Lehto holds Charlotte pole
JJ Lehto held his pole position in second qualifying for the American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Charlotte
The Finn only just held off the Panoz of Jan Magnussen and David Brabham. The works Audi's will start behind Team Rafanelli's Lola in fourth and fifth positions.
'It'll be flat-out first lap to last,' Lehto predicted. 'It will be up to tyres and pit stop tactics. The times are very close.'
Allan McNish reckoned he could have qualified his Audi higher than fifth but for a mistake in qualifying.
'I had a little oversteer onto the banking and did a half-spin,' he explained. 'In Audi's favour, the car has always been very reliable.
'This track is very hard on car and driver and the competition is very close.'
The race is scheduled to last for two and three-quarter hours. There were no surprises in the lower class where the ORECA Vipers dominated GTS and Lucas Luhr and Dirk Muller set the GT pace.
Qualifying positions from Charlotte:
1 |
JJ. Lehto |
J.Muller |
BMW |
BMW V12 LMR |
1m04.096s |
|
2 |
J.Magnussen |
D.Brabham |
Panoz |
Panoz LMP-1 |
1m04.202s |
|
3 |
M.Schiattarella |
D.de Radigues |
Rafanelli |
Lola-Judd |
1m04.431s |
|
4 |
F.Biela |
E.Pirro |
Audi Sport |
Audi R8 |
1m04.439s |
|
5 |
A.McNish |
R.Capello |
M.Alboreto |
Audi Sport |
Audi R8 |
1m04.563s |
6 |
B.Auberlen |
J-M.Gounon |
BMW |
BMW V12 LMR |
1m04.695s |
|
7 |
H.Katoh |
J.O'Connell |
Panoz |
Panoz LMP-1 |
1m05.361s |
|
8 |
N.Simon |
G.Blieninger |
B.Simo |
Pole Team |
R&S-Judd |
1m06.665s |
9 |
O.Beretta |
K.Wendlinger |
ORECA |
Dodge Viper |
1m10.141s |
|
10 |
T.Archer |
D.Donohue |
ORECA |
Dodge Viper |
1m10.884s |
|
11 |
L.Luhr |
D.Muller |
Barbour |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m13.127s |
|
12 |
R.Pobst |
B.Lambert |
Alex Job |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m13.949s |
|
13 |
V.Rice |
Z.Brown |
Roock |
Porsche 911 |
1m14.763s |
|
14 |
B.Wollek |
S.Maassen |
Barbour |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m15.312s |
|
15 |
S.Lewis |
C.Wagner |
MCR |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m16.167s |
|
16 |
B.Cunningham |
P.Cunningham |
PTG |
BMW E46 |
1m16.367s |
|
17 |
H.Stuck |
J.van Overbeek |
B.Said |
PTG |
BMW E46 |
1m16.399s |
18 |
D.Murry |
J.Mowlem |
Skea |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m16.440s |
|
19 |
M.Fitzgerald |
B.Nagel |
Alex Job |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m16.857s |
|
20 |
S.Shalala |
B.Godin |
McGill |
Porsche 911 |
1m16.954s |
|
21 |
I.James |
J.Barbosa |
MCR |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m16.977s |
|
22 |
Q.Wahl |
G.Jeanette |
Lightning |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m20.341s |
|
23 |
R.Skea |
L.Hawkins |
Skea |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
1m22.699s |
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