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Qualifying
A mere three milliseconds separated Earl Bamber and
The GTD class, in which
Qualifying quotes
Marco Ujhasi, Overall Project Manager GT Works Motorsport: “We went for broke and tackled the qualifying with a very aggressive setup. That paid off. Grid positions at Long Beach are critical. Our drivers pulled out all stops. It’s a shame Earl missed out on pole by just three thousandths of a second, but he still scored a great starting position for the race.”
Earl Bamber (911 RSR #912): “I’ve no idea where I lost those fractions of seconds. Possibly in the hairpin, but quite honestly you can lose three-thousandths almost anywhere on this circuit. Today’s effort from the whole team was tremendous. Long Beach was not our strongest track in recent years. The fact that we’ve done so well in qualifying here now has given us a lot of confidence. We just have to repeat this performance in the race tomorrow then anything is possible.”
Patrick Pilet (911 RSR #911): “We found a perfect setup for the 911 RSR. And the tyres worked well too. I was able to turn a lot of fast laps. Now our chances for the race look good. We’ve practised pit stops and driver changes here often and that will be the key to success on Saturday.”
The race takes off on Saturday, 16 April, at 16:05 hrs local time (01:05 hrs CET Sunday) and can be viewed live outside the USA on www.imsa.com.
Qualifying result
GTLM class
1. Auberlen/Werner (USA/D), BMW M6, 1:17.272 minutes
2. Bamber/Makowiecki (NZ/F),
3. Pilet/Tandy (F/GB),
4. Gavin/Milner (GB/USA) Chevrolet Corvette, + 0.301
5. Garcia/Magnussen (E/DK) Chevrolet Corvette, + 0.404
6. Edwards/Luhr (USA/D), BMW M6, + 0.833
7. Hand/Müller (USA/D), Ford GT, + 0.848
8. Fisichella/Vilander (I/SF), Ferrari 488 GT, + 1.010
Model range 911 (Type 991 II): Fuel consumption combined 9.3 – 7.4 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 216 - 169 g/km; efficiency class (Germany): F – D
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