Toyota will start from a 1-2 position for tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Monza after Jose-Maria Lopez set the fastest time in the 10-minute qualifying session this evening that was interrupted by a red flag due to the no28 JOTA Oreca-Gibson crashing into the barriers. Porsche took the LMGTE pole as Kevin Estre swept to his fourth consecutive top spot in the no92 Porsche 911 RSR 19.
HYPERCAR
- Jose-Maria Lopez in No.7 Toyota GR010-Hybrid Hypercar takes 0.7s off this morning’s best time as the Argentinian sets a rapid best lap of 1m35.899s
- Lopez recovered from lock-up at first chicane on his first two laps, which he was forced to abandon and take to the escape road both times
- No8 Toyota is second as Brendon Hartley sets 1m35.961s to make it another Toyota 1-2, just 0.062s behind.
- No36 Alpine ELF Matmut A480-0Gibson is third as Nicolas Lapierre laps in 1m36.121s after car is repaired from early morning accident
- Pipo Derani ensures Glickenhaus Racing start on outside of the second row as he claims a fastest lap of 1m36.995s
- The second Glickenhaus 007 LMH car is fifth as Richard Westbrook qualifies 0.328 in arrears to teammate.
LMGTE Pro
- Porsche takes pole in LMGTE Pro class as No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 driven by Kevin Estre sets best time of 1m45.412s
- Estre is unbeaten in 2021 as he celebrated third consecutive pole position and was also on pole in Bahrain at the end of last season.
- French ace’s best time is just 0.065s faster than chasing No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi
- No91 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Gimmi Bruni places third but half a second away from sister Porsche
- No52 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by Miguel Molina places fourth in second AF Corse entry
LMP2
- Charles Milesi sets 1m38.527 to claim first WEC pole for Team WRT
- Milesi’s lap just pips Filipe Albuquerque, who sets brilliant last ditch lap to get within 0.030s in United Autosport USA car!
- Ben Hanley driven Dragonspeed USA place entry sets third best lap of 1m38.663s. Team is also the leading Pro/Am entry in LMP2.
- Racing Team Nederland place fourth as Nyck de Vries laps in 1m38.726s
- JOTA suffer difficult session as no28 car driven by Stoffel Vandoorne crashes heavily at second Lesmo corner and causes session to be red flagged, leaving a 2m47s dash to the flag when the session goes green again.
- Anthony Davidson sets late lap to claim sixth in second JOTA entry
LMGTE AM
- TF Sport Aston Martin takes second pole of the 2021 season as Ben Keating flies to a 1m47.272s best lap after titanic battle
- No83 AF Corse squad second with a best lap set by Francois Perrodo just 0.269s back from Keating’s pole time
- Cetilar Racing place third as Roberto Lacorte laps within 0.409s of pole as team continues fightback after practice accident.
The 6 Hours of Monza will get underway at 12h00 on Sunday 18 July.
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