Jani and Lotterer take pole position for Porsche at Spa
Neel Jani was the star of qualifying after setting a sensational lap to contribute toward a surprise pole position for Porsche LMP1 Team at Spa.
Neel Jani was the star of qualifying after setting a sensational lap to contribute toward a surprise pole position for Porsche LMP1 Team at Spa.
Along with Andre Lotterer, the Swiss ace combined to set an average of 1m54.097s to claim Porsches first pole of the season.
After Toyota had largely dominated the Free Practice sessions, it was the German manufacturer which took the first point of the Spa weekend ahead of the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps tomorrow.
G-Drive Racing took a second consecutive pole position in a remarkably close battle as the new era of the LMP2 class continues to thrill.
The Headlines from Qualifying...
- Porsche claims pole for second round of FIA WEC at Spa as Neel Jani and Andre Lotterer combine to set average of 1m54.097s
- Jani sets blistering fastest lap in #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid with 1m53.756 best
- Porsche capitalise on split session after early red flag to take first pole since Shanghai last November
- Lotterer celebrates first Porsche pole and becomes only driver to take one with two different LMP1 manufacturers
- Toyota Gazoo Racing place 2-3-4 as #7 car of Conway and Kobayashi head teammates Lapierre and Sarrazin in #9 TS 050 HYBRID
- Stephane Sarrazin sets overall fastest lap of 1m53.658s in #9 Toyota
- Buemi and Nakajima start fourth in #8 car
- Tough day for #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid as duo of Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard have to settle for fifth on grid
- LMP2 pole is claimed by Alex Lynn and Pierre Thiriet as they combine to claim second consecutive pole position and another point for G-Drive Racing
- Second in LMP2 is #36 Signatech Alpine as Gustavo Menezes and Matt Rao finish just 0.023s in arrears of pole
- Starting third on LMP2 grid is sister Signatech Alpine in its first race as Nelson Panciatici and Andre Negrao finish just 0.005s behind #36 stablemates
- 0.031s cover top four in LMP2!
- Session red flagged after four minutes as Vitaly Petrov crashes #25 CEFC Manor TRS ORECA-Gibson
The second round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, begins tomorrow at 14:30 local time.
Full times from the qualifying session can be found HERE
