ELMS
De Gerus places Duqueine on pole position for the 4 Hours of Barcelona
Photo: Xavi Bonilla / DPPI
The first qualifying session of the 2025 European Championship season Le Mans Series has delivered its verdict. Inter Europol Competition was expected to win after dominating the Prologue and Free Practice, but the Polish team failed to confirm its dominance in the timed lap, despite a fine third place for Tom Dillmann.
And that's POLE for Reshad De Gerus and @duqueine_team in Barcelona! 👏
The Frenchman clocks the first pole of the year for Duqueine Team thanks to a stellar lap.#ELMS #4HBarcelona pic.twitter.com/9ZMcwSVmU5
— European Le Mans Series (@EuropeanLMS) April 5, 2025
Pole position went to another Frenchman, Reshad de Gerus (Duqueine Team), who set the fastest lap in 1:27.664. De Gerus beat Matteo Cairoli (Iron Lynx – Proton) by 0.166 seconds. A great performance for the driver from Réunion, who beat an extremely strong field this Saturday in Catalonia.
Tom Blomqvist thus failed to reach the podium for CLX – Pure Rxcing, ahead of Mathys Jaubert (IDEC Sport), Charles Milesi (VDS Panis Racing) and Theo Pourchaire (Algarve Pro Racing), seventh for his first qualifications in EnduranceExpected to be at the top of the standings with Ferdinand Habsburg and Filipe Albuquerque in its crew, the Nielsen Racing team disappointed with the Portuguese driver's last place.
Earlier, the LM P2 Pro-Am session was interrupted by a red flag with just over six minutes remaining after Georgios Kolovos (DKR Engineering) and Rodrigo Sales (TDS Racing) both went off the track.
The LMP2 Pro/Am qualifying session is currently red-flagged as two cars stopped on track and need to be recovered.
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— European Le Mans Series (@EuropeanLMS) April 5, 2025
As usual, Giorgio Roda (Proton) was the fastest in this specific classification. The Italian set his best lap in 1:31.110, 0.239 seconds ahead of PJ Hyett (AO by TF).
In LM P3, Adrien Closmenil took pole position for the CLX Motorsport team. The Frenchman set the benchmark time of 1:36.188 at the wheel of the Ligier JS P325 – Toyota n ° 17.
Mercedes on pole in LMGT3, Célia Martin 2nd
Iron Lynx will start from pole position in the GT3 category in Barcelona – Photo: Xavi Bonilla / DPPI
La Mercedes-AMG GT3 No. 63 of the Iron Lynx team will start from pole position this Sunday in Barcelona. Martin Berry was the fastest in this category with a best lap of 1:42.257. He beat Frenchwoman Célia Martin. The Iron Dames driver finished just 0.187 seconds off first place in the Porsche 911 GT3 R n°85.
That's what you call a dream weekend debut for Mercedes-AMG! 👏
Martin Berry storms to LMGT3 pole position for @IronLynx_, securing the first-ever pole position for Mercedes-AMG in #ELMS!#4HBarcelona pic.twitter.com/Kof8jonfmo
— European Le Mans Series (@EuropeanLMS) April 5, 2025
Another Frenchman completed the podium in the person of Clément Mateu on theAston Martin Vantage No. 59 of Racing Spirit of Léman. Teammate of Lilou Wadoux, Custodio Toledo placed first Ferrari 296, the n°50 of the Richard Mille AF Corse team, in fourth position.
Join us at 12:00 this Sunday for the start of the 4 Hours of Barcelona, the opening round of the 2025 European Le Mans Series season.
Valentin GLO
Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.
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