First Official Le Mans Test Day - Grand Touring

These are the family drivers we see on the road every day, and a few supercars we're lucky to see once.

GT1: The Aston v. Corvette battle continues. The Aston Martin DB9R 007 took first with a 3:51.408, 1.2 seconds faster then the second place 009. The two Corvette C6.R's took third and fourth, the 64 ahead of the 63. Fifth is the #72 Corvette C5.R of Luc Alphand Adventures.
Analysis: Always my favorite category for some reason, GT1 provided some exciting testing. With Lamborghini stalling in the gravel early, and a couple of the Ferrari 550s spun out, this race is starting to look like another ALMS battle in GT1. The #62 Russian Age Aston Martin had a gearbox failure on track, but it could show well during the race.

GT2: A couple of big wrecks shook up the field a bit. Top was the No. 87 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari 430 GT with a 4:04.252. Second went to IMSA Performance Matmut in a Porsche 911 GTS RSR with a late lap putting them ahead of Flying Lizard and a half second behind Ferrari. The #80 Flying Lizard took third after being second all day. Fourth went to the #77 Multimatic/Team Panoz Panoz Esperante after an engine failure in the first session, their time stood long enough to get the engine replaced and the car back out on track, still with the fourth fastest time. Spyker Squadron took 5th.
Analysis: As usual, this is the closest field of the race. With the most cars, 14, GT2 is usually a very exciting class. Only five cars are not Porsche 911 GTS RSRs though. I think the ACO could have done a better job and grabbed a couple of JGTC cars (Now Super GT) and at least two more manufacturers from FIA GT - Maserati, Nissan, Lister, Lamborghini, Mosler, and Gillet could have taken the opportunity. I'm cheering for Flying Lizard, as always. But Ferrari will be some tough competition.