Esteban Masson puts Forestier Racing by Panis in pole position for the 4 Hours of Imola

Esteban Masson was fastest in qualifying for the 4 Hours of Imola, securing pole position for the Italian race, the third round of the ELMS season:

Esteban Masson was untouchable during qualifying for the 4 Hours of Imola this Saturday. The reigning champion of theELMSThe Frenchman set the fastest time of the session with a lap of 1:30.866. The protégé of Toyota He edged out Ian Aguilera (CLX Motorsport) by a mere 32 thousandths of a second. Grégoire Saucy completed the podium for United Autosports.

The main incident of the session occurred in LMP2 Pro-Am. Second, seven thousandths of a second behind, and in contention for a final attempt, Jean Glorieux spun out in the #3 DKR Engineering Oreca 07. The Belgian driver thus relinquished pole position in the category to Giorgio Roda in the #30 Duqueine Team Oreca 07, in which he is partnered with... Dorian Pin and Richard Verschoor. Steven Thomas placed TDS Racing in third place.

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