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Qualifying
Stuttgart. The two
While it was cold but sunny, it was dry again for qualifying after it had been raining in the morning for free practice three. In this session Timo Bernhard (Nr. 17) and Marc Lieb (Nr. 18) where also behind the wheels of their respective cars. On the wet and then drying track the
The Silverstone race is the first of eight rounds in this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship. The six-hour race will start on Sunday at 12:00 hrs local time.
Fritz Enzinger, Vice President LMP1: “By having both
Andreas Seidl, Team Principal: “This qualifying result is the first reward for the tough job of testing. We will be happy for one night now, but certainly the race is what counts. We have seen on long runs and in the rain that we still have work to do. I would like to thank the crew both here and in Weissach for their faultless work.”
Drivers
Brendon Hartley (25, New Zealand): “It was a fantastic first lap. I could see on my dashboard what my reference time from Mark was and I was fighting to bring it down. We are very happy about this pole position, but obviously tomorrow is what counts.”
Mark Webber (38, Australian): “It was a clean session, everything went very well and we got the most out of the cars. The focus for this type of racing is not on qualifying, as we have a long race on our hands, but on the result tomorrow.”
Drivers
Romain Dumas (37, France): “On my first lap I made a mistake, and on my second I lost time again because of traffic. But the most important thing is we are at the front. What counts is tomorrow’s race.”
Neel Jani (31, Switzerland): “It wasn’t that easy to go straight from the wet to qualifying mode, as our set-up wasn’t quite right. But having qualified first and second is super for our team. We have reached today’s target and tomorrow we want to fight for the race win.”
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