Audi sets early Le Mans test day pace

Audi led the way at the end of the morning session at the Le Mans test day.

Loic Duval headed the order after the first four hours of running with a time of 3m27.732s in a non-hybrid R18 ultra. That compared with Tom Kristensen's 3m28.084s in the R18 e-tron quattro hybrid.

Toyota's TS030 Hybrid (pictured above) lapped six tenths off the pace. Sebastien Buemi ended up third in the times on a 3m28.298s.

Benoit Treluyer and Marco Bonanomi were fourth and fifth fastest in their Audis, while Toyota driver Nicolas Lapierre was sixth.

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