Louis Deletraz poleman for the 4 Hours of Spa

ELMS

Aug 24

Louis Déletraz, Rodrigo Sales, Gael Julien and Hiroshi Hamaguchi are the four pole sitter of the qualifying sessions this afternoon for the fourth round of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) championship at Spa-Francorchamps.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. #14 AO by TF Oreca with Jonny Edgar, Louis Delétraz and Robert Kubica.

Louis Deletraz on pole LMP2

0.412 seconds are separating the top three of the LMP2 class qualifying session this afternoon at Spa-Francorchamps with Louis Déletraz driving the #14 AO by TF Oreca setting the fastest lap in 2:01.253. Thanks to the point win, AO by TF team is now second in the LMP2 Teams classification with the same number of points (40) as the #65 Panis Racing team.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. #14 AO by TF Oreca with Jonny Edgar, Louis Delétraz and Robert Kubica.

Pole sitter of the 4 Hours of Imola, Charles Milesi with #65 Panis Racing Oreca, is second 0.407 sec. slower and will start from first row;
Tom Dillmann in the #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca-Gibson was third for 0.005 sec.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Left: #65 Panis Racing Oreca; right: #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca

Richard Mille by TDS increases lead in LMP2 Pro/Am

Rodrigo Sales will start from LMP2 Pro/Am pole of the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps after setting the fastest lap of LMP2 Pro/Am category (2:04.537) with le Castellet winning #29 Richard Mille by TDS Oreca-Gibson he shares with Grégoire Saucy and Mathias Beche. This adds one point to the team’s 58 points, increasing their lead of the category.

#29 Richard Mille by TDS Oreca-Gibson shared by Rodrigo Sales, Grégoire Saucy and Mathias Beche. — 📷 © Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. **#29 Richard Mille by TDS** Oreca-Gibson shared by Rodrigo Sales, Grégoire Saucy and Mathias Beche.

The top three of the class are within 0.133 sec.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Left: #77 Proton Competition. Right: #24 Nielsen Racing.

For once this season, former ELMS Champion Giorgio Roda in his #77 Proton Competition is not the pole sitter but will start from first row after setting the second best lap of the class, missing 0.033 sec.

Former LMP2 Pro/Am champion John Falb in the #24 Nielsen Racing was third of the qualifying session, 0.100 sec. slower than Roda.

Second pole this season for RLR MSport in LMP3

Gael Julien clinched his second LMP3 pole this season and will start from pole of LMP3 category of the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The point earned enables the 4 Hours of Le Castellet winning #15 RLR MSport to reduce the gap with leading #11 Eurointernational to 1 point.

📷 © Luc Warnotte. Left: #11 Eurointernational at Le Castellet. Center: Le Castellet class winning #15 RLR MSport. Right: Barcelona winning #8 Team Virage

Iron Lynx Lamborghini in pole of LMGT3

Hiroshi Hamaguchi with the #63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan took the LMGT3 pole for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, more than one second ahead of the rest of the field with a 2:17.873 lap.