Stéphane Sarrazin, driving the #8 Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP has qualified for a third consecutive pole position in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Frenchman, gave a shining performance at the very end of tonight's session, after gaining pole position in 2007 and 2008. He put in two flying laps, during which he was slowed down by traffic, but he got it right on his third attempt. The #8 Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP will lead the field on Saturday at 15:00, and Sarrazin will be sharing the wheel with Sébastien Bourdais and Franck Montagny. His lap time was 3:22.888, 8 tenths of a second quicker than Audi driver Allan McNish, with an average speed of 241 km/h over the 13.629 km track. With Peugeot and Audi as top two, the five other diesel cars are in the 4 front lines of the grid.

The works Lola Aston Martins lead the petrol engine field, before encountering mixed fortunes, with the #007 going out on the Hunaudières.

Jan Magnussen leads the LM GT1 category at the wheel of the #63 Corvette, his best lap at 3.54.230. The two GM works cars easily lead the class, outpacing the #66 Jet Alliance Aston Martin of 2 seconds.

Another Dane, Casper Elgaard won the pole in LM P2 with the Essex Porsche RS Spyder just before the other RS Spyder, the one of the Japanese Navi team Goh. The third in LM P2 is the Speedy Racing/Team Sebah #33 Lola Judd.

Last of the poles were the Californians of the Flying Lizard who obtained their first pole here at Le Mans, their Porsche 911 GT3 RSR being driven by Jorg Bergmeister with a best lap at 4.03.202. The 2008 champions #82 Risi Competizione is only third, being overtaken by an another Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, the #77 of the Felbermayr Proton racing team.

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