🇯🇵 𝙒𝙀𝘾 - 6H Fuji - Quali: Toyota lockout front row, JOTA and Porsche on top, as Keating scores third pole of the season ⏱
🟥 Kobayashi narrowly beat teammate Hartley to put the #7 Toyota GR010 on pole position for the brand’s home event, setting a 1:29.234 to hold a mere 0.020s advantage over the sister car.
The championship-leading #36 Alpine slotted into third, 0.212s behind, with Peugeot’s #93 and #94 cars completing the class but within a second of the pole time.
🟦 JOTA scored their first pole position of the 2022 season, with Da Costa setting a 1:31.649 in the #38 car.
The LMP2 points leaders extend their advantage over the #23 United Autosports car to 20pts owing to the single point scored for pole.
AF Corse and Team WRT complete the top three in class, with the top ten separated by a second.
🟩 #92 Porsche took pole in GTE PRO, Christensen setting a 1:36.371 to move ahead of championship rivals #51 AF Corse on the timesheets by just 0.195s.
The single point for pole halves the pole-sitting Porsche’s championship deficit to their main rivals, now only separated by one point with two races to go.
🟧 Keating once again was the star of GTE AM qualifying, putting the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin on pole for the third time this season.
The Texan driver set a 1:39.309 to stop Bovy in the #85 Iron Dames Ferrari from repeating her pole efforts in Monza – a gap of only 0.062s separates the two cars on the timesheets.
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Hell of a weekend 🔥🌲🏎
For our partner team @four_motors, VLN 3/2022 couldn't have turned out better last weekend. The team around rapper @lesmoureal started out with three cars, of which all made it through the finish line. 🏁
Starting in the AT-class for alternative fuels, the team finished P1, P2, and P3. 🥇🥈🥉
Overall standings:
P3️⃣3️⃣ Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 320
P5️⃣5️⃣ Porsche Cayman GT4 CS | 420
P7️⃣9️⃣ Porsche Cayman GT4 CS | 633
We will be back together with Four Motors on June 25 for the RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen. 📆
Let's GO!
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Repost @mahlempulse It's raining in hell 💙🌧🔥
Even for the most experienced racing drivers the 24h Nürburgring can be a humbling experience!
Extreme weather, a crowded field and a track that feels like a rollercoaster make this course as unforgiving as can be.
Reason enough for us to get @vanessa.schmitt_, return to the legendary green hell and take a deep dive into the challenges of endurance racing.
Take a seat, fasten your seatbelt and check out YouTube to see our highlight reel together with @four_motors:
👉http://bit.ly/24StundenVlog
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