Le Mans 24-timer - startopstilling
Efter fredag aftens to gange to timers kvalifikation, der udartede sig til at blive en duel mellem Audi og Peugeot, var det Peugeot køreren Sebastien Bourdais der for tredje år i træk kørte sig til pole position.
Bourdais kørte tiden 3:22,888 i den Peugeot 908 HDi FAB (#8) racer som han deler med Franck Montagny og Stephane Sarrazin i Team Peugeot Total.
På 2. pladsen kom Audi Sport Team Joest med deres Audi R15 TDI (#1), her var det Allan McNish der satte tiden 3:23,650. McNish deler Audi raceren med danske Tom Kristensen samt Rinaldo Capello.

Startopstilling til 24-timers løbet på Le Mans 2009:

Pl.	#	Kl.	Team	Kørere	Tid
1	8	LMP1	Team Peugeot Total	S.Bourdais	3:22.888
			Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	F.Montagny
				S.Sarrazin
2	1	LMP1	Audi Sport Team Joest	T.Kristensen	3:23.650
			Audi R15 TDI	D.Capello
				A.McNish
3	7	LMP1	Team Peugeot Total	C.Klien	3:24.860
			Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	P.Lamy
				N.Minassian
4	17	LMP1	Pescarolo Sport	J.C.Boullion	3:25.062
			Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	S.Pagenaud
				B.Treluyer
5	9	LMP1	Peugeot Sport Total	D.Brabham	3:25.252
			Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M.Gené
				A.Wurz
6	2	LMP1	Audi Sport North America	L.Luhr	3:25.780
			Audi R15 TDI	M.Rockenfeller
				M.Werner
7	3	LMP1	Audi Sport Team Joest	T.Bernhard	3:27.106
			Audi R15 TDI	R.Dumas
				A.Premat
8	007	LMP1	AMR Eastern Europe	J.Charouz	3:27.180
			Lola B09/60-Aston Martin	T.Enge
				S.Mucke
9	008	LMP1	Aston Martin Racing	A.Davidson	3:27.704
			Lola B09/60-Aston Martin	D.Turner
				J.Verstappen
10	13	LMP1	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	A.Belicchi	3:28.134
			Lola B08/60-Aston Martin	N.Jani
				N.Prost
11	23	LMP1	Strakka Racing	P.Hardman	3:29.798
			Ginetta Zytek 09S	N.Leventis
				D.Watt
12	16	LMP1	Pescarolo Sport	C.Tinseau	3:30.466
			Pescarolo 01-Judd	J.Barbosa
				B.Jouanny
13	15	LMP1	Team Kolles	C.Bakkerud	3:31.192
			Audi R10 TDI	C.Albers
				G.Mondini
14	14	LMP1	Team Kolles	N.Karthikeyan	3:31.548
			Audi R10 TDI	A.Lotterer
				C.Zwolsman
15	10	LMP1	Team ORECA Matmut AIM	B.Senna	3:33.514
			ORECA 01-AIM	T.Ortelli
				T.Monteiro
16	11	LMP1	Team ORECA Matmut AIM	O.Panis	3:33.860
			ORECA 01-AIM	N.Lapierre
				S.Ayari
17	009	LMP1	Aston Martin Racing	S.Hall	3:33.968
			Lola B09/60-Aston Martin	P.Kox
				H.Primat
18	6	LMP1	Team LNT	L.Tomlinson	3:35.804
			Ginetta Zytek 09S	R.Dean
				N.Moore
19	4	LMP1	Creation Autosportif	J.Campbell-Walter	3:35.960
			Creation Judd	V.Ickx
				R.Ianetta
20	31	LMP2	Team Essex	C.Elgaard	3:37.720
			Porsche RS Spyder	K.Poulsen
				E.Collard
21	5	LMP2	NAVI Team Goh	S.Ara	3:37.802
			Porsche RS Spyder	K.Kunimoto
				S.Maassen
22	12	LMP1	Signature Plus	P.Ragues	3:39.326
			Courage LC70-Judd	F.Mailleux
				D.Andre
23	33	LMP2	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	J.Kane	3:41.724
			Lola B09/80-Judd	B.Leuenberger
				X.Pompidou
24	25	LMP2	RML	T.Erdos	3:41.952
			Lola B09/86-Mazda	M.Newton
				C.Dyson
25	40	LMP2	Quifel-ASM Team	M.Amaral	3:42.012
			Ginetta Zytek 09S	O.Pla
				G.Smith
26	30	LMP2	Racing Box SRL	T.Biagi	3:42.848
			Lola B09/80-Judd	M.Bobbi
				A.Piccini
27	41	LMP2	GAC Racing Team	K.Ojjeh	3:44.830
			Zytek 07S	C.Y.Gosselin
				P.Peter
28	35	LMP2	OAK Racing	M.Lahaye	3:45.032
			Pescarolo 01-Mazda	K.Ajlani
				G.Moreau
29	32	LMP2	Barazi Epsilon	J.Barazi	3:52.956
			Zytek 07S	S.Moseley
				P.Bennett
30	39	LMP2	Kruse-Schiller Motorsport	H.Noda	3:53.072
			Lola B07/46-Mazda	J.de Pourtales
				M.Marsch
31	63	GT1	Corvette Racing	J.Magnussen	3:54.230
			Corvette C6.R	J.O'Connell
				A.Garcia
32	64	GT1	Corvette Racing	O.Gavin	3:54.702
			Corvette C6.R	O.Beretta
				M.Fassler
33	26	LMP2	Bruichladdich Bruneau	P.Bruneau	3:55.320
			Radical-AER	T.Greaves
				M.Rostan
34	66	GT1	Jetalliance Racing GmbH	L.Lichtner-Hoyer	3:56.126
			Aston Martin DBR9	A.Muller
				T.Gruber
35	72	GT1	Luc Alphand Aventures	L.Alphand	3:57.170
			Corvette C6.R	P.Goueslard
				S.Gregoire
36	24	LMP2	OAK Racing	J.Nicolet	3:57.524
			Pescarolo 01-Mazda	R.Hein
				J.F.Yvon
37	73	GT1	Luc Alphand Aventures	Y.Clairay	3:58.564
			Corvette C6.R	X.Maasen
				J.Jousse
38	80	GT2	Flying Lizard Motorsport	S.Neiman	4:03.202
			Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	D.Law
				J.Bergmeister
39	77	GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	M.Lieb	4:03.232
			Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	R.Lietz
				W.Henzler
40	82	GT2	Risi Competizione	J.Melo	4:04.056
			Ferrari F430 GT	M.Salo
				P.Kaffer
41	99	GT2	JMB Racing	C.Bouchut	4:04.084
			Ferrari F430 GT	Y.Lebon
				M.Rodrigues
42	97	GT2	BMS Scuderia Italia SPa	F.Babini	4:04.222
			Ferrari F430 GT	M.Malucelli
				P.Ruberti
43	76	GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	P.Long	4:04.648
			Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	P.Pilet
				R.Narac
44	78	GT2	AF Corse SRL	G.Bruni	4:04.938
			Ferrari F430 GT	L.Perez Companc
				M.Russo
45	92	GT2	JMW Motorsport	R.Bell	4:05.168
			Ferrari F430 GT	A.Kirkaldy
				T.Sugden
46	87	GT2	Drayson Racing	J.Cocker	4:06.482
			Aston Martin Vantage	P.Drayson
				M.Franchitti
47	89	GT2	Hankook Team Farnbacher	A.Simonsen	4:06.612
			Ferrari F430 GT	D.Farnbacher
				C.Montanari
48	85	GT2	Snoras Spyker Squadron	T.Coronel	4:08.348
			Spyker C8 Laviolette	J.Janis
				J.Bleekemolen
49	84	GT2	Team Modena	P.Ehret	4:08.508
			Ferrari F430 GT	L.Mansell
				R.Rusinov
50	83	GT2	Risi Competizione	T.Krohn	4:08.758
			Ferrari F430 GT	N.Jonsson
				E.van de Poele
51	70	GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	H.Felbermayr Jr.	4:10.014
			Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	H.Felbermayr Sr.
				M.Lecourt
52	75	GT2	Endurance Asia Team	D.O'Young	4:10.456
			Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	P.Hesnault
				P.Kralev
53	96	GT2	Virgo Motorsport	M.McInerney	4:10.664
			Ferrari F430 GT	S.McInerney
				M.Vergers
54	81	GT2	Team Advanced Engineering	P.Dempsey	4:13.920
			Ferrari F430 GT	J.Foster
				D.Kitch Jr
55	68	GT1	JLOC	M.Apicella	4:21.812
			Lamborghini Murcielago	A.Yogo
				Y.Yamagishi

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