The two Hyperpole qualifying sessions within each of the LMGT3 and Hypercar classes has just finished at the Circuit de La Sarthe and its another Pole Position for the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage crew at the end of it.
Having secured all four cars within both LMGT3 and Hypercar through last nights Qualifying session, tonight’s Hyperpole 1 and 2 sessions gave everyone the chance of ‘going for gold’ which the #27 crew grabbed with both hands.
With Ian James having firstly secured that opportunity last night, it was then Zacharie Robichon who secured the next step in that process in emphatic style by being fastest in class before Mattia Drudi had to get the job done twice during his stint after his first pole position grabbing lap time was deleted for track limits.
The sister #23 car also made their mark during the first two sessions before a ‘technical issue’ with the car sadly stopped Jonnie Adam from doing better than P8 after race debutant Gray Newell had outperformed Ian James in Qualifying with a P3 result before Eduardo Barrichello went fourth fastest in Hyperpole 1.
Then it was the turn of the teams two Aston Martin Valkyries again after Tom Gamble and Alex Riberas had elevated them into the top fifteen and Hyperpole 1 last night within their #007 and #009 cars respectively.
Ross Gunn was out next tonight within the #007 as was Marco Soronsen within the #007 and all was looking good for both cars to progress until the final seconds of Hyperpole 1 where some last charges successively dropped both cars down the top ten order until the #007 car found itself just upon the wrong side of the cut-off point and as a result, they will start the 24 Hours of Le Mans from P11.
That left the #009 car getting through by the skin of its teeth allowing Roman De Angelis the honour of a top ten shout out at Le Mans. He repaid that favour by securing a P8 start to the race which in themselves represent another massive progressive step in the racing development of this car.
The #59 Racing Spirit of Leman AMR Vantage LMGT3 also elevates itself up one position from their Qualifying results of last night following the disqualification from the results of one of the TF Sport Corvettes. Clement Mateu, Marius Fossard and Valentin Hasse-Clot will now start P21 in class.
Track action at the circuit is not however, complete as a one-hour Free Practice 4 session is still due later tonight.
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