More than a month after the checkered waved on the opening round, all three Masters of Endurance classes once again took to the track, this time for a fierce battle to claim pole position at the fast and flowing Westhill International circuit. Qualifying position is of particular importance here, as overtaking is rarely easy.
In the GT0 class spdoRacing's Matias Pikkarainen claimed pole in Sunday's Q1 session with a time of 1:26.63, and felt secure enough in his 0.18s gap to 2nd-place ineX Racing to sit out the half-hour session on Friday. nFinity eSports and Conquest Racing GT0, who switched to the XRR following Round 1, filled out the second row.
Team Sirius continued their record streak of pole positions, claiming their eighth in a row--the record stretches all the way back to the 12 Hours of Kyoto Grand Prix of 2009, their first event in the series. However, polesitter Sasa Pasic had to work to keep the streak alive, as Concept Racing's Kevin Leu closed in on the top spot during Q2. Pasic responded in kind, advancing the pole time by a tenth of a second to 1:30.62, just over a tenth beyond Leu's reach. Team Playerzone Italia's Massimiliano Bartolotta took a strong third, four tenths behind Leu, in a dead heat with Egon Liibeon of spdoRacing.
The closest battle raged in GT2, with all 12 cars covered by just eight tenths of a second, and the gap between 1st and 2nd just 0.01s! CoRe Racing's Tomek Nogiec topped the timesheets in both sessions, setting the pole time of 1:34.62 in Sunday's Q1. He was closely followed by ineX Racing's Tommy Østgaard. The same gap also covered Team Inferno GT2 and RAPTOR-GAMING in 3rd and 4th, while Conquest Racing GT2 had their time matched by Sonicrealms Racing on the third row.
With little to choose between the frontunners in each class, be sure to join us to see who can turn their qualifying pace into all-important championship points. The 6 Hours of Westhill International gets underway at 14:00 UTC, with live flag-to-flag coverage on multibc.de's Stream III from 13:50 UTC.
In the GT0 class spdoRacing's Matias Pikkarainen claimed pole in Sunday's Q1 session with a time of 1:26.63, and felt secure enough in his 0.18s gap to 2nd-place ineX Racing to sit out the half-hour session on Friday. nFinity eSports and Conquest Racing GT0, who switched to the XRR following Round 1, filled out the second row.
Team Sirius continued their record streak of pole positions, claiming their eighth in a row--the record stretches all the way back to the 12 Hours of Kyoto Grand Prix of 2009, their first event in the series. However, polesitter Sasa Pasic had to work to keep the streak alive, as Concept Racing's Kevin Leu closed in on the top spot during Q2. Pasic responded in kind, advancing the pole time by a tenth of a second to 1:30.62, just over a tenth beyond Leu's reach. Team Playerzone Italia's Massimiliano Bartolotta took a strong third, four tenths behind Leu, in a dead heat with Egon Liibeon of spdoRacing.
The closest battle raged in GT2, with all 12 cars covered by just eight tenths of a second, and the gap between 1st and 2nd just 0.01s! CoRe Racing's Tomek Nogiec topped the timesheets in both sessions, setting the pole time of 1:34.62 in Sunday's Q1. He was closely followed by ineX Racing's Tommy Østgaard. The same gap also covered Team Inferno GT2 and RAPTOR-GAMING in 3rd and 4th, while Conquest Racing GT2 had their time matched by Sonicrealms Racing on the third row.
With little to choose between the frontunners in each class, be sure to join us to see who can turn their qualifying pace into all-important championship points. The 6 Hours of Westhill International gets underway at 14:00 UTC, with live flag-to-flag coverage on multibc.de's Stream III from 13:50 UTC.