ELMS – Tincknell places Jota Sport on pole at Red Bull Ring

Harry Tincknell was the fastest in qualifying for the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring in Spielberg (Austria) at the wheel of the Zytek-Nissan with which he achieved a time of 1’23”078. The Jota Sport driver who won in LMP2 last year 24 Hours of Le Mans was ahead of the Oreca 03-Judd of Race Performance driven by Franck Mailleux by almost half a second, while the Ligier JSP2 of Thiriet by TDS Racing entrusted to Tristan Gommendy follows in third place ahead of the Morgan-Judd of Newblood by Morand Racing led by Christian Klien. L'Alpine A450b driven by Nelson Panciatici is only fifth on the grid, seven tenths behind.

The pole could hardly escape Ferrari en GT tant les F458 Italia sont nombreuses. Après avoir dominé les essais, Andrea Bertolini décroche sans surprise la pole du GTE avec un chrono de 1’29 »286 réalisé au volant de la n°72 du SMP Racing. Richard Lietz est le plus proche en pointant à deux dixièmes de retard sur la Porsche 911 GT3 RSR de Proton Competition qui précède l’Aston Martin of Stuart Hall entered by Gulf Racing UK. Jan Magnussen was responsible for setting the GTC benchmark time with a lap completed in 1'30"647 in the Formula Racing Ferrari.

The race will be contested from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. and will be followed live on Motors TV.