Quality director once again. Not a single chance for such a result tomorrow, but it's great to see this team so high on the result sheet. Required fields are marked *.
The Portuguese ace set a 1:38.403 on his final lap to go fastest, over three tenths ahead of his nearest competition. A well-deserved potential win for Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco faded in the final seconds of an intense 6 Hours of Monza, fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, forced to refuel with two laps left, in a race that nonetheless saw the pair on the podium alongside team-mates Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado, third at the finish and new leaders in the standings. However they don't dominate, Corvette came so close behind #51 in second place. Tandy had to get a move on then to set a fast lap, but his next lap was also deleted for exceeding track limits. Glickenhaus took pole position for the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 hours of Monza after Romain Dumas set a time of 1m 35.416, nearly a second faster than their closest rival. Since they changed the rules and you cannot score by just finishing outside the top 10, that would have been their first point too. Jump into the r/WEC Discord server! 1163, Modena, Italy, Companies Register of Modena, VAT and Tax number 00159560366 and share capital of Euro 20,260,000, C. SCHIAVONI / M. CRESSONI / G. FISICHELLA. Jurek covers British GT and all the other big races in the UK. Full season WEC pass it is. We had just a couple of minutes to go for the win, but I'm happy for the team because everyone did a perfect job. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sarah Bovy posted a time of 1:47.431 on the final lap of qualifying to take the position from the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin of Ben Keating who spent much of the session at the top of the timing sheet. We will be returning to Japan after a few years and usually the weather is difficult to predict but, having an earlier date than usual, maybe it will be easier. Sarah Bovy set a 1:47.431, over two tenbths faster than Ben Keating in the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR. Sarah Bovy beats ever-quick Ben Keating. Remember to sort by "new" to stay up to ^^date! Glorious final lap by Sarah Bovy, pretty sure that makes her the first woman to ever set a WEC class pole. Motorsport Monday: Issue 475 FREE to read now, Alpine take victory over Toyota in 6 Hours of Monza, Alpine hold fragile lead over Toyota with 2 hours to go at Monza, Video: When we were young a short F1 documentary, Verstappen worried over F1s street circuit push, Ricciardo wanted to give 2023 assurance from the horses mouth. Now we will prepare for Fuji, a track that I like, where we expect lower temperatures than here. Jensen had previously driven over the kerbs at the first chicane, which maybe upset the brand new car. : https://discordapp.com/invite/4JGNSMG. In GTE-Am, pole went to the #85 Iron Dames Ferrari 488 GTE EVO, giving Ferrari a clean sweep of the pole positions in GTE. I remain positive for the future, we will try to improve further, avoid mistakes to try to win. Brendon Hartley, behind the wheel of the #8 Toyota, coouldnt touch Dumas all through the 10 minute session for the Hypercars and LMP2s, with the veteran Frenchman ending the session 0.919 ahead of the Kiwi.
The hotly anticipated return of Peugeot saw the team struggle with the #94 Peugeot 9X8 driven by Gustavo Menezes taking P5 with a lap of 1:37.253s. Romain Dumas (FRA) / Oliver Pla (FRA) / Luis Felipe Derani (BRA) #708 Glickenhaus Racing, Glickenhaus 007 LMH. Seems like next year will be pretty crowded. Best liveried GTE on Am pole. It's official, Light blue is faster than red. Use the hashtags #FIAWEC and #6HMonza to get involved!
I think we have taken a step forward this year and we are fighting alongside our team-mates. In the LMGTE Am class, historic podium for Iron Dames Bovy-Gatting-Frey, the first in the world championship for an all-female crew. One detail made the difference and cost us the win, which we regret because we could have brought home some important points. Driving the second #52 Ferrari was Antonio Fuoco who lost out to Tandy by just 0.004s leaving the top three covered by just 0.058s. In fourth was Kamui Kobayashi in the sister #7 Toyota, but the Le Mans qualifying lap record holder couldnt get close to Hartley this timed, ending over half a second off his teammate and a full one and half seconds off Dumas. Romain Dumas in the #708 Glickenhaus 007 took pole for the FIA World Endurance Championships 6 Hours of Monza, almost a second in front of the #8 Toyota GR01, setting a 1:35.416. The competition was chiefly Mathias Beche in the #44 ARC Bratislava Oreca 07-Gibson, which qualified second for tomorrows race, and Ferdinand Habsburg of the #41 Realteam by WRT Oreca 07-Gibson, who placed third, just 0.049 off Beche. I am not expecting Peugeot to go all out for the win right from their debut in WEC. The #77 Dempsey Proton Porsche of Christian Reid took P3 with the #21 and #54 AF Corse Ferraris taking fourth and fifth place. 4, I-41053 Maranello (MO), Italy, registered with the Dutch trade register under number 64060977, Ferrari S.p.A. - A company under Italian law, having its registered office at Via Emilia Est No. Ferdinand Habsburg took P3 for Realteam by WRT as the top three in the class are covered by just 0.37s. This is the first year I closely followed entire WEC season: has qual always been the lmp2 along with the LMP1 and now LMH?
Hopefully Porsche will do better tomorrow, so we have a great fight for GTE Pro win. #94 posted a reasonable lap time to secure fifth place overall, however #93 technical glitch left them on the back of the field. Meanwhile the Tifosi had something to cheer as a Ferrari took pole in both LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am, the latter being the Iron Lynx Ferrari of Sarah Bovy who becomes the first woman to take pole in the 10 year history of the FIA World Endurance Championship. - www.xpbimages.com, EMail: [emailprotected] Copyright: Moy / XPB Images. In GTE-Pro, Ferrari set the initial pace with Alessandro Pier Guidi in the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE EVO, but Nick Tandy in the #64 Corvette C8.R put in a faster lap. He didnt set a competitive lap time in the session and was therefore last. Great performance by #708 and Romain Dumas, let's see whether they finally can convert a pole into a race win. However, the session was brought to an early end as Mikkel Jensen stopped the #93 Peugeot on track, between the two Lesmo corners, with a couple of minutes remaining on the clock, causing a red flag that would signal the end of qualifying with 1 minute 35 seconds left on the clock. He finally put in a lap to go third, behind the two Ferraris, before splitting them to end up second. Press J to jump to the feed. The car was great today and we were forced to stop to refuel just enough to make it to the race finish.
Alpine: amazing in corners and braking, low top speed Pug: great in corners, lowest top speed Toyota: good in corners and decent top speed Glick: slowest in corners but highest top speed. Your email address will not be published. Third was the #36 Alpine A480, with Nicolas Lapierre lapping just over a second slower than Dumas.
Great lap by Bovy. Contact | Legal | The Team | Support Us, Frozenspeed 2021 racing calendar pre-order, GetSpeed #8 Mercedes-AMG Nrburgring 24 Hours 2020 poster, HRT #4 Mercedes-AMG Nrburgring 24 Hours 2020 poster, KCMG #18 Porsche Nrburgring 24 Hours 2020 poster, Frikadelli Racing #31 Porsche Nrburgring 24 Hours 2020 poster, Adam Christodoulou: Insane competition in VLN this year, Snow and freezing temperatures in the Eifel: NLS2 cancelled, GT Cup Oulton Park race report: Price is right at Oulton, After 7 years, Sven Mller wins first Nordschleife race: The team nailed everything: tyres were really good from first to last lap, NLS5 race report: Top 3 crashes; Falken Motorsports picks up the win. 08.07.2022. Copyright 2022 GT REPORT/GTXM.media. I wish one of the Peugeots died a bit earlier, because ARC Bratislava on pole would have been hilarious. Podium would be a good result. A podium in Monza is always special and I want to thank Ferrari because everyone always works very hard, trying to improve every time and today we came close to success. While the laps times are super close in Hypercar, it seems all cars are making time in very different ways. At the front in the Hypercar class Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota GR010 took second place with a lap of 1:36.335 just ahead of the #36 Alpine of Nicolas Lapierre and the #7 Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi which start on P4. It's a pity we couldn't win because we were fast today, we worked well and the race was developing in the right way, problem-free.
Somehow I expected that Glickenhaus would win qualifying session and I wasn't surprised. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. IF YOU ENJOYED THIS ARTICLE, PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TO KEEP THE WEBSITE RUNNING AND ALLOW THE GT REPORT TEAM TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOU EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. the toyota looks out of balance they need to increase the time for qualy next year, there will be a lot more cars the starting grid will be more important and 10 minutes is not enough. Tandy was just 0.054 off this, while Pier Guidis teammate, Antonio Fucuo driving the #52 Ferrari, went third, just four thousandths of a second slower than Tandy and 0.058 slower than his fellow Italian. The official subreddit for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and the ACO's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Urgh, Eurosports terrible coverage has tipped me over the edge. All rights reserved. LMP2 pole goes for United Autosports #22 after a great late push from Filipe Albuquerque. Alessandro Pier Guidi driving the #51 Ferrari took the top spot just 0.054s ahead of Nick Tandy in the #64 Corvette who managed to split the two Ferraris on the final lap of qualifying. Mathias Beche skyrockets ARC Bratislava to second position in class.
Our race was mistake-free, unfortunately luck was not on our side. However, the Brits lap was then deleted for track limits as he ran wide at Parabolica. Peugeot's awaited baptism of fire went not exactly 100% well. The reigning champions in LMGTE Pro, AF Corse delighted the local crowd taking pole with a lap of 1m45.270s which put them just ahead of the second place Corvette Racing. PEUGEOT GIVES GLICK THE POLE LESSSSSSSGOOOOOO, Big job from Iron Dames, Sarah Bovy set a big lap, an historic moment for the whole team, ARC Bratislava second in LMP2, amazing result. But that's the way sports are. Toyota and Alpine quite behind on pace comparing to Glickenhaus, however race performance over the 6 hours will be crucial. NEW PRINTS AND CANVAS AVAILABLE IN OUR SHOP: A photographer for many years who has worked for a diverse range of clients at race tracks all over Europe.
Fifth place went to the #94 Peugeot, driven by Gustavo Menezes. The Porsche #91 and #92 respectively took the final positions. document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. Race will emphasise even more every kind of weakness than any brand new race car has, but this is pretty much expected.
In GTE Am we have a pole for Iron Dames car. After BOP adjustments, Ferrari finally have great single lap performance. 15000 test Kilometers is just not enough, unfortunately. Ferrari N.V. - Holding company - A company under Dutch law, having its official seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and its corporate address at Via Abetone Inferiore No.
Your email address will not be published. Behind the wheel was Mikkel Jensen who was able to perform a reset but not before the red flag came out to end the session. 17:30 local, 11:30 ET, 15:30 GMT, 01:30 Sunday AEST, Track Information: 3.600 miles / 5.793 km located in Monza, Italy, Audio Broadcast: http://player.radiolemans.co/. The big story of the day was in LMGTE Am where the all female crew of the #85 Iron Dames Ferrari took pole. The American was 1.8 seconds off Dumas, though, with the Peugeots lack of top speed maybe crippling them at the high-speed Monza track.
Pole in GTE Pro for AF Corse Ferrari #51. Third in class went to Christian reid, driving the #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR-19, over half a second off Keating. Especially I am expecting Toyota to improve tomorrow. In LMP2, Filipe Albuquerque put the #22 United Autosports Oreca 07-Gibson on pole.