zacchia/Lammers/Elgaard Hope ORECA 3m47.691s 25. LMP1 Primat/Fernandez/Meyrick Aston Martin AMR-One 3m48.355s 26. LMP2 Rosier/Haezbrouck/Fournoux Extreme Limite Norma-Judd 3m48.420s 27. LMP2 Barlesi/Da Rocha/Lafargue Oak Pescarolo-Judd 3m48.665s 28. LMP2 Tucker/Bouchut/Barbosa Level 5 Lola-Honda 3m48.863s 30. GTE P Farfus/Muller/Werner BMW M3 3m57.592s 29. GTE P Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 3m58.040s 31. GTE P Priaulx/Muller/Hand BMW M3 3m58.426s 32. GTE P Gavin/Magnussen/Westbrook Corvette C6 ZR1 3m59.519s 33. GTE P Farnbacher/Simonsen/Keen Farnbacher Ferrari 3m59.519s 34. GTE P Beretta/Milner/Garcia Corvette C6 ZR1 3m59.633s 35. GTE P Lieb/Lietz/Henzler Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 3m59.662s 36. GTE P Ortelli/Makowiecki/Melo Luxury Racing Ferrari 3m59.901s 37. GTE P Goossens/Holzer/Van Lagen Prospeed Porsche 3m59.962s 38. GTE P Dolan/Hancock/Buncombe Jota Aston Martin 4m00.747s 39. GTE P Bell/Sugden/Maasen JMW Ferrari 4m00.890s 40. GTE P Bergmeister/Long/Luhr Flying Lizard Porsche 4m01.024s 41. GTE P Beltoise/Jakubowski/Thiret Luxury Racing Ferrari 4m01.176s 42. GTE A Perazzini/Cioci/Breslin AF Corse Ferrari 4m01.282s 43. GTE P Al Faisal/Tandy/Miller Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 4m01.752s 44. GTE P Kauffman/Waltrip/Aguas AF Corse Ferrari 4m02.216s 45. GTE P Pilet/Narac/Armindo IMSA Performance Porsche 4m02.548s 46. GTE A Felbermayr/Felbermayr/Ried Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 4m03.532s 47. GTE A Niemen/Law/Pumpelly Flying Lizard Porsche 4m03.648s 48. GTE A Bourret/Gibon/Belloc Larbre Porsche 4m03.918s 49. GTE A Rodrigues/Menahem/Marroc JMB ORECA 4m04.640s 50. GTE A Giroix/Goethe/Wainwright Gulf Aston Martin 4m04.825s 51. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugulo Krohn Ferrari 4m05.211s 52. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Gardel Larbre Porsche 4m05.955s 53. GTE A Ehret/Lynn/Wills CRS Ferrari 4m07.236s 54. GTE P Hirschi/Rossiter/Mowlem Jetalliance Lotus Evora 4m07.465s 55. GTE A Robertson/Robertson/Murry Robertson Racing Ford-Doran 4m08.208s 56. GTE P Rich/Slingerland/Hartshorne Jetalliance Lotus Evora 4m12.569s
Mots clés: Audi, Classement qualifications Le Mans, Le Mans 2011, Peugeot