United Autosports on pole at Spa-Francorchamps

As expected, the No. 07 Oreca 48 from IDEC Sport did not take part in qualifying for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the penultimate round of theELMS 2019. And this following the ski trip suffered by Paul Loup Chatin this morning at the top of Raidillon. Getting out of the car under his own power, the young Frenchman was slightly injured in the leg. However, a change of chassis is necessary, hoping that a solution will be found this afternoon.

The #48 is not the only LM P2 to have had to skip qualifying, since this was also the case for the #07 Oreca 31 from Algarve Pro Racing, which also made a mistake this morning in the hands of the Swede Henning Engvist.

On the track, United Autosports ruled the roost. The Anglo-American team, which is now entering two Oreca, has found some teeth. Filipe Albuquerque proved it by taking pole position at the wheel of the No. 22 in 2'00"992. Phil Hanson's teammate slaps everyone in the face, as he leads the Oreca n°0 of the Panis Barthez Competition by 7"23, entrusted to Will Stevens, Rene Binder and Julien Canal, and Nico Jamin by 0"922. , registered on the 07 n°30 of Duqueine Engineering in the company of Richard Bradley and Pierre Ragues. The rest of the peloton is relegated to more than a second.

In the end, after five races, five different teams took pole position, with United Autosports succeeding G-Drive Racing, Cool Racing, IDEC Sport and DragonSpeed.

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Pole position, in LM P3, goes to the RealTeam Racing Norma at the wheel of which we find Esteban Garcia and David Droux. Credited with a 2’12”239, the M30 n°9 precedes three other Normas. The n°19 of M Racing (Millara-Légeret) is second at 0”617 and the n°17 ​​which the Lahaye brothers share with François Hériau third at 0”640.

Enfin, en GTE, la pole position est revenue à Matteo Cairoli, qui partage le volant de la Porsche 911 RSR n°77 du Dempsey-Proton Racing avec Christian Ried et Ricardo Pera. Grâce à un tour bouclé en 2’15 »088, il devance de respectivement 0 »3 et 0 »7 les Ferrari 488 GTE of Lavergne-Nielsen-Pier Guidi (Luzich Racing) and Pianezzola-Perel-Piccini (Kessel Racing).

The start of the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps will be given tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.