Audi
has a tradition of well balanced GT3
cars and Edoardo Mortara
has a tradition to do good races at Macau, and it will be him to have
a premium view of the track in the qualifying race of the FIA
GT World Cup as he conquered the pole
position.
The first fastest
was done by Mirko Bortolotti, but with his time being in the 2:23
range, smashed by Maro Engel
and then by Edoardo Mortara, when the Audi driver lapped in 2:17.617.
Earl Bamber
beat Mortara with 2:17.575, only to see Laurens
Vanthoor outclass them all with a lap
of 2:17.440. With 18 minutes to go, Pasin
Lathouras carried too much speed
through the Mandarin corner, lost the rear end and crashed into the
guard-rail, then bringing the first red flag of the session.
Action returned a
few minutes later with at least four drivers being direct contenders
for pole position, but when all the favorites were in the way for
their fastest laps, the second red flag was on, as Richard
Lyons clipped the kerb at Mandarin,
lost the rear wing in the barrier and then kept going to a heavy rear
impact to the guard-rail.
Session resumed and
the Mercedes
duo was the first in line, and Maro Engel in fact took pole for a
brief moment with a 2:17.147 lap, just to be thrown to third by
Mortara with a time of 2:16.862 and Laurens Vanthoor with a lap of
2:17.016. Bamber still found his way to third with 2:17.133, and
while the other cars were in route to the pits, the Manthey Racing
Porsches and Renger van der Zande
were able to do an extra lap before the timer goes to zero. Neither
of the three cars improved their times, so Audi locked the front row
with Mortara in front and Vanthoor in second.
Here are the
complete results of the FIA GT World Cup qualifying:
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