Mid-Ohio: de Ferran and Pagenaud on pole

Brazilian Gil de Ferran set the best time during the Mid-Ohio qualifying session, fifth round of the ALMS. Pagenaud and de Ferran are well placed for a fourth consecutive victory.

Published on 07/08/2009 à 21:31

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Mid-Ohio: de Ferran and Pagenaud on pole

Gil de Ferran was imperial on the Lexington circuit. Coming out ten minutes from the end of the qualifying session, which lasted only twenty minutes, the Brazilian set the benchmark times. While the cars in the LM P2 category had set the first significant times, David Brabham placed the No. 02 Acura ARX-9a (LM P1) at the forefront, with a time of 1:10:585, before dropping below the 70-second mark, in 1:09:512! It was after this supersonic time that Gil de Ferran began to set fast times: 1??11??142 then 1?10??265? The Brazilian was constantly getting closer to David Brabham's time, whom he managed to beat five minutes from the end of the session, in 1:09:499, before hammering home the point in 1:09:443. It is therefore a new pole for Gil de Ferran and simon pagenaud, who will aim to take a few more points from the Brabham/Sharp crew, still at the top of the LM P1 standings.

En LM P2, l?Acura ARX-01B de Luis Diaz prenait le meilleur sur les Lola B09 86 Mazda de Chris Dyson et Butch Leitzinger. Plus tôt, en GT2, il n?avait fallu que cinq tours à Jorg Bergmeister pour s?adjuger la pole, en réalisant un très bon chrono (1?21??022). Il devançait, comme lors des essais libres quelques minutes plus tôt, la Porsche 997 de Jaime Melo (1?21??287). Suivaient Jan Magnussen in the No. 6 Corvette C3.R, the GT2 version of which makes its first appearance this weekend, and Dirk Müller in the No. 3 BMW M92.

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