It is a field decidedly provided for the European Le Mans Series which is aligned on each race. This weekend, 41 cars, including 16 LMP2s are at the start. And as often in the prototype category, the Oreca are numerous. And very similar in terms of performance. Thus, on the evening of qualifying, the first 12 stood in a second.
It is a rookie who has also signed the pole, in this case Logan Sargeant. Replacing Harry Tincknell at a moment’s notice (retained at Mazda in IMSA), on the No.34 Oreca of Team Turkey, he set a time in 1’20”596, on the fast track of the Red Bull Ring, placing him in first position on the grid this Sunday. A blow all the more interesting as his Oreca is entered in the Pro-Am trophy.
Just behind, it was Ferdinand Habsburg who set the second fastest time with the Oreca Algarve Pro Racing, when Nicolas Jamin signed the third fastest time in the category. Julien Canal’s Oreca was 10th when that of the Sarthois (Capillaire-Robin-Robin) signed the 13th time. An interesting position, especially since the Austrian weather is as annoying as that of the Sarthe these days.
Laurents Hörr, in LMP3, took pole position with the n ° 4 Duquine, ahead of the two Ligiers of United Autosports. On the other hand, in GTE, Ferrari signs a nice quadrupled with the pole position of the 488 GTE of the champions GTE-Am in WEC, Perrodo-Collard and Rovera. A performance all the more interesting as the lap times were set on a wet track. Nice performance of the 100% female Ferrari 488 (Frey-Gatting-Gostner), which climbs to the front row of the GTE.
The start will be given this Sunday, at 11 am, for a 4 hour race.
Grid
LMP2: 1. Oreca No. 34 (Yoluc-Eastwood-Sargeant); 2. Oreca n ° 24 (Menchaca-Habsbugr-Bradley); 3. Oreca n ° 32 (Van Uiter-Jamin-Maldonado); 5. Oreca n ° 41 (Deletraz-Ye-Kubica)… 10. Oreca n ° 65 (Canal-Allen-Stevens); 12. Oreca n ° 29 (Lahaye-Lahaye-Heriau); 13. Oreca n ° 39 (Capillaire-Robin-Robin). LMP3: 1. Duqueine n°4 (Horr-Weiss-Dayraut) ; 2. Ligier n°2 (Boyd-Wheldon-Cauhaupe) ; 3. Ligier n°3 (McGuire-Tappyt-Bentley). GTE : 1. Ferrari n ° 88 (Perrodo-Rovera-Collard); 2. Ferrari n ° 83 (Frey-Gatting-Gostner); 3. Ferrari n ° 60 (Sernagiotto-Schiavoni-Ruberti) …
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