Earl Bamber and team mate Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor have qualified fourth fastest (GTLM class) at the sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Bowmanville/Canada. Porsche will start on pole after Nick Tandy from Great Britain turned the fastest lap in 1:13.517 minutes during the short 15-minute qualifying session on the 3.957-kilometre Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Tandy shares the cockpit of the 510 hp racer from Weissach with Frenchman Patrick Pilet.
“Pole position is a great result for Porsche,” commented Vanthoor. “Basically we were really fast, I tried everything but unfortunately it somehow didn’t all come together. However, the race setup worked well during free practice, so I’m feeling confident. It’ll be a challenge, because overtaking on this twisty, flowing circuit is very hard.”
The race takes off on Sunday, 8 July, at 14.05 hrs local time (20.05 hrs CEST) and is contested over 2:40 hours. The race can be viewed live outside the USA and Canada on www.imsa.com.
Qualifying result
GTLM class
1. Tandy/Pilet (GB/F), Porsche 911 RSR, 1:13.517 minutes
2. Briscoe/Westbrook (AUS/GB), Ford GT, + 0.314 seconds
3. Magnussen/Garcia (DK/E), Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, + 0.417 seconds
4. Vanthoor/Bamber (B/NZ), Porsche 911 RSR, + 0.438 seconds
5. Gavin/Milner (GB/USA), Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, + 0.563 seconds
6. Krohn/Edwards (FIN/USA), BMW M8 GTE, + 0.583 seconds
7. Sims/De Phillippi (GB/USA), BMW M8 GTE, + 0.696 seconds
8. Hand/Müller (USA/D), Ford GT, + 0.711 seconds
Comments