Best Porsche starts the 24 Hours of Spa from row five — PorscheSport

Comments on Superpole

Joel Sturm (Porsche 911 GT3 R #92): “I managed a pretty good lap – I don’t think more would have been possible. With pole position in the Gold Cup, we’ve achieved our minimum goal, and we’re also starting as the best Porsche. In terms of performance, however, we are still a bit lacking compared to the competition. Let’s see how it goes for us in the race.”

Laurin Heinrich (Porsche 911 GT3 R #22): “We were hoping for a place in the top 10, but to start the biggest GT3 race in the world from eleventh position is not a bad starting position either. Unfortunately, not everything worked perfectly for us in Superpole. But we have a good car and still a warm-up ahead of us in which we can make the final fine-tuning.”

Patric Niederhauser (Porsche 911 GT3 R #96): “I always think it’s cool when I get to drive the Superpole here at Spa. Our 911 GT3 R worked very well and I managed two good laps. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough for the front, but the race is long – I’m looking forward to it.”

Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche 911 GT3 R #18): “This session didn’t go well for us because of the red flag – the interruption came in the middle of my second fast lap. After that, I had to try again with the same tyres. Of course, this is suboptimal, but that’s the rules. At the end of the day, it doesn’t make much difference, because the race lasts twice around the clock. Nevertheless, there is still a little work ahead of us for tomorrow.”

Results Superpole session

1st (1st Pro) Loake/Kirchhöfer/Goethe (GBR/CHE/DEU), McLaren #59, 2m 15.113s
2nd (2nd Pro) Stolz/Gounon/Schiller (DEU/AND/DEU), Mercedes-AMG #17, 2m 15.527s
3rd (3rd Pro) Vanthoor/Van der Linde/Wittmann (BEL/ZAF/DEU), BMW #31, 2m 15.713s
9th (1st GC) Ineichen/Heinemann/Sturm (CHE/DEU/DEU), Herberth Motorsport, Porsche 911 GT3 R #92, 2m 16.127s
11th (10th Pro) Bachler/Güven/Heinrich (AUT/TUR/DEU), Schumacher CLRT, Porsche 911 GT3 R #22, 2m 16.214s
15th (13th Pro) Müller/ Niederhauser/Picariello (DEU/CHE/BEL), Rutronik Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 R #96, 2m 16.668s
17th (15th Pro) Buus/Campbell/Jaminet (DNK/AUS/FRA), Dinamic GT, Porsche 911 GT3 R #18, 2m 17.068s

The other grid positions (result of the qualifying on Thursday)

22nd (3rd GC) Adelson/Skeer/Sargent (USA/USA/AUS), Wright Motorsports, Porsche 911 GT3 R #120, 2m 18.428s
23rd (19th Pro) Lietz/Malykhin/Preining (AUT/GBR/AUT), Pure Rxcing, Porsche 911 GT3 R #911, 2m 18.443s
45th (8th BC) Rindone/Kolb/Feller/Pera (FRA/DEU/CHE/ITA), Lionspeed GP, Porsche 911 GT3 R #80, 2m 21.433s
46th (6th SC) Rappange/Al Rifai/Pieris/Baud (NLD/ARE/LKA/FRA), Dinamic GT, Porsche 911 GT3 R #54, 2m 21.439s
57th (13th BC) Schuring/Au/Hartog/Rump (NLD/HKG/NLD/EST), Rutronik Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 R #97, 2m 22.148s
58th (14th BC) Bohn/A. Renauer/R. Renauer/Jefferies (DEU/DEU/DEU/ZWE), Herberth Motorsport, Porsche 911 GT3 R #91, 2m 22.176s
61st (1st PAM) Abramczyk/Detry/Duffieux/Yuan (FRA/BEL/BEL/CHN), AV Racing by Car Collection Motorsport, Porsche 911 GT3 R #29, 2m 22.588s

Pro = Pro class; PAM = Pro-Am Cup; GC = Gold Cup; SC = Silver Cup; BC = Bronze Cup

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