By Tarek Ramchani
Circuit Zolder in Belgium is hosting the second round of the FIA GT3 European Championship. Three Audi R8 LMS ultra race cars are there, and they did really well right from the start, taking both pole positions.
For Saturday afternoon Race 1 the pole position went the Portuguese team Nova Driver. The #14 Audi R8 LMS car shared by Cesar Campaniço and Ni Amorim set the fastest time and will start in front of the field. The two Sainteloc Racing Audis struggled in this first qualifying session, the #16 set the ninth time in hands of Marc Sourd and Gregory Guilvert. The sister # 15 machine landed in tenth with Dino Lunardi and Jerome Demay.
Race 2 qualifying again saw Audi domination. The Sainteloc Racing team locked out an all Audi R8 LMS front row. A great battle between the team's stars Gregory Guilvert and Dino Lunardi for pole position. In the end it was the #15 of Lunardi setting the fastest time in front of the sister #16. Novadriver Audi will start from position eight on the grid.
The Audi R8 LMS did dominate the qualifying session, but will have to fight with strong rivals from Ferrari, AMG Mercedes-Benz and Lamborghini. The entry list isn't big, only eleven cars are entered in the Belgian round, but still we are expecting great battles on track as at Nogaro last time out. Hoping for strong performances from both Audi customer team.
Photo Credits: Markus Berns / SRO FIA GT3 European Championship
