Audi n°8 snatches pole from Fuji

Loïc duval et Lucas di Grassi ont décroché la pole des 6 Heures de Fuji en signant un temps moyen de 1’23’’570 au volant de l’Audi n°8. Les écarts ont été très serrés puisque Mark Webber et Timo Bernhard n’ont échoué qu’à 25 millièmes de la référence sur la Porsche n ° 1.

The Toyota se sont placées en deuxième ligne avec la TS050 Hybrid n°5 de Sébastien Buemi et Kazuki Nakajima preceding No. 6 by Stéphane Sarrazin and Kamui Kobayashi. The No. 18 R7 of Benoît Tréluyer and André Lotterer and the No. 919 2 Hybrid of Neel Jani and Mac Lieb completed the LMP1-H list.

G-Drive Racing took its fifth pole of the season in LMP2 with the Oreca 05 of Rusinov-Brundle-Stevens credited with an average time of 1'31''698 which was two tenths ahead of theAlpine A460 n°36 of Stone-Menezes-Richelmi. The top three in the category is completed by the No. 2 Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports Ligier JS P30 of Gelael-Van der Garde-Giovinazzi.

Olivier Pla and Stefan Mücke took Ford's first pole in WEC in the GTE Pro category at Fuji (Japan) by signing an average time of 1'37''681 on the No. 66 which preceded the No. 66 of Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell by 67 thousandths after the American GTs dominated the tests. The Ford GTs preceded both Ferrari 488 of AF Corse and both Aston Martin Vantage. Pedro Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana were fastest in GTE Am in the #98 Vantage.

The start of the 6 Hours of Fuji will be given this Sunday, October 16 from 4 a.m. (French time).

Results of the 6 Hours of Fuji