At the end of the qualifying session for the Centenary of the 24 Hours of Spa, provisional pole position this Thursday evening goes to the Grasser Racing Team and the No. 163 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 of Jordan Pepper, Franck Perera and Marco Mapelli
Q1, where only the four-driver crews competed, first saw CSA Racing confirm its good form seen since the start of the week in Belgium with Arthur Rougier at the forefront overall and in the Gold Cup in 2’15″808 with the No. 111 Audi R8 LMS GT3, 21 thousandths ahead of Adam Smalley (No. 188 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO – Garage 59), Bronze Cup leader Eddie Cheever III lifts the No. 93 Ferrari 296 GT3 – Sky Tempesta Racing to third. rank ahead of the No. 27 McLaren – Optimum Motorsport of Ollie Millroy and the No. 25 – Saintéloc Racing Audi of Paul Evrard.
It’s Alessio Rovera who then draws first with the entry into action of the Pro cars in Q2. The Italian driver places the Ferrari n°51 – AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors at the top of the hierarchy in Q2 in 2’15″382, 13 thousandths ahead of the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 n°163 – GRT of Franck Perera and 60 thousandths ahead of the Porsche n°92 – SSR Herberth of Mathieu Jaminet The Porsche n°61 – EBM of Kerong Li caused a premature end to the session under a red flag, leaving the track in the S des Fagnes.
Q3 confirms that the Ferrari 296 GT3s – AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors are in high spirits with the best time of the session in 2’14″938 for Vincent Abril (n°71), the only driver under 2’15” at this moment. Enough to put the car back at the top of the provisional ranking, 95 thousandths ahead of the No. 51 of Davide Rigon. The #48 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter of Daniel Morad is back in third position ahead of the #92 Porsche – SSR Herberth of Matt Campbell and the #163 Lamborghini – GRT of Marco Mapelli.
Q4 was neutralized shortly after a little over 7′ under red flag conditions after Tom Gamble’s #159 – Garage 59 McLaren stopped at the side of the track, before the latter could restart at low speed. Enough to offer a real final sprint in the last four minutes and which turns to the advantage of Jordan Pepper (Lamborghini n°163 – GRT) in 2’14″903, best absolute time of the session. The car takes the advantage on average in 2’15″275, 46 thousandths ahead of the #51 Ferrari – AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Davide Rigon and Alessio Rovera and 96 thousandths ahead of the #48 Mercedes – Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter by Lucas Auer – Maro Engel – Daniel Morad. The No. 25 Audi – Saintéloc Racing is in the lead in the Gold Cup, while the No. 188 McLaren – Garage 59 remains the only Bronze Cup car qualified for the Superpole.
Among the net disappointments, we note the absences of the Superpole for the BMW M4 GT3 n°46 – Team WRT of Rossi – Martin – Marciello (21st) and n°32 of Sheldon van der Linde – Dries Vanthoor – Charles Weerts (23rd). Also not qualified, the Porsche n°96 – Rutronik Racing d’Andlauer – Niederhauser – Müller, the Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°99 – Tresor Attempto Racing de Haase – Aka – Feller, the Mercedes n°130 – Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM of Frederik Vesti – Ralf Aron – Dani Juncadella, victim of a concern at the floor level, or of the Porsche n°992 – HubAuto of Kévin Estre – Laurens Vanthoor – Patrick Pilet.
29th of qualifying, the Mercedes n°57 – Winward Racing of Colin Caresani – Tanart Sathienthirakul – Daan Arrow will start pole in Silver Cup. Pole in Pro-Am for Uno Racing with Landgraf and the Mercedes n°16 of Rio, Kevin Tse, Indy Dontje and David Pun.
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 n°163 – GRT
Ferrari 296 GT3 n°51 – AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO n°48 – Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter
Ferrari 296 GT3 n°71 – AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 n°7 – Comtoyou Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 R n°23 – Phantom Global Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 R n°22 – Schumacher CLRT
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO n°2 – Mercedes-AMG Team Getspeed
Porsche 911 GT3 R n°92 – SSR Herberth
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 n°34 – Walkenhorst Motorsport
Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°25 – Saintéloc Racing
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO n°188 – Garage 59
BMW M4 GT3 n°998 – ROWE Racing
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO n°9 – Boutsen VDS
BMW M4 GT3 n°98 – ROWE Racing
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO n°77 – HRT
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 n°63 – Iron Lynx
Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°88 – Tresor Attempto Racing
Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°28 – Haas RT
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO n°777 – AlManar Racing by Getspeed
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