Toyota Gazoo Racing will start from a 1-2 position for tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Monza, round three of FIA WEC, after Jose Maria Lopez set the fastest time in the 10 minute qualifying session this evening.
Below are the main headlines from Hypercar quali.
Jose Maria Lopez in No.7 Toyota GR010-Hybrid Hypercar sets a rapid best lap of 1m35.899s. The Argentine recovers from lock-up at first chicane on his first push lap which he was forced to abandon.
No. 8 Toyota is second as Brendon Hartley sets 1m35.961s to make it another Toyota 1-2.
Elsewhere, Alpine Elf Matmut 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 team-mate.
Estre takes 2021 pole hat-trick for Porsch
The Porsche GT Team takes pole in LMGTE Pro class as No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 driven by Kevin Estre sets best time of 1m45.412
Estre celebrates third consecutive pole position of the 2021 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.
No.91 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Gimmi Bruni places third but half a second away from sister Porsche.
Meanwhile, No. 52 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by Miguel Molina places fourth in second AF Corse entry.
Milesi claims first-ever WEC pole for Team WRT
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 No.28 car driven by Stoffel Vandoorne crashes heavily at second Lesmo corner and causes session to be red flagged.
Anthony Davidson sets late lap to claim sixth in second JOTA car.
TF Sport on top in 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.
No.83 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.
Tomorrow’s race – the inaugural 6 Hours of Monza – will commence at 12h00 local time.