Ferrari blocked out the highest three positions in qualifying for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours because the Italian producer continued its domination of the 2025 World Endurance Championship.
Antonio Fuoco claimed his first pole of the yr aboard the #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by three tenths of a second within the 12-minute Hyperpole session for the quickest 10 automobiles in opening qualifying.
Robert Kubica took second place within the buyer entry run by AF Corse on 1m59.964s. That put him two tenths up on Antonio Giovinazzi, who ended on 2m00.201s within the #51 manufacturing unit automobile, wherein he claimed pole for the opening two WEC races at Qatar in February and Imola in March.
Subsequent greatest after the Ferraris was the #94 Peugeot 9X8 2024 LMH, which completed six tenths off the pole within the fingers of Stoffel Vandoorne.
His 2m02.218s was simply faster than the 2m02.246s from Alex Lynn in the very best of the Jota crew’s Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDhs.
Mick Schumacher took sixth in his Alpine A424 LMDh with a 2m00.368s simply forward of the second Peugeot, certified by Jean-Eric Vergne.
#36 Alpine Endurance Staff Alpine A424: Jules Gounon, Frederic Makowiecki, Mick Schumacher
Picture by: FIAWEC – DPPI
BMW, which was quickest behind Ferrari in qualifying at each Qatar and Imola, took eighth with the M Hybrid V8 LMDh pushed by Robin Frijns.
Charles Milesi and Earl Bamber rounded out the highest 10 for Alpine and Cadillac.
Porsche and Toyota, which respectively gained the WEC drivers’ and producers’ crowns in 2024, every did not get a automobile into the Hyperpole session.
The German producer ended up twelfth and thirteenth within the 15-minute first session with the manufacturing unit Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDhs, each automobiles almost 1.5s off the tempo within the fingers of Kevin Estre and Julien Andlauer.
The Japanese marque was fifteenth and sixteenth, forward solely of the Aston Martin Valkyrie LMHs.
Brendon Hartley and Kamui Kobayashi had been separated by simply three thousandths within the two Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMHs, leaving them 1.8s off the very best time within the opening qualifying set by Fuoco.
Toyota’s kind follows one other Stability of Efficiency hit beneath which the GR010 has misplaced 20kW (25bhp) since Imola.
LMGT3: Lexus on high
#78 Akkodis ASP Staff – Lexus RC F LMGT3: Arnold Robin, Finn Gehrsitz, Yuichi Nakayama
Picture by: Paul Foster
Lexus claimed a maiden LMGT3 with Finn Gehrsitz aboard the very best of the Auto Sport Promotion RC F GT3s.
The German took the highest spot at school by greater than two tenths regardless of a late enchancment from Eduardo Barrichello within the Spirit of Leman Aston Martin.
Gehrsitz ended up on a 2m17.732s on the finish of the 12-minute Hyperpole session, which in contrast with the 2m18.008s posted by Barrichello within the Prodrive-run Aston Martin Vantage GT3 after the chequered flag had fallen.
Ford took third and fourth positions with the pair of Proton Competitors Mustang GT3s.
Ben Tuck took second with a 2m18.016s, once more set after the clock had stopped, forward of Giammarco Levorato within the sister automobile, which ended up on 2m18.229s.
Simon Mann within the quickest of the AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3s completed seventh after dropping a time that might have been adequate for third to a observe limits violation.
Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours, spherical three of the 2025 WEC, begins at 14:00 native time.
WEC’s Spa 6 Hours qualifying outcomes
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