Toyota and Porsche on pole at Fuji

If the end of the race could take place in the rain, it was under a beautiful sun and in front of a clearly visible Mount Fuji that qualifying for the 6 Hours of Fuji, second round of the WEC 2019-2020.

Au terme d’une séance interrompue par un drapeau rouge suite à l’arrêt sur la piste, après un tête-à-queue, de la Ginetta G60 LT P1 n°6, la Toyota n°8 s’est adjugé la pole position grâce à un chrono moyen de 1’24 »822 signé par Brendon Hartley et Kazuki Nakajima. The first row will be 100% Toyota, number 7 of Kobayashi-Conway next at 0”817.

While some saw it fighting for pole position due to the Success Handicap penalizing the two TS050 Hybrids, the #1 Rebellion is only fourth at 1”137. The Senna-Nato-Menezes trio was beaten by the fastest of the two Ginetta G60 LT P1s, namely the No. 6 of Simpson-Robertson-Smith, which conceded 1”067 in the reference time. Curiously, the latter is therefore faster than the n°5 of Orudzhev-Hanley-Ghiotto, relegated to 1”910.

In LM P2, discreet until then, the Jackie Chan DC Racing team set the best time – 1’29”302 – thanks to Ho-Pin Tung and Gabriel Aubry. In second place, we find at 0 United Autosports, which places its trust in Albuquerque-Jarvis-Hanson, while the leading trifecta is completed by the 415 of Jota Sport at the wheel of which Davidson-Gonzalez-Felix da Costa is registered. . Somewhat struggling, theAlpine A470 No. 36 is sixth, but is counting on the homogeneity of its crew to move up the hierarchy tomorrow afternoon.

Sans surprise au vu des performances entrevues lors des essais libres, Porsche s’est adjugé la pole position en GTE Pro. Et ce grâce à la n°91 de Gianmaria Bruni-Richard Lietz, créditée d’un . Mais la séance n’a pas été de tout repos pour l’équipe allemande, puisque Michael Christensen – vraisemblablement victime d’une crevaison ou d’un bris de suspenson – a terminé son run dans les piles de pneus. Suivent la Ferrari 488 GTE n°51 by Calado-Pier Guidi and theAston Martin Vantage AMR n°95 from Sorensen-Thiim, which respectively concede only…0”041 and 0”110. In the end, all the cars lined up in the category are grouped into five tenths.

Lagging behind at Silverstone, the #57 Porsche of Team Project 1 recovered well. The Fraga-Bleekemolen-Keating trio took pole in 1'38"733 ahead of the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR entrusted to Yoluc-Adam-Eastwood. In third place, despite a 30 kg ballast, we find the No. 488 Ferrari 83 GTE fielded by AF Corse for Collard-Perrodo-Nielsen.

The start of the race will be given tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. French time.

*/