Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa: Qualifying

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Jun 30

Qualifying took place in four 15-minute sessions where each entry’s drivers participate in a different round. It is the average of these four sessions that defines the combined ranking. The first 20 will take part in this Friday's superpole at 3:35 p.m. Rain started during the second session and intensified during the third. Under those conditions the fastest lap of the third session was more than 17 seconds from the fastest lap of the first session in which the pro pilots could not participate (because there are only three).

It were the competitors who took advantage of a track that was still dry at the start of Q1 who were decisive for the final classification of these qualifications established at the average times of the four sessions.

Porsche (6), Audi (5) and Lamborghini (4) have the highest number of cars per manufacturer represented in the top 20 who did qualify for the Super Pole yesterday under dry and later raining conditions.

Top 5 overall qualifying

Aliaksandr Malykhin with the Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R #911 was third overall in Q1 with the provisional reference time in Bronze Cup. His teammates J.Sturm, M.Seefried, K.Bachler did a good performance in their respective sessions qualifying their Porsche #911 in P1 also securing first place in the Bronze Cup.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 1 of **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #911 Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Aliaksandr Malykhin (Porsche 911 GT3R #911): “I’m so proud of our team. We did a great job under tricky conditions. The mood among us drivers is great and we help each other tremendously by sharing information about the track conditions and our 911 GT3 R. I managed to lay the foundations with my lap time, and my teammates and our engineers then built on that perfectly to get us into the Super Pole.” Source: Porsche

📷 © Luc Warnotte at **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #5 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO.

S. de Haan, T. Gamble, C. Fagg, D. Macdonald with #5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 EVO were the second best in average time to qualify P2 overall and P1 in Gold class.

Huber Motorsport’s #20 Porsche 911 shared by Antares Au, Tim Heinemann, Matteo Cairoli and Jannes Fittje occupied position three in the overall classification an dP2 in Bronze Cup.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #20 Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Tim Heinemann (Porsche 911 GT3 R #20): “Of course, we’re super happy to qualify for the Super Pole. That was quite unexpected. We were lucky enough to benefit from driving in the dry Q1 segment. A top-20 spot is a great place to start the race, which we will prepare for in tomorrow’s warm-up." Source: Porsche

📷 © Luc Warnotte at **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 #83.

Doriane Pin with the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 #83 did the fifth best performance during Q1 which puts the Iron Dames (Doriane Pin, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy) in fourth-place, becoming the first-ever all-female line up to reach the coveted top 20.