Antonio Fuoco has secured Ferrari’s third straight pole position in the headlining Hypercar category in 2025 at Spa-Francorchamps today, as Akkodis ASP Team rookie Finn Gehrsitz made history for Lexus…
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Ferrari AF Corse takes a third consecutive pole position in 2025 as Antonio Fuoco sets a 1:59.617s lap to seal the top spot in the #50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P
The Prancing Horse jumps to the top again as Fuoco heads takes the pole by 0.347s
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari joins the #50 car on the front-row of the grid as Robert Kubica is the only other driver to get inside the two-minute mark on a 1:59.964s best
Making it a 1-2-3 for Ferrari is Antonio Giovinazzi in the Imola winning #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P. He sets a 2m00201s best in the car that was repaired after the Italian crashed in the FP2 session on Thursday afternoon. Giovinazzi survives a late scare with a gravelly moment on the exit of Les Combes
The best non-Ferrari is the #94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 Hypercar driven by local ace Stoffel Vandoorne in the most competitive showing for the Lions in recent times
The #12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Hypercar is fifth ahead of the #36 Alpine in sixth with Alex Lynn and Mick Schumacher setting the best laps respectively
The rest of the top ten is made up of 7th #93 Peugeot; 8th #20 BMW; 9th #35 Alpine; 10th #38 Cadillac
Porsche Penske, Aston Martin THOR and Toyota Gazoo Racing all fail to make it through the qualifying period and in to the Hyperpole session
Finn Gehrsitz takes a brilliant pole position for the LMGT3 class after hooking up an excellent lap of 2:17.732s in the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus
The young German took his first ever WEC pole position and the maiden top spot for Akkodis ASP in the WEC. Getting the car through in to the LMGT3 Hyperpole session was Arnold Robin
Gehrsitz’s early Hyperpole time was attacked by several competitors in the final moments of the session but held on for a memorable pole
Joining Lexus on the front row of the grid will be the #10 Racing Spirit of LeMan Aston Martin as Edoardo Barrichello gets to within 0.276s of the pole time
The #77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3 places third as Ben Tuck snatches a late quick lap to claim the team’s best qualifying of the season
Lining up fourth behind the Lexus, Spirit of LeMan Aston and the sister #77 Proton entered Mustang, will be the #88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang, as Stefano Gattuso qualifies and Giammarco Levorato completes a strong lap in the Hyperpole session
Aston Martins will start second and fifth as the Heart of Racing car sets a Hyperpole time of 2:18.314s with Zacharie Robichon setting the best time
The #54 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari of Francesco Castellacci completes the top six
The initial qualifying session saw an incredibly tight battle that sees the top three covered by a mere 0.053s!
The #60 Iron Lynx Mercedes that was damaged in FP2 yesterday is readied but ends the qualifying session at the back of the 36 car grid despite the herculean job by the team
The 2025 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps is scheduled to begin at 14:00 CET on Sunday afternoon
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