Brands Hatch - Pole positions for De Pauw and Marciello

Ulysse de Pauw and Raffaele Marciello set the best times in the two qualifying sessions this Saturday at Brands Hatch.

Published on 30/04/2022 à 17:49

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Brands Hatch – Pole positions for De Pauw and Marciello

Qualifying for the first sprint round of the 2022 GT World Challenge was contested over two rounds. The first designating pole position for Race 1 on Sunday, the second doing the same for the second race. On the atypical Brands Hatch circuit, the no.53 AF Corse created a surprise in Q1. Carried by an unleashed Ulysses de Pauw, the Ferrari Blanche will start from first place on Sunday morning thanks to a time of 1:21.770 from the young Belgian driver. De Pauw narrowly beat Frenchman Jules Gounon (AKKODIS ASP Team), just 0.034 of a second. Valentino Rossi (Team WRT no. 46) took 17th place, more than a second from pole. This first round ended under flag after Gilles Magnus (Sainteloc Junior Team) went off the track.

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It was also under a red flag that the second round of qualifying ended following an exit from Dennis Marschall (Attempto Racing). This neutralization confirmed the best time of Raffaele Marciello (AKKODIS ASP Team) in 1:21.370. The Swiss beat three Audis, notably the No. 25 of Sainteloc Junior Team (Aurélien Panis and Patric Niederhauser) and the No. 32 of Team WRT (Charles Weerts and Dries Vanthoor).