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24 hours of Spa: Ferrari set the pole for the Spa 24 Hours

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Khatir Soltani
The Ferrari F430 driven by Bruni-Longin-Van de Poele-Vilander set the best time during the qualifying session for the 24 Hours of Spa.

Gianmaria Bruni set the pole position in the second qualifying session on Thursday with a lap of 2’22’’403.

(Photo: ALD Automotive)

The Italian driver was 146 thousands of a second quicker than works BMW of Dick Werner and the Phoenix Racing Audi R8 of Marcel Fassler. Both cars ran in GT3 category, but are looking for an overall win on Sunday.

The GT1 cars are not allowed for the Spa 24 Hours. GT2, GT3, GT4 and even GT open category (where we find a Ford Mustang or a Mosler MT900) are allowed to run in this event.

But the GT1 cars will also run at Spa this weekend, as the Belgian track will also host the 5th round of the FIA GT1 world championship.

Madcroc Corvette C6R set the best performance of prequalifyings on Thursday.

The 24 Hours of Spa are scheduled to start at 4 pm saturday.

Starting grid:

Row 1
Bruni-Longin-Van de Poele-Vilander (Ferrari 430) - AF Corse/Vitaphone - 2'22"403 (1er GT2)
D.Werner-D.Muller-Andorf (BMW M3) - BMW - 2'22"549 (1er GT3)

Row 2
Kumpen-Fassler-Luhr-Rockenfeller (Audi R8) - Phoenix - 2'22"807
Margaritis-Hennerici-A.Piccini-Moser (Audi R8) - Phoenix - 2'23"022

Row 3
Kox-Hayek-Bonaldi-Lee (Lambo Gallardo) - Reiter - 2'23"252
J.Muller-Lamy-Alzen (BMW M3) - BMW - 2'23"531

Row 4
Narac-Long-Pilet-Lietz (Porsche 997) - Imsa - 2'23"960
Westbrook-Holzer-Lieb-Goossens (Porsche 997) - Prospeed - 2'24"456

Row 5
Ortelli-Mollekens-Lemeret-Verbist (Audi R8) - Belgian Audi - 2'24"659
Slingerland-Soulet-Schroyen-Menten (Porsche 997) - Prospeed - 2'24"775

Etc.

Khatir Soltani
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