Saturday, April 7, 2012

Belgian Audi Club WRT strong qualifying at Nogaro's FIA GT1


By Tarek Ramchani

The FIA GT1 World Championship qualifying session for tomorrow's Qualifying Race was really fought. Belgian Audi Club did very well taking second and third with their Audi R8 LMS ultra cars.

Seventeen cars were entered the qualifying session. Right from the start the Belgian Audi Club was among the very fastest competitors in the first two segments. The two cars made it to the final Q3 session. Both #32 Audi of Stephane Ortelli and the sister #33 car of Frank Stippler battled hard with the #3 Ferrari from AF Corse. In the end it was the 458 GT3 that took pole position for tomorrow's round in hands of Ferrari works driver Toni Vilander. The two Audis are just after the Ferrari showing great pace. All good for the 60 minutes sprint race which will determine the starting grid of the "Main" Championship Race on Monday.

The Qualifying Race set for tomorrow will be really fought on track. No doubts the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT will be among the teams fighting for the win.

Qualifying Result:
1- #3 AF Corse - Ferrari 458 GT3
2- #32 Belgian Audi Club WRT - Audi R8 LMS ultra
3- #33 Belgian Audi Club WRT - Audi R8 LMS ultra
4- #38 All-Inkl.com - Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3 AMG
5- #37 All-Inkl.com - Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3 AMG
6- #24 Reiter Engineering - Lamborghini Gallardo LP600

Watch here the full qualifying session:



Photos hosted at FIA GT1 World Championship Facebook page