From americanlemans.com
Timo Bernhard stole the thunder from Gil de Ferran and de Ferran Motorsports at Miller Motorsports Park with a stunning pole position run for Porsche and Penske Racing in qualifying for the Utah Grand Prix ALMS race.
Bernhard turned a lap of 1:31.050 (120.514 mph) in the Porsche RS Spyder he will share with Romain Dumas.
Bernhard edged out de Ferran, making his return to racing and debut in the American Le Mans Series, by 0.139 seconds. De Ferran, who last raced in 2003, nevertheless will start on the front row after a lap of 1:31.189 (120.330 mph) in the Acura ARX-01b he will share with Simon Pagenaud.
The top five cars were from the LMP2 class as they took advantage of their cornering on the 3.048-mile, 15-turn circuit. Luis Diaz was third for Lowe's Fernandez Racing and Acura, just 0.292 seconds behind Bernhard.
Marco Werner was first in LMP1 for Audi Sport North America but sixth overall in the Audi R10 TDI he will drive with Lucas Luhr. Werner's lap of 1:31.590 (119.803 mph) was a scant 0.207 seconds ahead of Frank Biela in the second Audi that also will be driven by Emanuele Pirro.
Olivier Beretta put Corvette Racing's No. 4 Corvette C6.R on the GT1 pole position for the second time this season. Beretta's time of 1:43.869 (105.641 mph) was just 0.175 seconds ahead of Johnny O'Connell in the sister Corvette. Beretta took his second pole of the season after qualifying out front in class at St. Petersburg.
Flying Lizard Motorsports' Wolf Henzler took the GT2 pole position in a dead heat with Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo. Both drivers turned in a lap of 1:47.135 (102.420 mph) but Henzler's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR posted the time first and was awarded the top spot.
Timo Bernhard stole the thunder from Gil de Ferran and de Ferran Motorsports at Miller Motorsports Park with a stunning pole position run for Porsche and Penske Racing in qualifying for the Utah Grand Prix ALMS race.
Bernhard turned a lap of 1:31.050 (120.514 mph) in the Porsche RS Spyder he will share with Romain Dumas.
Bernhard edged out de Ferran, making his return to racing and debut in the American Le Mans Series, by 0.139 seconds. De Ferran, who last raced in 2003, nevertheless will start on the front row after a lap of 1:31.189 (120.330 mph) in the Acura ARX-01b he will share with Simon Pagenaud.
The top five cars were from the LMP2 class as they took advantage of their cornering on the 3.048-mile, 15-turn circuit. Luis Diaz was third for Lowe's Fernandez Racing and Acura, just 0.292 seconds behind Bernhard.
Marco Werner was first in LMP1 for Audi Sport North America but sixth overall in the Audi R10 TDI he will drive with Lucas Luhr. Werner's lap of 1:31.590 (119.803 mph) was a scant 0.207 seconds ahead of Frank Biela in the second Audi that also will be driven by Emanuele Pirro.
Olivier Beretta put Corvette Racing's No. 4 Corvette C6.R on the GT1 pole position for the second time this season. Beretta's time of 1:43.869 (105.641 mph) was just 0.175 seconds ahead of Johnny O'Connell in the sister Corvette. Beretta took his second pole of the season after qualifying out front in class at St. Petersburg.
Flying Lizard Motorsports' Wolf Henzler took the GT2 pole position in a dead heat with Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo. Both drivers turned in a lap of 1:47.135 (102.420 mph) but Henzler's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR posted the time first and was awarded the top spot.