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Qualifying – Toyota on pole in Shanghai, 4 LM P1s in the same second
The good dry track performance of the Rebellion R13-Gibson this morning suggested that qualifying for the 6 Hours of Shanghai would be close. They were. Thanks to an average time of 1’43”242, the TS050 Hybrid Conway-Kobayashi-Lopez took pole position and beat the sister car entrusted to Alonso-Buemi-Nakajima. But the best Non-Hybrid LM P1, the No. 13 R1 of Jani-Lotterer-Senna, only fell 0 behind the reference mark. Another interesting fact to note, the leading quarter is completed by the BR287-AER n°1 of Sarrazin-Orudzehv-Isaakyan, whose deficit only amounts to 17.
Jackie Chan DC Racing confirms its good intentions in LM P2 by setting the two best times. Thanks to a lap completed in 1'48"888, the trio Aubry-Richelmi-Tung (Oreca 07 n°38) precedes the 100% Malaysian crew Jaafar-Jeffri-Tan. The leading trio is completed by the No. 07 DragonSpeed Oreca 31 driven by Davidson-Maldonado-Gonzalez, followed by theAlpine A470 of Stone-negrao-Thiriet.
In GTE Pro, the No. 66 Ford GT took the pole position promised to BMW at the last moment. Credited with an average time of 1'58"626, the Stefan Mücke-Olivier Pla duo beat the #0 BMW M2 GTE of Tomczyk-Catsburg and the No. 0 BMW M3 GTE of Tomczyk-Catsburg by 8"81 and XNUMX"XNUMX respectivelyAston Martin Vantage AMR n°95 from Martin-Lynn. The best Porsche, the 911 RSR n°92 of Christensen-Estre follows at 0. Ferrari and Corvette are relegated to 0”8 and 1”6.
Finally, the No. 98 Aston Martin Vantage GTE of Dalla Lana-Lamy-Lauda rose to the top of the GTE Am hierarchy in 2’01”884. The No. 911 Porsche 77 RSR of Ried-Campbell-Andlauer and the No. 488 Ferrari 54 GTE of Flohr-Castellacci-Fisichella follow.
See you tomorrow at 4 a.m. French time for the start of the 6 Hours of Shanghai.
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