Audi on the front line in Austin

André Lotterer and Marcel Fässler took pole at the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas in Austin (Texas) at the wheel of the No. 7 Audi, delivering the manufacturer's third consecutive qualifying victory at the Rings, with an average time of 1 '45''842. The German brand, which dominated every practice session, even locked the front row with the No. 8 of Oliver Jarvis and Lucas di Grassi which ranked one tenth from the benchmark.

Brendon Hartley et Timo Bernhard ont assuré la troisième place sur la Porsche n°1 en précédant la Toyota de Kamui Kobayashi et Mike conway. The No. 919 2 Hybrid completes the top five after Romain Dumas' best time was canceled for exceeding track limits.

THEAlpine n°36 will start for the first time this season on pole with an average time of 1’55”892 achieved by Nicolas lapierre and Gustavo Menezes. The Signatech drivers beat the Manor Oreca 05 of Rao-Bradley-Merhi and the Ligier JS P2 of RGR Sport by Morand entrusted to Gonzalez-Albuquerque-Senna.

In GTE Pro, it’s still theAston Martin n°95 of Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen who was the fastest in qualifying with an average time of 2’04”610. Sam Bird and Davide Rigon failed 42 thousandths from the category benchmark. Olivier Pla and Stefan Mücke completed the leading trio in the No. 66 Ford GT. Paul Dalla-Lana and Pedro Lamy also took pole in GTE Am with an average time of 2’07”683.

Lone Star Le Mans results in Austin