GT1: Hezemans happy with his pole

Mike Hezemans takes his first pole of the season at Silverstone. The No. 06 Corvette Z11 of Team China will start in front of the No. 23 Nissan GT-R of JRM and the two No. 9 and No. 7 Aston Martin DB8s of Young Driver AMR.

Published on 04/06/2011 à 16:13

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Mike Hezemans set the best time in the final qualifying session, with a time of 1:58:967 at the Silverstone circuit. He is ahead of the #23 Nissan GT-R of Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr by 0??173 andAston Martin DB9 n°7 of Tomas Enge and Alex Müller.

“I should have already had pole at Sachsenring, so that’s good for morale”, comments Andreas Zuber's teammate. “To be very honest, I don't know where we got this time, apart from the fact that I was helped a little by the Nissan on the straight. »

Michael Krumm, the driver of the No. 23 Nissan GT-R, is satisfied with his position, but he still regrets not having taken first place. “I am disappointed not to have achieved pole. I made a few mistakes and I pushed a little too hard, losing a few tenths. I'm still happy that the GT-R is on the front row, which is really important. We have good straight line speed and I'm pretty confident for the race. »