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Qualifying
First Bowmanville, then Nurburgring, and now Lime Rock: on Saturday the new
Dirk Werner (Germany) completed the strong showing of
Comments after qualifying
Steffen Höllwarth, Programme Manager IMSA SportsCar Championship: “The second straight pole in this championship represents a great result. Again it was really tight here at Lime Rock, but we were able to beat the competition. First and third places is superb for the team. Our crew’s achievement in the heat and with this packed schedule is extraordinary and deserves utmost respect. The mechanics gave everything, and our RSRs performed perfectly. Now we’ll do everything to reward ourselves for this in tomorrow’s race.”
Gianmaria Bruni (911 RSR #912): “I’m very happy with my first pole position for
Dirk Werner (911 RSR #911): “Third place is a decent spot to take up the race from. I’m satisfied, especially because we were able to improve considerably compared to the practice. On this very short circuit with very few spots for overtaking a good grid spot is essential. Gianmaria’s pole is great for the team and shows that we are really picking up momentum.”
The race starts on 22 July at 15:05 hrs local time (21:05 hrs CEST) with a duration of 2:40 hours. Outside the USA it can be seen live on www.imsa.com.
Qualifying result
GTLM class
1. Vanthoor/Bruni (B/I),
2. Westbrook/Briscoe (GB/USA), Ford GT, + 0.136
3. Pilet/Werner (F/D),
4. Edwards/Tomczyk (USA/D), BMW M6, + 0.277
5. Gavin/Milner (GB/USA), Corvette, + 0.316
6. Garcia/Magnussen (E/DK), Corvette, + 0.326
7. Hand/Müller (USA/D), Ford GT, + 0.402
8. Auberlen/Sims (USA/GB), BMW M6, + 0.535
GTD class
1. Snow/Sellers (USA/USA), Lamborghini GT3, 52:508 seconds
2. Bennett/Braun (USA/USA),
3. Long/Morad (USA/USA),
6. Bergmeister/Lindsey (D/USA),
911 GT3 RS: Fuel consumption combined 12.7 l/100 km; urban 19.2 l/100 km; extra urban 8.9 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 296 g/km; efficiency class (Germany): G
All reports on the previous season can be found in our archive.