Antonio Fuoco conquers pole position in the 6 Hours of Spa with the Ferrari 499P #50. First place in LMGT3 for the Iron Dames
May 10, 2024
THEL FIA World Endurance Championship stops in Belgium for the third seasonal meeting of 2024 with the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps waiting for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, next on the calendar. The Ferrari 499P number #50 driven by Antonio Fuoco took the start from pole position in Hypercar. Half a second behind is the Porsche 963 #5; only 8 thousandths did not allow the Cadillac #2 to win second position. Fourth and fifth position for the two Porsche customers of Proton Competition and of theHertz Team Jota#99 and #12 respectively.
Sthis position for the Porsche number #6 with Kevin Estre at the helm. Not just the German house, either Toyota did not shine in qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps which will start at 1pm tomorrow. Number #8 tied for seventh while sister #7 only 15th. Behind Toyota will start theAlpine number #35 while the #36 in 12th pizza. Ferrari he will certainly be able to celebrate the pole position of the #50 Fuoco, but in the other part of the garage the situation is far from happy. Despite the great performances in Imola, which went up in smoke due to the wrong strategy, the #51 failed to enter the top ten of the Hyperpole and thus settled for 11th position. There Ferrari 499P #83 private to AF Corse he will start in ninth position. Great timed session for BWM which placed its M Hybrid V8s in silk and thirteenth position. He’s still sailing in bad waters there Peugeot who during the last event had brought a substantial package of updates to his 9X8 but which were of no use as they only qualified in 14th and 16th position. They conclude the starting order Lamborghini #63, Porsche #38 and Isotta Fraschini.
6 Hours Spa-Francorchamps – Iron Dames
TOto win pole position in the category LMGT3 it was the Lamborghini of Iron Dames which preceded it by three tenths McLaren #95 of the team United Autosports. Third position for BMW M4 LGT3 number #46 by Valentino Rossi. Difficult qualifications for Manthey Racing and his Porsches, in particular the #92 which he crashed violently at the exit of the Radillion, while the other will be fourth at the start of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Set them back Ferrari 269 LMGT3 by Vista AF Corse who will start in seventh position with the #54 and fourteenth with the #55.
