Qualifying for the first 55-minute race for the Road To Le Mans weekend saw the silver and gold rated drivers take to the track and it was double RTLM winner Laurents Hörr who claimed the top spot on this afternoon’s grid for DKR Engineering.
The no3 Duqueine posted a 3m45.883 lap to lay claim to the pole position just before a Slow Zone was declared at MP6 after the no9 AT Racing Ligier went off track. The Slow Zone lasted until there was just 1 minute 30 seconds of the 20-minute session left.
Once the Slow Zone was removed the drivers had a mad dash to get to the line to start their flying lap before the chequered flag was displayed.Laurents Hörr had a 0.063s advantage over the no69 Cool Racing Ligier of Malthe Jakobsen and he was determined to extend this gap if possible. He posted a purple time in the first sector and then a personal best in the second to finish the lap in 3m45.606, three tenths ahead of the no69 Ligier as Jakobsen was unable to improve his time despite setting the best overall time in sector 2.
The no10 Racing Spirit of Leman will head the second row on the grid, with Tom Dillmann setting a 3m46.236 lap, 0.6 seconds ahead of Nicolas Schatz in the no6 ANS Motorsport Ligier.
Row 3 is an all United Autosports affair with the no23 Ligier of Wayne Boyd ahead of teammate Garnet Patterson in the no22 Ligier JS P320.
The no99 Bullitt Racing Aston Martin continued where it left off in Free Practice, with Valentin Haase-Clot claiming the GT3 pole by nearly 1.6 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
The no34 Team WRT Audi R8 of Maxime Robin was second fastest, the French driver finishing the session on a 3m57.135, 0.7 seconds ahead of the no52 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 of Cedric Sbirrazzuoli.
The no55 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX of Kasper Jensen will join Sbirrazzuoli on row 2, with former MLMC Champion Fabio Babini in 5thin the no46 Ebimotors Porsche 911, meaning there are five different manufacturers filling the top 5 slots on the GT3 grid.
The first Road To Le Mans is due to get underway at 18h30 this afternoon.
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