Team Audi WRT set a 1-2 victory in qualifying race in the opening round of the season in Nogaro.
Winners Stéphane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor, who started from the second spot of the grid aboard their Audi R8 LMS, took victory ahead of their teammates Franz Stippler and Oliver Jarvis, who set the third best performance in qualifying.
Reiter Engineering’s Lamborghini Gallardo, driven by Tomas Enge and Albert von Thun und Taxis, secured third place.
Toni Vilander and Filip Salaquadra’s Ferrari F458 AF Corse, which started from pole position, finally took fifth position at the end of the race.
Qualifying race classification:
1. Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi WRT) in 1h00min26.351s
2. Stippler/Jarvis (Audi WRT) +6.030s
3. von Thurn und Taxis/Enge (Lamborghini Reiter) +6.914s
4. Demoustier/Parente (McLaren Hexis) +7.164s
5. Vilander/Salaquadra (Ferrari AF Corse) +31.293s
Etc.
Winners Stéphane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor, who started from the second spot of the grid aboard their Audi R8 LMS, took victory ahead of their teammates Franz Stippler and Oliver Jarvis, who set the third best performance in qualifying.
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| The two Audi R8s in the pitlane. (Photo: Markus Berns / SRO) |
Reiter Engineering’s Lamborghini Gallardo, driven by Tomas Enge and Albert von Thun und Taxis, secured third place.
Toni Vilander and Filip Salaquadra’s Ferrari F458 AF Corse, which started from pole position, finally took fifth position at the end of the race.
Qualifying race classification:
1. Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi WRT) in 1h00min26.351s
2. Stippler/Jarvis (Audi WRT) +6.030s
3. von Thurn und Taxis/Enge (Lamborghini Reiter) +6.914s
4. Demoustier/Parente (McLaren Hexis) +7.164s
5. Vilander/Salaquadra (Ferrari AF Corse) +31.293s
Etc.