Q1 GT3: Pole Position for Getspeed in Le Castellet

The session began under blue skies but was brought to a halt when the no88 Craft-Bamboo Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG driven by Ameer Naran slowly came to a halt at T3/T4 and the red flag was shown to allow the marshals to recover the car.  The session resumed with just under 13-minutes.

The no21 Herberth Motorsport Porsche driven by Ralf Bohn made an early bid for the pole with a 2m04.035 lap, with Marco Pulcini in the no60 Garage 59 McLaren in second.

The times started to come down with Peter Dempsey posting a 2m03.092 lap in the no50 AF Corse Ferrari, with Dustin Blattner in the no58 Garage 59 McLaren 720S.  Reigning champion Blattner then went quickest with a 2m02.945 and looked on course to take pole until Steve Jens went 0.066s quicker at the end of the session.  Herbert Haupt in the no65 Haupt Racing Team Ford Mustang finished third quickest to head row 2 ahead of the no50 AF Corse Ferrari for Saturday’s race.

CLICK HERE for the result from GT3 Q1 for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet by ALMS Race 1