Iron Lynx in pole position for the 1000 km of Paul-Ricard

The second stage of the championship Endurance of the GT World Challenge Europe is being held this weekend in France, on the Paul-Ricard track. It's here Ferrari 488 GT3 Iron Lynx No. 71 which will start first this evening at 18 p.m. Antonio Fuoco, Daniel Serra and Davide Rigon will have the privilege of taking on the 6-hour race first... followed by 52 other GT3s!

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Les qualifications – divisées en trois séances de 15 minutes pour permettre aux trois pilotes de signer un temps – ont vu Dries Vanthoor briller le premier. Le récent vainqueur des 24 Heures du Nürburgring claquait un 1’53’’854 avec son Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 chargée en carburant. Il était le seul à passer sous la barre des 1’54, devant Klaus Bachler (Porsche 911 GT3-R Dinamic Motorsport n°54) en 1’54’’108 et Daniel Serra (Ferrari 488 GT3 Iron Lynx n°71) en 1’54’’219.

The second session was the preserve of Davide Rigon. In 1'53''423, he continued the work done by Daniel Serra to place the Ferrari in provisional pole position.

The decisive last quarter of an hour was marked by a very good lap from Nicki Thiim (Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Beechdean AMR n°95) in 1'54''389. A notable time because the car was still being repaired this morning at 6 a.m., following Marco Sorensen's high-speed exit yesterday. The English car has been rebuilt and is there to try to impose itself. The times fell quickly in this Q3, with Antonio Fuoco seen in 1'53''438. The driver of the No. 488 Iron Lynx Ferrari 3 GT71 perfectly completed the score of Daniel Serra and Davide Rigon, which offered pole position to the Italian brand with an average time of 1'53''693.

The No. 911 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 3 GT54-R of Klaus Bachler, Come Ledogar and Matteo Cairoli completes the front row with an average time of 1'54''030. The first Audi is 3rd in 1'54''175. This is the No. 8 Audi R3 LMS Evo II GT32 of Dries Vanthoor, Kelvin Van Der Linde and Charles Weerts.

Valentino Rossi, with a lap of 1'54''429, contributed to his team's 7th place on the grid. His Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 with the No. 46 on the doors which he shares with Frédéric Vervisch and Nico Müller will be one to watch. Departure at 18 p.m. for arrival at midnight.