Ferrari and Aston Martin claim LMGTE poles at Spa

The #71 AF Corse Ferrari of Sam Bird and Davide Rigon reprised their 2016 pole with another stellar display for the Prancing Horse at Spa this afternoon.

Davide Rigon’s best lap of 2m14.938s stood as the fastest of the 25-minute session and laid the foundation for Ferraris first class pole since Nurburgring last July.

Pedro Lamy again proved to be the class of the LMGTE Am field to complete a last minute snatch of pole from the Dempsey-Proton Porsche car in the #98 Aston Martin he shared with Paul Dalla Lana.

The Headlines from LMGTE qualifying....

• Ferrari take pole in LMGTE Pro as Davide Rigon and Sam Bird combine to set an average of 2m15.026s
• Rigon is star of qualifying with outright best time of 2m14.938s
• Ford Chip Ganassi place second and third with #66 heading #67 Ford GT
• Stefan Mucke and Olivier Pla 0.401s behind pole sitters in #66 Ford GT
• LMGTE Am class sees Pedro Lamy set superb final lap to snatch pole position after two stints at wheel of #98 Aston Martin
• Portuguese veteran scores a thrilling 15th WEC pole position as he combines with Paul Dalla Lana for average of 2m18.659s after having one of his earlier laps cancelled due to track limit violation
• Team face tough Saturday  though as they use two sets of tyres ahead of the six hours tomorrow
• #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR takes second place as Matteo Cairoli and Christian Ried combine to set best average of 2m19.065s
• Spirit of Race place third with Thomas Flohr and Miguel Molina making it three different manufacturers in top three
• Race scheduled to begin at 14.30 local time tomorrow afternoon