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Endurance: Audi on pole in Bahrain

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Khatir Soltani
Tom Kristensen and Alan McNish (Audi) will start from pole position on Sunday for the Bahrein Six Hours.

The pair, that switched to an Audi R18 e-tron hybrid for the remaining races of the season instead of their R18 Ultra diesel, set their best lap in 1’45’’814. They were faster than teammates Fassler, Lotterer and Treluyer, leaders in provisional championship classification.

Wurz and Lapierre’s Toyota, which was victorious in Interlagos two weeks ago, set the third best performance ahead of the Rebellion’s Lola Toyota, best of the privateer cars.

In LMP2, the best performance was set by Starworks’ HPD driven by Potolicchio, Kimber-Smith and Sarrazin.

In GT, the Aston Martin driven by Mucke and Turner was quickest in GTE Pro, while the best GTE Am car was AF Corse Waltrip’s Ferrari F458.



Bahrain – Qualifying :
1. Kristensen/McNish – Audi R18 e-tron – Audi - 1’45’’814 (1st LMP1)
2. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer – Audi R18 e-tron – 1’45’’888
3. Wurz/Lapierre – Toyota TS03 hybride – Toyota – 1’46’’254
4. Prost/Jani – Lola Toyota – Rebellion – 1’47’’638
5. Leventis/Watts/Kane – HPD – Strakka – 1’48’’446
6. Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck – HPD – JRM – 1’48’’784
7. Potolicchio/Kimber-Smith/Sarrazin – HPD – Starworks – 1’51’’798 (1st LMP2)
8. Martin/Graves – Oreca Nissan – ADR Delta – 1’52’’368
9. Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla – Morgan Nissan – OAK – 1’52’’368
10. Baguette/Kraihamer/Brundle – Morgan Nissan – OAK – 1’52’’609
(…)
18. Mucke/Turner – Aston Martin 2’00’’243 – 2’00’’234 (1st GTE Pro)
(…)
22. Kauffman/Aguas/Vicker – Ferrari F458 – AF Corse Waltrip – 2’02’’812 (1st GTE Am)
Etc.


Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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