Ferrari secured a second successive World Endurance Championship pole for Saturday’s Six Hours of Spa with their quantity 50 automobile.
The three-driver crew of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen took their second straight pole by half a second in hyperpole.
The quantity 5 Porsche Penske of Matt Campbell, Michael Christensen and Frederic Makowiecki will begin alongside them on the entrance row of the grid.
The beginning of hypercar qualifying was delayed because of a heavy crash at Raidillon throughout the GT qualifying session, from which the motive force emerged unscathed. As soon as the session started, two of probably the most fancied runners failed to achieve the hyperpole shoot-out: Final yr’s Le Mans winners within the quantity 51 Ferrari and the Six Hours of Imola-winning quantity seven Toyota.
In hyperpole, Fuoco put within the quickest lap of the session with round 5 minutes nonetheless to run within the session. However nobody may beat the Ferrari driver’s efforts and the quantity 50 workforce took their second pole within the first three rounds.
The quantity 5 Penske Porsche will begin second, with the quantity two Cadillac of Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn taking third on the grid. The quantity 99 Proton Porsche of Harry Tincknell, Neel Jani and Julien Andlauer will begin from fourth forward of the quantity 12 Jota Porsche.
The world champion quantity eight Toyota crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa will begin down in seventh, with the third Ferrari 499P of Robert Kubica, Robert Shwartzman and Yifei Ye in ninth simply behind the quantity 35 Alpine, which turned the producer’s first automobile to make it to hyperpole all season.
The six-hour race will start on Saturday at 1pm native time, 12pm, UK time.
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Qualifying outcome
| Pos | No. | Class | Crew | Automotive | Drivers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | Hypercar | Ferrari AF Corse | Ferrari 499P | Antonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina/Nicklas Nielsen | 2:02.600 |
| 2 | 5 | Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Matt Campbell/Michael Christensen/Frederic Makowiecki | 2:03.107 |
| 3 | 2 | Hypercar | Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-Collection.R | Earl Bamber/Alex Lynn/ | 2:03.115 |
| 4 | 99 | Hypercar | Proton Competitors | Porsche 963 | Harry Tincknell/Neel Jani/Julien Andlauer | 2:03.314 |
| 5 | 12 | Hypercar | Crew Jota | Porsche 963 | William Stevens/Callum Ilott/Norman Nato | 2:03.384 |
| 6 | 6 | Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Kevin Estre/Andre Lotterer/Laurens Vanthoor | 2:03.448 |
| 7 | 8 | Hypercar | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 | Sebastien Buemi/Brendon Hartley/Ryo Hirakawa | 2:03.572 |
| 8 | 35 | Hypercar | Alpine Endurance Crew | Alpine A424 | Paul-Loup Chatin/Jules Gounon/Charles Milesi | 2:03.685 |
| 9 | 83 | Hypercar | AF Corse | Ferrari 499P | Robert Kubica/Robert Shwartzman/Yifei Ye | 2:04.048 |
| 10 | 20 | Hypercar | Bmw M Crew WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | Sheldon Van Der Linde/Robin Frijns/Rene Rast | 2:04.062 |
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