Den første fri træning på Monza blev ikke overraskende domineret af Peugeot's LMP1 racer, for denne weekend køres 2. afdeling af Le Mans Series, det foregår det på den bane hvor Peugeot debuterede med deres 908 model sidste år. Peugeot lagde blødt ud, men kom med en hård slutspurt under denne fri træning, Audi er dog ikke langt efter, derfor er der lagt op til netop det slagsmål i toppen som vi længes efter.
Hurtigste benzin bil i LMP1 klassen kommer fra Charouz Racing System, det er den fantastisk flotte Lola B06/80-Aston Martin. Deres tid var respektabel 1:36,200, hvilket er tæt på et sekund hurtigere end nummer 2 i benzin klassen, som var Team Oreca Matmut.
LMP2 klassen blev domineret af det hollandske Van Merksteijn Motorsport og deres Porsche RS-Spyder. De kørte 1:39,386, til sammenligning kørte Team Essex 1:39,691.
Igen her er der lagt op til en benhård kamp imellem de to Porscher, med både Speedy Racing Team Sebah og Horag Racing som runners up.
GT1 klassen bød på dagens første lille overraskelse, idet Team Modena var hurtigst med deres Aston Martin DBR9, deres bedste tid var 1:46,467. Luc Alphand Aventures som jeg havde troet ville sparke fra sig i år, er kun næst hurtigst med tiden 1:46,941.
De resterende GT1 biler gjorde ikke det store væsen ud af denne træning, som det afspejles i deres tider.
I GT2 klassen var det Team Felbermayr Proton der var hurtigst med deres Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, tiden var 1:51,066. Næst hurtigst i klassen var Farnbacher Racing med blandt andet Lars Erik Nielsen og Allan Simonsen i raceren, de kørte 1:51,403.
Tiderne fra 1. fri træning:
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Pl. | # | Kl. | Team / Mærke | Kørere | Tid |
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1 | 8 | LMP1 | Team Peugeot Total | Pedro Lamy | 1:34.862 |
| | | Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP | Stephane Sarrazin | |
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2 | 7 | LMP1 | Team Peugeot Total | Marc Gene | 1:34.914 |
| | | Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP | Nicolas Minassian | |
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3 | 1 | LMP1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Allan McNish | 1:35.066 |
| | | Audi R10 TDI | Rinaldo Capello | |
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4 | 2 | LMP1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Alexandre Premat | 1:35.978 |
| | | Audi R10 TDI | Mike Rockenfeller | |
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5 | 10 | LMP1 | Charouz Racing System | Stefan Mucke | 1:36.200 |
| | | Lola B06/80-Aston Martin | Jan Charouz | |
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6 | 6 | LMP1 | Team Oreca Matmut | Olivier Panis | 1:37.080 |
| | | Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd | Nicolas Lapierre | |
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7 | 16 | LMP1 | Pescarolo Sport | Emmanuel Collard | 1:37.514 |
| | | Pescarolo-Judd | Jean-Christophe Boullion | |
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8 | 20 | LMP1 | Epsilon-Euskadi | Angel Burgueno | 1:37.743 |
| | | Epsilon Euskadi ee1-Judd | Miguel Angel de Castro | |
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9 | 14 | LMP1 | Creation AIM | Jamie Campbell-Walter | 1:37.752 |
| | | Creation CA07-AIM | Stuart Hall | |
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10 | 5 | LMP1 | Team Oreca Matmut | Stephane Ortelli | 1:38.086 |
| | | Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd | Soheil Ayari | |
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11 | 34 | LMP2 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter van Merksteijn | 1:39.386 |
| | | Porsche RS-Spyder | Jos Verstappen | |
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12 | 31 | LMP2 | Team Essex | John Nielsen | 1:39.691 |
| | | Porsche RS-Spyder | Casper Elgaard | |
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13 | 33 | LMP2 | Speedy Racing Team Sebah | Andrea Belicchi | 1:39.736 |
| | | Lola B08/80 Coupe-Judd | Steve Zacchia | |
| | | | Xavier Pompidou | |
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14 | 27 | LMP2 | Horag Racing | Fredy Lienhard | 1:39.768 |
| | | Porsche RS-Spyder | Didier Theys | |
| | | | Jan Lammers | |
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15 | 18 | LMP1 | Rollcentre Racing | Duncan Tappey | 1:40.200 |
| | | Pescarolo-Judd | Vanina Ickx | |
| | | | Martin Short | |
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16 | 17 | LMP1 | Pescarolo Sport | Harold Primat | 1:40.765 |
| | | Pescarolo-Judd | Christophe Tinseau | |
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17 | 40 | LMP2 | Quifel-ASM Team | Miguel Amaral | 1:41.033 |
| | | Lola B050/40-AER | Olivier Pla | |
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18 | 32 | LMP2 | Barazi-Epsilon | Juan Barazi | 1:41.121 |
| | | Zytek 07S-Zytek | Michael Vergers | |
| | | | Fernando Rees | |
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19 | 15 | LMP1 | Creation AIM | Felipe Ortiz | 1:41.815 |
| | | Creation CA07-AIM | Robbie Kerr | |
| | | | Bruce Jouanny | |
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20 | 46 | LMP2 | Embassy Racing | Jonny Kane | 1:42.055 |
| | | WF01-Zytek | Joey Foster | |
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21 | 35 | LMP2 | Saulnier Racing | Pierre Ragues | 1:42.100 |
| | | Pescarolo-Judd | Matthieu Lahaye | |
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22 | 45 | LMP2 | Embassy Racing | Warren Hughes | 1:42.301 |
| | | WF01-Zytek | Mario Haberfeld | |
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23 | 26 | LMP2 | Bruichladdich Radical | Marc Rostan | 1:43.428 |
| | | Radical SR9 -AER | Jens Petersen | |
| | | | Jan-Dirk Lueders | |
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24 | 44 | LMP2 | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | Jean de Pourtales | 1:43.732 |
| | | Lola B05/40-Mazda | Hideki Noda | |
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25 | 41 | LMP2 | Trading Performance | Karim Ojjeh | 1:44.470 |
| | | Zytek 07S-Zytek | Claude-Yves Gosselin | |
| | | | Julien Schroyen | |
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26 | 30 | LMP2 | Racing Box | Marco Didaio | 1:45.018 |
| | | Lucchini-Judd | Filippo Francioni | |
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27 | 59 | GT1 | Team Modena | Antonio Garcia | 1:46.467 |
| | | Aston Martin DBR9 | Tomas Enge | |
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28 | 72 | GT1 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Olivier Beretta | 1:46.941 |
| | | Corvette C6.R | Guillaume Moreau | |
| | | | Patrice Goueslard | |
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29 | 55 | GT1 | IPB Spartak Racing | Roman Rusinov | 1:48.762 |
| | | Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | Peter Kox | |
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30 | 77 | GT2 | Team Felbermayr Proton | Marc Lieb | 1:51.066 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Alex Davison | |
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31 | 73 | GT1 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Sebastien Dumez | 1:51.246 |
| | | Corvette C6.R | Jean-Luc Blanchemain | |
| | | | Roland Berville | |
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32 | 91 | GT2 | Farnbacher Racing | Lars Erik Nielsen | 1:51.403 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Allan Simonsen | |
| | | | Richard Westbrook | |
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33 | 96 | GT2 | Virgo Motorsport | Rob Bell | 1:51.424 |
| | | Ferrari F430 GT | Gianmaria Bruni | |
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34 | 76 | GT2 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Raymond Narac | 1:51.573 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Richard Lietz | |
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35 | 75 | GT2 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Richard Balandras | 1:52.701 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Michel Lecourt | |
| | | | Jean-Philippe Belloc | |
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36 | 95 | GT2 | James Watt Automotive | Markus Palttala | 1:52.818 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Paul Daniels | |
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37 | 37 | LMP2 | WR/Salini | Stephane Salini | 1:52.957 |
| | | WR-Zytek | Philippe Salini | |
| | | | Patrice Roussel | |
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38 | 99 | GT2 | JMB Racing | Stephane Daoudi | 1:53.082 |
| | | Ferrari F430 GT | Ben Aucott | |
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39 | 90 | GT2 | Farnbacher Racing | Pierre Ehret | 1:53.236 |
| | | Ferrari F430 GT | Pierre Kaffer | |
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40 | 88 | GT2 | Team Felbermayr Proton | Horst Felbermayr Jr | 1:53.568 |
| | | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Christian Ried | |
| | | | Horst Felbermayr Sr | |
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41 | 85 | GT2 | Snoras Spyker Squadron | Peter Dumbreck | 1:54.328 |
| | | Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R | Ralf Kelleners | |
| | | | Alexei Vasiliev | |
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42 | 94 | GT2 | Speedy Racing Team | Andrea Chiesa | 1:54.334 |
| | | Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R | Benjamin Leuenberger | |
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43 | 98 | GT2 | JMB Racing | Peter Kutemann | 1:57.424 |
| | | Ferrari F430 GT | Maurice Basso | |
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44 | 4 | LMP1 | Saulnier Racing | Jacques Nicolet | DSQ |
| | | Pescarolo-Judd | Marc Faggionato | |
| | | | Richard Hein | |
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45 | 25 | LMP2 | RML | Tommy Erdos | No Time |
| | | MG Lola EX265-MG | Mike Newton | |
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46 | 21 | LMP1 | Epsilon-Euskadi | TBA | No Time |
| | | Epsilon Euskadi ee1-Judd | | |
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47 | 12 | LMP1 | Charouz Racing System | Greg Pickett | No Time |
| | | Lola B07/17 Judd | Klaus Graf | |
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48 | 93 | GT2 | James Watt Automotive | Alan van der Merwe | No Time |
| | | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | TBA | |
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49 | 50 | GT1 | Larbre Competition | Frederic Makowiecki | No Time |
| | | Saleen S7R-Ford | Patrick Bornhauser | |
| | | | Christophe Bouchut | |
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