Native ace Antonio Fuoco claimed pole place for the inaugural 6 Hours of Imola race, spherical two of this yr’s FIA World Endurance Championship season, with Robert Shwartzman and Alessandro Pier Guidi making certain first-ever top-class qualifying 1-2-3 for the Italian producer
The 27-year-old set the pole time within the closing moments of the Hyperpole session to move the #83 AF Corse-entered 499P of Robert Shwartzman by 0.419s. The second of the factory-run vehicles, the #51 entry pushed by Alessandro Pier Guidi, rounded out the highest three with the perfect time of 1m29.953s.
The #6 Porsche Penske 963 with Kévin Estre behind the wheel was the perfect non-Ferrari in fourth place because the Frenchman led the sister automobile of Matt Campbell who recovered from a visit throughout the Tamburello gravel lure.
Kamui Kobayashi within the #7 Toyota GR010 Hypercar was the higher of the 2 Toyotas in sixth place, together with his team-mate Brendon Hartley spinning at Tosa and ending up down in eighth.
René Rast ensured seventh place on the grid for the BMW M Group WRT, with the highest ten accomplished by two privately-entered Porsches, the #12 Hertz Group Jota automobile of Callum IIott and Julien Andlauer’s #99 Proton Competitors entry.
QATAR-WINNING PORSCHE ON LMGT3 POLE
Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 RSR LMGT3 pushed by Aliaksandr Malykhin was the quickest LMGT3 machine within the Hyperpole session, setting the perfect lap of 1m42.365s to take pole by 0.692s.
Becoming a member of Malykhin on the entrance row would be the Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage which was pushed by Ian James in qualifying. The UK-born American citizen lapped the 4.9-kilometre circuit in 1m43.058s.
Third in LMGT3 was the #46 Group WRT BMW M4 pushed by Ahmad Al Harthy. The Omani driver outpaced the sister #31 automobile with Darren Leung aboard.
Sarah Bovy in Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan took fifth place forward of the #88 Proton Competitors Ford Mustang pushed by native racer Giorgio Roda.
Tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Imola is scheduled to start at 13:00 native time.