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Qualifying
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In the GTD class, in which customer teams campaign the
Qualifying quotes
Marco Ujhasi, Overall Project Manager GT Works Motorsport: “We’ve all been waiting eagerly for this first qualifying session with the new 911 RSR. Now it’s finally happened and we’re really pleased. The car performed as we’d expected at this stage. We are now turning our attention to preparing for the race and we hope that we are able to turn the insights we’ve gained so far into an even better performance.”
Patrick Pilet (911 RSR #911): “This qualifying wasn’t easy. We didn’t have the time we needed to find the best setup for this racetrack. We’ll now try to make up for this in the two remaining practice sessions today and tomorrow. We’re focussing on the race. And the race setup that we developed during testing back in early January feels good.”
Kévin Estre (911 RSR #912): “We made several changes to the 911 RSR between the last practice and the qualifying and they paid off. Our car is not yet perfect but we’re heading in the right direction. We’ll try to use the time to the race to further optimise the car as well as we can.”
The race takes off on Saturday at 14.30 hrs local time (20.30 hrs CET) and is broadcast live outside the USA on www.imsa.com.
Qualifying result
GTLM class
1. Hand/Müller/Bourdais (USA/D/F), Ford GT, 1:43.473 minutes
2. Westbrook/Briscoe/Dixon (GB/USA/NZL), Ford GT, + 0.231 seconds
3. Pla/Mücke/Johnson (F/D/USA), Ford GT, + 0.514
4. Fisichella/Calado/Vilander (I/I/SF), Ferrari 488, + 0.648
5. Pilet/Werner/Makowiecki (F/D/F),
6. Tincknell/Priaulx/Kanaan (GB/GB/BRA), Ford GT, + 0.783
8. Estre/Vanthoor/Lietz (F/B/A),
GTD class
1. Pier Guidi/Mann/Mediani/Rigon/Mastronardi (I/CH/I/I/I), Ferrari 488, 1:47.099 minutes
2. Balzan/Nielsen/Cressoni/Bird (I/DK/I/GB), Ferrari 488, + 0.018 seconds
3. Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda/Soerensen (CAN/P/A/DK), Aston Martin, + 0.635
4. Cairoli/Müller/Smith/Renger/Prozcyk (I/D/CH/D/D),
5. Engelhart/Ineichen/Companc/Bortolotti (D/CH/ARG/I), Lamborghini, + 0.686
6. de Phillippi/Mies/Gounon/Schmidt (USA/D/F/SWZ), Audi R8, + 1.114
911 GT3 RS: Fuel consumption combined 12.7 l/100 km; urban 19.2 l/100 km; extra urban 8.9 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 296 g/km; efficiency class (Germany): G
All reports on the previous season can be found in our archive.