The #1 Rebellion Racing secured pole in FIA World Endurance Championship’s (WEC) 6 Hours of COTA in LMP1 class, beating both the Toyotas.
LMP1:
-Rebellion Racing take third pole of WEC Season 8 as No.1 Rebellion R13 Gibson car driven by Gustavo Menezes and Norman Nato combine to set average time of 1:47.530 in 6 Hours of COTA
-Frenchman Nato sets fastest lap of weekend so far on a 1:47.387
-No.7 Toyota of Jose Maria Lopez and Mike Conway start second with combined best lap time of 1:49.161
-Sister No.8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID entry driven by Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley place third with average time of 1:49.431
LMP2:
-LMP2 sees Cool Racing on pole for the second time this WEC season in 6 Hours of COTA as Nicolas Lapierre and Antonin Borga set an average time of 1:49.910 in the ORECA 07 Gibson car
-Swiss team ahead of rivals United Autosports No. 22 ORECA 07 qualified by Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque
-No.36 Signatech Alpine Elf will start third as Thomas Laurent and Pierre Ragues post a combined time of 1:50.984 at the wheel of an Alpine A470 Gibson
LMGTE Pro:
-In LMGTE Pro, the No. 95 Aston Martin Racing Vantage of Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim take WEC pole position in 6 Hours of COTA with the “Dane Train” taking best average lap time of 2:00.733
-Thiim posts best lap out of the LMGTE Pro drivers with a time of 2:00.725
-No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR joins Aston Martin on front row as pairing Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre post a combined time of 2:00.952 – just 0.219s adrift of pole-sitters Aston Martin
-Third in class was the No.97 Aston Martin of Alex Lynn and Maxime Martin, followed by the No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR belonging to Richard Lietz and and Gianmaria Bruni
-AF Corse finished fifth and sixth in the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with newcomers Corvette Racing seventh in the brand new Chevrolet Corvette CR.8
LMGTE Am:
-The No. 56 Team Project 1 car qualifies on WEC 6 Hours of COTA pole as Matteo Cairoli and Egidio Perfetti take the best average time of 2:02.784 in the Porsche 911 RSR
-Aston Martin Racing second in COTA Qualifying as Ross Gunn and Paul Dalla Lana post a combined time of 2:02.830 in the Aston Martin Vantage
-Britain’s Ross Gunn clocks the fastest lap of the entire LMGTE Am grid with a time of 2:01.281
-Third is the No. 90 TF Sport entry making it two Aston Martin cars in the top three
[Note: The above is taken from WEC website with no edits made]
Here’s WEC 6 Hours of COTA full qualifying results
