Zolder Blancpain Sprint: Audi's Laurens Vanthoor takes home pole
WRT Audi driver Laurens Vanthoor claimed a home-town pole position for the Zolder round of the Blancpain Sprint Series
Vanthoor jumped to the top of the timesheets with a time of 1m28.580s set on his fourth lap as the end of the 10-minute final qualifying period approached.
That eclipsed Jeroen Bleekemolen's 1m28.882s in the title-challenging Grasser Lamborghini Gallardo LFII by three tenths of a second.
Vanthoor, who shares his WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra with Cesar Ramos, said: "It was difficult to get a lap together and I made some mistakes and had some problems.
"I finally got it together on my third lap and did the time on my fourth lap - it's nice to have the pole in my back yard."
Rene Rast moved up to third in the second WRT Audi at the end with a time a further tenth back, while Nicky Catsburg snatched fourth at the death aboard the Lambo Gallardo fielded by series debutant NSC Motorsports.
The HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG shared by Maximilian Gotz and Maximilian Buhk, who are one-two in the championship, ended up only 12th in Buhk's hands, 1.1s from the pole.
LEADING QUALIFIERS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | C.Ramos, L.Vanthoor | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 1m28.580s | - |
2 | H.Proczyk, J.Bleekemolen | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 1m28.882s | 0.302s |
3 | E.Ide, R.Rast | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 1m28.913s | 0.333s |
4 | N.Catsburg, P.Kox | NSC Motorsports | Lamborghini | 1m28.995s | 0.415s |
5 | F.Onidi, G.Pantano | Bhaitech | McLaren | 1m29.127s | 0.547s |
6 | T.Jager, D.Baumann | BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert | BMW | 1m29.135s | 0.555s |
7 | R.Rusinov, T.Enge | G-Drive Racing | Lamborghini | 1m29.154s | 0.574s |
8 | M.Stumpf, N.Piquet Jr. | BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil | BMW | 1m29.267s | 0.687s |
9 | D.Fumanelli, S.Colombo | ROAL Motorsport | BMW | 1m29.456s | 0.876s |
10 | V.Abril, M.Lisowski | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 1m29.517s | 0.937s |
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