Kobayashi takes pole for Toyota Gazoo Racing; United Autosports on top in LMP2; LMGTE pole falls to ORT by TF Sport

Hypercar: Pole – No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 

• Antonio Giovinazzi in No.51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P had taken brilliant pole position with pole lap of 2m00.77s 
• Giovinazzi survived spin at La Source midway through the session to take second pole for Ferrari this season. 
• No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry driven by Kamui Kobayashi inherits pole with a 2m00.812s lap after Giovinazzi penalty for track limit violation at T7. 
• Giovinazzi slips to third behind No.50 Ferrari AF Corse driven by Miguel Molina places second. 
• No.2 Cadillac V-Series.R entry driven by Earl Bamber is fourth ahead of sister No.3 Cadillac qualified by Sebastien Bourdais 
• Sixth is the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 driven by Kevin Estre. 
• Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 with Will Stevens aboard sets seventh best time on WEC debut for gold car. 
• Oliver Pla in Glickenhaus Racing place grabs eighth and is best placed non-Hybrid Hypercar. 
• The No.93 Peugeot 9X8 of Jean-Eric Vergne qualifies in ninth ahead of the No.5 Porsche 963 Hypercar of Frederic Makowiecki. 
• No.94 Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar with Gustavo Menezes is 11th ahead of the Floyd Vanwall entry driven by Tom Dillmann in 12th 
• No.8 Toyota GR010 does not post a time as Brendon Hartley crashes at Raidillon on preparation lap. 
• Points leaders will now have to start from rear of Hypercar grid for TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa tomorrow

Here are the full grids for tomorrow's race

HYPERCAR The #7 Toyota inherits pole with a 2:00.812 lap after Giovinazzi gets fastest lap deleted for track limit violation. #WEC #6HSpa pic.twitter.com/ZuOGiIZVHp

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LMP2: Pole - No.23 United Autosports 

• No.23 United Autosports claims pole position as returning Tom Blomqvist stars with a rapid 2m05.979s best. 
• British driver is yet to drive in a race this season after Sebring retirement and missing Portimao for IMSA race. 
• Second on grid will be the No.41 WRT Oreca-Gibson as Louis Deletraz gets to within 0.3s of Blomqvist's ultimate pace. 
• Prema Racing third with No.63 car with Daniil Kvyat setting time. 
• No.31 WRT starts fourth as Robin Frijns qualifies in car that won last year's LMP2 race at Spa.  
• Jota fifth with Pietro Fittipaldi peaking on a 2m06.556s in gold liveried car. 
• No.9 Prema completes top six as Bent Viscaal qualifies Italian entered Oreca-Gibson. 

LMGTE Am: Pole – No.25 ORT by TF Sport 

• Ahmad Al Harthy in ORT by TF Aston Martin claims a sensational first pole position with a scorching 2m17.216s 
• Omani driver is a massive 1.9s faster than second placed Iron Dames Porsche driven by local ace Sarah Bovy. 
• Ryan Hardwick completes best qualifying of the season for the No.88 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR-19 with third position on the LMGTE Am grid. 
• Points leading No.33 Corvette Racing will start fourth as Ben Keating qualifies car. 
• Luis Perez Companc places fifth for the Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari in solid result after two practice accidents for the No.83 car. 
• No.98 Northwest AMR entry rounds out top six as Ian James sets time in re-jigged crew. 
• Session red flagged after PJ Hyett in Project 1-AO Porsche 911 RSR-19 crashes at Raidillon. US driver emerges unscathed. 

Find full results  HERE  

Tomorrow's 6 hour race starts at 12:45 local time.