Aston Martin Racing Completes First Practice in Portugal

Aston Martin Racing finished the first practice session for the third round of the Le Mans Series at the new Autodromo Internacional Algarve third and eighth overall.

The 007 Aston Martin driven by Jan Charouz (CZ) and Stefan Mücke (DE) was third with a time of 1m34.158s.

Harold Primat (CH) and Miguel Ramos (PT) posted a time of 1m35.246s in their 009 Aston Martin.
The one hour practice session took place at 16:45 and the team is now preparing for a two hour night practice which will commence at 21:30.

Position Car No Team Car Time
1 23 Strakka Racing Ginetta Zytek 1:33.230
2 16 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd 1:33.462
3 007 Aston Martin Racing Lola Aston Martin 1:34.158
4 10 Team Oreca Oreca AIM 1:34.546
5 11 Team Oreca Oreca AIM 1:34.642
6 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola Aston Martin 1:34.930
7 15 Kolles Audi R10 TDi 1:35.042
8 009 Aston Martin Racing Lola Aston Martin 1:35.066
9 40 Quifel ASM Team Ginetta Zytek 1:35.858
10 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola Judd 1:36.972

The Algarve 1000 kilometres starts at 19:15 local time on Saturday 1 August. For live timing visit: www.lemans-series.com

The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport International on Saturday from 20:00 to 21:30 and on Sunday from 00:45 to 02:15.