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WEC Spa-Francorchamps
Spa WEC: Pla secures maiden pole for Glickenhaus
Olivier Pla claimed a first FIA World Endurance Championship pole position for Glickenhaus at Spa on Friday.
Gary Watkins
Edited: May 7, 2022, 9:10 AM
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The Frenchman posted a 2m02.771s aboard the solo Glickenhaus 007 LMH to claim the top spot by a couple of tenths from fellow countryman Matthieu Vaxiviere in the Alpine A480-Gibson.
The Glickenhaus and the Alpine, in which Vaxiviere recorded a 2m02.999s, outpaced the two Toyota GR010 Hybrids in the 10-minute prototype qualifying session.
Kamui Kobayashi’s best time of 2m03.087s just shaded Brendon Hartley’s 2m03.137s in the sister car as the two Toyotas took third and fourth positions.
The Glickenhaus and the Alpine both set their times on their first flying laps, while the two Toyota drivers were unable to post representative times when the Michelin tyres were at their best on the first lap.
Pla said: “I made a mistake at Turn 1 on the first flier: I braked a little bit late, missed the apex and had a bit of a moment on the exit, but the rest of the lap was quite good.
“Pole is great for the team: they have put a lot of effort into the programme with a low budget, people shouldn’t forget that.”
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#83 AF Corse Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 : François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen, Alessio Rovera
Photo by: Eric Le Galliot
Alessio Rovera snatched LMP2 pole in the AF Corse team’s Pro/Am Oreca 07 right at the end of the of the session.
The Italian made a big improvement on his second set of Goodyear tyres to get down to a 2m04.246s, which was good enough to knock Robin Frijns in the fastest of the two WRT entries off the top spot.
A 2m04.290s from Frijns on his only flying lap was still good enough for the Dutchman to hang onto second position.
Filipe Albuquerque improved to third with a 2m04.451s in the best of the United Autosports Orecas on his second run. The late runs from Rovera and Albuquerque pushed Louis Deletraz in the Prema Oreca and Norman Nato in the second WRT car down to fourth and fifth respectively.
#91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR 19 LMGTE Pro of Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz
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Gianmaria Bruni snatched pole position in GTE Pro, his first in the WEC since the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours, from Porsche teammate Michael Christensen on his final lap of qualifying.
The Italian got down to a 2m14.301s on his third flying lap to better the 2m14.481s Christensen set on his second lap.
Bruni’s final lap vaulted him from third position behind Nick Tandy’s Chevrolet Corvette C8.R onto the pole.
Tandy’s lost his first time lap to a track limits infraction and then posted a 2m14.606s on his third attempt.
Ferrari was closer to the pace than at the championship opener at Sebring in March, as Alessandro Pier Guidi took fourth position in the best of the AF Corse run 488 GTE Evos with a 2m15.102s, which was eight tenths off the ultimate pace.
Miguel Molina brought up the rear of the class with a time that was over a second shy of Bruni’s pole lap.
Ben Keating was on pole by a second and a half in GTE Am aboard his TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE. His 2m17.408s was set on his third lap, while Paul Dalla Lana got down to a 2m18.912s in the NorthWest AMR Vantage.
The Spa 6 Hours, round two of the 2022 WEC, begins at 13:00 local time in Belgium on Saturday.
WEC Spa 6 Hours - Qualifying results
Hypercar/LMP2:
Cla # Drivers Car Class Avg Time Gap 1 708 Olivier Pla
Romain Dumas
Pipo Derani
Glickenhaus 007 LMH HYPERCAR 2'02.771 2 36 Andre Negrao
Nicolas Lapierre
Matthieu Vaxiviere
Alpine A480 HYPERCAR 2'02.999 0.228 3 7 Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Jose Maria Lopez
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 2'03.087 0.316 4 8 Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley
Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 2'03.137 0.366 5 83 François Perrodo
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.246 1.475 6 31 Sean Gelael
Robin Frijns
René Rast
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.290 1.519 7 22 Philip Hanson
Filipe Albuquerque
Will Owen
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.451 1.680 8 9 Robert Kubica
Louis Deletraz
Lorenzo Colombo
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.548 1.777 9 41 Rui Andrade
Ferdinand Habsburg
Norman Nato
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.640 1.869 10 38 Roberto Gonzalez
Antonio Felix da Costa
Will Stevens
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.692 1.921 11 28 Oliver Rasmussen
Ed Jones
Jonathan Aberdein
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.717 1.946 12 5 Dane Cameron
Emmanuel Collard
Felipe Nasr
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.887 2.116 13 10 Nico Müller
Ryan Cullen
Sébastien Bourdais
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'04.985 2.214 14 1 Lilou Wadoux
Sébastien Ogier
Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'05.148 2.377 15 45 Steven Thomas
James Allen
Rene Binder
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'05.370 2.599 16 34 Jakub Smiechowski
Alex Brundle
Esteban Gutierrez
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'05.383 2.612 17 35 Jean Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye
François Heriau
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'05.843 3.072 18 23 Alex Lynn
Oliver Jarvis
Josh Pierson
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'05.849 3.078 19 44 Miro Konopka
Tijmen van der Helm
Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 LMP2 2'06.667 3.896 View full results
GTE:
Cla # Drivers Car Class Avg Time Gap 1 91 Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE PRO 2'14.301 2 92 Michael Christensen
Kevin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE PRO 2'14.481 0.180 3 64 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R LMGTE PRO 2'14.606 0.305 4 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 2'15.102 0.801 5 52 Miguel Molina
Antonio Fuoco
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 2'15.443 1.142 6 33 Ben Keating
Henrique Chaves Jr.
Marco Sorensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 2'17.408 3.107 7 98 Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 2'18.912 4.611 8 56 Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
Ben Barnicoat
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 2'19.700 5.399 9 85 Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting
Sarah Bovy
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'20.789 6.488 10 46 Matteo Cairoli
Mikkel Pedersen
Nicolas Leutwiler
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 2'20.937 6.636 11 77 Christian Ried
Sebastian Priaulx
Harry Tincknell
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 2'21.027 6.726 12 777 Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii
Charlie Fagg
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 2'21.168 6.867 13 54 Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Nick Cassidy
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'21.787 7.486 14 88 Fred Poordad
Patrick Lindsey
Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 2'22.622 8.321 15 60 Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'23.856 9.555 16 71 Franck Dezoteux
Pierre Ragues
Gabriel Aubry
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'23.963 9.662 17 86 Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera
Benjamin Barker
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 2'24.384 10.083 18 21 Simon Mann
Christoph Ulrich
Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'20.078 5.777 View full results
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