Third round of the World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps will essentially serve as a final warm-up before the big meeting of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. An event which got off to a bad start for Ferrari after the hiccup at home in Imola (Toyota won ahead of two Porsches) due to a failed tire strategy when the rain arrived. Although it had taken pole position, the Italian team was disqualified by the stewards. They considered that the 499P LMH
A blow which allowed Porsche to take first place in qualifying with the #5 963 from the Penske team. in front of a Cadillac and three other Porsches. The disqualified Ferrari will start in 19th position. The Scuderia returned to this matter, explaining that the excess weight was linked to the assembly of a part which occurred after collusion with another car during the third free practice session.
In difficulty since the start of the season, Alpine reassured itself with a 7th place during qualifying with the Chatin-Gunon-Milesi trio on the No. 35. The triplet composed of Lapierre, Schumacher, Vaxivière will start in 11th position with the No. 36. For Peugeot, the results are less encouraging with the 13th time of the #93 9X8 and the 15th of the #94.
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