Although much of this evening’s free practice took place in heavy rain, Team Peugeot Total profited from the six-hour session to get in some valuable running time and set-up work.

Qualifying for the 77th Le Mans 24 Hours took place on Thursday evening during two sessions, from 7pm to 9pm and from 10pm to midnight.

Drayson Racing is set to make its premier in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from the ninth position of the LM GT2 grid. In the process, the No. 87 Drayson Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT2 will make a dream come true for the all-British driving team of Paul Drayson (London/Gloucestershire, UK), Jonny Cocker (Guisborough, Yorks, UK) and Marino Franchitti (London/Edinburgh, UK). Cocker, the young, sports car prodigy, set the ninth-quickest lap of the class with a time of four minutes, 6.482 seconds around the 13.629 Km/8.468 mile-long Circuit de la Sarthe.

The fifth hour of the race started with the two Peugeots still at some distance from the chasing Audi’s.

The No. 75 Endurance Asia Team Porsche has crossed the finish line of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today. Endurance Asia Team is the first Chinese team to take part in the biggest race in the world, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The success story of the Porsche RS Spyder continues: At the Le Mans 24 Hour race, the Essex team (Denmark) celebrated a clear victory in the LMP2 class.

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Less than a week after the 24 Hours of Le Mans the FIA GT Championship is at Oschersleben for the third round of the 2009 championship.

Chris Niarchos took his second Citation Cup victory of 2009 today with a fourth place finish in the FIA GT race at Oschersleben. The No.56 Ferrari of Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell had to settle for sixth place after struggling with visibility problems for much of the race.