By Tarek Ramchani
The qualifying session has been completed at Spa-Francorchamps. Audi Sport Team Joest was again able to achieve a fantastic 1-2-3 with their Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars.
Pole position for the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro shared by André Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler. Their teammates Lucas di Grassi, Marc Gene and Oliver Jarvis, driving the #3 "Long-Tail" Audi, were second. Third was the #2 car of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval.
The best factory Toyota TS030 Hybrid was fourth, the #7 Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima and Alexander Wurz. The sister #8 Toyota of Anthony Davison, Stéphane Sarrazin and Sébastien Buemi was fifth. The two Rebellion Lola/Toyota cars were sixth and seventh. In Eighth was the Strakka Racing #21 ARX 03c.
Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, head of Audi Motorsport, was satisfied after qualifying, he spoke to Radio Le Mans: "We are happy with this result even if we know that pole position is not important in endurance racing"
The six-hour race, round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championship, is set for tomorrow.
Qualifying results:
1- #1 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 e-tron quattro
2- #3 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 e-tron quattro
3- #2 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 e-tron quattro
4- #7 Toyota Racing - Toyota TS030 Hybrid
5- #8 Toyota Racing - Toyota TS030 Hybrid
6- #12 Rebellion Racing - LOLA B12/60 Coupe
7- #13 Rebellion Racing - LOLA B12/60 Coupe
8- #21 Strakka Racing - HPD ARX 03c - Honda
Photo credit: Audi Media
