WEC 6 Hours of Imola: Fuoco takes thrilling pole for Ferrari.

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#51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P – Hybrid: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi, FIA WEC 6 Hours of Imola, Free Practice 1, Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Piazza Ayrton Senna da Silva, Bologna, Italy

Hypercar

  • Hyperpole glory for the No.50 Ferrari AF Corse as Tifosi celebrate Antonio Fuoco’s epic lap of 1m29.466s to take his and Ferrari’s third WEC pole
  • Fuoco sets the pole time in last minutes to head the No.83 AF Corse 499P of Robert Shwartzman by 0.419s
  • No.51 AF Corse 499P driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi makes it a 1-2-3 for the Prancing Horse with a best of 1m29.953s
  • No.6 Porsche Penske 963 of Kevin Estre is best of non-Ferraris in fourth place as he heads the No.5 Porsche Penske of Matt Campbell who recovers from trip across Tamburello gravel trap
  • Kamui Kobayashi in the No.7 Toyota GR010 Hypercar rounds out the top six but Brendon Hartley in sister car suffers spin at Tosa and ends Hyperpole session in
  • The rest of the top ten is formed of:
  • 7th No. 20 BMW M Team (Rene Rast)
  • 8th No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing (Brendon Hartley)
  • 9th No.12 Hertz Team Jota of Callum IIott
  • 10th No.99 Proton Competition Porsche (Julien Andlauer)
#5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Hybrid: Matt Campbell, Michael Christensen, Frédéric Makowiecki, FIA WEC 6 Hours of Imola, Wednesday Set Up, Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Piazza Ayrton Senna da Silva, Bologna, Italy

Rain threatened the qualifying sessions but just held off with the only notable incident in the first session prior to Hyperpole being a spin by Dries Vanthoor in the No.15 BMW at Piratella.

 

#81 TF Sport Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R: Tom Van Rompuy, Rui Andrade, Charlie Eastwood, #82 TF Sport Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R: Hiroshi Koizumi, Sébastien Baud, Daniel Juncadella, FIA WEC 6 Hours of Imola, Wednesday Set Up, Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Piazza Ayrton Senna da Silva, Bologna, Italy

 

LMGT3

  • Qatar winning Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 RSR LMGT3 driven by Aliaksandr Malykhin continues exceptional start to season with pole position
  • Malykhin peaks on a 1m42.365s lap to take a conclusive pole 0.692s ahead of the chasing field in Hyperpole session
  • Joining Malykhin on the front row will be the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage LMG3 which was driven by Ian James in qualifying. The UK born American citizen lapped in 1m43.058s
  • Third in LMGT3 is the No.46 Team WRT BMW M4 driven by Ahmad Al Harthy. The Omani driver just outpaces the sister No.31 BMW M4 LMGT3 car with Darren Leung aboard
  • Sarah Bovy in Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 car takes fifth position ahead of the No.88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang driven by local ace Giorgio Roda
  • The rest of the top ten is formed of:
  • 7th Manthey EMA Porsche (Yasser Shahin)
  • 8th No.55 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari (Francois Heriau)
  • 9th No.54 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari (Thomas Flohr)
  • 10th No.59 United Autosports McLaren (James Cottingham)

Tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Imola is scheduled to begin at 13h00 local time

#94 Peugeot Total Energies Peugeot 9X8 – Hybrid: Paul Di Resta, Loic Duval, Stoffel Vandoorne, FIA WEC 6 Hours of Imola, Free Practice 1, Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Piazza Ayrton Senna da Silva, Bologna, Italy