Monza ELMS: Graff's Guibbert beats Lapierre to pole
21-year-old Frenchman Enzo Guibbert of Graff Racing was quickest in the European Le Mans qualifying at Monza after beating Toyota LMP1 man Nicolas Lapierre by a tenth.
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Lapierre, who will tackle the Le Mans 24h with Toyota, led after the early laps.
While improvements were scarce afterwards, Guibbert managed to lower the benchmark by a tenth with his time of 1m36.526s.
The duo held on to first and second respectively, as the #22 G-Drive of Ryo Hirakawa settled for third, the Japanese driver making a mistake on one of his flyers.
The #32 United Autosports car, which won the season opener at Silverstone, was only fourth in the hands of Filipe Albuquerque, followed by Andrea Pizzitola's #25 Algarve Pro Racing entry.
Boyd fastest in LMP3 for United Autosports
Wayne Boyd set the pace in the #3 United Autosports car in LMP3, narrowly taking pole ahead of Yvan Muller's M.Racing squad.
Ricky Capo, who drove for the latter team, was less than half a tenth slower.
Boyd demoted Matthieu Lahaye during the final minute, the former's #17 Ultimate car having to start from third.
The second United Autosports and M.Racing entries, driven by Sean Rayhall and Alexandre Cougnaud, were fourth and fifth respectively.
Spirit of Race Ferrari takes LMGTE pole
The #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari was quickest in the LMGTE qualifying, as Matt Griffin's 1m48.027s was more than two tenths in the clear.
Thus, Griffin and his British teammates Aaron Scott and Duncan Cameron will start the race from the LMGTE pole position.
The #50 Larbre Corvette of Romain Brandela and Christian Philippon improved several times during the session, but had to settle for third.
Matteo Cairoli and Nicki Thiim brought the #77 Proton Porsche and the #90 TF Sport Aston Martin into the top four, which was made up of four different brands.
Qualifying results
Cla | Nº | Driver | Car / Engine | Time | Delay |
1 | 39 | Eric Trouillet Paul Petit Enzo Guibbert |
ORECA/Gibson | 1'36.526 | |
2 | 21 | Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre Benjamin Hanley |
ORECA/Gibson | 1'36.641 | 0.115 |
3 | 22 | Memo Rojas Ryo Hirakawa Leo Roussel |
ORECA/Gibson | 1'36.751 | 0.225 |
4 | 32 | Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer F.Albuquerque |
Ligier/Gibson | 1'36.872 | 0.346 |
5 | 25 | Andrea Roda Matt McMurry Andréa Pizzitola |
Ligier/Gibson | 1'37.250 | 0.724 |
6 | 47 | Roberto Lacorte G.Sernagiotto Andrea Belicchi |
Dallara/Gibson | 1'37.323 | 0.797 |
7 | 40 | James Allen Franck Matelli Richard Bradley |
ORECA/Gibson | 1'37.336 | 0.810 |
8 | 34 | Nigel Moore Philip Hanson |
Ligier/Gibson | 1'37.883 | 1.357 |
9 | 49 | Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach |
Dallara/Gibson | 1'37.887 | 1.361 |
10 | 28 | Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue Olivier Pla |
Ligier/Gibson | 1'38.100 | 1.574 |
11 | 23 | Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret |
Ligier/Gibson | 1'38.247 | 1.721 |
12 | 29 | Jan Lammers Frits van Eerd |
Dallara/Gibson | 1'38.694 | 2.168 |
13 | 3 | Mark Patterson Wayne Boyd C.England |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'45.725 | 9.199 |
14 | 19 | Ricky Capo Erwin Creed |
Norma/Nissan | 1'45.773 | 9.247 |
15 | 17 | J-B.Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye François Heriau |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.022 | 9.496 |
16 | 2 | John Falb Sean Rayhall |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.056 | 9.530 |
17 | 18 | A.Cougnaud Antoine Jung Romano Ricci |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.180 | 9.654 |
18 | 7 | Antonin Borga David Droux Nicolas Schatz |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.193 | 9.667 |
19 | 11 | Giorgio Mondini Davide Uboldi |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.343 | 9.817 |
20 | 10 | Davide Roda Andrés Méndez Dario Capitanio |
Norma/Nissan | 1'46.387 | 9.861 |
21 | 16 | Eric Debard Simon Gachet Theo Bean |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.443 | 9.917 |
22 | 9 | A.Talkanitsa A.Talkanitsa Jr. Maurizio Mediani |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.511 | 9.985 |
23 | 15 | John Farano Morten Dons Alex Kapadia |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.584 | 10.058 |
24 | 6 | Terrence Woodward Ross Kaiser Tony Wells |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.603 | 10.077 |
25 | 8 | Vincent Beltoise Henry Hassid Lucas Legeret |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.703 | 10.177 |
26 | 13 | J.Smiechowski Martin Hippe |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'46.746 | 10.220 |
27 | 5 | Tim Müller Jürgen Krebs Tristan Viidas |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'47.005 | 10.479 |
28 | 4 | Alexandre Coigny Iradj Alexander Gino Forgione |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'47.955 | 11.429 |
29 | 55 | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott |
Ferrari | 1'48.027 | 11.501 |
30 | 12 | Andrea Dromedari Maxime Pialat Max Hanratty |
Ligier/Nissan | 1'48.105 | 11.579 |
31 | 50 | C.Philippon Romain Brandela Fernando Rees |
Chevrolet | 1'48.293 | 11.767 |
32 | 77 | Christian Ried Joël Camathias Matteo Cairoli |
Porsche | 1'48.514 | 11.988 |
33 | 90 | Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin | 1'48.836 | 12.310 |
34 | 51 | Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Andrea Bertolini |
Ferrari | 1'49.080 | 12.554 |
35 | 66 | Robert Smith Jody Fannin Jonathan Cocker |
Ferrari | 1'49.644 | 13.118 |
36 | 99 | Andrew Howard Ross Gunn Darren Turner |
Aston Martin | 1'49.833 | 13.307 |
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